Name the worst musical — Page 2

#26

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:08pm

Into the Light
High Fidelity

#27

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:09pm

in my life

#28

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:10pm

The Woman in White
Hot Feet


ugh..

#29

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:12pm

hot feet was pretty bad

#30

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:13pm

bright lights big city
aida
high fidelity
the dead

#31

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:36pm

Senator Joe

#32

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:48pm

After the Fair or Night of the Hunter.

I was forced to listen to the cast recording of After the Fair on a long car ride, I fell asleep in the middle of it and woke up like 45 minutes later to what I thought was the exact same song playing, but no. It all just sounds the same and is absolutely horrible.

#33

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:51pm

By Jeeves

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#34

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:32pm

Definitely The Dead

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#35

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:34pm

The Dead doesn't count because that wasn't a musical, but a play with music.

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#36

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:37pm

Anyone see far pavillions? It was bad as a bbook, but worses as a musical

#37

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:58pm

four words for the WORST musical ever. phantom of the opera

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#38

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 12:08am

I have a tie - Two dreadful musicals from the 1970's:
RIDE THE WINDS
RAINBOW JONES

#39

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 12:56am

High Fidelity ROCKES!!! Anyone who says it is one of the worst musicals is on crack!

#40

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 12:57am

STARMITES. No question.

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#41

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:08am

The Life and Kept

#42

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:21am

Have you ever seen Yours, Anne? It is really quite beautiful. And the song that rhymed Jew and Zoo is I AM NOT A JEW.

Lil' Abner was really bad.

#43

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:21am

The Life had some redeeming qualities. Great performances by Pamela Isaacs and Lillias White. Some good songs: "He's No Good" and "My Friend".

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#44

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:40am

Sample lyrics from "I'm Not A Jew" sung by Peter Van Daam while hiding from the Nazis.

I'm going home, I've had enough
It isn't fair, they play too rough
******
It makes a wound that leaves a scar
An ugly, yellow Jewish star
So they can come and hunt for you
And put you in the children's zoo
******
I'm not a Jew who prays all week
I don't have horns, I'm not a freak
I'm not a rotten, lousy, stupid, dirty Jew
I'm not a Jew

Not quite on par with "Fiddler on the Roof"

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#45

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:45am

Well it is no Fiddler, but it is really beautiful.

#46

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:52am

"but it is really beautiful"

"And put you in the children's zoo"
Does Peter really think he's going to be put in a children's zoo?

"I'm not a rotten, lousy, stupid, dirty Jew"
Lyricist couldn't write poetic lyrics.

"I'm not a Jew"
Of course you are Peter. That's why you are in hiding.
The song should have been about how Peter wished he were somewhere else, not about denying something the audience can plainly see.

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#47

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:59am

"I'm not a Jew"

The song is about him denying Judaism...

#48

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 3:03am

And it looks like technically "Jew" didn't rhyme with "zoo" in the scheme, but it was rhyming with "you".

But I admit that sounds like an awful song.

And how could we have forgotten STARMITES!!!! So ridiculous!

I can't believe THIS is my 1,000 post...

#49

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 7:21am

hmm, you see i like the life's songs, but i didn't see it.
the one major one i hated was Woman in White - even maria friedman couldn't keep me interested.

but i agree that i'm sure all of these are pure bliss compared to the thousands of off-broadway/workshop things - god knows i've been involved in some stinkers.

i suppose there are some statistics of the shortest runs, most complaints etc that can help us out - where's margo?

#50

re: Name the worst musical

Posted: 2/4/07 at 7:24am

one new one that's apparently popular, but i think is one of the worst musicals i've seen is Guttenberg! The Musical. I left at the ill timed intermission.