Overhype

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Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:45pm

Which shows have you gotten tickets for, gotten all excited about, can't wait to go... and are disappointed because you made so much out of it? (I know I worded that one all wrong, but you get my idea lol)

I got all excited for Wicked, but found the show disappointing. Still very good, but slightly disappointing for what I hyped it up to be. JLT was excellent, but Idina... not as good as I expected lol

#2

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:47pm

Hairspray.

#3

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:47pm

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

It was a 2 hr plus sleep pill!

No offense - don't bite my head off.

Idina, as much as i love her, as very shakey performances. I've been lucky to see her at her best.

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#4

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:48pm

Miss Saigon

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#5

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:49pm

Phantom for sure

#6

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:54pm

The Producers.

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#7

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:56pm

Copenhagen
Rent

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#8

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Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:58pm

WICKED! i read the book, almost a year b4 the show opened and i was flipping through the Times and i saw the add. so we bought tickets right away... bad choice, MAJOR dissapointment. the book was splendiforous!

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#9

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:40pm

The Producers - and that was with Nathan and Matthew. Liked it, but I didn't think it was all it was cracked up to be.

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#10

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:42pm

Rent

#11

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:42pm

Hi,

I totally agree that the show doesn't do the book justice.

Maguire, however, said that he was happy with the musical (I mean he wouldn't say it's horrible).

I do remember Winnie Holzman (Book) saying that she wouldn't the novel to survive only as guidelines

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#12

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:49pm

the lion king, yes it was done great. but i rather watch the movie.

#13

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:53pm

Phantom
Wicked
Lion King

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#14

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:55pm

By the cast recording only--WONDERFUL TOWN

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#15

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:19pm

Phantom. Wasnt BAD but just not all I had expected. And while the price of the ticket hurts ... the disappointment is so much more!

#16

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:21pm

Is there any certain reasons you didn't like Phantom? (Just curious )

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#17

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 2:28am

Ugh, Avenue Q by far........


....HAHAHAHA. Sorry I thought this was the "What's the most fun you've ever had at a show?" thread. Q does not get NEARLY the credit it deserves; every time I see it, I walk out of the theater on top of the world...and it's not just because the Golden has a GREAT bathroom for doing coke...

Anyway, overhype? I'm staying out of that.

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#18

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 9:08am

Rent
The Lion King

Thought they were good shows, and I enjpyed my evening at the theatre, but I guess just not my cup of tea.

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#19

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Posted: 10/14/04 at 11:42am

Mama Mia

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#20

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Posted: 10/14/04 at 11:56am

Wicked, but not b/c I didn't like the show. I'm a huge Gregory Maguire fan and was disappointed that the show drifted away from the book...

#21

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 12:00pm

Throughly Modern Millie

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#22

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 12:32pm

Rent-I saw the tour in Boston. I guess that's what happens when you get used to the original cast singing the songs.

#23

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 12:33pm

The Producers. Don't get me wrong, I really liked it... it's just not all it's cracked up to be.

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#24

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 1:21pm

AIDA
THE PRODUCERS

Just about every damn musical I've seen in the last ten years. That's why I've stopped going.

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#25

re: Overhype

Posted: 10/14/04 at 2:38pm

evwicked, when did you see Rent in Boston?