Have you ever gotten bored at a play or musical? If so, what was it? — Page 4

THE VIOLET HOUR is the only show i've ever seen on broadway that bored me. MARIO CANTONE was the only relief.

i had an experience with AMADEUS on broadway similar to BobbyBuddy's ... the show was great ... but i was just so tired from trapsing all over nyc that i kept nodding off ... maddening!

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The Women in White- I saw it in london this past winter it was entirely too long and the songs where not interesting to the ear

Caroline or Change-just bad I left at intermission. I love Tony Kushner but WTF?

The Lion King- a 15 minute "can you feel the love"? You've got to be kidding, the costumes however were awesome

Mambo Kings-ABSOLUTLEY TERRIBLE I left at intermisssion to go get dinner. The dacing was very impressive but after a while it became repetitive and thereby not as exciting.

I fell asleep during Seussical... man... it was...BOOOOORRRING.

My second time seeing The Lion King tour in Baltimore last week. I thought that it would be breathtaking again, or at least interesting. The entire second act, my best friend and I tried our hardest to regain the circulation in our legs (due to the Hippodrome's terribly small leg space) and seeing who could not swallow their gum...and I am a theatre nazi. It's seemed like a private high school production, where they have a lot of money, but not the talent. Waste of $170 dollars!

I fell asleep during Cats. So boring.

Let's see. There's been a few!
- Les Miz on tour (not as good as Bway. Loved it in NYC, it was just boring on tour)
- Aida on Bway (I went to see Maya Days but she wasnt there that night (she's a friend of the family) and I did actually fall asleep, but I really liked Adam and Idina)
- Cats on tour (I was 8. My best friend and I fell asleep lol! We were in like the last row of the balcony!)
- The Music Man on tour (The only reason I DIDN'T fall asleep was because my friend was Amaryllis! LOL!)
- Oklahoma on tour (First act dragged a bit, second act was better. My best friend thought the same. We didn't fall asleep like we did during Cats, though!)
- Little Shop of Horrors on Bway (It wasn't BORING per say, but I fell asleep, after waking up at 5:00 AM that day to see Clay Aiken at GMA, and being up until 1:00 AM the night before to meet Kristin Chenoweth after Wicked! LOL!)

A college theatre production of Waiting For Godot. I almost literally ripped my hair out, and the only reason I didn't leave was because I had a review to write for class. However, I ended up getting a good grade b/c apparently my angst translated into an appropriate review.

I also conked out during Mandy Patinkin's Sondheim one-man show. Was only there for my mom, and she was mortified every time I jolted awake to join in the applause.

On Broadway I dozed during Into The Woods, the second time I saw After the Fall (I have a Krause obsessed best friend, and seeing that production twice nominated me for sainthood), and embarrasingly enough, I Am My Own Wife. I really liked that one, there were just so many external factors that knocked me out. There are others I've been bored at, just never actually closed my eyes during.

The Woman In White - the most boringest show ever
Joseph (current London revival)
If it wasnt for some of the music then Chicago would be up there - not a fan of how its staged.

Cats
Aspects of Love (both ALW)
Bedtime Farce
Mass Appeal
Da!
Al Pacino's Richard III

The only show I've seen on Broadway that I was insanely bored with was Once Upon a Mattress with Sarah Jessica Parker.

But I've seen a LOT of boring community and regional shows: Oliver!, 1776, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, The Music Man, Footloose, West Side Story, South Pacific, Honk!, and Smokey Joe's Cafe to name a few.

Mamma Mia- Just didn't do it for me
Several of the scenes just seemed to never end making the show highly tedious

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I have friends who were so bored at a bad rock opera based on Hamlet called Rockabye Hamlet that they moved to the last row of the rear mezz at the Minskoff and had congress on the floor. This was in about 1975.

Every time I am upstairs at the Minskoff I think of this couple now happily married 25 years with 2 grown children.

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