Shows Where You Love The Score But Hate The Show

[pianoman215]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 10:19pm

I know I am in for a stoning, but I can't sit through Guys & Dolls or My Fair Lady, but I love the scores and listen to them often. Same thing with Miss Saigon. Hated the show, love the score.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 3/27/07 at 10:25pm

Um, this is obvious but...
Spring Awakening.

[winston89]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:26am

Phantom and Tarzan

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 2:30am

Tarzan - Phil Collins is great...but the show is just awful.

RENT

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:14am

CAMELOT
TENDERLOIN
MACK & MABEL

[Nosferatu]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:21am

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" !

[Parsley]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:30am

Company.

Les Miserables, especially with the recent revival where D-R-V murdered that song. Boy did I cheer inwardly when Fantine died.

Into the Woods

[bwaybound865]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:49am

Brooklyn.... GOD AWFUL plot. But the music and all the voices are incredible!

[Urban]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 4:56am

Now I will definately get a stoning for this!

"Sunday in the Park with George"

I love listening to it, but everytime I have seen it it just draged.

[mattonstage]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 10:03am

R & H theme here:
Oklahoma!
South Pacific
Carousel
love most of the music for all these shows, the books are another story entirely.

And the same goes for Steel Pier.

[madbrian]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 10:11am

For me, it's Follies. Top-to-bottom my favorite score, but the book is so inferior.

[kelzama]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 10:16am

once on this island

[GreenGirl22406]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 10:18am

Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Mama Mia, or anything else where they just make up a plot to fit the songs into it.

[BobbyErikValjean]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 10:26am

Wicked. The score is amazing, but the theme is repetative.

[onelastrefrain2]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 10:56am

Spring Awakening.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:04am

Guys & Dolls for me.

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:11am

Hate is such a strong word...

One that comes to mind for me is Chess...although I have always LOVED the score, the book has always been what has held it back IMHO.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:16am

I agree with Chess, it one of my favorite listens, but the show's book is just....hummm...whats the word?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:33am

Or as I like to call it, "The CD Was Better":

Kiss of the Spider Woman
All Shook Up
Camelot
The second act of Sunday in the Park With George

And I'll probably add to the list...The Pirate Queen.

[roseaddams]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:34am

Company
Seussical

Updated On: 3/28/07 at 11:34 AM

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:35am

Jersey Boys

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:43am

Once On This Island
Carousel
Man of La Mancha

[joeybiltmore1]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 11:54am

I certainly don't hate CITY OF ANGELS or A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, but I have absolutely no desire to sit through either one again.
They are, however, two of my most-played OBC CDs.
Updated On: 3/28/07 at 11:54 AM

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:30pm

I agree with Chess, it one of my favorite listens, but the show's book is just....hummm...whats the word?

Atrocious? If we're talking about the Broadway version. Something less demeaning but still negative if referring to other versions.

[Julian2]

Posted: 3/28/07 at 1:33pm

I agree with Chess, it one of my favorite listens, but the show's book is just....hummm...whats the word?

Gay?

I LOVED the OLC of MARY POPPINS, but the show was a big befuddled mess.