Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

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Have 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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#2

re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:48pm

Wicked

#3

re: 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)

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:51pm

Come on now, there wasn't one element of Wicked you enjoyed? Sounds like you are just looking to start another Wicked-based argument.

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#5

re: 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.

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:00pm

How can you not like wicked at all? That's like not possible at all. Not even a little bit.

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:17pm

Dance of the Vampires, Tommy

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re: 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!

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:29pm

A recent production of the Producers. It's really gone downhill since it opened. Or maybe it was just that performance.

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re: 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!

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:31pm

I am staying far away from Brooklyn!

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The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.

#12

re: 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.

#13

re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:34pm

Good idea, Baddadnpa. I only went because I got free tickets due to heavy papering the week before it opened.

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:36pm

You didn't like anything about NGD, m.e.f.?

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re: 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.

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:41pm

Right answer, m.e.f.

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re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:43pm

BTW, Rath, my friend said that "Little Women" sans your fiancee was just awful.

#18

re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 2:45pm

Sorry to hear that.

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re: 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."

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re: 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.

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re: 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

#22

re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:04pm

Oh 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.

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#23

re: 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

#24

re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:06pm

It's okay, LittleRathDefender. He got it right. Go back and read his posts again.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#25

re: Have You Ever Felt Ripped Off After Seeing A Show?

Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:08pm

Grand Hotel (from the Mesozoic Era)