I really didn't like one thing about "Wicked," including "Defying Gravity." The performances were nothing special, again not worth $101.25. So yes, I did feel completely ripped off.
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler
I don't remember if I felt ripped off necessarily, but while cleaning, I recently come across my Playbill from the tour of "Aspects of Love", and my first thought was "My god, I paid money to see that...".
Big League Theatricals put out this particular tour (it caused quite a bit of controversy when it first started up), and it was just very poor. The scrims were tired and wrinkled as can be, the set pieces were shabby, horribly canned music in places, and the actors just were less than inspired. It was truly unfortunate, as I heard so many wonderful things about Stroman's 2000 revival..
I was so let down by Bernadette Peters in Gypsy. Granted I did see it early in the run but I found her to be (as Ive said before on this board) wooden, making rudimentary acting mistakes, and not in character at all. She did get better in act 2, but up til that point I couldnt understand what the fuss about seeing her live was about. She was nothing special.
Marissa Jaret Winokur however, when I saw Hairspray later that week, blew my socks off. She earned that Tony award.
I was so let down by Bernadette Peters in Gypsy. Granted I did see it early in the run but I found her to be (as Ive said before on this board) wooden, making rudimentary acting mistakes, and not in character at all. She did get better in act 2, but up til that point I couldnt understand what the fuss about seeing her live was about. She was nothing special.
Marissa Jaret Winokur however, when I saw Hairspray later that week, blew my socks off. She earned that Tony award.
luvyourbatboy i have the exact opposite impressions of those two performers in those two roles. Bernadette blew me a way. While Melissa I found to annoy me on stage and found her acting very sophomorish.
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo
"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
I loved ASPECTS OF LOVE, although I can understand why people don't like it. I even liked the tour version that I saw in Memphis way back in the '90's. It's still my favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber show to play the CD.
to tell you the truth, aida as well as les miz and Phantom. Oh and cats!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
There was a tour of "Grease" I saw a few years ago that -- I think -- was produced by Tommy Tune (does that sound right?). It was like Grease on speed -- all fluorescent colours and an extra-hyper cast singing the songs like they had been challenged to see just how fast they could sing them. It was hideous and I left with a headache.
Les Miserable was dreadful onstage.......saw in on Broadway right after it opened.....Les Miz is one of those shows you can love IF YOU KNOW THE CD before hand......
The show barely got curtain call applause at its tenth or so performance after opening on Broadway. Many people left at intermission....I guess many others were asleep.
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
This isn't Broadway. But a production of "Madame Butterfly" the opera. The set was ok but it never changed once, and no one changed costumes one except (Butterfly once). I realize the emphasis is on the vocal aspect not the acting but they weren't even trying. And the singing was off in sevreal places. I don't claim to be an opera fan, but this juts sucked.