Great Score, Shame About The Book- Page 6

[James885]

Posted: 11/26/08 at 1:49pm

Legally Blonde - catchy score, bad, bad book

Merrily We Roll Along

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/26/08 at 2:34pm

Camelot should only be performed in a concert format using as little of the book as possible, if at all.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/13/09 at 10:53am

I'm gonna say the Broadway version of Taboo.

Is there any way that the London version can be licensed and they can replace Bow Down, Mister with Come On In From The Outside?

Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:03pm

Passing Strange won a Tony for it's book. So I'm confused.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:27pm

So did Spring Awakening. Even though I'm a MASSIVE SA fan, the book could be stronger. The Tonys sometimes just choose the lesser evil when none of the books are particularly good. This past year was one of them. And Grey Gardens should have won instead of SA for Best Book.

[maybethistime]

Posted: 1/14/09 at 6:35pm

If anyone should have won ANYTHING for Spring Awakening's book, it's Frank Wedekind. Sater's win as basically a master of cut-and-paste was unprecedented.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 1/14/09 at 7:24pm

Naw, T.S. Elliot's win for Cats was probably my favorite win in the book category. Then again, at least he actually wrote the poems.

~Steven

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 1/14/09 at 7:31pm

"13" - Hysterical book, just not for the right reasons and wrong for the audience.
"Spring Awakening" - Did you see Stephen Sater's acceptance speech?
"Taboo" - Hot mess.

[homeimp]

Posted: 1/14/09 at 8:06pm

I am amazed at some of the shows listed here. Not the fact that they are listed, but that people have actually either seen the show or read the libretto sufficiently to judge. Greenwillow? Carrie? 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Taboo? Also some shows are listed that are more or less sung through. How can the score be better than the book? I actually thought Curtains should have won for Best Book, at least against the competition that year.

[brandonm2]

Posted: 1/14/09 at 10:25pm

JEKYLL AND HYDE

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/3/11 at 5:30pm

So can we add Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown to this list?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/3/11 at 6:02pm

I liked the book for Women on the Verge. And I'm also a fan of the film. I've been a bit obsessed with the show since I saw it and after reading the opinions and views here, I was truly expecting a disaster. I'm so glad I ignored it all and went anyway.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 1/3/11 at 7:56pm

Love Never Dies? (Version 1 at least)