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What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#125
Posted: 5/21/24 at 2:45pm
The worst play I ever witnessed was Prymate in 2004 - horrible nonsense about a gorilla
and in 2008 I saw the worst musical in my history at least called Glory Days - just awful
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#126
Posted: 5/21/24 at 2:51pm
The worst play I ever witnessed was Prymate in 2004 - horrible nonsense about a gorilla
and in 2008 I saw the worst musical in my history at least called Glory Days - just awful
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#127
Posted: 5/21/24 at 3:21pm
BroadwayPatriot said: "The worst play I ever witnessed was Prymate in 2004 - horrible nonsense about a gorilla
and in 2008 I saw the worst musical in my history at least called Glory Days - just awful"
Finally someone mentioned Prymate! And I'd add The Civil War to the list of worst shows I've ever seen.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#128
Posted: 5/21/24 at 4:23pm
SeanD2 said: "BroadwayPatriot said: "The worst play I ever witnessed was Prymate in 2004 - horrible nonsense about a gorilla
and in 2008 I saw the worst musical in my history at least called Glory Days - just awful"
Finally someone mentioned Prymate! And I'd add The Civil War to the list of worst shows I've ever seen."
In all fairness we might be one of the only people who saw Prymate - I remember the Longacre - around 100 people when the curtain went up , when the lights came up and the show ended , my friend and I turned around and maybe 10 people remained in the entire house, not exaggerating
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#129
Posted: 5/21/24 at 5:54pm
Ok, am I the only one who actually kind of wants to see Prymate now?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/22
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#130
Posted: 5/21/24 at 6:01pm
Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway in 2012(?). Such a dog.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#131
Posted: 5/21/24 at 6:08pm
I had never heard of it- looking up reviews, it seems wild.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#132
Posted: 5/21/24 at 6:14pm
Brklyn
Bobbi Boland
Scandalous
Legs Diamond
Chorus Member Joined: 6/11/10
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#133
Posted: 5/21/24 at 8:23pm
"The Look of Love".
Only show I ever walked out on..
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#134
Posted: 5/21/24 at 10:25pm
I just want to say that there's a play called Yosemite that I saw at Rattlestick Theater, starring Seth Numrich and (as a kid) Noah Galvin, and directed by the now-quite-famous Pedro Pascal, that I thought was an abomination at the time. However, even a few days after I saw it, I realized it had something to say about poverty in America. It's grown on me ever since and I now recognize that it was probably a pretty good play.
Stand-by Joined: 6/19/16
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#135
Posted: 5/21/24 at 10:51pm
Been A Broadway Baby For Well Over 50 Years And Forgot To Mention…
Applause
Sugar
Raisin
Sarava
Eubie!
The Act
Working
Bubbling Brown Sugar
They’re Playing Our Song
Cats
The First
Merlin
Barnum
Bring Back Birdie
Big River
Meet Me In St. Louis
Singin In The Rain
Oh Kay!
Grind
Big Deal
Rags
Legs Diamond
The Tap Dance Kid
Rock And Roll The First 5000 Years
Big
The Capeman
Shogun
Swing
Footloose
Nine 2003
The Wild Party (Broadway)
In The Heights
The Scottsboro Boys
Dr. Frankenstein
Taboo
9 To 5
Cry Baby
Pricilla…Queen Of The Desert
Curtains
Summer ( Loved The Songs Though)
Memphis
Tootsie
Some Like It Hot (Better Than “Sugar” But Still Bad)
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#136
Posted: 5/21/24 at 10:52pm
I actively dozed off during Ohio State Murders. The James Earl Jones is stunning though !
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#137
Posted: 5/22/24 at 8:08am
wcoyote said: ""The Look of Love".
Only show I ever walked out on.."
oh yes, that was dreadful. People were laughing at the choreography. Poor Rachelle Rak. And the sound design even made Liz Callaway sound bad which is quite a feat!
Chorus Member Joined: 12/10/16
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#138
Posted: 5/22/24 at 9:27am
Phantom of the Opera. (in Year 10)
Tuck Everlasting (and I don't know if it was everlasting or not because i left at intermission)
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#139
Posted: 5/22/24 at 9:52am
EvanstonDad said: "Ok, am I the only one who actually kind of wants to see Prymate now?"
I just looked the show up. Seems bonkers and lowkey (highkey) very racist to have a black man play a gorilla with 2 white scientists.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#140
Posted: 5/22/24 at 2:55pm
Musicals: Spiderman: Turn off the Dark and Paradise Square
Plays: The Realistic Joneses - amazing cast, snooze fest of a show
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#141
Posted: 5/22/24 at 3:51pm
berniesb!tch said: "EvanstonDad said: "Ok, am I the only one who actually kind of wants to see Prymate now?"
I just looked the show up. Seems bonkers and lowkey (highkey) very racist to have a black man play a gorilla with 2 white scientists."
It got worse - someone is raped and someone is injected with a syringe of AIDS, it was mind boggling to see it on a Broadway stage , reminded me of a grind house exploitation movie more than Broadway level theater
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#142
Posted: 5/22/24 at 4:34pm
Worst Broadway - Lestat, or Illya, Darling
Worst Ever: Meredith Willson's 1491 with Chita Rivera and John Cullum, Shine It On with Lisa Minelli in San Francisco, Home Sweet Homer with Yul Brenner in tryout, or Barbary Coast with Jerry Landing and Marcia Rodd which only played in San Francisco for very, very small audiences of maybe 100 in a 2200 seat house - a vanity production with full broadway designers and orchestrators.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#143
Posted: 5/22/24 at 4:49pm
Oh, I forgot Enron... that was really a show that I saw... wow.
Swing Joined: 9/4/14
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#144
Posted: 5/22/24 at 5:41pm
Just came back from NYC last week. Saw Back to the future, and for the first time ever walked out at intermission. We then got a drink and a hot dog before going back in just to see the car fly.
The most amateur piece of theater with the most boring songs and the cast was completely phoning it in. Seemed like a tired theme park piece of entertainment which I never got from Aladdin and Lion King. In addition, the whole subplot between Marty and his mother was just something else.
Stand-by Joined: 8/2/23
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#145
Posted: 5/22/24 at 6:56pm
mikey89 said: "the whole subplot between Marty and his mother was just something else."
You say that like you've never seen the movie.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#146
Posted: 5/23/24 at 1:58pm
American Psycho is the only show I regret spending money on. The only exciting moment was the end of the first act when blood splattered on the vinyl curtain. Other than that, totally abysmal. Sometimes when I need a laugh, I think of the moment where the set was covered in blood in Act II and they needed a way to get rid of it, so the solution was to have the ensemble on their hands and knees cleaning up the blood while singing the word "cleannnnnn..." repeatedly
Stand-by Joined: 12/30/14
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#147
Posted: 5/24/24 at 10:36am
I absolutely hated The Sound Inside, other than the gorgeous lighting design. Runner Up: A Strange Loop, which I really wanted to like but it started strong and just rolled downhill from there. 1/2 of the couple next to got up and left in the middle. I wish I'd joined him.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#148
Posted: 5/25/24 at 2:24am
Worst shows I've seen in the last 27 years:
The Goat or Who is Sylvia?: I so desperately wanted to leave, but I was in the middle of the row and there was no intermission.
Gypsy: Patti LuPone was just horrible to see in person. She can't sing -- just screeched the whole time -- and was shouting her lines the whole time. So painful!
The Humans and The Band's Visit: Lots of hype, but just so boring.
What is the worst production you have ever seen on Broadway? What is the worst show?#149
Posted: 5/25/24 at 9:14am
A Delicate Balance with Glenn Close and John Lithgow. Shocking considering the cast but it was so long and so boring like why.
Also On Your Feet-just didn’t see any reason for needing it
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