What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

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What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 12:14am

What do you think is the best show running and the worst show running on Broadway right now?

Best: August: Osage County

Worst: Grease

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 12:30am

I haven't made up my mind on what is best but I won't argue with GREASE as the worst.

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 12:58am

Speaking of the devil...the Grease commercial is playing as I type.

#4

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:09am

Is Grease really worst than Rent?

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#5

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:10am

Yes, by leaps and bounds.

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:26am

HUGE leaps and bounds. It's beyond awful!

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#7

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:34am

best: South Pacific (The closest thing to theatrical perfection I've ever seen!)

worst: Tough one -- Rent? (never liked it); Curtains (I know I'm in the minority)

Can we say Glory Days? (but to be fair, I didn't see it.)

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#8

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:36am

No, you can't say Glory Days because it closed...hello?!

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:37am

In that case than Grease must really be a pile of crap, to be worse than Rent.

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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. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:40am

ReNt is a superb,exquiste and magnificent work of art compared to Grease.

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 2:09am

Best:

Tie Between AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

Worst:

Tie Between GREASE and CRY-BABY

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#12

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 5:57am

Best: GYPSY - an exquisite fully realized production of one of the greatest musicals of all time!! Tremendous chemistry between all of the actors, too. Arthur Laurents re-imagining of his show brings out new nuances and pleasure. Perfect.

Worst: PASSING STRANGE - I would nominate this as one of the worst shows of all time. I hated hated hated every single rotten moment of this overblown, over-hyped piece of garbage! Don't get me started on how VILE this junk is, with an obnoxious score and performances of such ineptitude - yes, I know, most others just loved this piece of filth, go figure...

Favorite: XANADU! - for sheer fun, pleasure, and enjoyment, and astonishment that such a terrible movie could be turned into such a top-notch musical!!!

#13

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:13pm

People are going to give me a hard time about this but.
Best: a tie between Young Frankenstein and Avenue Q

Worst: Grease. I wanted my money back after seeing that show.

#14

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:15pm

Best: South Pacific and Gypsy

Worst: Passing Strange, Spring Awakening

Updated On: 5/9/08 at 01:15 PM

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:18pm

Best: As far as musical is concerned it's "South Pacific"-I can't find anything wrong with this show really.

Worst: Grease-I can't believe I shelled out money to see this garbage. (granted, it went to the actors' fund so I can rest easy on that one.)

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Updated On: 5/9/08 at 01:18 PM

#16

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Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:22pm

For what its worth -- RENT did get a Pulitzer Prize.

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:31pm

WAT, I guess you liked Grease. That says enough about your thoughts on shows. Best; August; Osage County Worst: Grease.

Updated On: 5/9/08 at 01:31 PM

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:31pm

BEST: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (but I'm seeing GYPSY tonight and haven't seen SOUTH PACIFIC...and I could see either of those uusurping that spot...)

WORST: THE LITTLE [freakin] MERMAID - No offense to Sierra who was wonderful, but that show is awful. Worse than Passing Strange, and worse than... well, anything! Hated it.

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 2:10pm

I did not like GREASE...in fact, it was awful...but I would sit through GREASE again rather than go near Passing Strange or Spring Awakening. I haven't walked passed the Eugene O'Neal Theater since SA opened...

#20

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 2:11pm

Best - Gypsy and South Pacific.
Worst - Cry-Baby

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 2:15pm

Best: August and South Pacific
Worst: Cry-Baby and Spring Awakening (haven't seen Grease, so can't put that in the mix, but I'm sure it would take the Worst Award if I had)

#22

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 2:54pm

Best: In The Heights!


Worst: Cry Baby or Grease or Young Frankenstein

#23

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Posted: 5/9/08 at 3:44pm

Best: I love Spring Awakening, but I'm not ignorant. I'd say South Pacific. SA second.

Worst: Xanadu

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re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 3:46pm

Best- AVE Q and SOUTH PACIFIC

Worst - WICKED

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#25

re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 3:48pm

Let me just say if Rent is the worst thing on Broadway, then Broadway is having another Golden Age, cause Rent is pretty darn good.