Underrated Musicals Question- Page 2

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:43pm

Steel Pier
The Life
Jane Eyre
Taboo
Dance of the freaking amazing Vampires

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:44pm

Daniel, who will always be Dexter to me, did leave a bit to be desired. Karen was simply wonderful, and it SHOULD have made her a star. Well, "The Opposite of Sex" will. Debra was also terrific, and "Everybody's Girl" still makes me howl. What can I say? I'm a whore for double-entendres.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:44pm

Debra is always fantastic. I HATED Everybody's Girl.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:46pm

You hated "Everybody's Girl"? I won't hear it!

We played "Somebody Older" at my wedding.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:50pm

"The Rink" is great, but we're focusing on shows from the past 10 years. If you want, I'll start a thread for underrated 80s musicals.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:51pm

Bombay dreams.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:54pm

I didn't see THE RINK, but had the OBCR and loved it. But come on - who wouldn't with Liza and Chita singing it?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:55pm

Screw the 10 year gap! I loved "The Act".

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 4:56pm

times squares regular; "kiss of the spider woman" was a hit and won the tony for best musical,plus 6 more tonys....was it underrated or not a hit u think? im just wondering...i wish it was on ,instead of "phantom" or one of those shows that have been on since forever,that arent nearly as good as "kiss".

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 5:00pm

Beav, I'm lifting the 10 year gap. It's been raised to 30 years.

[catstagestud]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 5:13pm

Most definately Ragtime and Side Show. Two brilliant shows that screwed over, but such is life.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 6:04pm

Im prolly gonna get killed for this but...

Brooklyn... I love Eden and Ramona so Im sorry if it is based on talent... I pick it!

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 3/3/05 at 6:15pm

Ragtime and Taboo... I'd say

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 4:48pm

not in the past 10 years but Merrily We Roll Along

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 5:54pm

She Loves Me (though it won the Tony for Revival) it is underrated. No community theatres do it, when it first opened it was disliked and I think the music is very catchy and I also agree with Ragtime and Sideshow.

[Justice]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 6:03pm

Once on This ISland (okay, so it was 13 years ago)
Parade

[aliceripleysnumber1]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 6:07pm

Okay, just want to add my vote for Side Show...also Jane Eyre.

Does anyone know if there was ever a broadway production of Meet Me in St. Louis? I believe there was not too awful long ago, but I'm not 100% sure. If so, how well did it do?
Updated On: 3/25/05 at 06:07 PM

[pab]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 6:14pm

muscle23ftl wrote: "Bombay dreams."

LOL

[rent1988]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 6:45pm

TABOO.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 6:46pm

ragtime and taboo.

[paradox_error]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 8:35pm

Thankgod Justice mentioned Parade.

This show should have lasted so much longer, and should have had the Tony for Best Musical over Fosse.

Parade, Ragtime, The Last Five Years (outside the obsessive teenage Music Theatre cliques) and Seussical.

[Forester]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 3:48am

Carrie :)

[TjonC2]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 1:03pm

Okay so many ----

CARRIE
SIDE SHOW
THE CAPEMAN
ZOMBIE PROM
STREET CORNER SYMPHONY (Please don't make fun of me
PARADE
SMILE

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:52pm

I'm not sure Ragtime or Titanic would qualify as "underrated". Ragtime won a few Tonys and if it was a financial failure, it received much praise. Titanic did extremely well at the Tonys and was also pretty highly praised at the time, especially considering the negative preopening buzz.

My pics:

Jane Eyre
Bombay Dreams
Parade (though it did walk away with two Tonys)
Once on This Island (a few Tony noms, but the show got lost in season of bigger spectacle hits)
Aspects of Love
Blood Brothers (had a healthy run, but has since been almost entirely forgotten)

[Thenardier]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:57pm

civil war