Have You Ever...

[SuddenlyMara]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:37am

Listened to the score of a play before seeing it, therefore creating your own version of the play, then seeing it and being very dissapointed? Or am I the only one?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:39am

Maybe not neccessarily being dissapointed with the whole show, but some songs in particular. I like to create visions in my head. Most of the time I am off, but sometimes I am close to what my vision is.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:43am

exactly what millie said, saves me the time!

[maybethistime]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:14am

not the whole play, but little parts that didnt really make sense that i filled in w/ guesses

[Plum]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:17am

The score of a play?

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Oh, never mind. I give up.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:20am

not to be yelled at - but i have liked idina since her rent days (before ppl really knew who she was)

anyway, i had nightmares before seeing Wicked that she wouldn't be there, etc. In my dream, the cast was no in costume, i was sitting front row, and the stage was made of large gears (like what would be found in a clock) (i never saw any pics). lo and behold - the stage was made of what resembles large gears.

^that was from the Sentimental Man song

[Justice]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:39am

When I lived outside of NYC, I did that all the time. POTO was a prime example, as well as Miss Saigon. I was loving the recordings, until I saw it. I hated those shows (The latter of which I finally saw Lea Salonga in it, and loved it again, because she is the true Kim).
Now, I will not buy the recording until after I've seen the show. (unless it's no longer on B'way)

[CJR]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:42am

Plum, you took the thought right out of my head....

[timote316]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:48am

Well, I got The Producers before I saw it, and the show was better than my vision. Next was Rent, but I didnt have the Cast Recording beforehand. Then was Wicked, but I had seen pics and stuff, so I knew what to expect. After that was Evita (saw the movie) and then Lion King (originally worse, but I saw it again last night and it was amazing. meh).

But, because I hardly ever get to see Broadway shows, I must live with my visions given to me from my cast recordings... lol

[LyTeMyCanDyI]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:59am

I've done that before, but I was never dissappointed except maybe a little but for Little Shop of Horrors. For Miss Saigon and Wicked it wasn't.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:23pm

I wouldn't say I was disappointed, but I listened to The Producers OBCR before I saw the show, and some of the jokes weren't as funny because I had heard them before.

[kim1061]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:31pm

when you say score, if you mean the cd first i did and created my own play for wicked. but i wasnt disapointed except for the part when she flies. everyone hyped it as she was supposedly soaring thru the air, meanwhile its only a lift. its cool but i thought it wouldve been more. but maybe thats impossible.

[LittleBitRacist]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:32pm

BwayBoy, the exact same thing happened to me with Avenue Q...while the rest of the audience was in tears with laughter, I was saying the jokes in my head along with the actors, and I wished i hadnt listened to it so much. oh well. its still a great show. Love the icon, btw.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:57pm

With Wicked. I saw it and I was like, "Why isn't this better?"

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:03pm

Yeah I made sure not to listen to Avenue Q before I saw the show because I didnt want it to happen again.

Let's try not making every thread into a Wicked bashing.

[LittleBitRacist]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:13pm

Seriously...i think some of these Wicked-bashers are just doing it for attention/to be "cool"...I liked Wicked even more when i saw it than when i just heard the music, and i didnt even think i would.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:14pm

I'm not a Wicked-basher. I used to be Elpahaba the Good. I just said I thought the show would be better after listening to the music because I really liked the music. I liked the show. I just thought I'd like it better.

[LittleBitRacist]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:28pm

ok. Thats understandable.