Unpopular Opinions You Hold — Page 21

Honestly, I'd be happy to look like Patti Lupone when I'm her age. Well, except for the nose. But not many sixty-year-old ladies have that hourglass figure going on. Most of them don't really have a waistline, even if they're much thinner than Patti is.

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Matt Risch was a stellar Pal Joey and deserved a Tony nomination. Martha Plimpton deserved that Tony over Karen Olivo.

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I am rapidly losing interest in GLEE with each new episode.

I don't care if you call a cast recording a soundtrack.

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Updated On: 9/29/09 at 10:55 PM

I think some very popular performers are overrated, such as: Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Minelli, Angela Lansbury, Nathan Lane, etc. while I will agree that they are talented and way more popular and successful than I.

I want to sew Lea Michele's mouth closed an give her a nose job.

I think the music of Spring Awakening is lovely but the book and lyrics should be rewritten.

I honestly HATE Wicked and every time someone mentions it I just want to claw my eyes out.

I really enjoy The Wedding Singer. "It's your Wedding Day" is one of my favorite songs to sing while driving.

I don't understand why Jennifer Cody keeps getting work.

"Glee" is just the worst.

Musical theatre acting is hammy and usually I don't enjoy it. (I know, it's a different style of acting, but it bothers me, nonetheless.)

Hugh Panaro is very talented, but picks dismal roles in dismal shows.

Something about Kelli O'hara urks me. She's phenomenal, but something about her mannerisms offstage don't impress.

I think Eyedina is just great. :)

I have recently developed a great deal of respect for Ben Brantley. Even though I don't always agree with his opinions, I have been watching old Charlie Rose clips and I just get a sense that this is a man who loves going to the theater and loves reviewing it.

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Please don't kill me, but I liked Idina Menzel's "Nobody's Side" better than Julia Murney's.

The "Carrie" reading and possible revival does not interest me in the slightest.

Frances Ruffelle's "On My Own" annoys me a lot, and I love that song. I vastly prefer Lea Salonga singing it.

Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele can both act.

Gavin Creel didn't deserve to win a Tony for playing Claude, even though I enjoyed his performance. Will Swenson was definitely Tony-worthy though in my opinion. Alas neither one of them won in either category, so that's neither here nor there.

I'm absurdly excited about the Dreamgirls tour.

Every time somebody posts something about how ugly Broadway actors are should have to post a picture of themselves so the rest of us can judge them on solely appearance as well. Glass houses, stone-throwing, etc.

I Don´t know why but I can´t stand Neil Patrick Harris

Sondheim is as gifted a composer/lyricist as Broadway has ever seen, but:
1) We don't need another revue that strings his songs together out of context. Not now, probably not ever.
2) He has talent, yes, but taste: questionable. Every time he calls a revival of a show closer to his original intentions I cringe. Recent revivals of his shows have been but pale shadows of their glorious originals -- well, I guess that is not an unpopular opinion, to be fair.

Hugh Jackman is boring. Works MUCH too hard and it shows.

I don't care how many awards he wins, I never need to see or hear Philip Seymour Hoffman scream or whine his way through another play ever again.

The "Carrie" reading and possible revival does not interest me in the slightest.

Really, beagle? It's one of your self-avowed favorites over at MdN. Double-standards to appear cool at other forums...sad. Sad.

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-I love Lestat in San Francisco and think it had potential to be amazing on its transfer to Broadway.

-Patti LuPone literally makes me cringe. Whoever made the comment how it mustve been impossible to get to where she is because she's too ugly to sleep her way to the top, I agree 100%. Same goes for Liza and Channing, for the most part.

-Wicked is a fantastic show, and is very enjoyable to see live, but it is overrated. (Although, that seems to be a popular opinion. Same with Rent)

-The revival of Into the Woods wasn't that bad.

-Jersey Shore pisses me off. I hate it. I'm a stone-cold New Jerseyite and it makes me mad when people go out of their way to make jokes about how New Jersey is trashy, and try to make it look bad. It's like beating a dead horse with a stick.

-I HATE MGM'S WIZARD OF OZ. It has ruined every Oz-related project, and wasn't even truthful to the books in the least.

-Return to Oz is one of the best movies ever. With a truly emotional and beautiful score, to boot.

-Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are two seperate books, and should never, under any circumstances be combined into one storyline. That being said, I think the new Tim Burton movie, the new musical Wonderland, The Sci-Fi TV show, American McGee's Alice, The New Off-Broadway play, are some of the worst adaptations of Alice to ever come around and should not exist.

-Harry Potter isn't that great. I lost interest after the second book.

-I dislike Dakota Fanning.

-I can't even express how much I detest Twilight.

-Reality TV shows are stupid.

-Spring Awakening is pretentious and was just one big song cycle that happened to do well.

-The book for N2N is AWFUL.

-Broadway flops are generally more interesting than hits.

-Carrie: The Musical is amazing and horrific at the same time. I have a huge love-hate relationship with it. I love (most of) the score, hate the book and overall design of the original production. However, I think the proposed revival will change things and make it work.

-Jukebox musicals on the whole annoy me. Unless it's a REALLY good idea, I'm usually revolted at the idea of one.

-I hate pretty much everything ALW has written but Woman in White...and Joseph can be enjoyable...at times...strictly at times.

-LSOH and Sweeney Todd should NEVER be performed in high schools. They're ALWAYS ruined. LSOH is always overcast with 399494939 kids and no high school can handle the music of Sweeney. Unless it's like...PPAS.

-Glee is stupid.

-I think Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp are really gifted performers...especially Adam. He's so passionate in everything he does.

-Idina Menzel: Horrible breath support, but overall I love her voice, and it was mainly because of seeing her in Wicked when it first opened with Kristin Chenoweth together that made me so interested in this crazy world we call theatre.

More opinions to come!

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Updated On: 1/20/10 at 09:53 AM