Out of the four "Best Musicals"
Out of the four "Best Musicals"
#0Out of the four "Best Musicals"
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:07pm
Which is your favorite OBCR, and which is your least favorite?
Favorite: Piazza
Least: Spamalot
awkward.
Updated On: 6/17/05 at 11:07 PM
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#1re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:26pmnot big on spamalot, i can listen to like the first minute of a track and its hilarious but when it just...keeps...going i wanna kill it. "i'm all alone" is redeaming though as are sara's songs
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#2re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:29pm
Favorite - Piazza
Least - Bee
#3re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:30pmThe best is Piazza. There is no bad obcr of any of the best musicals this year, but if I had to pick I'd be Spamalot. Simply because there are some unnescessary parts (like the Tuning and the Intermission).
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#4re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:35pm
Fav- Piazza , DRS
Least- Bee
Updated On: 6/17/05 at 11:35 PM
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#5re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:36pm
best: piazza, bee, drs
most god awful and should die: spamalot
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#6re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:45pm
Favorite: DRS
Least fav: Bee
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QHDramaQueen
Stand-by Joined: 2/3/05
#8re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:05am
Favorite: Spelling Bee/Piazza
Least: DRS
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PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:10am
Favorite: Spamalot
Least: DRS
Ranked
1. Spamalot
2. Piazza
3. Spelling Bee
4. DRS
Updated On: 6/18/05 at 12:10 AM
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#10re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:14am
Fav: Piazza or Bee
Least fav: Spam (Sara shines like a diamond in the ruff though)
#11re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:26am
Favorite: Piazza (followed ever so closely by Bee, but of course Piazza is the fave)
Least favorite: Spamalot. Every time I attempt to listen to it, I turn it off. Who needs to hear those simple lyrics and simpler music, neither of which are clever and original? Not me.
~Steven
#12re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:27am
Hmmm... what seems to be the problem with Bee? Just curious.
~Steven
#13re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:29amWhat's the problem with Spamalot? I love it.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#14re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:30am
I just said my opinion of it:
"Every time I attempt to listen to it, I turn it off. Who needs to hear those simple lyrics and simpler music, neither of which are clever and original? Not me."
~Steven
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#15re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:31am
"What's the problem with Spamalot? I love it. "
I liked the OBC but it paled in comparisson to the wonderful array of excellent OBCs this year. In any other year, Spam would have been near the top of my list.
#16re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:35am
Fave: DRS
Least Spamalot
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#17re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 1:53am
Fave: Piazza
Least fave: DRS -I'd rather listen to Full Monty :0)
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#18re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 2:11am
Best: Piazza (although DRS entertains me - though I like TFM betteR)
Worst: Haven't heard it yet, but I'd say BEE (as I don't like the music)...
#19re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 2:15am
Bee's score is much better on disc than it is in the theatre (although it's still great when performed live). I think people should have a second listen if they haven't already.
~Steven
#20re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 2:20amI think I only enjoy Bee because I've seen it...it may be one of those kinds of shows. I mean, Six Languages is only funny to me because I remember what was happening on stage.
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#21re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 2:21am
Perhaps.
Yeah, I guess you're right now that I think about it.
And I think it helps if you've seen it first and then listened to the cast recording.
"Six Languages" doesn't really benefit by just listening to it. The staging for it (and all the numbers) are quite fun.
~Steven
#22re: Out of the four 'Best Musicals'
Posted: 6/18/05 at 8:01am
Favorite: Spamalot
Least: Spelling Bee
Bee's songs kinda fall on their faces a bit without staging. I think I would have been completely at sea a couple times if I didn't have someone with me explaining some stuff as we listened.
Ranked:
1) Spamalot
2) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
3) Light in the Piazza
4) Spelling Bee
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