The 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.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
To 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).
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.
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
"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
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.
^^^^^^GlindatheGood22 you don't except private messages but I was wondering if I could use a pic I found on your blog for my profile pic, its from the Confession post with Alice, I thought it was hilarious? Sorry if this is stupid, for some reason I felt it was needed to ask
Above All: Sunday in the Park With George. It's just plain boring
Wicked Everything Rodgers and Hammerstein CATS The Produceres
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas." -Danmeg's 10 year old son.
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?