Shows that were panned but you loved- Page 4
Shows that were panned but you loved
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#75re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/9/07 at 9:49pm
The Vertical Hour ~ saw it 10 times here, and I'm going to see it in London in February (different cast, different director, reportedly some rewritten stuff) I absolutely ADORE this play. It just hit the right nerve I guess.
Coram Boy
The Pirate Queen
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Updated On: 12/10/07 at 09:49 PM
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#76re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/9/07 at 9:58pmHigh Fidelity. <3
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#77re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/9/07 at 9:59pmI LOVED Festen.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#78re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/9/07 at 10:06pm
Little Women
The Wedding Singer
All Shook Up
#79re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/9/07 at 10:17pm
I actually liked Footloose, even sang some of the music for a show after I saw it.
Also, saw Starlight...I was young and thought it was cool, but it was fairly forgettable.
#80re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/9/07 at 10:24pmAdd my name to the Wedding Singer and Aida lists, but I want to second The Civil War, I dont know what about it, but I can listen to that score all the time. Another one is Beautiful Game. Saw it in in the West End, dont know what sort of reviews it was getting over there, but i know it didnt last long, and never had a chance of coming here.
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#81re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:28amI think All Shook Up is one of the cutest things I've ever seen.
#82re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:30amCORAM BOY was one of the most glorious experiences I've had in a theatre.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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#83re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:13am
Bombay Dreams-spectatcular music and choreography!!!
Gypsy 2003 Revival
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
#84re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 11:57am
Taboo
The Wedding Singer
Wicked (I know not all reviews were bad but I didn't realize how many were until after watching Show Business)
The Odd Couple (Revival with Lane and Broderick)
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#85re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 12:13pm
The Wedding Singer I really did love that show.
Lestat just for a few songs but I don't think it was nearly as
as it was depicted in the press
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#86re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 12:19pmI dearly loved The Rink. I have very fond memories of that show. Chita Rivera, Liza Minnelli and a young Jason Alexander singing "Marry Me".
#87re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 12:30pmOh wow, nmartin... How lucky you were to have seen it! I love The Rink.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
BroadwayBaby21
Broadway Star Joined: 8/20/04
#88re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 12:58pm
Aida *points to siggy quote*
Little Women
Jekyll & Hyde
Scarlet Pimpernel
-If you don't like your fate, change it. You are your own master.- Aida
#89re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:21pm
THE WEDDING SINGER. I was in the love with that one. I went to New York 3 times in 6 months, and every visit I saw it. I sure do miss it. 
Jonny boy
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/07
#90re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 2:09pmI LOVED Ragtime and would love to see a revival of the show!!!
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#91re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 4:20pm
Dangerous Games, back in 1988 or thereabouts. It was really two dance pieces, both tango-based. I saw it twice. I think the main reason it failed was that it was reviewed by the drama critics, rather than the dance critics. Interestingly, after the show closed (it ran about a week), the dance critics for some of the weeklies re-reviwed it very positively. I remember the late Gregory Mitchell did a superb job.
BroadwayEd
Updated On: 12/10/07 at 04:20 PM
#92re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 5:47pm
I was wondering when someone was going to mention "Rags". I didn't see it but I got a soundboard of the show when it was in Boston and loved it.
How the critics could not have acknowledged the magnificience of the score is still beyond me.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#93re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 6:14pm
Any Wilhorn Show
DOTV
Pirate Queen
Lestat
Jimmy
Bombay Dreams
Coram Boy
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Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#94re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:12pm
You know, I had forgotten totally that I even saw Rags.
I kind of remember liking it at the time.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#95re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:22pm
To Sondheim Boy
This is why they are critics - so they can miss the boat many many times.
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ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#96re: Shows that were panned but you loved
Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:59pmPirate Queen...
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
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