Unpopular Opinions You Hold- Page 6

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#125

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:33am

I really don't like Alice Ripley's voice.

Alice, Louis, and J. Robert do not have the right vocals for N2N, AT ALL.
I wish they had used Norbert, Sherie, and Anthony.

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[CSonBroadway]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#126

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:35am

"I loved Sunset Blvd and Wicked and In the Heights."

A lot of people love In the Heights...

I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&. "Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."

[Bettyboy72]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#127

Posted: 4/13/09 at 10:02am

I am OVER Seth Rudetsky. The schtick was funny at first. Deconstruct your own crummy voice.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[Unknown User]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#128

Posted: 4/13/09 at 11:02am

I can't stand Adam Pascal's voice. I know a lot of people love him, but I just don't get it.

[Marianne2]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#129

Posted: 4/13/09 at 1:30pm

I did enjoy Wicked, but I don't think it is the greatest show on earth. And, I only saw it for the first time on Thursday, although it has been open for about 5 1/2 years now.

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[iflip4musicals]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#130

Posted: 4/13/09 at 1:54pm

I never post, but I really like this thread!

-- I don't despise ALW's music as much as I wish I did
-- jukebox musicals make me angrier than I knew I could be
-- I am a young theatre geek and I love Spring Awakening, [tos], Xanadu, N2N, ITH, and a lot of the other shows we get bashed for, but I also love the classics and have a ton of respect for musicals that came before Rent
-- I love Sutton Foster and would see her in anything regardless of how horrible the show is (YF...)
-- I like Patti's voice
-- August: Osage County kinda bored me
-- Not sure if this is unpopular, but I vote Julie Andrews over any other Maria in SoM
-- The Lion King is scary

"I've never encountered such religiously, you know, loyal fans as Broadway musical theater fans. It's amazing." --Allison Janney

[The White Half-Mask]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#131

Posted: 4/13/09 at 3:13pm

-I don't like "Rent". Nothing about it really appeals to me.
-I don't mind Disney musicals.
- I'm a big TPOTO fan.
-Apart from Gerard Butler's singing, I didn't think the Phantom movie was all that bad.
-Even though Michael Crawford was fantastic as The Phantom, I think many actors have played the role just as well, if not better, than he did.
-I loved The Producers movie.

Also, not theatre-related, but I actually enjoyed The Godfather Part III more than Part II.
Updated On: 4/13/09 at 03:13 PM

[ratherbewhaling]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#132

Posted: 4/13/09 at 3:19pm

I didn't like Hair

Nancy Reagan, meanest and thinnest of the first ladies moves into the white house. Yabba dabba! It's the eighties.

[Geridith]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#133

Posted: 4/13/09 at 3:43pm

- Love Joseph... and Jesus Christ SS, Wedding Singer, Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll and Hyde, and Little Mermaid
- Disliked the Sweeney Todd revival AND movie intensely
- Dislike Patti LuPone
- LOVE Sutton Foster in anything, even if her last two shows weren't the best...
- Think that the 3 Billys SHOULD win the Tony
- Loved N2N but wasn't really that fond of Alice Ripley's voice. Acting, YES. Voice, not so much...
- Did NOT think 9 to 5 lived up to the hype everyone at BWW gave it.

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[lisaatje009]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#134

Posted: 4/14/09 at 7:11am

I enjoy listening to the cast recording of Aida, but I just can't stand Adam Pascals voice in it.
Same for Rent!

[VonTussleGirl]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#135

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:21pm

I know it may sound elitist, but here goes: I just don't like the majority of contemporary Broadway musical comedies. Out of the past decade, I loved Hairspray, and Spelling Bee, liked Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Urinetown, and Drowsy, and thought [title of show] was pretty okay but vastly preferred its off-Broadway incarnation. It's not that every show I see has to be ~*serious art*~ - I love shows like Little Me and Bells Are Ringing with a pretty big chunk of my heart. But shows like Legally Blonde and Wedding Singer leave me totally cold.

Also, I have no opinion on Next to Normal either way, but I feel that I should mention that Alice Ripley's "Another Hundred People" on The Stephen Sondheim Album was actually one of THE songs that got me into Sondheim in the first place. Love her voice, but just don't care about N2N.

[little_sally]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#136

Posted: 4/14/09 at 11:25pm

I don't like Cheyenne Jackson, Jenn Cody, or Laura Bell Bundy. I don't understand their appeal.

I thought Xanadu and [title of show] were overrated.

I think Jersey Boys is boring.

I liked A Tale of Two Cities.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#137

Posted: 4/16/09 at 9:52pm

I don't like Hugh Jackman.

I liked Passing Strange at the tony's last year. A lot.

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[esparza 333]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#138

Posted: 4/16/09 at 9:58pm

I loved Pirate Queen

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[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#139

Posted: 4/16/09 at 9:59pm

I'm trying to figure out why everyone is all GAH-GAH about this Susan Boyle woman

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[metropolis10111]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#140

Posted: 4/29/09 at 5:19pm

I think that it's the gay-ist thing for theatre queens to bitch and moan over what over the hill actress will show up to make them cry into their hankies in the latest Sondheim revival.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#141

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:03pm

^ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[breakfree303]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#142

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:24pm

I love jukebox musicals.


Chita Rivera is a great dancer, but I only wish her singing amazed me as much as her dancing...



I watched and loved Grease: Your The One That I Want religiously (the tv show) and I voted for Max and Laura. (Never saw it on Broadway, but knew it wasn't a masterpiece by any means)

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[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#143

Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:27pm

R&H's Cinderella is awful. There are a couple of gems in the score, and that's it. The lyrics are horrendous, the score is mostly weak, the book is terrible, the characters have NO personality whatsoever. The chorus members have much more personality to work with than any leading character

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[orangeskittles]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#144

Posted: 4/30/09 at 9:43am

Sutton Foster hasn't done anything worth her hype since Millie.

I don't understand why so many people are obsessed with Les Miserables. I've seen it 3 times, thinking that maybe this time I'll "get it", but I still don't.

DC is having a better theatre season than Broadway is.

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[kate86]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#145

Posted: 4/30/09 at 9:50am

i love becky gulsvig way more than laura bell bundy.

i hated in the heights.

i love the pirate queen too! (wave to esparza 333)

i love julia murney. and think she has an amazing voice.

i think julie reiber should be lead in wicked.

i do not like kerry ellis.

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[dgjbear]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#146

Posted: 4/30/09 at 10:06am

I would say about 50& of people on this site are really up themselves.

[WithoutATrace]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#147

Posted: 4/30/09 at 10:15am

I loved both TOTC and SOML and wish they both could have run longer and found an audience...

[brittyluvsbway]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#148

Posted: 4/30/09 at 10:49am

i think legally blonde is a phenomenal show.

i think wicked is good, but highly overrated.

[Steve2]

re: Unpopular Opinions You Hold#149

Posted: 4/30/09 at 10:54am

I didn't care as much for "Billy Elliot" as I thought I would. Sure, Billy's dancing was great but the score was kind of unmemorable to me. I will see again and see if I feel the same way afterward.