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Lysistrata Jones
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#25Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#26Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#27Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#28Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#29Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#30Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#31Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#32Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#33Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#34Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#35Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
Joshua Rosenthal
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/17
#36Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:57amWhile I think it has a couple of nice songs, I too find it hard to keep listening. I feel like had they taken the score more seriously at certain parts, that it would have done well. The opening number starts off well but once they start introducing the characters and all that I kind of lose interest. The story, cast, and yeah some of the music are very good though. I feel like it was maybe also a show that was hard to appeal to certain people. Idk if that’s true tho just a guess
#37Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 11:00am
Behold, the most words ever written about “Lysistrata Jones.”
Not that I should poke fun, after spending months reconstructing a complete “Extended edition” libretto to both Cabaret and Rocky Horror...
#38Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 1:46pm
This was a musical starring the greatest actress to ever walk across a Broadway. I doubt anyone on this board would dare to disagree.
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#39Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 2:45pm
ClydeBarrow said: "This was a musical starring the greatest actress to ever walk across a Broadway. I doubt anyone on this board would dare to disagree."
I find it helpful to proofread before posting snide comments.
Non sibi sed patriae
Kimbo
Featured Actor Joined: 4/8/08
#40Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 2:54pm
I’m not going to lie - when people ask me what the single worst show is that I’ve seen in half a century of theatergoing, for the last decade my answer has been this one. I realize that’s subjective - and I realize intellectually that there have been far worse Broadway shows, including many of those I’ve attended. Which probably means I should simply call this my “least favorite” show I’ve ever seen, rather than the worst overall. But “least favorite” simply doesn’t convey the level of irritation and loathing I felt while watching this one, whereas I have a soft spot for many far more legendary flops and disasters - therefore I’m sticking to my guns and calling this one The Worst.
#41Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 3:04pm
Highland Guy said: "ClydeBarrow said: "This was a musical starring the greatest actress to ever walk across a Broadway. I doubt anyone on this board would dare to disagree."
I find it helpful to proofread before posting snide comments.
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This was a musical starring the greatest actress to ever walk across a Broadway stage. I doubt anyone on this board would dare to disagree.
Happy now?
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#42Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 3:07pm
I'll only be happy when said actress has a theatre named after her and the street said theatre is on is named after her as thanks for everything she has brought to the American Musical Theatre and everything she will continue to bring for she alone is the future of theatre. She alone will save us all.
#43Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 3:12pm
Yes
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 8/17/20 at 03:12 PM
#44Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 10:20pm
....this was hands down the WORST show I have ever seen on Broadway. I would have left 15 minutes in but I had free tickets and was sitting 3rd row center. I remember turning to my friend @ the 15 minute mark and said, "this is so bad."
Definitely not a broadway show.
A close 2nd to this horrible show is Ghost (special effects were cool) and Rocky (last 30 mins was cool)
Fan123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
#45Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/17/20 at 11:02pm
Coincidentally, I tried to give this show's cast recording a first listen the other day, but couldn't get through the first track. I thought perhaps I was just cranky from having tried out too many mediocre 'aimed-at-teens' musicals recently (Eugenius, Starry). I feel vindicated now.
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#46Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/18/20 at 6:46am
I think the score is better towards the end of the show than the beginning. I also think the finale, Give It Up, is the best song in the show by far. This was a case of me enjoying a musical in spite of its score. The cast, choreography, and book were pretty solid.
#47Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/18/20 at 9:17am
A solid book? Whaaaat?
The book was a complete rip off of the movie “Can’t Hardly Wait.”
#48Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/19/20 at 6:50am
unclevictor said: "A solid book? Whaaaat?
The book was a complete rip off of the movie “Can’t Hardly Wait.”"
Oh, so now we don't like the movie Can't Hardly Wait? You're not wrong. Lysistrata Jones definitely pulled from a certain style of teen comedy.
Anyway, I was more referring to the musicalization of Lysistrata in a non-war context that made enough sense for the concept to hold water.
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#49Lysistrata Jones
Posted: 8/19/20 at 9:06am
trentsketch said: "unclevictor said: "A solid book? Whaaaat?
The book was a complete rip off of the movie “Can’t Hardly Wait.”"
Oh, so now we don't like the movie Can't Hardly Wait? You're not wrong. Lysistrata Jones definitely pulled from a certain style of teen comedy.
Anyway, I was more referring to the musicalization of Lysistrata in a non-war context that made enough sense for the concept to hold water."
I haven't seen it yet, but doesn't Chi-Raq do that, but much better?
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