Overrated Classic Shows- Page 2

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:25pm

i just don't like POTO

but hairspray!? what a horrible show! horrible score!

HAHA - that's why i am seeing it again - front row - YES!

(JK about not liking hairspray to anyone that may be thick)

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:26pm

"Oklahoma"


I can maybe see why you might not like it/may be sick of seeing it...

But how in the world can you say the musical that changed musical theatre forever is overrated?

[magruder]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:27pm

If anyone says Carousel, I give you fair warning...I will hunt you down and kill you.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:28pm

"But how in the world can you say the musical that changed musical theatre forever is overrated?"

What do you mean change? Try, started American musical theatre! (ok, i suppose that's a change - but you missed the *more* obvious one)

I hate carousel - sorry, i am living dangerously today...J/K

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:29pm

CAROUSEL!

Come and get me, poppa!

[Mattio98]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:31pm

There's a big difference between liking a show and appreciating it for its historical significance in theatre.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:31pm

Marc...Why so sad?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:32pm

ok...

i still think the show is overrated and REALLY don't think it added much to musical theatre....

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:33pm

"There's a big difference between liking a show and appreciating it for its historical significance in theatre."


'Overrated' carries significance and meaning in both of those categories. I think that saying it is overrated also implies it had little historical significance.
But I may be wrong.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:35pm

priest, that's what i was thinking when i first said i don't like POTO

i just haven't the stregnth right now to explain it----stupid cold...

[Mattio98]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:35pm

Oh no, I completely understand how significant Oklahoma was/is to musical theatre. The material is just not my cup of tea.

[magruder]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:39pm

Margo, I hereby sentence you to a week of listening to "Superlover" on an endless tape loop.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:42pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I take it back!
I take it back!

Didn't The Geneva Convention outlaw that kind of torture as cruel and unusual??!!!!!

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:46pm

Well, then, Margo, I say you have to go stand in the middle of a large group of middle-age women at a Josh Groban concert instead.

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:49pm

oh Priest -- can't we make it worse and say Margo has to be at a John Tesch and/or Yanni concert.....

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:51pm

I'll be sure to bring a raincoat and galoshes to protect me from all of that moisture.

Updated On: 1/3/05 at 11:51 PM

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:51pm

Well, KMF, he expressed to me his squeamish nature at seeing all the giddiness of the middle aged women lining up for a Groban concert at Radio City sometime in the recent past.

So I think the punishment suits him.


The exact words he used to describe how they felt would be inappropriate. after all ,we don't want to corrupt the young un's like Gov.

EDIT: Nvermind, he pretty much summed it up in that post.

Updated On: 1/3/05 at 11:51 PM

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:55pm

me "thinks" you are right Priest......

Margo, I am so sorry for you

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:00am

Oh goodness, I have dishpan hands at the very thought of it.

*Shudder*

[BEKA531]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:15am

CATS.

i have yet to comprehend why it lasted so long.

and i'm a dog person.

[Plum]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 12:44am

This thread has definitely taken a turn for the better. :)

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 4:36am

Any R&H "gingham-and-crinoline" show.

Gorgeous Rogers melodies, yes...but they bring out an excess of faux-folksy Hammerstien lyrics that annoy the crap outta me more often than not.

"What if its a ....GIRL??"

Updated On: 1/4/05 at 04:36 AM

[broadwayalto01]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 9:48am

Oklahoma and Cats.. By far...

Actually now that I think about it... Most Rogers and Hammerstein shows..

[Craig]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:08am

This thread is making me ill also. I think some of you need to define overrated. And then you need to figure out if you are basing your decisions on plays that have been over produced (all over the country over and over again) or ones that fall into a definition of overrated.

To call WSS or Carousel over rated, in my humble opinion is absolutely ludicrous.

I think the first problem is starting a thread using Overrated and Classic together. It's pretty much a paradox. The shows that would be deemed overrated would not be "classics" but rather (again in my opinion) the "one hit wonders" of theater. The shows that were widely successful or popular for some inexplicable reason.

Not agreeing or disagreeing about Cats. But I don't consider Cats a "classic". I consider it a show that had a long and healthy run. But classic? No. I reserve that for the shows that have stood the test of time. Yes, shows like WSS, Sound of Music, Carousel, Fiddler, etc.

Updated On: 1/4/05 at 10:08 AM

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:12am

Craig...my hero!!!

perhaps the phrase "Classic Musicals That Are Surprisingly Just Not My Cup Of Tea" would be the less vomiticious way of putting it

actually, it's just the ****ing end of the world, and BWW is goin' DOWN! Updated On: 1/4/05 at 10:12 AM