Shows that were panned but you loved- Page 2

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#25

Posted: 10/27/07 at 11:39pm

LaChuisa's Wild Party
The Threepenny Opera, the recent sudio 54 revival
LoveMusik

You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor

"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl

"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott

[philly03]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#26

Posted: 10/28/07 at 12:40am

The Woman in White and Jekyll & Hyde

[everythingtaboo]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#27

Posted: 10/28/07 at 1:17am

Bombay Dreams
Urban Cowboy
Lennon (liked, not loved)
Never Gonna Dance (mainly for Noah Racey)
The Woman in White
Taboo (natch)

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

[henryt]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#28

Posted: 10/28/07 at 1:43am

The list could go on and on, but just a few that stick out:

The La Cage revival (not sure if it was panned, but I know it was a flop)
The Woman in White
Wicked (at first, now it just bugs me)

And, please please please don't kill me but:

*whispers* Tarzan

[don logan]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#29

Posted: 10/28/07 at 1:53am

High Fidelity. Loved it.

"Never before has an American president been so closely tied to a foreign power that harbors and supports our country's mortal enemies."

[AKDPerformer]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#30

Posted: 10/28/07 at 2:04am

Aida
Little Women
and I love love LOVE Jekyll&Hyde

"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason "I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)

[VonTussleGirl]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#31

Posted: 10/28/07 at 2:26am

Mamma Mia
Little Women
And I don't know how bad the critical response actually was, but I L-O-V-E Legally Blonde.

[louisamayfoster]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#32

Posted: 10/28/07 at 2:33am

LOVED Little Women. Maureen McGovern made me cry.

[jaystarr]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#33

Posted: 10/28/07 at 8:06am

I am not really sure if these two shows were panned bec. it was too long ago.
But I love this shows.

1. Side Show
2. Parade
Updated On: 10/28/07 at 08:06 AM

[InHistory]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#34

Posted: 10/28/07 at 8:48am

Pirate Queen
Jekyll and Hyde
Little Women

[songanddanceman2]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#35

Posted: 10/28/07 at 9:07am

"And I don't know how bad the critical response actually was, but I L-O-V-E Legally Blonde."

LB got some fantastic reviews and some average reviews but not really any pans.

Add to Carrie

Tabbo

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[pc1145N2]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#36

Posted: 10/28/07 at 11:08am

The Pirate Queen
Aida

[bwaymizfit2]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#37

Posted: 10/28/07 at 11:29am

I'm glad to see that there are so many Little Women fans. It's definitely one of my favorite shows and I was so moved when I saw the touring company.

Also, The Pirate Queen. I'm not saying it's a fantasticly-crafted show, but I really enjoyed it, and didn't think it was AS bad as all the reviews thought.

[Pascal/Menzel/Bundy]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#38

Posted: 10/28/07 at 12:42pm

Aida
Aida
Aida
Aida

and oh yea...The Wedding Singer and LB.

"It means nothing to come and sit in a theater night after night and immerse yourself in fantasy, only then to walk out the door and be unchanged in reality. This show will live on in our hearts. But where it truly must survive is in our actions, our compassion and our generousity of spirit towards one another." - Adam Pascal on the closing of RENT

[kazacalo]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#39

Posted: 10/28/07 at 12:49pm

LOVED Taboo. Liked Brooklyn.LOVED Aida
Updated On: 10/28/07 at 12:49 PM

[grnsmwhr]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#40

Posted: 10/28/07 at 6:04pm

<------AIDA
Evita

You see, obsessions are very personal things, they come from deep inside us, where we are open and vulnerable, which is why I consider them sacred, not to be belittled....PalJoey

[Dancin Thru Life]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#41

Posted: 10/28/07 at 6:43pm

The Wedding Singer

I was quite disappointed when I realized so many folks just did not like it! It was one of the most fun nights of theater I've ever enjoyed! SEE? I'm STILL taking about it! HAHA!

"To love another person is to see the face of God!"

[Brave Sir Robin2]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#42

Posted: 10/28/07 at 7:59pm

Aida
Little Women
Mamma Mia

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[zepka102]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#43

Posted: 10/28/07 at 8:05pm

Tarzan... especially the first 10 minutes

::bust a move::

[dfwtheatreguy]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#44

Posted: 10/28/07 at 8:13pm

i have never seen "Steel Pier" but i adore the CD. and i can't get enough of "Jekyll & Hyde" (but my preference in order from best to least would be: houston version, orginal tour, broadway tour (red box), concept album, ressurection cd, dvd)

"The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life." - Arthur Miller

[Broadwayboy2631]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#45

Posted: 10/28/07 at 8:57pm

Aida and LB

[bkonbroadway]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#46

Posted: 10/28/07 at 10:18pm

I agree that The Pirate Queen was not as bad as everyone said. Don't get me wrong, there were many things wrong with it, but I think if it had changed a few simple things, it could have been really good.

Also....THE CORAM BOY!!! Amazing! Gone in a few weeks.

[mc1227]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#47

Posted: 10/28/07 at 10:23pm

I concur with Aida. This was one of the best shows that I have seen on Broadway. And I know I'll take alot of heat for this one, but I thought The Odd Couple revival was pretty good. I didn't think it deserved all the bad reviews it received.

The only review of a show that matters is your own.

[Shakespearean]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#48

Posted: 10/29/07 at 9:56am

Legs Diamond
Tarzan
Coram Boy

[Borstalboy]

re: Shows that were panned but you loved#49

Posted: 10/29/07 at 10:07am

I second LaChiusa's THE WILD PARTY...one of the great shows of this decade.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali