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Overrated Musicals
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#26re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 7:55pm
Phantom of the Opera
CATS
Most Lloyd Webber
RENT
Wicked
Chicago
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Updated On: 3/4/07 at 07:55 PM
#27re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 7:57pm
I personally disagree with POTO but respect your opinions. :)
Mine would have to be:
WICKED
RENT
LES MISERABLES
The funny thing is I enjoy all three, but overrated? Yes, terribly.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#31re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:02pmI didn't say Chicago was BAD, I said it was OVERRATED. There's a difference. If you noticed, a lot of the musicals I listed as overrated I like. In fact, all of the musicals I listed I like.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#32re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:05pm
Still surprised
Here is one
I liked Chicago better than ACL
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#33re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:06pmMr Roxy I am right there with you. MUCH better!
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Stand-by Joined: 1/3/07
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#35re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:08pm
Glad you agree
ACL was good but Chicago was so much better
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#36re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:26pm
Wow. Where to start.....
Okay, first and foremost, the "We Will Never Die" twins: LES MIZ and PHANTOM. If it werent for the flashy stagecraft, neither would have lasted more than a single season. As it is, one is all about the barricade while the other is all about the chandelier.
LION KING. As much as I love the stagecraft, it's all style and no substance. For that matter, just about *everything* out of the Disney factory.
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#37re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:30pm
The Lion King, Beauty & The Beast...DISNEY on Broadway basically!
and
The Producers
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#38re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:36pmI also have to add The Lion King. Visually, the show is stunning, but it is boring as hell.
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#39re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:42pmI hate it when people say "O you are just saying _________ is overrated, because alot of people like here like it." Why else would it be over rated if it didn't have fans the bragged about?
#40re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:42pmI hate it when people say "O you are just saying _________ is overrated, because alot of people like here like it." Why else would it be over rated if it didn't have fans the bragged about?
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#42re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:48pm
Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Les Mis
Lion King
Spring Awakening
Wicked (I enjoyed it, but incredibly overrated)
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#44re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 10:48pm
If you are saying the current revival of Chicago is overrated, then I agree with you whole-heartedly. If you are referring to the show itself, I echo Mr. Roxy's, you must be kidding.
I agree with calling Grey Gardens overrated. It had potential, but the book doesn't work.
Sunday in the Park with George overrated? What?!
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misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#46re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:03pm
Urinetown
Sweeney Todd
Lion King
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#47re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:19pm
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Rent
The Music Man
Cats
The Lion King
Les Miz
Pippin
Hair
Jersey Boys
Mamma Mia!
Chicago (the recent revival)
Cabaret (the recent revival)
Now, I don't think any of these are BAD (exceot for maybe 4 or 5) but I think all of these are extremely overrated.
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#48re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:30pm
Wicked, I liked it, but I liked a lot of others more
The Producers
Mamma Mia
The these two I just didn't enjoy. I just didn't "get" them. I don't understand how a Broadway lover could love Mamma Mia. Sorry. *Scared*
BDavis0092
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/06
#49re: Overrated Musicals
Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:42pm
Mamma Mia is overrated unless your a 50 year old Abba fan. Then it's absolutely the BEST!
How can you say that without the set and stagging pictures in shows like Phantom and Les Miserables that they would be overrated. The set and stagging is what makes most shows great.
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