#51
Posted: 12/28/12 at 1:44pm
Magic/Bird had so many actual news reports running in the background that I felt I could have stayed home and watched it on ESPN.
What Was The Worst Piece Of Theatrical Trash You Sat Through This Year? — Page 3
#52
Posted: 12/28/12 at 2:44pm
Hoo boy, it's so hard to narrow this one down! But I think I've got to go with END OF THE RAINBOW. Completely vile.
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#53
Posted: 12/28/12 at 2:52pm
I was going to say WAR HORSE, but that was last year. Time wounds all heals.
This year it was certainly the appalling GHOST. A disaster from start to finish, shame on them all.
This year it was certainly the appalling GHOST. A disaster from start to finish, shame on them all.
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#54
Posted: 12/28/12 at 3:30pm
Viva forever, I saw a lot of rubbish this year but that was the worst I paid full price for, utter trash.
#55
Posted: 12/28/12 at 4:48pm
Annie.. The revival.
smelled up the theatre.
smelled up the theatre.
#56
Posted: 12/29/12 at 6:57am
Look Back In Anger. No redeeming qualities (IMHO), and the poster looked like a splattered turd. Which in retrospect was oddly fitting...
Art for Look Back In Anger
Art for Look Back In Anger
#57
Posted: 12/29/12 at 7:47am
Without question LEAP OF FAITH. The producers should have closed that show on opening night. I can't believe they kept it running for a month and subjected paying audiences to that mess. And to believe they are planning a tour (non-union, I assume) but I suppose they will play split weeks in cities like Huntsville and Lexington and advertise it as "Direct from Broadway" and no one will know the difference and evangelical audiences in red states will probably think it is greatest thing since sliced bread.
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#58
Posted: 12/29/12 at 1:04pm
Excluding off-off shows, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER.
#59
Posted: 12/29/12 at 1:41pm
Technically, it was late 2011, but the UK touring production of Chess (directed by Craig Revel Horwood), which also played the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto was garish and miserable. The ridiculously sexy(?) costumes, the cheesy '1980s music video-style' set design, the second rate singing... the whole thing was ick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avTNh6BcJ78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avTNh6BcJ78
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#60
Posted: 12/29/12 at 2:42pm
I'm listening to a live broadcast from the Met of their new production of The Tempest. Allegedly it's a recent operatic setting of Shakespeare by Thomas Adès. After ninety minutes all I've heard are cats and dogs being neutered without anaesthesia while a band grinds out random notes.
#61
Posted: 12/29/12 at 3:43pm
While I would never categorize any theatrical production as "trash", I will say my least favorite show of the ones I've seen this year would probably be Leap of Faith. I thought Raul did the best he could with the material but it was weak all around.
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#62
Posted: 12/29/12 at 4:21pm
Broadway: END OF THE RAINBOW
Off-Broadway: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL
Off-Broadway: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL
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#63
Posted: 12/29/12 at 8:46pm
Once. Kazee is talented, but show was so overrated, not to mention BORING. Would rather be forced to sit through Scandalous with Kathie Lee actually singing it than have to see Once again.
gayer than laughter, am I. And who wouldn't be, after seeing Cheyenne in those tight black shorts?
#64
Posted: 12/29/12 at 8:54pm
Ghost, I still have nightmares. That time is lost forever. The only only highlight was that squirrel looking wig she worn after what's his name died.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#65
Posted: 12/29/12 at 9:56pm
Newsical the Musical...thought it might have potential due to the fact that several cast members were connected to various "Forbidden Broadway" incarnations, but no go. Only Christine Pedi's Liza was the least bit funny...the rest was torture. And just plain sad.
#66
Posted: 12/30/12 at 4:31am
cant believe people are listing Once. Guess it was just dealing with too many human emotions for some people. go back Mamma Mia.
#67
Posted: 12/30/12 at 4:36am
Excluding off-off shows, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER.
...so you don't know anything about quality?
...so you don't know anything about quality?
#68
Posted: 12/30/12 at 9:40am
...so you don't know anything about quality?
...so you don't know anything about opinion?
...so you don't know anything about opinion?
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#69
Posted: 12/30/12 at 10:36am
To me, these threads are pointlessly negative
Then why post in them?
"The End of the Rainbow" should be the end of the discussion.
Then why post in them?
"The End of the Rainbow" should be the end of the discussion.
#70
Posted: 12/30/12 at 12:03pm
Having just seen Water by the Spoonful, gotta add that to my list.
#71
Posted: 12/30/12 at 12:06pm
...so you don't know anything about opinion?
not all opinions are equally valid, especially ones that claim Peter and the Starcatcher was trash.
not all opinions are equally valid, especially ones that claim Peter and the Starcatcher was trash.
#72
Posted: 12/30/12 at 12:24pm
Opinion is opinion.
Yours is no more valid than aaronb who has time and again shown himself to be an avid fan with well thought out opinions and comments.
Anybody can like or dislike any show.
Yours is no more valid than aaronb who has time and again shown himself to be an avid fan with well thought out opinions and comments.
Anybody can like or dislike any show.
#73
Posted: 12/30/12 at 12:57pm
Would like to add Water by the Spoonful to the list. Thank goodness for comp tickets.
#74
Posted: 12/30/12 at 3:44pm
I agree. Not all opinions are valid. some people speak out of sheer ignorance. I'm not taking sides, as I haven't seen Peter and don't intend to based on the Tony's performance, which looked like cheap children's theatre, but not all opinions are created equal. Sometimes people are just wrong.
#75
Posted: 12/30/12 at 4:00pm
Like you. Thanks for the example.
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