Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
#0Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:44pm
Have you ever felt that your money was not well spent on the show you saw - a show that had little or no redeeming quality at all?
I felt ripped off after seeing:
Bombay Dreams
Mamma Mia
The Boy From Oz comes close, but the performance of Hugh Jackman was a must-see.
All other shows, even if I disliked them, had some element of quality, either is sets, costumes or performances that I felt I wasn't ripped off.
Anyone else?
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#2re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:51pm
Yes, and since it closed I can say it:
Wonderful Town (aka: ok village)
#3re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:51pmCome on now, there wasn't one element of Wicked you enjoyed? Sounds like you are just looking to start another Wicked-based argument.
#4re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:53pm
Too many to count.
Bombay Dreams, Dracula, and Dance of the Vampires come to mind.
#5re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:00pmHow can you not like wicked at all? That's like not possible at all. Not even a little bit.
#6re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:17pmDance of the Vampires, Tommy
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
BoxFive
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/05
#7re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:27pm
The recent flop Never Gonna Dance.
And was so very angry that I was trapped where I was seated at BROOKLYN, not only did I feel ripped off, I felt wronged!
Jamie Hat
Broadway Star Joined: 4/5/04
#8re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:29pmA recent production of the Producers. It's really gone downhill since it opened. Or maybe it was just that performance.
#9re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:30pm
"Never Gonna Dance" was quite terrible.
And, like you, I was trapped in the middle of the row for "Brooklyn", or else I would have run for my life!
#10re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:31pmI am staying far away from Brooklyn!
jim
Stand-by Joined: 10/7/03
#11re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:34pm
Seussical.
The Red Shoes and Thou Shalt Not were classics in comparison.
#12re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:34pmGood idea, Baddadnpa. I only went because I got free tickets due to heavy papering the week before it opened.
#13re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:36pmYou didn't like anything about NGD, m.e.f.?
#14re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:39pm
Just Karen Ziemba, Rath.
BTW, I hated "Thou Shalt Not" when I first saw it, but now I love it due to the cast album, which I listen to all the time.
#15re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:41pm
Right answer, m.e.f. 
#16re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:43pmBTW, Rath, my friend said that "Little Women" sans your fiancee was just awful.
#17re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:45pmSorry to hear that.
#18re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:54pm
An exact quote:
"Anne Kanengeiser played Marmee as if she were playing Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, and sings like Beverly Sills being strangled."
#19re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:02pm
Hairspray (I might be in trouble on that one...)
The Producers
Phantom of the Opera
Rent
Not saying I hated them, but was a little disappointed when they were through.
#20re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:04pm
Just me taking up space
Updated On: 2/1/05 at 03:04 PM
#21re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:04pmOh my, m.e.f. Oh my my my...it's really too bad Maureen's name isn't above the title so your friend could have exchanged their tix.
#22re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:05pm
Littlefish,
I totally agree when it comes to Phantom. I much prefer the beautiful Yeston and Kopit version.
EDIT: Little Fish, "sans" means without.
Updated On: 2/1/05 at 03:05 PM
#23re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:06pmIt's okay, LittleRathDefender. He got it right. Go back and read his posts again.
#24re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:08pmGrand Hotel (from the Mesozoic Era)
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