#51
Posted: 8/16/08 at 9:57am
Rent
Cats
Xanadu
Cats
Xanadu
What are your top three worst shows ever (that everyone else seemed to praise)? — Page 3
#52
Posted: 8/16/08 at 10:32am
The Last Five Years
Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
#53
Posted: 8/16/08 at 10:41am
Passing Strange
Jersey Boys
Phantom of the Opera
Jersey Boys
Phantom of the Opera
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#54
Posted: 8/16/08 at 11:01am
The one show that I can think of that EVERYONE seems to be praising here that I don't like is the current production of Gypsy. I am not a LuPone fan at all nor can I stand her singing. There were some great performances on that stage. I would say the best was Laura Benanti.
I also thought that YF was the very bad as well. I thought that the jokes fell flat and the score wasn't very good as well.
I also thought that YF was the very bad as well. I thought that the jokes fell flat and the score wasn't very good as well.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#55
Posted: 8/16/08 at 11:04am
1. Mamma Mia!
2. Cats
3. Sunday In The Park With George
4. Beauty & the Beast
5. The Producers
2. Cats
3. Sunday In The Park With George
4. Beauty & the Beast
5. The Producers
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#56
Posted: 8/16/08 at 11:05am
Xanadu - only meant for a certain generation of people
Spamalot - all the same jokes from the movie and the new ones were cheesy
Parade - half of the shows music is so superfluous, it's ridiculous.
Spamalot - all the same jokes from the movie and the new ones were cheesy
Parade - half of the shows music is so superfluous, it's ridiculous.
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#57
Posted: 8/16/08 at 11:28am
songanddanceman - shut your trap!!! You are a fan of LEGALLY BLONDE and RENT. that says it all right there....
wait no. not a fan. you are a schiller. you never shut your hole, when there's a chance to defend LB or RENT (mediocre overrated junk)
just stop and leave me alone! It's people like YOU that make me hate this crap even more.
wait no. not a fan. you are a schiller. you never shut your hole, when there's a chance to defend LB or RENT (mediocre overrated junk)
just stop and leave me alone! It's people like YOU that make me hate this crap even more.
#58
Posted: 8/16/08 at 12:49pm
Phantom
Titanic
Mamma Mia!
Titanic
Mamma Mia!
#59
Posted: 8/16/08 at 12:54pm
TooDarnHot
Im also a fan of Company, In The Heights, Sunday In The Park With George, Parade, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Misery, November, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd etc, its called having diverse taste.
And i weren't even having a go at you before i was just saying that Rent did change theatre (which Fan of no fan is not exactly brain surgery, its fact)
Im also a fan of Company, In The Heights, Sunday In The Park With George, Parade, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Misery, November, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd etc, its called having diverse taste.
And i weren't even having a go at you before i was just saying that Rent did change theatre (which Fan of no fan is not exactly brain surgery, its fact)
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#60
Posted: 8/16/08 at 1:00pm
How did Rent change theatre? I'm not being belligerent, as I do like the show, although I haven't been back to see it since 1996. I just see that claim made a lot about it and I'm interested as to the reasons why people think it was a groundbreaking show.
Further explanation to my question: looking at the past century of musicals, there are certain shows that stand out as groundbreakers. In brief, Show Boat, for its sweep, scale, subject matter; Of Thee I Sing, for its satire; Pal Joey, for having an anti-hero as its leading character; Oklahoma! for breaking with the style in which musicals were written; Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof for totally integrated staging and models of the form of the modern book musical; Cabaret for combining the book musical with the concept musical; Hair as the first rock musical on Broadway; Company as the model of the Prince-Sondheim concept musicals; Chorus Line for total integration of book, score and staging; Cats (for better or worse) as the first of the international mega-musicals, where marketing triumphed over content. But what did Rent do that no other show had done before it?
Further explanation to my question: looking at the past century of musicals, there are certain shows that stand out as groundbreakers. In brief, Show Boat, for its sweep, scale, subject matter; Of Thee I Sing, for its satire; Pal Joey, for having an anti-hero as its leading character; Oklahoma! for breaking with the style in which musicals were written; Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof for totally integrated staging and models of the form of the modern book musical; Cabaret for combining the book musical with the concept musical; Hair as the first rock musical on Broadway; Company as the model of the Prince-Sondheim concept musicals; Chorus Line for total integration of book, score and staging; Cats (for better or worse) as the first of the international mega-musicals, where marketing triumphed over content. But what did Rent do that no other show had done before it?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Updated On: 8/16/08 at 01:00 PM
#61
Posted: 8/16/08 at 1:04pm
Little Sally, I think its funny you dont like [TOS] but quote it in your signature.
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#62
Posted: 8/16/08 at 1:07pm
Pajama Game (Revival)
Spelling Bee
Light in the Piazza
Spelling Bee
Light in the Piazza
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#63
Posted: 8/16/08 at 1:27pm
Spring Awakening - But i have more personal history issues with the show than anything
Prodcuers - Yes, not a fan...I did like Young Frankenstein
Fantasticks - Sure it ran for ever, but I just can't care about it.
Prodcuers - Yes, not a fan...I did like Young Frankenstein
Fantasticks - Sure it ran for ever, but I just can't care about it.
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#64
Posted: 8/16/08 at 1:55pm
Anything Goes
Beauty & The Beast
Jesus Christ Superstar
Beauty & The Beast
Jesus Christ Superstar
#65
Posted: 8/16/08 at 2:01pm
RENT - It is nice to know I am not alone in this. I seriously thought I was the only person. I like the material that JL wrote but I thought the staging was awful.
WICKED - The only allure to that show was Kristin Chenoweth.
SPRING AWAKENING - I don't know...maybe because I got some I didn't find it relevant to me.
WICKED - The only allure to that show was Kristin Chenoweth.
SPRING AWAKENING - I don't know...maybe because I got some I didn't find it relevant to me.
#66
Posted: 8/16/08 at 2:09pm
1. Working
2. The Secret Garden
3. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
4. Wicked
5. Spring Awakening (hey look! THIS is art! blah blah blah)
And, for those who put Sunday In The Park With George and The Light in the Piazza...are you CRAZY!?!?! It's a shame that they don't produce MORE shows like these in today's theatre. But maybe I'm biased because those two shows are definitely in my top ten list of favorite musicals...maybe my top five.
2. The Secret Garden
3. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
4. Wicked
5. Spring Awakening (hey look! THIS is art! blah blah blah)
And, for those who put Sunday In The Park With George and The Light in the Piazza...are you CRAZY!?!?! It's a shame that they don't produce MORE shows like these in today's theatre. But maybe I'm biased because those two shows are definitely in my top ten list of favorite musicals...maybe my top five.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#67
Posted: 8/16/08 at 2:09pm
1. Working
2. The Secret Garden
3. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
4. Wicked
5. Spring Awakening (hey look! THIS is art! blah blah blah)
And, for those who put Sunday In The Park With George and The Light in the Piazza...are you CRAZY!?!?! It's a shame that they don't produce MORE shows like these in today's theatre. But maybe I'm biased because those two shows are definitely in my top ten list of favorite musicals...maybe my top five.
2. The Secret Garden
3. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
4. Wicked
5. Spring Awakening (hey look! THIS is art! blah blah blah)
And, for those who put Sunday In The Park With George and The Light in the Piazza...are you CRAZY!?!?! It's a shame that they don't produce MORE shows like these in today's theatre. But maybe I'm biased because those two shows are definitely in my top ten list of favorite musicals...maybe my top five.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#68
Posted: 8/16/08 at 3:37pm
THE LION KING (A charming animated film which translated to the stage becomes an overproduced mediocrity)
RENT (Puccini's La Boheme relocated to a dramatic and musical garbage dump)
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Proof that musical talent of Richard Rodgers' family seems to diminish with each generation.)
RENT (Puccini's La Boheme relocated to a dramatic and musical garbage dump)
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Proof that musical talent of Richard Rodgers' family seems to diminish with each generation.)
"I long-ago realized that this country is a nation of
morons, when it comes to knowledge of anything outside, or beyond, pop culture." Steve Slezak
#69
Posted: 8/16/08 at 3:41pm
The phantom of the opera
spelling bee
movin out
spelling bee
movin out
#70
Posted: 8/16/08 at 3:50pm
I usually can find one good thing to say about each show, but I have the most trouble with:
Spring Awakening
Phantom of the Opera
A Catered Affair
Spring Awakening
Phantom of the Opera
A Catered Affair
#71
Posted: 8/16/08 at 3:59pm
"THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Proof that musical talent of Richard Rodgers' family seems to diminish with each generation.)"
Are you insane!?!
Are you insane!?!
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#72
Posted: 8/16/08 at 4:01pm
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Wicked
Your latest 7in sounds obscene unless you spin it at a 45.
#73
Posted: 8/16/08 at 4:35pm
Perhaps you failed to read the name of this thread...
"What are the top three worst shows you've ever seen that everyone else seemed to praise?"
You have a right to disagree as to the merits of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, but to call someone insane just because they don't agree with your high opinion of the show is no cause to insult other people who do not agree. My opinion is an honest perception and my own and it is just as valid as yours, even though it is a minority opinion, which is the stated purpose of this thread.
My personal opinion based on seeing and hearing Light in the Piazza and other music by Adam Guettel, is that on his best day he is not one millionth the composer Richard Rodgers was on his worst day. But that's my opinion, which I admit is a minority one. I respect your right to disagree, a courtesy you have not shown me.
"What are the top three worst shows you've ever seen that everyone else seemed to praise?"
You have a right to disagree as to the merits of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, but to call someone insane just because they don't agree with your high opinion of the show is no cause to insult other people who do not agree. My opinion is an honest perception and my own and it is just as valid as yours, even though it is a minority opinion, which is the stated purpose of this thread.
My personal opinion based on seeing and hearing Light in the Piazza and other music by Adam Guettel, is that on his best day he is not one millionth the composer Richard Rodgers was on his worst day. But that's my opinion, which I admit is a minority one. I respect your right to disagree, a courtesy you have not shown me.
"I long-ago realized that this country is a nation of
morons, when it comes to knowledge of anything outside, or beyond, pop culture." Steve Slezak
#74
Posted: 8/16/08 at 4:47pm
Dayao...thank you. Really.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#75
Posted: 8/16/08 at 5:01pm
Alright, calm down, calm down!
I wasn't, by any means, "insulting" you. I said "Are you insane?" as an expression. I obviously know it's your opinion and I did not mean to put you down.
Geesh! Calm down. People here can be so uptight...
I wasn't, by any means, "insulting" you. I said "Are you insane?" as an expression. I obviously know it's your opinion and I did not mean to put you down.
Geesh! Calm down. People here can be so uptight...
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
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