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Zeppie2022 said: ""Funny Girl (with Beanie) **1/2 (with Lea) *1/2"

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I submit the statement above as "Exhibit A" that trolling is alive and well on BWW."

Except that I'm not trolling. I'm aware that this is an unpopular take in the theatre community world (hence my placing it on this board), but I thought Lea was entirely underwhelming for all the gushing (and price gouging) that was thrown about, and just a fine Barbara copy+paste. Could Beanie sing the show well? No, but I thought she delivered the comedy aspect exceptionally well. Benko was the best of the three by a landslide, IMO.

Zeppie2022 said: ""Funny Girl (with Beanie) **1/2 (with Lea) *1/2"

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I submit the statement above as "Exhibit A" that trolling is alive and well on BWW."

Someone who doesn't like Chicago probably shouldn't be accusing someone else of having a bad/incorrect opinion.

Updated On: 11/5/23 at 04:49 PM

"Someone who doesn't like Chicago probably shouldn't be accusing someone else of having a bad/incorrect opinion."

Did I say Chicago was awful, the answer is no. Did I give Chicago less than a two-star rating, the answer is no. I said IMO it was overrated and that is no different than people saying similar things about Hamilton and Book of Mormon. As for the dancing comment I made, every show I mentioned won Tony award for choreography. I thought the dancing in those shows were better than Chicago, I did not say Chicago was awful.

I guess you missed my point. Fine, if poster did not think Lea Michele was as good as most people believe in her role in Funny Girl. That is an unpopular opinion and that is fine. The trolling comes in when you give her performance a less than two-star rating which means she was mediocre at best and higher rating to the actress who was basically booted off the show.

You do get this is the UNPOPULAR OPNIONS thread, right? The poster realizes they are in the minority with this opinion .

Feel free to post any opinions, even if they're not unpopular. They all interest me.

I am in total shock that anyone didn't like LEA as Fanny! Haha.

I added some new ratings, I saw Back to the Future, Wholesale, Pal Joey (unfortunately), Hell's Kitchen, Anuncia and Harmony.

Eddie Redmayne is the worst emcee ever and shouldn’t be doing it on broadway. I’d rather have Fra and Amy do it.

I saw an excellent production of Cabaret in 2019 at a local community college for $15. The emcee was played by a young woman. She was fantastic & scary. But I think $15 is the maximum I'm willing to pay to see Cabaret again. As nice as it would be to see Bebe Neuwirth on stage... but nope not gonna do it.

I honestly prefer the cuts and changes Fosse made when he adapted the story for the film version.

muscle23ftl said: "tacotheatrelover said: "Eddie Redmayne is the worst emcee ever and shouldn’t be doing it on broadway. I’d rather have Fra and Amy do it."

I will not go to see Cabaret, not because of Eddie, but to be honest, I am tired of Cabaret, how many times is it going to be revived? What about The Rink or Kiss of the Spider Woman if they want some Kander and Ebb? Or bring something new? I saw Harmony this week which is brand new, and people seem not to want to give a chance to new stuff, even if it's brilliant. The reviews on this site for Anuncia also are horrible and the show was fabulous. People, support new shows too!"

Many people here did attend the new shows you mentioned (which I guess qualifies as support), but some found them less satisfying than you do. That's just the way it is.

Now bringing cabaret back into the picture, I’ve seen the show 17 times. A regional, incredible production at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. I paid 20$ 16/17 times as I’m only in high school and get a student discount. I’ve never been to New York, I’ve seen a handful of tours me and my mom had to drive a few hours to see. But I feel those as as much as I’ve seen it, and how it is done, it can be done right. Sure more Kander and Ebb musicals would be fantastic, I would kill to see more on stage that I haven’t experienced before, but also what I’ve seen with Eddie (bootlegs, yes, Boo me.) I feel he is the weakest and most horrible emcee to date. I feel that this Production because of the horrible reviews Eddie is surely bound to get, we should start strong. Fra Fee is the man we should get to open the show, Fra is a strong, emotional, terrifying emcee and would probably skyrocket him if he did it on broadway. This is just how I feel about the whole thing, you can disagree with me but Freddie Fazmayne is one of the most overrated actors on the planet and I’m tired of pretending he is a good actor.

bwayphreak: I think you're the only person so far that disliked HK, I love that theater is subjective and we can all have our opinion. If you want to tell me what you didn't like about it, please do.

inception: I am a little younger than you but also have seen Cabaret so many times that no one basically will make me want to go to a theater and pay for ticket to sit through it again. I have seen it enough times.

"Six is awful."

I saw it and actually enjoyed it. Yes, it is more like a concert than Broadway show but the music was good and the performances by the "wives" was excellent. Difference of opinion make the world go round - ha ha.

That's because it is gimmicky and cheap. I don't think that's an unpopular opinion, honestly.

I just saw a disaster in Ohio.