Name the worst musical
Name the worst musical
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:16pm
What's the worst musical? I'm talking the musical that has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
One on my list is "Yours, Anne" A musical about Anne Frank might have made it if Sondheim were writing it, but the lyrics to this musical are so banal and repetitive. I don't think there is one good song in the whole score (but just to be sure, I'm going to pull out my copy and give it a listen one more time).
What do you nominate as the worst musical ever?
#2re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:18pm
"Growing Up Sicilian and Female."
Right, Emcee?
#2re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:40pmMY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE is high on my list.
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#4re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:47pm
Is it weird that I really want to have all those cast recordings now?
Does Carrie qualify? Or does that have one or two redeeming qualities...
#5re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:48pm
I think it has the camp factor going for it.
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#8re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:49pmfor me at least, Lestat
"If we don't live happily ever after at least we survive until the end of the week!" -Kermit the frog "I need the money... it costs a lot to look this cheap!" -Dolly P. "Oh please, Over at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!" Mary Testa in "Xanadu" "...Like a drunk Chita Rivera!" Robin de Jesus in "In the Heights"
"B*tch, I don't know your life." -Xanadu After that if he still doesn't understand why you were uncomfortable and are now infuriated, kick him again but this time with Jazz Hands!!! -KillerTofu#9re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:51pm
Oh, people, please.
LESTAT and URBAN COWBOY are pure gold next to turkeys like "Sicilian and Female" and "Yours, Anne."
Come now...
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#10re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:53pmmunk, is there any way to sample any songs from those, or read a plot synopsis?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:53pm
"Does Carrie qualify? Or does that have one or two redeeming qualities... "
No it doesn't qualify because as bad as the show was, there are one or two nice songs. A colleague of mine once played a bootleg of the music and I seem to remember the mother's prayer as being an effective song.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#12re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 4:56pmYours, Anne is so bad that the lyricist rhymed "jew" and "zoo". I can't remember the exact lyric, but when I pull out my cassette I'll let you know.
#13re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 5:08pmAre we talking Broadway musicals? Because I've been involved in some off-Broadway, and even workshop stuff that is really REALLY bad.
#14re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 5:09pmHello, Dolly
#15re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 5:17pm
Growing Up Sicilian and Female?
I actually saw it and I agree it was pretty awful, but how do you know about it, Munk?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 5:18pmDFW has just incurred the eternal wrath of Dollypop
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#18re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 5:30pmTarzan was quite good. I know I am in the minority but so be it
#19re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:16pmDoes The Phantom of the Opera (as big as a hit as it is) count? Just awful stuff.
#20re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:19pmIn My Life.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#21re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:21pmAnnie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge. Sequels should be banned.
#22re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:24pm
Let's see: For the first 45 minutes of Jelly's Last Jam, I had no idea what was going on because no one onstage articulated. It took Phyllica Rashad's entrance to bring the show to life, and by that point I didn't care. I did sit through the whole thing, though.
Rent: I thought it was loud and obnoxious and I didn't care about the people, whose problems would all be solved if they just got a job. I stayed through that whole thing too, though.
Parade: What a ghastly idea for a musical! Furthermore, the young lady on whose murder the show turns, is dead and gone ten minutes into the show, and the rest of the show focuses on the trial. We never understand who Mary Phagen was and why she may have died, nor are the Franks likeable people, so we don't care about them.
There's a really uncharacteristic song at the end of the first act where Leo sings about seducing young girls which is all wrong. I left at the interval.
King of Hearts. This I left at intermission as well. The film is so enchanting and magical, but the musical puts the themes in a different light and takes away all the charm that made the film work so well.
Timbuktu: Eartha Kitt couldn't save this dreary, dreck-filled variation on Kismet.
I'm sure there are one or two more over the years, but right now, I don't remember what they are.
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#23re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:24pmMaybe Urban Cowboy can be the worst musical people are still being subjected to. I just saw the tour...AACK! and I like almost everything!
gymdudeva
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/07
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