Classics that leave you cold- Page 3

[GypsyRoseLee]

re: Classics that leave you cold#50

Posted: 8/25/05 at 7:12am

Guys and Freakin' Dolls. When will every single community and high school theatre realize that there are thousands of wonderful musicals OUTSIDE of Guys and Dolls?

"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being." --Phylicia Rashad

[Elphaba]

re: Classics that leave you cold#51

Posted: 8/25/05 at 8:52am

Gypsy and Music Man

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

[Marquise]

re: Classics that leave you cold#52

Posted: 8/25/05 at 8:58am

MY FAIR LADY
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
FOLLIES
GYPSY
SOUTH PACIFIC
HELLO DOLLY
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
GUYS AND DOLLS
FUNNY GIRL
DAMN YANKEES
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

[Marquise]

re: Classics that leave you cold#53

Posted: 8/25/05 at 9:02am

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
CATS
OKLAHOMA!

[Marquise]

re: Classics that leave you cold#54

Posted: 8/25/05 at 9:02am

CATS

[Marquise]

re: Classics that leave you cold#55

Posted: 8/25/05 at 9:03am

OLIVER
PAINT YOUR WAGON
FINIAN'S RAINBOW

[beenthere]

re: Classics that leave you cold#56

Posted: 8/25/05 at 9:05am

Sweet Charity (revival) the re-written ending is pathetic

[Sant]

re: Classics that leave you cold#57

Posted: 8/25/05 at 3:56pm

MY FAIR LADY
WEST SIDE STORY
CABARET

[Flahooley]

re: Classics that leave you cold#58

Posted: 7/26/06 at 3:55pm

Guys and Dolls. Just never has worked for me.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

re: Classics that leave you cold#59

Posted: 7/26/06 at 4:06pm

Old thread!

Anyway, Finian's Rainbow does little for me, and Grease.

If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....

Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)

[bwaylvsong]

re: Classics that leave you cold#60

Posted: 7/26/06 at 4:26pm

How could anyone dislike "Kiss Me, Kate"?

And BTW, I've never seen a live production of "Guys and Dolls" OR "My Fair Lady", but I love the movies.

[best12bars]

re: Classics that leave you cold#61

Posted: 7/26/06 at 4:30pm

Follies - love the songs individually... but as a show, it leaves me cold every time.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

re: Classics that leave you cold#62

Posted: 7/26/06 at 4:35pm

Guys and Dolls
Oklahoma
Annie

EDIT: How could I forget Cats.
Updated On: 7/26/06 at 04:35 PM

[gustof777]

re: Classics that leave you cold#63

Posted: 7/26/06 at 4:39pm

The Music Man -I actually like the Jr. version a lot more as silly as that may sound but I think the full version DRAGS like no other!

Oklahoma- could barely sit through my friends high school production

RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~

[justagirl2]

re: Classics that leave you cold#64

Posted: 7/26/06 at 4:57pm

*The Music Man
*South Pacific
*Camelot...I just finished this show, and I've never wanted to kill myself so much during a production. And I was hardly ever onstage.

[My Fair Lady]

re: Classics that leave you cold#65

Posted: 7/26/06 at 5:05pm

Annie Get Your Gun
The King and I
Camelot
The Music Man
Annie

[ILoveMyDictionary]

re: Classics that leave you cold#66

Posted: 7/26/06 at 5:14pm

Cats
The King and I
Fiddler (I liked it the first time, but now I can't stand it for whatever reason.)

[matt schneider]

re: Classics that leave you cold#67

Posted: 7/26/06 at 5:17pm

Music Man and Fidler on the roof

The bushes of Tex were nervous recks because their son was dim, But look what happened to him~Dirrty Rotten Scoundrels~all about Ruprecht They say the thoughtful musicals dead on broadway~forbiden broadway : SVU~The crime scene Never say never, there's always one more person you can hit up~avenue Q.~the money song Life sucks, get a pacifyer~my own saying

[H.Higgins]

re: Classics that leave you cold#68

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:30pm

Finian's Rainbow has never worked for me...

[MCfan2]

re: Classics that leave you cold#69

Posted: 7/26/06 at 7:51pm

H. Higgins -- I LOVE your avatar!

Marquise -- maybe your list would be shorter if you listed all the classics you DO like? (Just teasing. )

Can we list movies? "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." I can't for the life of me understand what so many people like about that movie.

Also "Oklahoma." I like the songs, and I know with my head that it's a good movie (and a good show), but I can't bring myself to sit through it again. It's strange, because ordinarily I quite like simple little love stories, but that one nearly puts me to sleep. I like the rest of R&H, though.
Updated On: 7/26/06 at 07:51 PM

[Gloryday225]

re: Classics that leave you cold#70

Posted: 7/26/06 at 9:50pm

Oklahoma!
CATS
CATS
CATS

... sorry.

[rosekwbp]

re: Classics that leave you cold#71

Posted: 7/26/06 at 9:57pm

Oklahoma!

[ThankstoPhantom]

re: Classics that leave you cold#72

Posted: 7/26/06 at 10:00pm

Oklahoma-one of the most passionless shows...ever.

Annie-what a load of...

Those are the only two...

Oh! And West Side Story...

How to properly use its/it's: Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...

[elvisitis1302]

re: Classics that leave you cold#73

Posted: 7/26/06 at 10:01pm

Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Oklahoma
Guys and Dolls
Barnum
Pal Joey
Crazy For You (I dunno if that's really a "classic" but w/e)

[FoscasBohemianDream]

re: Classics that leave you cold#74

Posted: 7/26/06 at 10:19pm

Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Funny Girl
And I still believe Mame and La Cage Aux Folles are way inferior to Herman's score for Mack & Mabel. Both of those shows don't do anything for me.