My taste in musicals.....must be lacking

I have a confession to make. I didn't like A Light in The Piazza, most specifically the music, as opposed to the book. I feel this is almost blaspehemy, and am trying to figure out why. Recently, I have heard the score to Nine, and disliked it as well. I then listened to Floyd Collins and, sob, was unimpressed.
Here are some of my favourite shows, just as a counterbalance.

The Fantasticks (# 1 by a lot)
Les Miz
Guys and Dolls
Everything by William Finn
Almost everything by Sondheim
Rent, TTB,
Yes, Wicked
but Pippin more,
Ragtime
Whistle Down the Wind
Martin Guerre
Jane Eyre

plus all the standards, Oklahoma, The Music Man, WSS, Gypsy, etc.

I thought that I had some taste but clesrly I am missing something that everyone else is seeing. My favourite of this season was Dessa Rose, followed by Spelling Bee where I laughed until I cried and then cried until I couldn't stop. Maybe it is my advanced age- I saw Mame in 1964!

Thanks for any suggestions.

If your number one is The Fantasticks, you're alright in my books! I definitely suggest more La Chiusia, though. So fabulous.

I'm not a big fan of some really popular, much-adored shows either, but it's all about personal taste. It's all good in the end.

Resistence is futile. You will tow the line.

I wouldn't worry too much about it...you just have a varied aesthetic. It's possible to like Citizen Kane and Animal House and not be an idiot.

to get off topic:

i hated wicked with a passion when i listened to the recording, stephen shwartz isn't one of my favorites, but i actually enjoyed the show much more than i expected.

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I see nothing wrong. Everyone has a different set of preferences!

I think it's good that you like musical theatre, period.

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Of course there is room for everything, and everything in its place. Many terrorists have willingly confessed after repeated playings of GOBLIN MARKET.

Just curious baddadnpa, but would you label "Side By Side by Sondheim" a jukebox musical? Or how about "Ain't Misbehavin'"?

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I accept the "revues" label but I must also say that "Ain't Misbehavin'" stands out as ONE of my most enjoyable evenings at musical theatre and as a show that I thought was most deserving of its Best Musical Tony Award.

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I didn't see it, so perhaps I would've enjoyed it, although I might not have purchased tickets knowing it to be a revue.

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OK, I am feeling a bit better. Thank you all for your welcome reponses. In fact, I saw Piazza live, liked the book and was soso about the music. I bought the Cd and took it home to find it too operatic (for lack of a better word, and it is silly anyway because I love opera) and proceeded to really dislike it more. Maybe I just don't like Guettel's music, but I feel as if I am missing out on a lot by feeling thus. To those who expressed the opinion that Mamma Mia and its ilk are not "Broadway Theatre", I agree, although I guess if my dislikes are going to be respected I have to respect others' likes.

Another favouite ( yes , I can spell but I am Canadian!) is
Titanic.

Anything anyone thinks I will enjoy? I disliked Spamalot and DRS. Maybe there is no hope for me.

I don't think I would like Piazza either, it seems rather boring, the music that is

It's very seldom that I like or hate EVERYTHING in a specific composer/lyricist's repertoire. (there is even some good Andrew Lloyd Webber--somewhere). Your choices seem sensible to me. Some of the shows you mention not liking definitely have to be experienced live. I saw "Floyd Collins" in Playwright's Horizons, where you couldn't help but be sucked into the plight of the title character trapped in a cave. There is also an excellent musical called "Wings" about a stroke victim, but if you just listened to the recording you'd be bored out of your mind.

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