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Musicals most people hated, but you liked

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TheQuibbler
#25Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:10pm

I had a great time at Bullets Over Broadway and then was rather confused when the reviews came trickling in. 

Emmaloucbway
#26Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:28pm

Beetlejuice
The Cher Show (though I know of quite a few people who like it so I don’t think I’m in the minority)
Bullets Over Broadway
Head Over Heels

Emmaloucbway
#27Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:29pm

Oh and I guess I should add Tootsie since another thread declared it the “worst musical of the year...” Musicals most people hated, but you liked

(Sorry for the double post)

Theatrefanboy1
#28Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:35pm

Ghost
The Cher show (But I’m definitely seeing more than just me on here and publicly who love it)

I also liked if/then. I thought the concept was great the only thing to me is felt they rushed it to broadway a little too quickly I think.

jmfinny
#29Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:36pm

I still often find myself loving The Wedding Singer cast recording.  I have fond memories of rushing that show multiple times during the summer.  

InTheBathroom1
#30Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:39pm

This season Beetlejuice, Head Over Heels, and Be More Chill. Other seasons: Groundhog Day, The Last Ship, and Big Fish.

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Mister Matt
#31Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:54pm

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Rock of Ages (though it ran for many years, the vitriol on BWW hurled at it was EPIC)
Xanadu
Catch Me If You Can
Ghost
Dirty Dancing (the first tour of the original production, not the bland, paint-by-numbers recent tour)
Starlight Express
Big (the Broadway production)
Seussical (the Broadway production)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (the first Broadway production)
Jekyll & Hyde (the pre-Broadway productions)
A Bronx Tale
Memphis

And a show that infuriates purists to no end...Contact.

I don't recall most people hating Jane Eyre.  I think it flopped mostly as a victim of timing.  It was actually my favorite show that season.


"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

woeisme3
#32Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:03pm

Same with Groundhog Day, it was well liked just in a crowded season

a-mad
#33Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:15pm

Add me to the list:

Ghost the Musical

Sytwix
#34Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:19pm

Groundhog Day

Carousel (Last year's revival)

The Cher Show

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broadwaybabywannabe2
#35Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:35pm

SHREK...enough said!

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#36Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:35pm

1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: It is what it is- and if you want to basically see Sid and Marty Krofft-Meets-Roald Dahl weirdness, that’s what this is. Raul was in very fine voice, and Jan Maxwell was stunning. We miss you Jan!

2. Threepenny Opera revival with Alan Cumming: Definitely not the best translation, didn’t need a random flash to the audience, but had a very talented cast who gave the score their all.

3. Side Show: I thought the revival was even better than the original. The songs for the girls vaudeville acts were more ironic and varied in tone, they commented on their situation more. Costumes and makeup were great, and the plot did try to touch on their real lives a bit more.


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Alex Kulak2
#37Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:41pm

Big Fish and Tuck Everlasting both have fantastic material, but were in big bloated productions that made the end product bad. If they both had small scaled down productions, I really think they'd get the praise they deserve.

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LuPita2
#38Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:48pm

Big Fish forever!

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Eliza2
#39Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:55pm

I absolutely loved Finding Neverland.

I'll also add myself to the "loved Groundhog Day" list although I felt like the opinions on that one were more 50/50 as opposed to "most people" hating it

#40Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:10pm

Be More Chill and Finding Neverland.

ahhrealmonsters
#41Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:13pm

Shrek, hands down. I heard/read somewhere recently that Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire are working on a new project together...I can't wait!

Alex Kulak2
#42Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:17pm

ahhrealmonsters said: "Shrek, hands down. I heard/read somewhere recently that Jeanine Tesori & DavidLindsay-Abaire are working on a new project together...I can't wait!"

I think it's a musical adaptation of his play Kimberly Akimbo. Considering his lyrics were the best part of Shrek, I'm excited for any musical projects he's got in the pipeline.

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East Village
#43Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:40pm

Original CHICAGO (critics panned it)


CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and Arthur Laurents’ revival of WEST SIDE STORY  (there seemed to be little love)
 

And I might have been high but I really enjoyed BE MORE CHILL

Updated On: 5/21/19 at 04:40 PM

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Mister Matt
#44Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 5:13pm

1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: It is what it is- and if you want to basically see Sid and Marty Krofft-Meets-Roald Dahl weirdness, that’s what this is. Raul was in very fine voice, and Jan Maxwell was stunning. We miss you Jan! 

Oooohhh yes!  I thought Raul was miscast, but I absolutely LOVED the show.  Jan and Marc were HILARIOUS.  And when that car flew, I was my 5-year-old self again, utterly enchanted by the stage magic.


"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

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getupngo
#45Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:10pm

OKBroadwayFan said: "I loved Head Over Heels"

I think my username gives it away, but I LOVED this show too. 

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Phillytheatreguy10
#46Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:19pm

Ghost

Big Fish

American Psycho 

Side Show

Updated On: 5/20/19 at 06:19 PM

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getupngo
#47Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:28pm

Also, If/Then

amaklo
#48Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:32pm

Well I don't see that anyone mentioned Bright Star yet, so I think it fits nicely in this thread. :)

 

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GavestonPS
#49Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 7:17pm

I adored PASSION and its refusal to condescend to audience expectations of a musical. Over time, it has become one of my favorite Sondheim scores.

My now-husband and I had a great time at THE MOONEY SHAPIRO SONGBOOK in London; then it closed so quickly in NYC we never got a chance to revisit it. I don't know if the references were too inside-British or if they messed it up somehow in the transfer.

I realize it has proved more popular on tour and in regional productions, but the failure of BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Broadway continues to baffle me, especially considering the amazing vocal performances on the OBCR. I know Americans prefer stories where one can "have it all" without making hard choices (see PASSION, too), but one would think the success of the novel and film would have prepared audiences for what they would see.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC and SHENANDOAH aren't hated, except among musical play aficionados who ridicule both shows with some frequency (and considerable cause). I am usually among the first to join the mocking. But as long as we're in a confessional mood, I must admit I have seen both countless times (literally, since I did an entire summer of MUSIC and a month of SHENANDOAH in stock, plus other productions of both) and, nonetheless, I start to bawl each time those kids start up the mountain at the end, and every time the presumed-dead "Boy" appears in the church in the final scene of SHENANDOAH, limping toward his father, calling "Pa! Pa!"

 


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