Most Underated musical(s)
Most Underated musical(s)
Chicboheme
Swing Joined: 3/28/06
#0Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:15pmI was just wondering if there were any musicals people have seen that they felt were underated and should still be playing today. I have a few.. Seussical, I thought the music was great, Lennon, it just needed some tweaking but the music was amazing, of course john lennon was brilliant, but they gave it a musical theater feel. Those are just a couple off the top of my head..
#1re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:18pmAmour
bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#2re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:20pm
I'll Second AMOUR!
And add JANE EYRE
#3re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:21pm
"Lennon, it just needed some tweaking but the music was amazing"
That's how I feel about Lestat.
Martin Guerre comes to mind.
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#4re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:24pm
Flower Drum Song, the Broadway Revival.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#5re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:25pmI saw Martin Guerre in Detroit before it fizzled and it was amazing! Erin Dilly broke my heart!
#6re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:26pmA New Brain. Such a great story and the music is phenomenal.
Bwaybaby109
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#7re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:47pmHonk! It' rocks.
#9re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 9:04pmTaboo. It truly would have benefited soo much from an out-of-town tryout (as Raul has said.) I still believe it was robbed of a Tony for Best Score.
#10re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 9:06pm
Honk!
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
A New Brain
Seussical
The Wiz
Kiss Me, Kate
The Wild Party (LaChuisa version)
#11re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 9:13pm
Taboo
Dracula
The Shook Up
Lennon
The Woman in White
La Cage Aux Follies
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#12re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/2/06 at 9:16pmNot sure how The Wiz, Kiss Me, Kate or La Cage are underrated when they were all Best Musical Tony winners which were long-running hits and have been produced thousands of times around the country since their Broadway runs.
Blanche
Stand-by Joined: 10/1/04
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#15re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 2:18amSaturday Night Fever! It was a hit, twice, in London but they screwed it up on Broadway by picking a leading man who could not sing or dance very well. By the time he was replaced, it was too late.
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Featured Actor Joined: 1/18/06
#17re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 10:11am
Jane Eyre
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Goldilocks
The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
#18re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:10am
Margo-
I knew someone was going to say that. It just seems to me that some people, especially those my age, don't look on those musicals very fondly.
King Stevos
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#19re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:32am
Jane Eyre Got Robbed of best score... I'm sorry all you Producer fans, I like the Producers too, but Best Score? Even Full Monty had a better score that year. So, that's two shows that had better scores.
KING STEVOS
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#20re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:43amAll American *lol*. Grind is underrated as well. It's a Bird, it's a Plane, it's Superman comes to my mind too.
#21re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:50amas soon as i saw this thread i had to write HONK!- i had no idea others felt the same way :)
robyn525600
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/03
#22re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:55amTHE CIVIL WAR
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#24re: Most Underated musical(s)
Posted: 4/3/06 at 12:29pm
1. Cyrano (1974)
2. The Robber Bridegroom
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