#76
Posted: 1/19/10 at 11:18am
I didn't make it to the second act JEKYLL & HYDE.
What have you walked out of and why? — Page 4
#77
Posted: 1/19/10 at 11:22am
Only one show on Broadway -- Hot Feet. I would have left Idol: The Musical if it had an intermission or if I hadn't been sitting in the front row. That's the only show I've ever sat through that was so awful it made me uncomfortable.
I also walked out of a college production of Ballyhoo, but not because it was bad. I was double-booked and could only stay for the first act.
I also walked out of a college production of Ballyhoo, but not because it was bad. I was double-booked and could only stay for the first act.
#78
Posted: 1/19/10 at 11:29am
As much as I loved the original tryout of Jekyll and Hyde (well, the first two were great, but the third starting showing signs of deterioration), I can understand why people would walk out of the Broadway production. I only stuck around for Eder and Cucciolli, but I was appalled and even laughing at what the creative team did to that show. I honestly couldn't figure out who on earth thought the changes (other than the orchestrations and vocal arrangements) were an improvement.
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#79
Posted: 1/20/10 at 7:05pm
I have relatives who walked out of Evita with Patti LuPone and Sunday in the Park with George with Peters and Patinkin. They're from Jersey.(Don't mean to offend).
#80
Posted: 1/20/10 at 11:02pm
Phantom
I wanted to stay, but I just didn't like it. So now I get made fun of, because according to some people I can't "truly" love theater if I cant love "the best musical of all time."
Oh please.
I wanted to stay, but I just didn't like it. So now I get made fun of, because according to some people I can't "truly" love theater if I cant love "the best musical of all time."
Oh please.
#81
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:08pm
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang once. There were technical problems that repeatedly stopped the show. It was a 7pm show and at 9:30, we had just reached intermission. I had plans at 10.
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#82
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:15pm
I have relatives who walked out of Evita with Patti LuPone and Sunday in the Park with George with Peters and Patinkin. They're from Jersey.(Don't mean to offend).
If you don't mean to offend then why bring it up? There's no need to say that they're from NJ as if explain they're lacking taste or something. I can kind of understand how some people wouldn't enjoy SITPWG. Sondheim is not for everyone.
If you don't mean to offend then why bring it up? There's no need to say that they're from NJ as if explain they're lacking taste or something. I can kind of understand how some people wouldn't enjoy SITPWG. Sondheim is not for everyone.
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#83
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:37pm
Thanks, Eris!
Actually, I can understand walking out of both of those shows. Sondheim isn't for everyone, Evita is full of unlikeable characters, and maybe they just don't like Mandy Patinkin. Regardless of the fact that they're fortunate enough to be from New Jersey.
Actually, I can understand walking out of both of those shows. Sondheim isn't for everyone, Evita is full of unlikeable characters, and maybe they just don't like Mandy Patinkin. Regardless of the fact that they're fortunate enough to be from New Jersey.
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#84
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:23pm
I didn't walk out, but wanted to, from the following shows:
Race (because Kerry Washington was awful)
Is He Dead? (because the play was embarrassingly awful)
The Little Dog Laughed (because the play was hideous)
Curtains (because it was a horrible musical)
Phantom of the Opera (because it was like sitting in a ride at Disney World...very dark and made me nauseous)
Rent (because the rhymes were childish)
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (because it wasn't funny. at. all.)
Race (because Kerry Washington was awful)
Is He Dead? (because the play was embarrassingly awful)
The Little Dog Laughed (because the play was hideous)
Curtains (because it was a horrible musical)
Phantom of the Opera (because it was like sitting in a ride at Disney World...very dark and made me nauseous)
Rent (because the rhymes were childish)
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (because it wasn't funny. at. all.)
Updated On: 1/21/10 at 01:23 PM
#85
Posted: 1/21/10 at 3:29pm
I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Philanthropist. My partner and I left at intermission. He had fallen asleep and I was angry this this piece of crap was using up our subscription tickets. Broderick was AWFUL. This coming from someone that actually stayed through Hedda Gabler (didn't enjoy it...but still stayed).
Off-Broadway: Musical of Musicals: The Musical. Bored. To. Tears.
Off-Broadway: Musical of Musicals: The Musical. Bored. To. Tears.
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#86
Posted: 1/21/10 at 3:37pm
I haven't ever walked out of a Broadway show due to any issues with the show itself. Since I am in New York so infrequently I only see a handful of shows each time, so there is less of a chance of seeing something that awful -- although "Thou Shalt Not" came close.
I did walk out of a matinee of "The Music Man" with Eric McCormack at intermission - not because of the show itself (which I had already seen with Bierko) - but because I got tickets to the Late Show with David Letterman and had to be in line there before the show would have gotten out.
I did walk out of a matinee of "The Music Man" with Eric McCormack at intermission - not because of the show itself (which I had already seen with Bierko) - but because I got tickets to the Late Show with David Letterman and had to be in line there before the show would have gotten out.
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#87
Posted: 1/21/10 at 4:00pm
If you don't mean to offend then why bring it up? There's no need to say that they're from NJ as if explain they're lacking taste or something. I can kind of understand how some people wouldn't enjoy SITPWG. Sondheim is not for everyone.
I meant that I don't mean to offend EVERYONE from New Jersey. I brought it up because I wanted to. Why, you from NJ?
I meant that I don't mean to offend EVERYONE from New Jersey. I brought it up because I wanted to. Why, you from NJ?
Updated On: 1/21/10 at 04:00 PM
#88
Posted: 1/21/10 at 4:19pm
I meant that I don't mean to offend EVERYONE from New Jersey. I brought it up because I wanted to. Why, you from NJ?
You just meant to offend some people in NJ?
I am from NJ and there are many people on this board who are from NJ. And we're all educated and cultured. Being from NJ doesn't change that fact.
My biggest point is that it was absolutely unnecessary for you to say they were from NJ. Being from NJ had nothing to do with your statement. You relatives didn't like Evita and SITPWG. Fine. What does being from NJ have to do with that fact? Nothing. People from NJ don't like artists and people from Agentina? It's not a correct statement in anyway.
Don't base NJ culture on what you see on Jersey Shore and Real Housewives.
You just meant to offend some people in NJ?
I am from NJ and there are many people on this board who are from NJ. And we're all educated and cultured. Being from NJ doesn't change that fact.
My biggest point is that it was absolutely unnecessary for you to say they were from NJ. Being from NJ had nothing to do with your statement. You relatives didn't like Evita and SITPWG. Fine. What does being from NJ have to do with that fact? Nothing. People from NJ don't like artists and people from Agentina? It's not a correct statement in anyway.
Don't base NJ culture on what you see on Jersey Shore and Real Housewives.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Updated On: 1/21/10 at 04:19 PM
#89
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:01pm
I almost walked out of the national tour of The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. It was hideous. But my friend and I had some extra glasses of wine at intermission and sat by ourselves in the rear orchestra (the theatre was only about 1/3 full) laughing ourselves silly for all the wrong reasons.
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#91
Posted: 1/22/10 at 2:11pm
I was sorely tempted to walk out of Mamma Mia. I guess it's a good thing I didn't since the only part I even remotely enjoyed was the last half hour or so.
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#92
Posted: 1/22/10 at 2:29pm
IN THE HEIGHTS...
UGhH!!!! There were some understudies on and it was just TERRRIBLE... Without talented actors/actresses, you really realize how much a show can lack in content...
UGhH!!!! There were some understudies on and it was just TERRRIBLE... Without talented actors/actresses, you really realize how much a show can lack in content...
#93
Posted: 1/22/10 at 5:08pm
I wasn't enjoying Shrek for most of Act 2 ecause I had to catch a train so mind just wanted it to be over and so I sprinted out before bows. I saw it again on Veeterans Day and loved it.
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