"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"#1
Posted: 12/9/19 at 12:56pm
Hadn't been to NYC since last June so needed to catch up on these two musicals.
Of the five shows I saw, Little Shop" turned out to be the most satisfying. Deliriously so. I can't imagine another staging making a better case for the material. Mayer, Groff, and especially Borle are brilliant.
"Moulin Rouge" on the other hand...what a waste of time, talent and money. I liked pretty much everyone on stage, particularly Olivo, but I was so depressed by how aggressively lowbrow the show is. Best thing I can say about it is that I caught it on a Thursday matinee.
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"#2
Posted: 12/9/19 at 1:25pmTruly feel sorry for anyone who can’t, at the very least, be entertained by MR.
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"#3
Posted: 12/9/19 at 1:51pm
IHeartNY2 said: "Truly feel sorry for anyone who can’t, at the very least, be entertained by MR."
Oh please don't. It was visually stunning, but didn't do much for me at all.
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"#4
Posted: 12/9/19 at 6:08pm
broadway86 said: "Oh please don't. It was visually stunning, but didn't do much for me at all."
I agree with 1000%! It's also how I felt about the movie. A lot of flash and style but NO substance whatsoever. I found myself bored, even, in different parts of the show. For a trip that included Christmas Carol, Derren Brown, Jagged Little Pill, Little Shop, and The Inheritance - ending with Moulin Rouge! was a severe let down and by far my least favorite of the trip. (Though I've seen worse in the past. LOL!)
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"#5
Posted: 12/9/19 at 6:41pm
I'd love to reply but I'm too busy re-watching the riveting Hadestown performances from the Tonys and Thanksgiving parade.
"Little Shop" v "Moulin Rouge"#6
Posted: 12/9/19 at 8:12pm
SisterGeorge said: "Hadn't been to NYC since last June so needed to catch up on these two musicals.
Of the five shows I saw, Little Shop" turned out to be the most satisfying. Deliriously so. I can't imagine another staging making a better case for the material. Mayer, Groff, and especially Borle are brilliant.
"Moulin Rouge"on the other hand...what a waste of time, talent and money. I liked pretty much everyone on stage, particularly Olivo, but I was so depressed by how aggressively lowbrow the show is. Best thing I can say about it is that I caught it on a Thursday matinee."
I agree about both. LS was wonderful. MR just made we want to hear the original singers do it without the awful story.
#8
Posted: 12/9/19 at 9:29pm
Interesting to me because I loved MR- and everyone I know who has seen it has loved it- the grosses are beyond great- the prices are sky high to the max- and the good seats are sold out for months and months in advance- obviously, judging by this board- lots of people do not love it as well- but you would never know it judging by most objective standards- and the proof is in the box office numbers- word of mouth I assume is excellent for this show. But, of course, you can't please everyone- but if you please a vast majority- that is a real achievement.
#9
Posted: 12/10/19 at 2:26amI don't get the live for Moulin Rouge. I have never struggled through a song the way I did Satine's Entrance even they dropped it. I didn't make it halfway through the album. It's just, hollow Wall of Noise. It had a large fanbase that waited a long time for a show that never died down, and now it's a spectacle to see, but we'll see where it's at in a year.
#15
Posted: 12/11/19 at 10:35am
Another Yay for LS - beautifully done and Groff has such a sweet mellifluous voice. And another Nay for MR - overhyped and over produced glitz with no substance. Adding songs for spectacle rather than any dramatic intent.. most importantly, Danny B is such a brilliant actor and he had so little to do. The leads had zero chemistry.
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#17
Posted: 12/12/19 at 11:46pm
''Are we honestly trying to compare Little Shop and Moulin Rouge? It’s apples and oranges, folks. I’ve seen both and I enjoyed both, thoroughly, but it’s kinda unfair to pin them against each other and try and compare/contrast them.''
Bravo! It's possible to enjoy one show without tearing down another one. And especially when they have such different aims and objectives. Enjoy what your like and be grateful for the variety.
#18
Posted: 12/13/19 at 1:46pm
Wayman_Wong said: "''Are we honestly trying to compare Little Shop and Moulin Rouge? It’s apples and oranges, folks. I’ve seen both and I enjoyed both, thoroughly, but it’s kinda unfair to pin them against each other and try and compare/contrast them.''
Bravo! It's possible to enjoy one show without tearing down another one. And especially when they have such different aims and objectives. Enjoy what your like and be grateful for the variety."
It's also possible to like one musical and dislike another, and one of the principle purposes of this board is to provide a place where people can express opinions about shows they've seen. It's also pretty natural to compare and contrast two new musical productions playing a few blocks from each other that you happen to see -- not months or years apart -- but on the same day. I assume the ultimate aim and objective of both shows, regardless of scale and style, was to be good and entertain, and in my opinion one succeeded and the other one didn't.
Maybe the "v" in "LS v MR" is what's annoying some people -- sorry about that.
#19
Posted: 12/13/19 at 3:15pm
On my September 27 - October 5 trip, I saw 8 Broadway/off-Broadway shows (including Moulin Rouge, Hadestown, TKAM, LSOH, Oklahoma!, and Tootsie as well as two other plays) plus three concerts. Moulin Rouge was my favorite of all the Broadway/off-Broadway shows I saw. Hadestown was my second favorite and TKAM was probably third. I loved LSOH, but it was probably my fourth favorite of the trip. Absolutely didn’t hate it. It was great. MR just had more of an emotional affect on me.
Conversely, my friend who joined me on my trip for the first three shows, liked Hadestown the most, followed probably by TKAM then MR last. And we’ve not had one argument about it. It’s okay to like some shows better than others and for others to not agree. It’s when we dictate that our opinions are facts everyone has to agree on, that we get into trouble.
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