What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?

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What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?

Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:27pm

I'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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re: What is the LOUDEST show you've ever seen?

Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:28pm

I hear Mamma Mia was really loud

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#3

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:29pm

Mamma Mia was loud, but Stomp was louder!
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#4

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:29pm

Lord of the Rings was very loud... you could hear the crackling of the speakers for the sound effects.

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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

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:32pm

Not 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

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:32pm

Hairspray,
Mama Mia
Wicked

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:33pm

the god awful recent US tour of Starlight Express... wowzers.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:33pm

It could have been where I was sitting, but "Tommy" was super-loud on Broadway.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:35pm

Mamma 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 :)

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:35pm

Tommy no question

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#12

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:36pm

I 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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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.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:41pm

Starlight Express at the Vegas Hilton was loud. Ooooomg, it was loud.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:42pm

Mamma is def. loud at the beginging of Acts with the loud BOOM.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:42pm

It could've been because I was in the 3rd row, but BKLYN was looooud.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:44pm

Wicked
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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:52pm

RENT 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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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:54pm

RENT

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#20

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:57pm

The Wedding Singer

#21

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:59pm

Wicked. 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.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:59pm

Movin' Out and Mamma Mia! stick out to me the most, but I also remember having my ears hurt after Wicked. Gah. Loudness is ridiculous.

#23

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 8:00pm

Wicked and Brooklyn left my ears buzzing

#24

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 8:12pm

Since they've begun amplifying shows (a practice I hate), most shows are too loud for me. WICKED was really loud.

#25

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 8:15pm

Try 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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