Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
#1Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/4/14 at 10:41pmHas there ever been a time where critics weren't crazy about a show, you ignored the reviews and still saw a show to end up loving it?
#2Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/4/14 at 10:45pm
Bonnie and Clyde.
#2Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/4/14 at 10:45pm
Chess
Big Fish
Updated On: 7/6/14 at 10:45 PM
DWalk
Stand-by Joined: 8/18/05
#3Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/4/14 at 10:54pmThe Scarlet Pimpernel and The Civil War.
skylight2
Stand-by Joined: 6/13/14
Broadwayfan15
Swing Joined: 12/4/11
#5Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/4/14 at 11:19pmIf/Then- loved it. The show's still in my head.
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#6Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/4/14 at 11:24pm
If then...is the most recent and (just thought of this one) A Time to Kill.
In general, there are a lot of shows that the critics don't like that I do..I keep thinking that maybe I am not so fussy.
Updated On: 7/5/14 at 11:24 PM
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#7Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 6:41am
UTBU, Dear World, 70, Girls, 70, and many others.
#8Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 6:43am
After Eight, did you see House of Flowers?
And yes, Dear World is a wonderful show. Nothing like a Jerry Herman score.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#9Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 6:49amNot the original, but the Encores presentation.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 6:57amMost of those they trash I like.
#11Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 7:10am
I would have loved to have seen Tonya Pinkins in that role - she is one of my favorite performers. Especially with that full orchestra, Did they use the original Broadway score or the Off-Broadway version?
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#12Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 7:14am
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I can't remember. But it didn't come across as well as what we hear on the OBCR.
#13Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 7:17amIt would be hard to - it is a rather perfect recording with an extraordinary cast. Thank you for the information though - you are always so polite.
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#14Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 7:43am
If/Then, I loved it and seeing it again!
but in reverse I hated Peter and the Star catcher and critics loved it.
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#15Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 8:47am
Best example I can think of is Young Frankenstein. I really enjoyed that show. Had a great time seeing it with a school group I chaperoned.
Next closest is American Idiot. The NY critics were not nearly as positive as the LA critics but that was easily my favorite show that season .
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#16Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 8:55amBonnie & Clyde, Bring It On, Chaplin, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway
#17Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 9:15am
Wicked
Legally Blonde
Bring it On
Shrek
The Little Mermaid
American Idiot
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Updated On: 7/5/14 at 09:15 AM
#18Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 9:22am
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#19Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 10:44amI like you, ljay. I loved that show, too.
#20Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 10:44am
I'll second the motion for Chaplin. I also thought Bullets Over Broadway was a hoot and a half.
Updated On: 7/5/14 at 10:44 AM
#21Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 11:16amI
kade.ivy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
#22Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 11:24am
I second Wicked and Shrek.
I saw the tour of The Addams Family and enjoyed it fairly well, but I know the tour was revised from Broadway and was better received.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 11:24amAll the shows mentioned above
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#24Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It!
Posted: 7/5/14 at 11:39am
I saw "Women on the Verge…" before the critics (and with Iflit!) and it was the first preview they got all the way through with no technical problems. I enjoyed the hell out of this flawed production. I think Iflit was more on the fence. It was the chatter of a few attention seekers on this board that mystified me. It was their mission in life to declare it the worst show in the history of history, the most terrible thing that had ever existed. It made me think what a sheltered life they must have lived if that little show was the worst thing they'd ever seen in their lives.
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