Everyone Loves It But You...Why? — Page 2

Rob-A-Boo-Boo:

We could never hate you, darling! I loved SWEENEY TODD, but to each his own. That's what makes all the brilliant hues of the rainbow -- each and every drip-droplet special and unique.

For me I don't get hairspray. Everything about Millie, except the people I saw in the performance- it was like lets take time to give our stars a caberet number which they will perform to perfection, and then now back to the horrible staging of a bad show, CATS, never got it, never will, I can't enjoy a show that is based only on costuming, to me musical theater is about the interaction of all arts, not just to show off one.

STEVOS

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I forgot three huge success that I never have liked nor gotten: THE WIZARD OF OZ, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN annd shoot me, and lastly MUSIC MAN.

STEVOS

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Anyone who hates "The Music Man" is ok in my book.

always..i figure if everyone likes and i hate it it will be a hit..isnt that backward logic.

But your icon, sheek, I LIKEY!

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And it loves you back longtime robbiej!

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Wicked and Millie :) hehe!

robbiej,

Sweeney is a show to fall in love with on cd or videotape. It is very difficult to enjoy upon initial viewing in a theater.

Most people do not like Sweeney in the theater, its word of mouth was awful. Of course, Sweeney was loved by passionate theater folk and Sondheim enthusiasts. But it was a show that you wanted to be very careful in recommending to a "civilian."

Lots of folks will chime in and say how much they loved Sweeney etc., Funny, this volume of folks never showed at the box office for the original production or its revival with Bob Gunton and Beth Fowler.

Again, this is another case of people falling in love with a show on video or cd and then "romanticizing" the facts to "what a magnificent Broadway show it is."

The cd of Sweeney is ravishing and I loved the show. The original production had a fun performance by Angela Lansbury and a boring one by Len Cariou.

The production was confusing, bloated and boring. However,

I did fall in love with Sweeney when I got the album and was enthralled the second and third time I saw it in the theater.

Sweeney Todd is a masterpiece, but it is certainly not a "must see" for the casual theater goer.

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King Stevos??

there has never been a huge success of a stage version of The Wizard of Oz.

What were you talking about, the Judy Garland movie?

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actually, in regionals, the National, and even tours, OZ on stage has done extremely well. NYC is hardly the only place for a show to have commercial success.

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Orion,

You ain't the only one who has NO IDEA what anyone sees in Pippin.

When everyone was screaming that the WICKED score had to be wonderful because Steven Schwartz wrote it, I was like 'Huh???'

I mean...he writes some good songs...but scores as a whole? Not so much.

The only score that I truly enjoy of his was, oddly enough, from his biggest flop, THE BAKER'S WIFE...truly ravishing.

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