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Most boring musicals
Most Boring Musicals#100
Posted: 6/18/12 at 12:20pmThe most obvious one for me in recent memory was The People in the Picture.
Most Boring Musicals#101
Posted: 6/18/12 at 12:25pm@Finch... You said Shogon was boring (Never made it out of DC) ~ It actually did play Broadway. And it was famous for all the firings and replacements. And the fact that Phillip Casnoff was knocked out by scenery.
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Most Boring Musicals#102
Posted: 6/18/12 at 12:29pm
A couple of years ago, I saw a musical adaptation of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY in a tiny theatre here in London. Oh dear, it was dull.
Otherwise... maybe DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (which WAS boring, being completely incomprehensible in a very mundane way) and THRILL ME (repetitive beyond belief, musically and narratively).
We don't often get "boring" musicals in London. We get bad ones, but not often boring ones!
Most Boring Musicals#103
Posted: 6/18/12 at 12:39pm
"@Finch... You said Shogon was boring (Never made it out of DC) ~ It actually did play Broadway. And it was famous for all the firings and replacements. And the fact that Phillip Casnoff was knocked out by scenery."
Correct, it did play for a few months on Bway. It was also noted for amazing scenery, some of the most inventive I've ever seen, and costumes. It also had a wonderful leading lady in June Angela. Francis Ruivivar was also very good.
And, it still managed to be long and boring.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Most Boring Musicals#104
Posted: 6/18/12 at 12:49pmI immediately thought of the Roundabout revival of Sunday in the Park with George before reading this thread. I was surprised how bored I was by the current Evita. One that hasn't been mentioned that I thought was boring is Passing Strange.
Most Boring Musicals#105
Posted: 6/18/12 at 1:03pmThe Color Purple. And the recent Bring it On tour.
Most Boring Musicals#106
Posted: 6/18/12 at 1:23pmI know a lot of people here will take exception, but I found Side Show to be utterly boring. My interest was only piqued at the end of the show, when some people leapt to their feet with tears rolling down their faces, while the rest of us seemed to have been awakened from a nap.
Most Boring Musicals#107
Posted: 6/18/12 at 1:50pmI can't listen to "I Will Never Leave You" from Sideshow. I burst out laughing every time. I will never leave you? Your flickin' Siamese Twins! It's like one of those two-faced kittens singing, "I can't stop gazing into those eyes" to itself.
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Most Boring Musicals#108
Posted: 6/18/12 at 4:17pm
I found THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, ONCE and A CATERED AFFAIR to be painfully boring.
Updated On: 6/18/12 at 04:17 PM
Most Boring Musicals#109
Posted: 6/18/12 at 4:53pm
Im going by shows where I have been restless and clock watching as boring, not just shows I didnt like
Flashdance
Wedding Singer
High Society
Fame
Second half of Sunday in the Park with George
All spring to mind
Most Boring Musicals#110
Posted: 6/18/12 at 5:04pmI do struggle to get through Sunday in the Park With George after Putting It Together until the Finale. The last production I saw was the Ravinia Concert, which was something of a train wreck. Oddly staged and underrehearsed. Audra kept the evening from being a total bust.
Most Boring Musicals#111
Posted: 6/18/12 at 7:08pm
Titanic
Curtains
Follies (I stayed awake but most of my row was asleep)
Most Boring Musicals#112
Posted: 6/19/12 at 5:22amI see why people think Sunday In The Park is boring, but it makes me so sad to see so many people say it! It's probably my favorite, personally. Ah well, to each their own.
Most Boring Musicals#113
Posted: 6/19/12 at 5:22amAlso a boring musical that I don't remember if it was mentioned - Godspell. Just couldn't get into that one.
Most Boring Musicals#114
Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:03am
Les Miserables - 25th anniversary tour.
When everything 'new' is inferior to the 'old' and the new consists of self-congratulatory bombast and pretentious attempts to go from er...unsuccessful "1985 musical" to Modern Grand, Acoustic Orchestrated, Prestigious OPERA Of Our Time, with a Valjean that sounds better suited for Italian Opera and...
..tacky Star Wars Cosette logo.
At the end of the day, the deal breaker for me was the chucking of its gorgeous, complex, sumptuous, dark, dirty cry from the gutter...its John Cameron orchestration. Its voice.
Most Boring Musicals#115
Posted: 6/19/12 at 12:46pm
I see some peoples list and wonder why they even go to see musicals..if you hate over 20 different musicals you probably just dont like musicals period and thats ok
I usually like something about most I see but I did find
The LION KING really boring and LOUD...
and Les MIZ great music but bored out of my mind watching the
grey sets for 3 hours
Most Boring Musicals#116
Posted: 6/20/12 at 1:19am
Hands down... Phantom of the Opera.
I don't get it.
I was tired the first time and was bored.
To make sure I saw the national tour. Bored again.
Runners up:
Passion
Titanic
Most Boring Musicals#117
Posted: 6/20/12 at 10:49am
Popular musicals I just didnt get/like and was bored by:
Grand Hotel
The Will Rogers Follies
Many more major flops, which would be on many lists like:
Aint Broadway Grand
Thou Shalt Not
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Most Boring Musicals#118
Posted: 6/20/12 at 5:01pmThe DVD version of LOVE NEVER DIES is quite the snooze-fest. Glad PBS showed it for free!
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Most Boring Musicals#119
Posted: 6/21/12 at 4:07amI do believe Stephen Sondheim is God, but Passion and Pacific Overtures are so very boring to me. I have both on DVD and can't make it through either one.
Most Boring Musicals#120
Posted: 6/21/12 at 2:56pmyouth has nothing to do with not appreciating Follies. Lack of intelligence does. There's nothing about anyone can't relate to if they have an ounce of depth.
Most Boring Musicals#121
Posted: 6/21/12 at 3:17pm
^
Completely untrue. Not to mention pretentious and insulting.
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Most Boring Musicals#123
Posted: 6/21/12 at 7:45pmReally? You think Les Miz is boring? It was one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced.
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