The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE

[Yankeefan007]

The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#1

Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:35am

Okay, maybe that's pushing it, but I can safely say that I still have NO idea what the hell I saw that Saturday afternoon a little over a year ago.

The worst thing in recent memory? Not really. It was entertaining, to say the very least. The "worst thing in recent memory" award goes to Hot Feet.

It was one of the most depressing pieces of theater I've seen in years, yet it had so many *unintentional* laugh-out-loud moments.

I'll never forget the flying death song (which was cut shortly after the early previews.)

Updated On: 2/1/07 at 10:35 AM

[WithoutATrace]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#2

Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:36am

It was truly the most awful piece of theater I have ever seen in my entire life...and I am grateful I got to see it four times. Three times in previews and closing night. Brilliantly bad!

[BroadwayChica]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#2

Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:49am

One of my biggest regrets as a theatregoer is not having seen this show. *sigh*

[Eastwickian]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#3

Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:00am

One of my biggest regrets as a theatregoer is that I did. And that it got a standing ovation from the entire theatre...

[husk_charmer]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#4

Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:12am

I thought the show was absolutely mind-blowingly brilliant. While I would have changed a few things (like the Mother's song), we did get a few things out of it:
1)An ORIGINAL musical (Minus the jingles). New story, new concept, new music.
2)A musical very close to the writer's vision...he did it all!
3)A great role (Winston! I wanna be Winston!)
4)Something to talk about.

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[BSoBW2]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#5

Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:41am

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#6

Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:47am

It was truly the most awful piece of theater I have ever seen in my entire life...and I am grateful I got to see it four times.

Spoken like a true theater dork!

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

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[WithoutATrace]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#7

Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:54am

Thanks, Wanna Be A Foster. I'll take that as a compliment. Actually, it should say "spoken like a true flopaholic!" LOL

[rockfenris2005]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#8

Posted: 2/1/07 at 1:20pm

This is by the same composer who did "Metropolis", right? If so, I guess plans for a Broadway production were quashed when this fell apart?

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

[BSoBW2]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#9

Posted: 2/1/07 at 1:31pm

Yes, Joe Brooks wrote METROPOLIS. Fortunately, the whole show was recorded - script and all. Unfortunately, the sound quality is dreadful.

Brooks has said he has been working on it - revising it and such. There are many songs that can and should be cut...but hopefully one day some European producer will take the risk...and a break from Wildhorn.

[wickedrentq]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#10

Posted: 2/1/07 at 1:32pm

I too am quite pleased that I got the opportunity to see this (albeit, only once). It was truly...unlike...anything else I've ever seen.

"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli

[Mister Matt]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#11

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:00pm

I wish I could have seen this delightful little oddity. It couldn't have been any worse than the London production of Notre Dame de Paris or Closer to Heaven.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[theaterdude87]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#12

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:04pm

I actually liked the music from the sampler...but i would not have gone to see it...seemed to bizzare.

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[robbiej]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#13

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:09pm

I would never call this show 'bad', because, for me, bad equals boring.

This simply was the most bizarre experiences I've ever had in the theatre. To be sure, it was an extraordinary snapshop into the mind of a madman.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[Mattbrain]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#14

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:11pm

I wanted to see this show simply to know what all the fuss was about. Judging from the fact that I can't even find clips on the Site That Must Not Be Named, it says a lot about the quality of the show.

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[gertrudejessalynn]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#15

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:16pm

Mattbrain, you must not have searched very hard...

I would have loved to have seen this show.

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[ashley0139]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#16

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:19pm

I really wanted to see that show. I watched the broadway.com segments or whatever they were. Interesting to say the least. I wish I could say I saw the show with the giant lemons.

"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

[MargoChanning]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#17

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:31pm

I'm with Robbie. For me "bad" is boring, annoying, grating, insulting, offensive and/or difficult to sit through. IN MY LIFE was none of those things. I was thoroughly entertained throughout. It was just the extremely weird, odd, whimsical, warped vision of a single individual who refused to conform to any of the accepted notions of what an American "musical" was supposed to look and sound like. It was extremely well-paced (the direction was frankly better than most of the more acclaimed shows that season) and it actually had its own internal logic which somehow, I think, made sense within its own context. It was very strange and way "out there" and unlike anything the Broadway stage has probably ever seen -- but, given that it was never boring for a moment (more than I can say for a lot of shows that have gotten rave reviews in recent years) and consistently entertaining throughout, I'd never call it a "bad" show.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[Liverpool]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#18

Posted: 2/1/07 at 5:42pm

2 of the most entertaining nights i've spent in the theatre

[Eastwickian]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#19

Posted: 2/2/07 at 6:22am

Mister Matt - you're right, it was still better than Notre Dame and Closer to Heaven...

I should probably rephrase what I said above - I am glad I saw it (if just for the dancing skeletons and Winston), and I'll agree that it was rarely dull (though I saw it towards the end of it's run by which time I understand that several bits had been 'refined'). But it was the vomit-inducing forced emotion of perhaps the most awful and bizzarely played love story of all time, coupled with a score that didn't even try to achieve 'interestingness' - people not only stood for it at the end but glared at me and my girlfriend and made comments because we didn't leap to our feet!! I was all for praising the actors for getting through the evening, but there are limits...

[BroadwayAbridged]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#20

Posted: 2/2/07 at 12:17pm

I wish I could have seen this delightful little oddity.

In case anybody missed this: http://www.broadwayabridged.com/scripts/inmylife.shtml

- Gil http://www.broadwayabridged.com

[Mattbrain]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#21

Posted: 2/3/07 at 8:00am

Yes, BroadwayAbridged, I did read your script. Very funny as usual.

Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."

[Mr Roxy]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#22

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:43am

Enjoyed it & found it entertaining

I have seen many turkeys in my time but this was one of the better ones. It had a can't miss subject for musicaliztion - Tourette's Syndrome. So if it wasn't the subject matter, where did it go wrong - ha ha?

Loved Winston & the dancing skeleton

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Updated On: 2/3/07 at 10:43 AM

[alliez92092]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#23

Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:47am

What I find hilarious is that the cast acknowledged that it wasn't a good show.

[Mr Roxy]

re: The Cult Classic That is IN MY LIFE#24

Posted: 2/3/07 at 12:14pm

What do they know

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