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#52

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 9:42am

Sweeney Todd
Phantom
Cats
Mamma Mia
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#53

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 9:43am

NINE I saw a great production recently but still left thinking...ehhhh

SPRING AWAKENING Whenever someone asks me about the show, I tell them to buy the CD and enjoy it. Watching it did nothing for me.

CATS Saw it on tour and on Broadway and regionally. Never cared for any of the productions.

SPAMALOT Some fun bits but to me it felt like a REALLY expensive Forbidden Broadway, but not nearly as funny or immediate.

A WONDERFUL LIFE Horrible score, way too long of a book. My suggestion: rent and enjoy the movie. Not sure if this show was or will ever be "highly acclaimed," but lots of theatres produce it around the holidays.

Updated On: 10/27/07 at 09:43 AM

#55

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 10:39am

The Producers
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#56

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 10:47am

The ones I dislike the most all happen to be by the same team:
Oklahoma!
South Pacific
Carousel

I just don't get them. Love some of the music, but the stories of all three just bore me to tears.
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#57

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 2:37pm

POTO (I actually fell asleep for a couple seconds,)
Les Miserables. (Can't even get through the cast recording.)
Spring Awakening. (Still trying to figure out how they won the Tony for lyrics that are literally "Blah Blah Blah.")

Updated On: 10/27/07 at 02:37 PM

#58

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 3:36pm

Cats
Phantom
Man of La Mancha

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#59

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 3:54pm

I haven't not liked any musical I've seen. Something has always saved it for me. But Phantom is definetly at the bottom of my list.

I saw it on tour. The girl who played Meg had an OBNOXIOUS voice. Raoul did this waddle/walk thing, and could not act. Our Phantom was good. Really insane. Except he was really to insane fo me a the beginning. I didn't get a chance to love him and then hate him. And our Christine was absolutely AMAZING! Loved every minute she was on stage.

Neeless to say, I did not go see it on Broadway that summer.
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Updated On: 10/27/07 at 03:54 PM

#64

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 5:30pm

I love LaChiusa, Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, and Ahrens and Flaherty.

The only show I've ever hated (I'm looking forward to getting skinned alive) is:

THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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#66

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 5:41pm

a show that i like that everyone i know seems to hate is "Titanic". heh

but i'm in the "Phantom" boat. i'll admit that at least the movie made more sense to me, but during the stage show i was lost.

i also didn't like "Jay Johnson: The Two & Only".
#67

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 6:05pm

Another vote for Light in the Piazza here. (And I am relieved to find there are other people who don't like it. I thought I was the only one).

I also don't like the Julie Andrews films Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.
#70

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 6:27pm

Sweeney Todd. I actually didn't pay attention to the critic reviews, but I know it was praised by people on here. Too boring for my tastes.
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#71

re: Highly acclaimed shows that you just don't like...

Posted: 10/27/07 at 7:33pm

West Side Story- I just don't like it.
The Sound of Music- I used to like it until my little sister watched the movie every single day and corrupted it for me.
Wicked- I don't know if it really fits here, because I liked it, but I just don't get all they hype. Really, people. It's not THAT good.
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