Ignored The Critics, Saw A Show, Loved It! — Page 2

Harrigan n Hart
Jerry's Girls
GHOST
Singing in the rain

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Chaplin Chaplin Chaplin

GHOST -- of all the musicals despised by critics, this is easily my favorite

ROCKY -- one of the more enjoyable nights at the theater during our recent visit. Not a masterpiece by any means, but highly entertaining

Nano, the Wonen on the Verge thread is one of the most hilarious/disturbing threads I have seen on here, especially that Kyle demon who didn't know anything about how to format writing and when and when not to use caps lock.

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Legally Blonde, Wicked, If/Then, Catch Me if You Can and I'm sure there have been other ones

If/Then, Legally Blonde, The Wild Party (LaChuisa), Women On The Verge, and Bonnie & Clyde, The Civil War and The Scarlet Pimpernel

Cinderella- A show that's been torn up for the critics (and some on here), but I enjoyed every second of it for reasons I have already made in the past.

Women on the Verge- Same reasons as others who've enjoyed it for what it was.

Maggie Flynn
Purlie
Seesaw
Mack and Mabel
Big
Sunset Boulevard
A Class Act
The Boy from Oz
Jane Eyre
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Bullets Over Broadway
Rocky
The Bridges of Madison County

...are just a few that come to mind.

Updated On: 7/5/14 at 11:14 PM

I loved If/Then, even when it was still a bit rough around the edges during the previews in DC. I loved the Australian version of Love Never Dies (which I saw in the movie theater), which the critics mostly panned, although some did have kind words for the music itself. And, of course, there is the gem of a review by a VERY well-known reviewer (about a VERY well-known show) that grudgingly admitted that the audience is likely to have fun. The review (in a VERY well-known publication) includes the following excerpts:

"What one finds ... is a characteristic [composer] project -- long on pop professionalism and melody, impoverished of artistic personality and passion -- that the director..., the designer... and the mesmerizing actor ... have elevated quite literally to the roof. [The show] is as much a victory of dynamic stagecraft over musical kitsch as it is a triumph of merchandising uber alles."

Is the reviewer decrying "Spiderman?" How about "Mary Poppins?" Hint: The review date is January 27, 1988. The reviewer is the eminent Frank Rich, writing in the NYT about none other than the multiple Tony winner "The Phantom of the Opera." Unsurprisingly, I don't agree with his assessment even though I envy his ability to skewer a show with such clever turns of phrase. How on earth did Frank Rich not manage to get goosebumps during "Music of the Night?"

I guess ALW sobbed all the way to the bank.

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Big Fish. <3

Did I get the title wrong? A Tale of Two Cities was the one a few years back with James Barbour and Aaron Lazer correct?
The other shows I mentioned I might not have totally loved, but they weren't as bad as the critics made them out to be and I am glad I saw them and enjoyed them. I loved Cinderella with Laura and Santino. I also really loved Aida, Lestat, the Boy from Oz, Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Next to Normal, In the Heights, Wicked, Rocky, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Scarlet Pimpernal and have seen each several times.The only ones I truly disliked/hated that I can recall are Cats, Once, Hedwig, the Producers and Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson.

teresa2: Sorry. Yes, you got the title right! What I meant was I'm impressed that you actually got to see it, with its short run!