#1
Posted: 5/17/24 at 11:28pm
Well
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?
#2
Posted: 5/17/24 at 11:46pm
[title of show], Guttenberg the Musical, Scandalous, Come From Away top my list.
#3
Posted: 5/18/24 at 12:11am
broadfan327 said: "[title of show], Guttenberg the Musical, Scandalous, Come From Away top my list."
Interesting that you said title of show. I thought that was a classic or soemthing
#4
Posted: 5/18/24 at 12:14am
I loved Come From Away. I hated A View From A Bridge- that latest one from that Dutch director- whose work I detest. I saw All About Eve in London and he ruined that one too.
#5
Posted: 5/18/24 at 12:23am
BKLYN
#6
Posted: 5/18/24 at 12:36am
Worst: A Bronx Tale (the musical)
Most Misguided: 2009 Guys & Dolls revival
Most Overrated: The Band's Visit
#7
Posted: 5/18/24 at 12:54am
Worst was TELETHON, but this GREAT GATSBY is a close second.
#8
Posted: 5/18/24 at 1:16am
I haven't seen that many shows, but out of the ones I have seen, New York New York was by far the worst.
#9
Posted: 5/18/24 at 1:27am
I'm stealing WormWood's scale:
Worst Show: Walking With Ghosts
Most Misguided: The Collaboration
Most Overrated: Shucked
#10
Posted: 5/18/24 at 2:10am
Getting The Band Back Together was so bad it made me actually angry
#11
Posted: 5/18/24 at 2:17am
I thought this little skit called Hamilton early in its Broadway run was pretty bad…
…ass.
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#12
Posted: 5/18/24 at 5:27am
this thread
#13
Posted: 5/18/24 at 6:14am
The Lightening Thief fits the bill for both worst production and show I've ever seen. Special shoutout to Charlie and The Chocolate Factory too, though - that was absolutely abysmal.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#14
Posted: 5/18/24 at 6:39am
Still, to this date, for me, is Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but Gatsby comes in at a close second, followed by Gutenberg.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#15
Posted: 5/18/24 at 6:43am
Holla if you Hear Me…
but more recently &Juliet. Woof.
Updated On: 5/18/24 at 06:43 AM
#16
Posted: 5/18/24 at 6:47am
Thou Shalt Not …tuggggg boat
Wonderland
Leap of Faith
Women on the Verge
Updated On: 5/18/24 at 06:47 AM
#17
Posted: 5/18/24 at 6:56am
Absolutely has to be Memphis. Utterly baffling.
A few dishonorable mentions: Pirate Queen, Pretty Woman, The Last Ship, Frank Wildhorn’s Dracula. And, yes, Great Gatsby.
#18
Posted: 5/18/24 at 7:39am
Sunset Blvd revival with Glen Close talking her way through the songs.
#19
Posted: 5/18/24 at 7:47am
It Shoulda Been You. It was painful.
#20
Posted: 5/18/24 at 7:50am
I'll second Leap of Faith. Although I have yet to see Gatsby.
#21
Posted: 5/18/24 at 8:12am
Rocky! Beautiful set but some of the worst songs most and baffling creative choices I’ve ever experienced at a broadway musical.
Honorable mention to Chaplin. The decision to put almost everyone in white face paint still haunts me
Updated On: 5/18/24 at 08:12 AM
#22
Posted: 5/18/24 at 8:14am
I can't believe I'm the first person to mention Lysistrata Jones. That's the closest I have ever come to leaving a Broadway show at intermission.
#23
Posted: 5/18/24 at 8:20am
Hated If/Then. Trying to be high art, and so tedious.
#24
Posted: 5/18/24 at 8:20am
I am chuckling once again thinking about the best part of Leap of Faith for me was reading Whizzer’s review. I don’t think I ever laughed so much. I specifically recall the exquisite detail of the gent on crutches trying to make a getaway exit up the center aisle before intermission.
#25
Posted: 5/18/24 at 8:34am
Worst Overall Production: Paradise Square - or as I called it - LesMiseRagtime
Worst Structure (Book, Score): Scandalous. Woof.
Most Overrated: The Lion King & Aladdin - I finally saw these just to be able to cross off theatres I haven’t been in yet, and both shows are just remarkably bland mass-tourism fare. TLK is better structurally, but Aladdin basically is lifeless when the Genie isn’t on stage.
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