What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1What 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
amalou
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/07
#2re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 12:30amI haven't made up my mind on what is best but I won't argue with GREASE as the worst.
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xoangel2789xo
Broadway Star Joined: 11/3/07
#2re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 12:58amSpeaking of the devil...the Grease commercial is playing as I type.
#3re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:09amIs Grease really worst than Rent?
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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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#4re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:10amYes, by leaps and bounds.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#5re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:26amHUGE leaps and bounds. It's beyond awful!
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6re: 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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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#7re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:36amNo, you can't say Glory Days because it closed...hello?!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#8re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:37amIn that case than Grease must really be a pile of crap, to be worse than Rent.
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
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#9re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:40amReNt is a superb,exquiste and magnificent work of art compared to Grease.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#10re: 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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buddharich
Featured Actor Joined: 3/23/07
#11re: 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!!!
#12re: 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.
#13re: 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
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#14re: 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
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#15re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 1:22pm
For what its worth -- RENT did get a Pulitzer Prize.
joe5
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#16re: 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
#17re: 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.
#18re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 2:10pmI 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...
#19re: 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
WestVillage
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#20re: 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)
#21re: 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
#22re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
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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puppetman2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/2/08
#23re: 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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sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#24re: What do you think are the best and worst shows on Broadway right now?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 3:48pmLet me just say if Rent is the worst thing on Broadway, then Broadway is having another Golden Age, cause Rent is pretty darn good.
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