Name the worst musical
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re: Name the worst musical#29
Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:13pm
bright lights big city
aida
high fidelity
the dead
re: Name the worst musical#31
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.
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re: Name the worst musical#32
Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:51pmBy Jeeves
re: Name the worst musical#34
Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:34pmThe Dead doesn't count because that wasn't a musical, but a play with music.
re: Name the worst musical#35
Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:37pmAnyone see far pavillions? It was bad as a bbook, but worses as a musical
re: Name the worst musical#36
Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:58pmfour words for the WORST musical ever. phantom of the opera
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re: Name the worst musical#37
Posted: 2/4/07 at 12:08am
I have a tie - Two dreadful musicals from the 1970's:
RIDE THE WINDS
RAINBOW JONES
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re: Name the worst musical#38
Posted: 2/4/07 at 12:56am
High Fidelity ROCKES!!! Anyone who says it is one of the worst musicals is on crack!
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re: Name the worst musical#39
Posted: 2/4/07 at 12:57amSTARMITES. No question.
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re: Name the worst musical#41
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.
re: Name the worst musical#42
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:21amThe Life had some redeeming qualities. Great performances by Pamela Isaacs and Lillias White. Some good songs: "He's No Good" and "My Friend".
re: Name the worst musical#43
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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re: Name the worst musical#44
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:45amWell it is no Fiddler, but it is really beautiful.
re: Name the worst musical#45
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
re: Name the worst musical#46
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:59am
"I'm not a Jew"
The song is about him denying Judaism...
re: Name the worst musical#47
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...
re: Name the worst musical#48
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?
re: Name the worst musical#49
Posted: 2/4/07 at 7:24amone 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.
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