Name the worst musical- Page 3
Name the worst musical
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#50re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 7:42amYou could smell Via Galactica's stink to at least Jupiter.
#51re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 7:47amIt has to be Cats...ALW owes me 2 hours of my life back (seemed like 10 hours).
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algy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#53re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 8:22amWho said StEx? It's not that bad. It has a couple of good songs, and if you have a good Electra your afternoon/evening is not wasted.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#54re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 8:24am
I agree with Via & to see it was indescribable
I also agree with Cats who one critic described as a feeling akin to "having a cat pee on you for 2 hours plus"
Poster Emeritus
#55re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 8:36amYou have got to be f*cking kidding me placing AIDA on this list. Idiotic post.
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#56re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 9:13amGood Vibrations
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#57re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 9:44amMost of this thread has been pretty good about it, but I really don't see the point of telling someone that they're "on crack" or that their post is "idiotic". This is a message board, a place of opinion, and insulting someone isn't going to have any effect on whether or not they like a certain show or song. Polite discussion of why or why not they like it? Sure. But just saying they suck is pretty much banging your head against a brick wall.
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#58re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 10:36am
Anyone who put Rent on here needs a slap(grow up)
Carrie cant be worse as it had some breathtaking moments in
Eveining Prayers
Open Your heart
Eve was weak
Dont waste the moon
I remeber how thoose boys could dance
When theres no one
Heaven reprise
all great songs from carrie
Worst shows
Via Galactica( the new hair it wassnt)
Legs Diamond
Marilyn and American Fable
Annie 2 Hannigans Revenge
Gone with the Wind the musical Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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tkts
Broadway Star Joined: 8/26/03
#59re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 11:31am
You should qualify this in that you actually had to SEE the show, not make snap judgments. So in my case....
Remember the book they made you read in high school about a mental challenged man and a mouse? "Flowers for Algernon"? In 1980 they made it into a musical. It was called "Charlie and Algernon". I saw it at the Kennedy Center in DC on it's pre broadway tryout.
Imagine a man dancing with a mouse in his hand, singing to it. At The show I saw, the mouse peeded in PJ Benjamins hand during his big number. Even the mouse knew this was crap. Ran 17 performances on Broadway.
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dramaqueen2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/05
#60re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 1:21pm
whoever posted aida as the worst musical of all time needs a smack. ridiculous. i agree with dirty rotten guy, that really was an idiotic post.
hear my song; it was made for the time when you don't know where to go, listen to the song that i sing, you'll be fine..
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#61re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 1:27pmWhoever put Aida AND Bright Lights, Big City needs a smack.
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Lindsay2
Understudy Joined: 11/28/06
#64re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:11pm
1991's NICK & NORA was the worst musical I have seen in over 55 years of theatregoing. The fault was in the book by Arthur Laurents. A musical mystery based on "The Thin Man" movie characters, I didn't care who done it; I just wanted it to be over. The people I went with left at intermission. I stayed hoping for some improvement in the 2nd act, but it was not to be. This was a case of the director(Arthur Laurents) not seeing the problems of the author(Arthur Laurents). As for the score by Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby, Jr., it was best left forgotten. What a mess! The only lucky person in the theatre was the person who was killed early in the first act--at least they didn't have to stay on stage for very long.
As for LI'L ABNER, I saw the OBC production in the 1950's and loved it. The acting, score, hilarious book and terrific choreography by the famous Michael Kidd kept this show running for 693 performances. It deserves a revival, with the right director and choreographer.
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Updated On: 2/4/07 at 02:11 PM
#65re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:12pm
RE: CHARLIE AND ALGERNON
Didn't THE WOMAN IN WHITE also have a character singing and dancing with a mouse in his hand? And if I remember correctly, there were some rather wet moments...
I didn't see either show so I'm not speaking of either of them as the worst musical ever. I'm just commenting on some similarities.
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#66re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:15pmThou Shalt Not was absolutely boring as hell.
#67re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:17pmI've only seen one musical which i REALLY couldn't stand: Aida
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#68re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 2:28pmMaybe not the worst musical ever, but Dr. Doolittle on tour was pretty awful.
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#70re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 3:55pmLiverpool, the "terribleness" of Gutenberg, the Musical! is purposeful. That's where the comedy lies. The terrible lyrics, the purposeless songs, the one-dimensional characters... I laughed harder at Gutenberg than I have in a long time. Unless, of course, you know all this and the comedy just wasn't up your alley.
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#72re: Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 5:36pm
Sorry if someone already corrected this error...
But JAMES JOYCE'S THE DEAD most certainly does count as a musical. It even won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. (For some unknown reason.)
However, I completely agree that it should be on this "worst musicals" list.
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#74Name the worst musical
Posted: 2/4/07 at 7:53pmThe worst? Of all the shows I have seen it would be a toss-up between Starlight express and Sunset Boulevard. I didn't see it in New York but last summer I saw Bombay Dreams and even though I went as someone's guest I was still overcharged.
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