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Shows that you don't get
Gary Indiana
Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#50re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 8:21pm
Phantom of the Opera - one of the most boring things I've ever seen on Broadway
39 Steps, Spring Awakening, and Rock of Ages - I had a decent time at these shows, but thought they were very forgetable, and I don't understand why people become such devoted fans of the latter two
LaChuisa's The Wild Party
The Little Mermaid
West Side Story (only the current revival, I really like the show itself)
#51re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 10:38pm
Spring Awakening - I fail to see anything 'revolutionary' about it
Aida - thought the score was horrible and the plot contrived and predictable.
The Producers - WAY overrated
Cats
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#52re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 10:39pmThe revival of Sunday in the Park With George drove me up the wall...
TheBoyDownstairs
Featured Actor Joined: 10/10/07
#53re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:11pmIn The Heights. I enjoyed it, but certainly never understood the hype that it got...I think its an average show, nothing special at all.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#54re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:18pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spring Awakening
Wicked
In The Heights
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#55re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:22pmOh I totally forgot about In The Heights....its charm eluded me and I couldn't understand one word that came out of Lin-Manuel's mouth.
"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
#56re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 4:42amRENT... Phantom of the Opera.. and Les Miz
#57re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:06pm
CATS
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
Spring Awakening
Everywhere like such as.
Updated On: 6/20/09 at 12:06 PM
#58re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:07pm
Hello Dolly (I spent the whole show waiting for the Waiter's Gallop (I am a dancer) and after the show remembered next to nothing except for that number and Mo Brady's adorable Barnaby) This was the 5th Avenue Production in Seattle this last season.
Spring Awakening
The Lion King (after the opening number)
Wicked
Aida
rentheadca
Stand-by Joined: 10/20/08
#59re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:27pmI forgot about Lion King... not one of my favorite's at all
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#62re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 1:09pm
Aida - thought the score was horrible and the plot contrived and predictable.
You know the plot is based on the Verdi opera, right?
Man in Chair
Swing Joined: 10/13/07
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#64re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 1:54pm
"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 "
Ok story?? Les Mis is quite essentially one of the greatest novels of all time?????? I'd hardly call the story "Ok," infact I find the story fascinating.
On stage, I could see why you could think it's confusing, it chops at the years a lot, but still the essential elements of the story are there.
Also something that LizzieCurry added:
Y/K Phantom
I love that song "Home," but I couldn't really comprehend/understand the niches of the story, just the essential one!
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#65re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:20pmForgot about "The Lion King" too...first scene has you in tears, the rest bores you to tears.
#67re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:47pm
Chess:
I just saw the concert that aired on PBS...was I the only one who had no clue what was going on?
I'll take the wind and soar.
#68re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:51pmOMG, I'm halfway through the Chess concert, and thinking the exact same thing. It sounds beautiful, but I haven't a clue why anyone is doing anything at the moment.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#69re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:58pm
taboo:
they were playing chess...then idina fell in love with josh in a period of 1 minute...then all the sudden we start talking about her father? what???? i did not understand it at all!
I'll take the wind and soar.
#70re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 3:27pmPhantom of the Opera and Jersey Boys. They are the only two shows curently on Broadway that I would have to pause and think about if I would want to see them.
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#72re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 3:35pm
Oh how did I forget The 39 Steps.
Changing hats is only funny so many times. And they reached that number within about four and a half minutes.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#73re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 3:48pmAdd me for CHESS too. I thought I .. sort of understood it from the Elaine Paige/Judy Kuhn cast recordings, but ... this concert blew me away at how I knew so little of it...
#74re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/20/09 at 4:40pm
Ha. So many of my favorite shows getting name checked here. But I'll throw my two cents in for Billy Elliot. It was totally...okay.
The show that everyone loved that I couldn't stand, though? The Drowsy Chaperone.
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