Overrated Shows

#1

Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 8:53pm

I start with Altar Boyz & Wicked

We saw them once & once was enough. Wicked was better but it was not ( nor is any show ) worth seeing 15 or 20 ( or more) times

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#2

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 8:54pm

Spelling Bee.

i loved it. But the show was 30 minutes too long. it dragged like no other towards the end.

plus the I Love You Song simply stopped all the action in the show. it grounded it to a halt.

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#3

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:02pm

Roxy, if WICKED isn't worth seeing 15 or 20 times, then stay home. No one is forcing you to pay multiple visits to a show you didn't like.

Geeze!

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#4

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:03pm

Spelling Bee is not overrated in my opinion, but Wicked and Altar Boyz are.

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#5

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:03pm

Hairspray

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#6

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:09pm

Altar Boyz is just plain fun. It's not supposed to be life-changing.

I personally don't get the hype behind The Producers. The music falls flat for me. Same went with Hairspray until I saw the show on a school trip; the book completely saves it, along with great performances.

#7

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:10pm

The Producers, Rent, Wicked

#8

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:11pm

The Lion King.

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#9

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:13pm

Just an observation Dolly

No need to get your knickers in a twist. Lighten up on the caffeine son

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#10

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:15pm

Mamma Mia -- yuck!

and I didn't love Drowsy Chaperone.

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#11

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:19pm

Roxy, don't EVER refer to me as your "son". When I was born you were already eligible for Medicare.

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#12

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:19pm

Wicked

Altar Boyz

This may sound like an anti-god statement, but...

Sweeny Todd (current revival)

#13

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:20pm

Spamalot.

#14

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:22pm

oh I agree w/ Spamalot.

i found it funny, but highly sophomoric and unprofessional

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Updated On: 5/10/06 at 09:22 PM

#15

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:24pm

CATS will always be one of those Overrated shows to me. I enjoyed it the first time but then it was like snooooooze!

#16

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:24pm

Spamalot and Wicked - loved them both, but I don't understand the hype surrounding the shows...however when I won the lottery for Wicked in Boston, my mouth was in a huge "O."

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#17

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:26pm

Cats was not a great critical hit but audiences loved it

One critic said: "Watching Cats was like having a cat pee on your leg for 2 hours "

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#18

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:32pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

The sets were excellent, and the performances were stellar as well, but the score was somewhat mediocre (Although they were ALL better seeing live than on the OBC) and while some parts were funny, the show just didn't do a lot for me.

And yet everyone seems to love it.

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#19

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:33pm

WOW! That is too funny about the cats comment.

#20

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Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:34pm

Disagree on DRS

Show was a winner in every respect

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#21

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:36pm

DRS is the prime reason i think they should give TWO tonys.

one for score
one for lyrics

score = Piazza
lyrics = DRS

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#22

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:44pm

The Lion King, The Producers, Mamma Mia, Sweeney, DRS definitly overrated.

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#23

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:46pm

I have to agree on the Sweeney revival. I did enjoy it, but it wasn't spectacular or anything.

#24

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:54pm

The Drowsy Chaperone. A lot.

#25

re: Overrated Shows

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:55pm

Every new musical this season.

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