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LES MISERABLES doesn't deserve to be back on Broadway this soon. The show is not that good. One of the most overrated shows ever.

Sutton Foster is way overrated. Yes, she is talented, but hardly The Future Of The Musical Theatre as everyone seems to think she is.

Rent should have closed 3 to 5 years ago and Tick Tick is a far better show.

Andrew Lippa and Jason Robert Brown are overrated. Men who are that taxing on the singers onstage and the musicians in the pit are just self indulgent.

I hope Company does well, but after that I hope that Doyle proves he can direct without gimick.

The Producers hate is a tad rediculous. And it seems that most of the people who don't "get how it's funny" like Wicked.

Most original versions are better than reconcieved revivals.

Chicago needed to close like 5 to 6 years ago.

Brooke Shields needs to go away.

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I'm hoping that's sarcasm. It is, right?

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Well more a lousy attempt at irony than sarcasm but i'm grateful that you pointed that out. Irony can be dangerous. Perhaps one should start an irony or sarcasm thread?

I hate emoticons (!)

Updated On: 10/24/06 at 02:52 PM

RENT is not a sacred piece of art. Jonathan Larson's death does not make RENT a better show. In fact, it probably makes it a worse show because he was never able to fine tune it. I love the show but I don't feel the need to kiss the stage it plays on, nor am I upset that the movie is kind of bad. It does not "desecrate" Jonathan's "vision" or whatever nonsense the movie-haters spew. It's RENT. It's not the best thing ever written for the stage, so therefore it should not be the best film ever made.

Since someone already brought up High School Musical elsewhere on this board I'll post my unpopular opinion here. HSM is the most promising piece of theater Disney has come up with since The Lion King. It's like the old saying, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then. Just lucky that they had a cable network available to actually write something new, as opposed to perpetually recycling animated films.

As long as I'm being unpopular, here's a prediction. Some form of High School Musical will get to Broadway sooner or later, and it will far outgross The Little Mermaid or any of their other upcoming pompous cartoon based spectacles.

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Wicked:
- I don't like SJB's voice
- I don't like Ana's voice either
- Shoshana and Saycon do not act well in my opinion
- Megan Hilty does not make me laugh

Rent:
- I do not like the voice of the original Mimi on the Original Cast Recording

Pop Music:
- I like Hilary Duff's voice

"avenue q was good but didnt deserve the tony over wicked"

and neither of them deserved it over Caroline or Change.

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