The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
#1The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
Posted: 11/18/14 at 9:43am
What show this season has gotten the most disparate reactions from the critics and regular theatergoers? Some loved, others hated with a passion?
Updated On: 11/18/14 at 09:43 AM
#2The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
Posted: 11/18/14 at 11:33am
Once, Matilda, If/Then, Last Ship
Update: Oops, didn't notice you said this season. This season, would be Last Ship, Side Show, The River, and to a lesser extent, On The Town.
Updated On: 11/18/14 at 11:33 AM
#2The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
Posted: 11/18/14 at 11:46am
I was going to say If.Then is probably the one with the most disparity of views.
That being said, in my life I would say that CATS and/or Wicked were the two that had the most split votes.
Cats is loved by so many and other literally detest it with a passion as strong as a thousand burning suns. Same goes for Wicked.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#3The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
Posted: 11/18/14 at 2:08pmEven in its original production, a case could be made for Side Show. After yesterday's opening of the revival, Side Show may well be a clear front runner for running the gamut of critical reception.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
Posted: 11/18/14 at 6:03pmEvery freakin' show to ever open.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#7The Show With The Widest Disparity of Views?
Posted: 11/18/14 at 8:11pm
Back in the day, people forget, but a little thing called FOLLIES had people all over the proverbial map.
I also recall the previews of SUNDAY IN THE PARK. People forget now, but there was an enormous disagreement about the second act (full disclosure: I hated it until I saw it again a year later.)
Then there are shows in which success blocks out the forgotten but truly terrible press, i.e. EVITA. (I had just moved to NYC, had seen a preview; that show had two pans in the Times, the daily and the Sunday.)
And then shows unable to be discussed divorced from the star, i.e. IF/THEN.
Consensus is rare.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 11/18/14 at 08:11 PM
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