Shows that you don't get- Page 2
Shows that you don't get
#25re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:20pm
Spring Awakening
Rent
[title of show]
Billy Elliot
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#26re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:20pmThe Lion King! I didn't hate it, but it was the first time I was ever actually bored during a show! After the opening number it was all down hill for me.
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#28re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:40pm
Lion King (beautiful visually but BORING).
Spring Awakening
Miss Saigon
#29re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:54pm
Phantom
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Light In The Piazza
fgreene1938
Leading Actor Joined: 10/25/06
#30re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:58pm
To start with: Cats, Les Miz, Phantom...all boring and overrated (and sleep inducing)
Next: Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Aida, etc., etc. ...big holes where the musical should've been
Finally: Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages...junk
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#31re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:59pm
First and foremost:
Spring Awakening
The Producers
#32re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:05pm
" ...big holes where the musical should've been"
I don't understand what you mean, fgreene1938, could you explain?
Barney Stinson
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
janice4
Chorus Member Joined: 3/11/09
#34re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:07pmWell I'm obviously not alone in this: Spring Awakening
#35re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:11pm
Spring Awakening
The Lion King
The Light in the Piazza
... but mostly Spring Awakening
fgreene1938
Leading Actor Joined: 10/25/06
#37re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:28pmTo BwayTday: Sorry for being to vague...I just meant that these shows had a lot of flash but no real substance beyond the physical production (I should've said that in the first place).
#38re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:29pmRent. It has a few good songs but the ending is just weird.
#39re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:34pmY/K Phantom
#40re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:38pm
Rent.
Spring Awakening - I like the music, but I just don't think the show as a whole is that great to gain so much obsession.
#42re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 4:46pm
In the Heights.
I mean, I enjoyed it, but I didn't understand why everyone thought it was the best thing to hit Broadway in ages. (I did see the night after seeing Billy Elliot, however).
Wicked.
I'm not alone here. I gushed over the technical aspects but it's second act was a complete disappointment.
#43re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 5:00pm
Spring Awakening - surreal to me, it was good and a ****ty at the same time... just flawed I guess.
Les Mis - Ok story line, good music but it's nothing great. Why it is running STILL on London is beyond me... I should see so my opinion is fair. I'm an idiot :P lol
RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#44re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 5:11pm
Billy Elliot
RENT
Spring Awakening
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
#45re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 5:12pm
Sunday in the Park With George (I'm trying...cut me some slack.)
Kiss Me Kate
Rock of Ages
Billy Elliot
And above all, RENT!!! I have a friend who said to me yesterday, "You don't even know how amazing Rent is. Gypsy and West Side Story should bow at Rent's feet." It made me want to slap her, and the worst part is that nothing I can say will change her mind. It's frustrating.
#46re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 7:13pm
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Updated On: 6/19/09 at 07:13 PM
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#47re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 7:24pm
Above All: Sunday in the Park With George. It's just plain boring
Wicked
Everything Rodgers and Hammerstein
CATS
The Produceres
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
breakfree303
Chorus Member Joined: 1/17/09
#48re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 7:26pm
Cats.
I saw it 7 or 8 years ago, and I still don't get it.
#49re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 7:36pm
Maybe it's just me, and that I'm trying to be too literal, but it seems to me that the thread is about "shows that you don't get," not "shows you don't like," or "shows you want to dump on" or even "shows you don't get why they have endured/are popular/ever were written."
I'm not a huge fan of many shows, but I "get" them. I really love some shows, but still fail to "get" the message. In this amazing forum we have to discuss and debate the artistic merits of our favorite plays and musicals, why do we constantly miss the point and act like ignorant boobs?
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