you hate A Chorus Line?!?! what show is your FAVORITE. i am curious.
I would have to say GREASE.
I'm bored and wanted to see the leader board.
Cats V
Phantom of the Opera V
Rent III
Grease III
The Little Mermaid I
The Music Man I
Seussical I
Joseph I
Godspell I
Chicago I
Footloose I
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change I
Brigadon I
Sound of Music I
Avenue Q I
Oliver I
Back to the 80's I
High School Musical I
Lucky Stiff I
Working I
Mimi le Duck I
The Scarlet Pimpernel I
The Mystery of Edwin Drood I
Jersey Boys I
A Chorus Line I
Follies I
Light in the Piazza I
Updated On: 5/19/08 at 11:04 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/04
CATS--its the only show that literally made me sick (I threw up at intermission, I was 6 and my parents still joke that I had good taste in theater from a young age)
The Fatnasticks.
Nothing has ever come close to how awful that two and a half hours were.
NICK AND NORA
Thank you Mr. Laurents.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
SUNSET BOULEVARD
Movin' Out. Phantom of the Opera. Cats. Hairspray.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
La Cage Aux Folles...the 1983 original
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
Phantom & Avenue Q.
Dr. Dolittle.
Leading Actor Joined: 3/2/08
Jelly's Last Jam
Follies
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
My Fair Lady
Annie
Grease
Oklahoma
South Pacific (even though apparently the current production is fabulous)
Bye Bye Birdie
Brigadoon
Flower Drum Song
SUNSET BLVD.
(Also, while it didn't make it to Broadway COPACABANA was the worst show I have ever seen in a pre-Broadway try-out. OY!)
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Anything by a grandson of Richard Rodgers and also "Wicked", except for "Popular" and only when sung by Annaleigh Ashford (call be weird but I really digg her).
I may be the only one, but HAIRSPRAY.
Oh, and Phantom too.
The two worst musicals I've ever seen never made it to and never will make it to Broadway, thank God. One is Queens Boulevard,which played at Signature Theater Company late last year, the other was Only Children, and NYU Tisch mainstage original musical, which was their own modernized version of the play Spring Awakening. Two of the worst things I've ever seen in my life.
As far as musicals that have actually made it somewhere, I think Grease has about zero redeeming qualities.
1. Camelot
2. Phantom
3. Wicked
4. Mamma Mia
5. Andrew Lloyd Webber
Quick count before I crash...
Phantom of the Opera IX
Cats IX [ I for koolaid’s ALW reference. I think it counts?]
Grease V
Rent III
Annie II
Avenue Q II
Brigadoon II
Follies II
Hairspray II
The Music Man II
Sunset Boulevard II
Wicked II
The Little Mermaid I
Seussical I
Joseph I
Godspell I
Chicago I
Footloose I
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change I
Sound of Music I
Oliver I
Back to the 80's I
High School Musical I
Lucky Stiff I
Working I
Mimi le Duck I
The Scarlet Pimpernel I
The Mystery of Edwin Drood I
Jersey Boys I
A Chorus Line I
Light in the Piazza I
The Fatnasticks I
Nick and Nora I
Movin' Out I
La Cage Aux Follies I
Dr. Dolittle I
Jelly's Last Jam I
Sweeney Todd I
Into the Woods I
My Fair Lady I
Flower Drum Song I
Oklahoma I
South Pacific I
Bye Bye Birdie I
Miss Saigon I
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat I
Camelot I
Mamma Mia I
In no certain order:
1776
The Fantastiks
South Pacific
The Music Man
I have unfond memories of 'Kismet', the only show I ever walked out on. I can't say I enjoy 'Cats' or 'Annie' in the least. I'm still working on 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman', which I don't *hate*, I just... can't convince myself to click. :/
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