Shows that you don't get

[BwayTday]

Shows that you don't get#1

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:20pm

I don't know if this has been posted but...

What are some shows that others love but you just don't get why people think its so great?

EDIT: As in they have a lot of reconition and you don't understand why Updated On: 6/19/09 at 01:20 PM

[broadwayjim42]

re: Shows that you don't get#2

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:24pm

Phantom of the Opera

Les Miz

Wicked

All have their merits, but I found them either overrated or just plain tedious.

[rentheadca]

re: Shows that you don't get#2

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:26pm

Billy Elliot

[Acaila]

re: Shows that you don't get#3

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:32pm

Rent, never understood what people see in it.

[Bettyboy72]

re: Shows that you don't get#4

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:34pm

CATS
Kiss of the Spider Woman-without a star as the Aurora, the show is a dud IMO.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[little_sally]

re: Shows that you don't get#5

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:36pm

The Producers
[title of show]
Xanadu
Legally Blonde
Jersey Boys

(I just don't understand the appeal of these shows.)

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[Mister Matt]

re: Shows that you don't get#6

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:39pm

The Producers
Spring Awakening
Annie Get Your Gun
Side Show

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[dramamama611]

re: Shows that you don't get#7

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:40pm

RENT
Phantom
Curtains
Joseph and the blah blah blah
[tos] (I liked it, but didn't think it was any big deal.)

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Shows that you don't get#8

Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:42pm

Light in the Piazza

Spelling Bee

[doodlenyc]

re: Shows that you don't get#9

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:23pm

Grand Hotel

Will Roger's Follies

hated them both.

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[Gothampc]

re: Shows that you don't get#10

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:28pm

"Rent, never understood what people see in it."

Rent resembles Hair in that you really had to be there at the beginning to get into it. It was the experience more than it was the show. Anyone who saw it a year after it opened on Broadway really didn't get the full experience.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[GoodbyeLoveRENT]

re: Shows that you don't get#11

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:28pm

Les Miz, Phantom, Jersey Boys.

[DefyGravity777]

re: Shows that you don't get#12

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:31pm

Next to Normal.

Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!

Updated On: 6/19/09 at 02:31 PM

[LizzieCurry]

re: Shows that you don't get#13

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:31pm

Ragtime

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[dramamama611]

re: Shows that you don't get#14

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:40pm

Gotham---huh? I saw the original cast. Hated it.

And how could it possibly lasted for 12 years if ONLY the first year folks "got it"? That doesn't make sense to me. My HS students which CERTAINLY didn't see it in it's first year are certainly "into it" and have been for years....and that's no different than your average HS theater kid.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Shows that you don't get#15

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:41pm

Billy Elliot

[defyingravity11]

re: Shows that you don't get#16

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:47pm

Billy Elliot
Jersey Boys
The Lion King
Spring Awakening

[LizzieCurry]

re: Shows that you don't get#17

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:47pm

The Light in the Piazza

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[TalkinLoud]

re: Shows that you don't get#18

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:47pm

Wicked
Les Mis
Rent
Phantom of the Opera

[Scarywarhol]

re: Shows that you don't get#19

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:49pm

RENT above all.

[I<3bway]

re: Shows that you don't get#20

Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:55pm

I love the movie, but I just don't like Grease on broadway. It was just, bleh.

[CyCoSpAz2]

re: Shows that you don't get#21

Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:06pm

Spring Awakening

[blondebaby589]

re: Shows that you don't get#22

Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:12pm

Spring Awakening
The Light in the Piazza

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[LizzieCurry]

re: Shows that you don't get#23

Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:16pm

Avenue Q
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Grease

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[philly03]

re: Shows that you don't get#24

Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:18pm

Rent
Spring Awakening
Billy Elliot
Ragtime

and Frank Wildhorn/Hampton/Black's DRACULA, the musical. Like the music/songs, but vaguely remember being confused about the specifics of the story/wasn't a good telling of the story!