Shows that you don't get — Page 3

#51

re: 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)

#52

re: 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

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#53

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/19/09 at 10:39pm

The revival of Sunday in the Park With George drove me up the wall...

#54

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:11pm

In The Heights. I enjoyed it, but certainly never understood the hype that it got...I think its an average show, nothing special at all.

#55

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:18pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spring Awakening
Wicked
In The Heights

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#56

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/19/09 at 11:22pm

Oh 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.

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#57

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 4:42am

RENT... Phantom of the Opera.. and Les Miz

#58

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:06pm

CATS

Gypsy

Sweeney Todd

Spring Awakening

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Updated On: 6/20/09 at 12:06 PM

#59

re: 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

#60

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:27pm

I forgot about Lion King... not one of my favorite's at all

#61

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:35pm

reasons to be pretty

#62

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 12:36pm

spring awakening

#63

re: 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?

#64

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 1:24pm

Spring Awakening
Grease

#65

re: 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!

#66

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:20pm

Forgot about "The Lion King" too...first scene has you in tears, the rest bores you to tears.

#67

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:46pm

Rent
Spring Awakening

#68

re: 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?

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#69

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 2:51pm

OMG, 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.

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#70

re: 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!

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#71

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 3:27pm

Phantom 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.

#72

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 3:29pm

Billy Elliot.

#73

re: 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.

#74

re: Shows that you don't get

Posted: 6/20/09 at 3:48pm

Add 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...

#75

re: 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.