Shows You Didn't Like at first...but you liked later on.- Page 3

Posted: 5/30/07 at 2:38am

Actually Chorus Line took me a while too--I always appreciated Bennett's staging of it, the importance of it etc--and I knew the movie grossly misrepresented it but still I saw that first as a kid and never had any real interest in chorus Line till I finally bought the remastered CD when it came out around 1998 (along with the remastered versions of shows I wanted like Company) as I figured I had to have it in my collection, and....

Cats--I'm glad you're getting into Follies (I love that complete recording for being--well complete but I hate to say I find some of the tempo choices Tunick uses--particularly int he dance music pretty sluggish--though maybe that's for him to show off the orchestrations better, especially as the OBCR is a bit fast in parts to try to fit more on one disc--still havign heard a live version of the Boston performance of Uptown Downtown you really notice the pace). I'm confused though--what's not to get about the "memory ghost" figures?

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[DRSisLove]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 12:05pm

Spring Awakening for me.
I walked out and was like, "it was good. I'll see it again, if asked, but it was fine."

Got the CD and like about 3 songs. Saw the show a few months later... and needless to say, I've now seen it 9 times.

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 2:23pm

PARADE!

The first time I saw it was on Christmas Day, the first time ever not with my family, and hated it. Got the cast recording and learned some of the music and then saw the National Tour which I ended up loving. I think it was a combo of being miserable already on Xmas and that huge damn tree not taking up the whole stage on tour like it did on Broadway. It's now a show I love!

[bundy5000]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:16pm

Curtains

[1peter4:10]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:22pm

Almost anything Sondheim.
It's hard to get through it the first time, and then i quickly fall in love.

[DirtyRottenGirl]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 3:55pm

"Light in the Piazza", I bought the cast recording and didn't like it. It wasn't till it was on PBS that I revisited it and now I am truly in love with it.

"25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", It was the same thing I bought the cast recording and didn't like it and then my boyfriend kept listening to it and I finally got into it.

"Sweeney Todd", I didn't like anything I had seen of the show until I got to see the revival cast in New York. Now it is a favorite.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 4:01pm

I saw an early preview of Light in the Piazza and was slightly turned off by the italian used in the show as I felt I couldn't follow what was going on. I decided to give it another chance a couple months later and loved it! I ended up seeing it a total of 4 times including the closing performance!

EDIT: I initally didn't like A Chorus Line due to the dated sounding music but now, I listen to the OBC at least once a day, especially "othing".

Updated On: 5/30/07 at 04:01 PM

[BDavis0092]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 6:24pm

Les Mis. I didn't like it till about 3 years after the first time I saw it. Now it's one of my favorites.

I think if I saw Curtains again I would begin to like it, but who knows.

[glimpseofstocking]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 7:11pm

I disliked Sunday In the Park With George for quite a while. I felt it was somewhat boring at first. It's not really one of my favorites, but I like it much better now.

I saw the movie version of Kiss Me Kate when I was younger and I absolutely hated it. I saw it on stage a year or two ago and fell completely in love with it and I consider if one of my favorites now.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 7:13pm

I really wanted to like Les Mis but I only found myself only liking a few of the songs. I still haven't seen it *yet*, but after listening to the CR more and more I've really come to appreciate the songs so much more and now it's one of my favorite shows.

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 7:30pm

Sunday in the Park with George- I have never been fond of the OBCR despite liking Bernadette Peters in most other shows, but I saw the recent production in London and loved it.

Wonderful Town- I saw the revival early on from the mezz and was not impressed, but I saw it again with a friend a few months later and liked it a lot. It could have been that the rush seats allowed for a more intimate view of the show.

[Elphie4ever]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 8:06pm

Spring Awakening...
I didn't like it first because of the ending..
I had to listen to the OBCR a couple of times over and over again.In order to get the show because i walked out of the theater confused about the ending and i was like what just happened...????

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 5/30/07 at 9:02pm

Passion
The Light in the Piazza

[usmma2010]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 1:29pm

spring awakening
guys and dolls

[Shilo_Bway]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 2:09pm

I didn't think I was going to like "We Will Rock You."
At least, I didn't think I would love it as much as I did. I didn't like the idea of a musical with a score that wasn't original...but WOW

[jochang621]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 5:06pm

"Almost anything Sondheim."

i agree with 1peter - when i first saw company, i think i was really confused. i saw it a few months later, and fell absolutely in love with it.

this occurs a lot with some of my favorite shows now. maybe i'm focusing too hard on trying to absorb everything the first time, that i miss out on the enjoyment of it until later. this was true for me for journey's end as well.
Updated On: 5/31/07 at 05:06 PM

[Katecab99]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 5:17pm

Spring Awakening - saw it in previews from the on stage seats, and I actually laughed at it. Saw it again from the audience several months later and I really enjoyed it.

[Chita1933]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 5:23pm

Apples and oranges, but here 'tis...

Nine.

I bought the LP when I was 22 and 17 years later saw the Banderas production. I went in thinking that I'd be bored silly when Chita wasn't on stage.

Wrong!

Nine was a show that I listened to once and with the exception of "Unusual Way," did not listen to it again.

Now I really like the whole musical.

[Dirty_Rotten_Guy]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 5:27pm

i HATED 42nd Street the first time i saw it, but the second time i saw it (my parents practically dragged me into the theatre because they wanted to see it again), i really loved it, and am still sad it closed

i also wasnt a fan of Wonderful Town when i saw it, but got to love it from hearing the cd many times :)

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 5:31pm

Same with me about Sondheim, 1peter. I remember listening to Into the Woods when I was 12 or 13 and finding it so bizarre...I wasn't sure what to think and doubted having bought it. But I grew to love it. I feel that Sondheim requires multiple listens to fully get it; my ear is more trained now, so it's less difficult to process these days.

For me, a big one is [title of show]. I saw it and didn't particularly care for it; I got the theatre references and found it amusing, but I don't think I really laughed out loud much and just kept checking my watch. I was glad to have seen it, and recommended it to others, but thought that it wasn't quite for me. I could've just been in a mood that day. I just got the CR and listened today at work for the first time and LOVE IT. Sometimes you just need to take a break from material and return to it...almost a year later, to appreciate it.

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 5/31/07 at 6:26pm

Sunday in the Park with George. I hated it at first, but decided to really take it apart and really analyse the text, and the show as a whole. I now understand how brilliant the piece is and why it won the Pulitzer.

Same goes for A Taste of Honey and The Glass Menagerie.
Updated On: 5/31/07 at 06:26 PM