What misrepresented broadway?

I wasn't aware that broadway had been ruined...

I understand it's your opinion but seriously, if you feel Broadway is ruined, why are you in a forum all about Broadway? Seems like if Broadway is ruined for you, that you'd move on and find another way to spend your time and money.

Same here. Every season new Broadway shows keep opening, and will continue to do so long after we're gone.

Every decade has Broadway shows that represent that decade (as well as performers). Those you list, though we're repulsed by them...they are now linked to the decade they appeared in, regardless of what we think of them.

Broadway isn't ruined. It isn't what it was 50 years ago, but I'd hardly call it ruined. I'm still excited to go to NYC to see a show and it is still bursting with talent, I'd hardly call that ruined.

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And movies based off of Broadway productions is something that has been around since the beginning of cinema.

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I won't say it's ruined, but I do think that the advent of the megamusical (Phantom, Miss Saigon, Sunset Blvd, etc.) left a very bad taste in my mouth. I'm not fond of movies made from musicals, although The Full Monty, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Wedding Singer surprised me. I'm not thrilled by shows that have worn out their welcome, partly because those same shows keep touring and being produced by community theatres, so we're overexposed to them out here in the midwest.

If we want to see movie musicals, we need to get them from Netflix. The idea of a helicopter landing onstage, a house going up in the air, or a chandelier crashing onto the stage doesn't make me want to see the show (although I did see Sunset Blvd., and the staging proves it belongs on the screen.)

I also think Cameron MacIntosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber are responsible for misrepresenting the musical theatre. It's sad that a good play, even a revival, has to struggle, while musicals open and play and play and play.

This was an interesting link. It won't keep me from going to NYC and seeing more shows, but I'm far more selective about who gets my money than I would have even 25 years ago.

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and the "exceptions" are what I was speaking of.

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Broadway is never going to be any one thing. The experience of theatre is personal and as such it is subjective.

Hear Hear

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how the hell is RENT or any other show "ruining" Broadway or not representing it? I am baffled

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Alright, I made a self-admitted idiotic post. I apologize. I totally didn't communicate what I meant at all and I am sorry to those I offended.

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So you changed your post and Broadway is not longer ruined but rather misrepresented. That still doesn't really tell us what you mean though. What about Cats misrepresents Broadway? Or Wicked or Idina?

Broadway is, as others have said, many different things to many different people. Just because you don't like something doesn't make them any less valid. There are shows on Broadway right now that I would definitely not be sad to see closed but I don't agonize over it because there is still plenty of stuff that I find great. How boring would Broadway be if producers only tried to cater to one niche?

And you mentioned exceptions and I guess you're worried that there are shows that are not coming on Broadway because Rent and Wicked and taking up valuable space that these shows could have otherwise. Don't you think that if a show is worthy of having a run on Broadway that it will eventually find it's way there? Just a matter of timing really.

I'd like to hear what shows didn't make it to Broadway that deserved to be there if anyone actually has any real examples otherwise.

give gavino a break. Broadway is not ruined but I think they're trying to say from our point of view what was a low point in broadway.

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