Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up loving it..
Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up loving it..
Mekroth
Broadway Star Joined: 2/23/08
#2re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:45pmKill your mother
#2re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:45pm
Spring Awakening, which I resisted seeing because I thought I would hate it.
#3re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:50pm
Xanadu
Passing Strange
Grey Gardens
August: Osage County
elphiesmagic
Featured Actor Joined: 5/20/08
#4re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:53pmPlease, stop the apostrophe abuse!
Brian had sex, with a really dumb girl, now he's taking his friend Stewie, to get some ice cream, in his car.
#5re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:56pmGypsy!!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:20pm
TOMMY (from YEARS ago)
Legally Blonde (I had a blast!)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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#7re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:26pmGypsy sort of and Legally Blonde a little.
#8re: Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:30pm
Xanadu. I thought the idea was so stupid but i loved it. Especially Cheyenne Jackson! :)
And Legally Blonde.
#9re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:32pmJersey Boys for me, too.
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#10re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:48pmLegally Blonde, very fun night
#11re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:49pm
Passing Strange.
#12re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:10pm
Legally Blonde- I thought i was going to be nauseated be i love it!
Hairspray- That is a really good show!
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#13re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:34pmNo doubt about it, Passing Strange. My friend & I decided at the last minute to get tickets during our last trip to NYC (June). We were absolutely blown away. It was hands down my friend's favorite theater experience of all time (and one of my favorites). We couldn't stop talking about it afterwards, and we still talk about it. It was just indescribable--one of those "ah-yeah-this-is-what-theater-can-be" moments that only come around every once in awhile. And now that it's gone, we say to each other "wow, we were really there, and we almost missed it!!"
#14re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:40pm
OMG. How could I forget...also...haha. this is so weird.
When I went on a music festival with my high school orchestra a few years ago to Boston, we made plans to see The Blue Man Group there. I had utterly low expectations....and it was definitely the most exciting, interesting, and involved theatre experience I have ever had. It was hands down my favorite time at a show, ever.
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#15re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:48pm
I went to see Spring Awakening because of the song "Bitch of Living" being on youtube. I thought that the rest of the show could not be as good as that one song. After seeing it one time, I thought the show was ok, but not as good as that song.
Well, when people visited me in NYC, they wanted to see it, and each time I saw the show I liked it more and more, and then buying the cd made me really fall in love with the music.
#16re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:01am
A Chorus Line - I literally bought tickets to a 1997 national tour just because I had heard so much about it, though it didn't seem interesting to me. I thought it was going to be a tacky dance show. What a surprise!
Avenue Q - Did not interest me, but I saw it as part of a season subscription. Ended up being the best show I've seen in years.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#17re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:13am
Well I didn't go for they hype, but...
a few years before I moved to NYC, I was in town for one night (one night only, one night, one night, one night only!!!). I wanted to see a Broadway show and so I went to TKTS. The only Broadway show they had on the boards was Once On This Island. It was either see that or sit in my closet at the Mildew Plaza. I saw the show and loved it. It was so creative and La Chanze was amazing.
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Updated On: 8/26/08 at 12:13 AM
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#19re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:15amJersey Boys over here, too!
#20re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:18am
Mary Poppins - Not exactly any hype, but my friend had an extra ticket, and I loved it.
Speech and Debate - I just went on a whim, and didn't really expect anything special. Oh, my God, I was wrong. It still stands as the best show I've ever seen.
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outdamnwench
Featured Actor Joined: 6/3/07
#21re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:30amAvenue Q. Saw it for the second time last night.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#22re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:35amI would have to say Xanadu. I saw it to see what all the fuss was about, and walked out VERY happy. However, as I learned from personal experience. This show isn't as good the second time around.
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Byron Abens
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/08
#23re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 2:50am
Rent
I only went and saw the First National tour because I got free tickets from a friend of my mom's. Though my passion for the show is no longer anywhere near that level, and never even reached the level that so many of the Rent-heads reached back during the day, I was won over by that production.
#24re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 2:54am
The Phantom of the Opera, Gypsy, Wicked, South Pacific.
Updated On: 8/26/08 at 02:54 AM
#25re: Shows you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up
Posted: 8/26/08 at 2:58amThe Drowsy Chaperone! I had a friend who saw it and hated it, so I wanted to see WHY she hated it so much. I ended up absolutely LOVING it. It's my favorite show now!
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