Shows you love/hate (sentimentality)

[TheatreSlave]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 12:58am

OK, Somethign MLE said in the "Unpopular opinion thread got me thinking....

Is there a show that you don't really like (or actually hate), but have learned to like/love for sentimental reasons?

For me,

Carousel- I have never liked this show, but I did it once with probably one of the closest-knit casts I have ever worked with. SO now I kinda like it because I hear or see the show and remember that experience.

Raggedy Ann & Andy (remember I work for a theatre that does a LOT of children's theatre)- the first show I ever directed. It was hell while it was going on (directing, acting and costuming for the same show- not a wise move, but I had no choice). I used to hate these shows/stories, but now I have kind of a soft spot for them.

Please feel free to discuss...or not.

[OddExoticCreature]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 1:08am

I've never been fond of "Oklahoma" but when I met my friend who grew up there, went to OCU, was in the show, and she's all "I'm so cute and southern!" I now have a sentimental attachment. That doesn't mean I'd voluntarily go see a production of it though.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 1:14am

Godspell-When I was cast in this show and got the CD I really liked it, since the show I cannot STAND it.

Same with The Wiz.

Opposite for Once Upon A Mattress...while it is by no means a great show, I have learned to like the music.

[StageWhore]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:44am

I don't like "Anything Goes" as a show - it's too pointless for my tastes. However, I love it now because I was in it a few years back. Same goes for "Music Man".

[TheatreSlave]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:28am

I actually had a similar experience with "Music Man"- good cast, FANTASTIC Harold Hill (a good friend who was living out a long-held dream by playing that role), and I met some pewople there who have become good friends. But the show itself was a nightmare. I was cussed out by a fellow cast member (in front of a group kids, no less! At the place where I WORK!) and it was the only show I have ever done where the *entire cast* (of 50+, save two) hated the director. And the less said about him, the better...
(OK, so I'm bumping a little)

[enjolrasissex]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:41am

Mine is 'The Music Man' as well. It was the first show I ever saw (I was four), so it will always be special to me.

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:59am

Into the Woods. once you're in that show, that's it. i can never listen to the cd again.

[littleredridinghood]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:05am

Grease. I realize it's a terrible show and all, but I've been in so many camp and middle school productions of it that I can't help but like it.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:23am

RAGTIME--despite the great score, I'm not a big fan of the show overall, but I made my professional debut playing Father in a summer stock production so it will always have a special place in my heart.

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:57am

Cats, I don't enjoy the music and I saw the PBS recording a few years ago and was bored to tears, but it was my first Broadway show. I am forever grateful for what that experience has done to me.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 4:12am

Mama Mia! I ushed it for Broadway in Chicago during its second stint and it's my guilty pleasure. With as much badness in it, I adored the cast we had and the happiness it gave to everyone.

[ajayspak2]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 4:37am

Les Mis and Phantom were probably the two worst musicals i have seen on broadway. Nothing has changed my mind about that.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 6:22am

I never cared for "Anything Goes" till I saw Patti LuPone play Reno Sweeney, Ditto goes for Chita in that same show at Papermill. I was also never a BIG Tyne Daly fan till I saw her do "Gypsy", She was still the best Mama Rose yet for me! (I'm hoping LuPone will top her this coming summer!)

[StageWhore]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 6:27am

Ooo, LuPone played Reno? Is there a recording/clip/review of that anywhere?