What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
rocker05
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/05
#0What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:27pmI'm not sure if there has been a thread regarding this before, but I was just wondering, if there has ever been a show you've gone to where the sound was so loud it was actually painful. The only one that comes to mind for me lately is Tarzan, it was brutal. The only other show that got me to the point where I was going to leave was Dance Of The Vampires, "God Has Left The Building" was really LOUD!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#1re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:28pmI hear Mamma Mia was really loud
#2re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:29pm
Mamma Mia was loud, but Stomp was louder! 
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#3re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:29pmLord of the Rings was very loud... you could hear the crackling of the speakers for the sound effects.
#4re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:32pm
"We Will Rock You" in London did what the title said ! It was loud, but it was fun !
Updated On: 6/1/06 at 07:32 PM
#5re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:32pmNot a broadway show... but a warning to those over a certain age planning on ever going to the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. Don't ask! HA
#6re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:32pm
Hairspray,
Mama Mia
Wicked
#7re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:33pmthe god awful recent US tour of Starlight Express... wowzers.
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#8re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:33pmIt could have been where I was sitting, but "Tommy" was super-loud on Broadway.
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rocker05
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/05
#9re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:35pmMamma Mia was REALLY loud. I sat in the 3rd row on the left in the orchestra (practically next to the speaker), and the beginning of Act II was really scary and painful at the same time, unfortunately, the sound was definitely not the only thing painful about the show if you know what I mean :)
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:35pmTommy no question
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#11re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:36pmI remember my ears weere ringing from Footloose, but that was back when I was 12, and I only have a somewhat foggy memory of it.
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rocker05
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/05
#12re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:38pm
I don't really remember Hairspray being painfully loud, but Wicked definitely was, especially in Defying Gravity and No One Mourns The Wicked, No Good Deed was pretty loud too.
In the 80's, I actually thought "Carrie" was pretty loud for the time, now sound design is really out of hand.
#13re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:41pmStarlight Express at the Vegas Hilton was loud. Ooooomg, it was loud.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#14re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:42pmMamma is def. loud at the beginging of Acts with the loud BOOM.
#15re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:42pmIt could've been because I was in the 3rd row, but BKLYN was looooud.
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#17re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:52pmRENT has gotten really loud. It's always been a bit loud because of the rock nature of the score, but in recent years they've been turning up the mics to ridiculous levels. I don't know if it's to mask the mediocre voices they've been bringing in in recent years or what, but the levels on the mics are just out of control.
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#18re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:54pmRENT
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#20re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:59pmWicked. It's probably because I was in row A. But the first note of No One Mours The Wicked, I jumped, even though I was expecting the note to be really loud.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#21re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:59pmMovin' Out and Mamma Mia! stick out to me the most, but I also remember having my ears hurt after Wicked. Gah. Loudness is ridiculous.
Phantess
Leading Actor Joined: 5/12/03
#22re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 8:00pmWicked and Brooklyn left my ears buzzing
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#23re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 8:12pmSince they've begun amplifying shows (a practice I hate), most shows are too loud for me. WICKED was really loud.
#24re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?
Posted: 6/1/06 at 8:15pmTry ear plugs. My fiance and I use them all the time. They also work great when you have annoying people talking around you.
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