#1
Posted: 3/21/06 at 1:16am
Can anyone think of any shows that had/have a great cast but the actual show is bad?
Shows With A Great Cast But..
#2
Posted: 3/21/06 at 1:17am
I didn't see the show, but from stuff I heard...Boy From Oz.
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#3
Posted: 3/21/06 at 1:28am
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She deserved better.
#4
Posted: 3/21/06 at 2:04am
Boy From Oz wasn't bad - it just wasn't real good. It was more like an 'OK show' which became close to great in the hands of Jackman.
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#5
Posted: 3/21/06 at 2:05am
Chitty. Not a BAD show, but the actors deserved so much better.
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#7
Posted: 3/21/06 at 2:16am
Kristin deserved better then Wicked... jk
i'm gonna have to go with Little Women
i'm gonna have to go with Little Women
#8
Posted: 3/21/06 at 2:18am
The workshop of Dangerous Beauty. Awesome cast, disapointing show.
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#9
Posted: 3/21/06 at 3:22am
Ringf of Fire
All Shook Up
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#10
Posted: 3/21/06 at 7:03am
Not a Broadway show but in London - The Royal Family with Judi Dench, Harriet Walter,Julia McKenzie,Toby Stephens & Peter Bowles. They did their best but they couldn't disguise whatever merit the play may have had once, that had long gone.
#11
Posted: 3/21/06 at 7:04am
My first thought was Little Women. Sutton Foster, Maureen McGovern, etc. And most of those sisters were amazing, too. Jenny Powers and Megan McGinnis pretty much rocked. The show just... didn't work.
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#12
Posted: 3/21/06 at 7:27am
The Woman in White...
I loved it and saw it 4x but I guess critics and others didn't feel the same way!
I loved it and saw it 4x but I guess critics and others didn't feel the same way!
#13
Posted: 3/21/06 at 7:31am
The Light in the Piazza. Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara were good in it, but I just don't think it is that good. I would have preferred if DRS or Spamalot took the Best Score Tony.
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#14
Posted: 3/21/06 at 8:03am
I think LITP deserved best score. While it wasn't my choice for best musical, and I thought some of the songs were boring, it does have some absolutely gorgeous melodies.
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#15
Posted: 3/21/06 at 8:11am
1) Jerry Springer... the cast is just TRULY amazing! Their voices... WOW! But the show just became really really not funny as it progresses...
2) Woman In White 2nd cast in Ldn - the cast is amazing.... I mean... Ruthie Henshall and Simon Callows with the other 3 leads who are just amazing! The score beautifully sung.... but after seeing the show once, the plot and set just doesnt appeal to me AT ALL 2nd round (not that it gave me any gd impressions first time!)
2) Woman In White 2nd cast in Ldn - the cast is amazing.... I mean... Ruthie Henshall and Simon Callows with the other 3 leads who are just amazing! The score beautifully sung.... but after seeing the show once, the plot and set just doesnt appeal to me AT ALL 2nd round (not that it gave me any gd impressions first time!)
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#16
Posted: 3/21/06 at 8:25am
I didn't see it, well then again who did, but Fascinating Rhythm
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#17
Posted: 3/21/06 at 8:47am
I saw it, a few times actually and it was far more enjoyable than you've been led to believe. As I've said from the time I started posting here, one of the all time best group ever assembled in a show, albeit a flop but true nonetheless. Don't forget Adriane Lenox.
#18
Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:11am
Lennon, eh. I totally agree with Al and am still baffled that there wasn't a cast recording of Fascinating Rhythm. Hey, Amour didn't run that long either. As for more recently, as many times as I saw the show and as much as I enjoyed it, even I'll admit it had far more to do with the cast than the show itself and that would be Trailer Park.
#19
Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:20am
Lennon is 100% true. That was one of the most talented casts I'd ever seen on Broadway. Truly remarkable singer-actors. And, because of them, the show didn't suck as badly as it would have if it had included other fools.
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#20
Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:27am
Even though a lot of us here are big fans of it (including me), Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party had an AMAZING cast but still flopped.
Also, the cast and the creative team for Thou Shalt Not was pretty amazing..and well...what else is there to say about that one!
Also, the cast and the creative team for Thou Shalt Not was pretty amazing..and well...what else is there to say about that one!
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#21
Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:44am
Tell us how you really feel Touchme... Another vote for Trailer Park. TERRIBLE show, great cast.
#22
Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:03am
The Odd Couple...actually walked out at intermission Sunday night...bad bad show. I have never walked out before in my life.
#23
Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:04am
YAGMCB. Rapp, Cheno, Wong...amazing. The show itself? not so much.
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#25
Posted: 3/21/06 at 11:51am
I'm hoping it'll get fixed by the time I see it, but Lestat has a pretty great cast. Hugh, Carollee...I'm really pulling for this show.
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