What show do you regret seeing the most?- Page 2

[sing_dance_love]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:22am

I can't believe so many people are saying Movin' Out!!! I adored that show! It moved me in a way not many shows have. But whatever, to each his own. :)

Anyway, I have to say the recent Sweet Charity tour. Now, I don't regret seeing the show, because I really do LOVE Sweet Charity...but Molly Ringwald...wow. One of the most horrendous performances I've ever seen.

[thereisnofuture]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:28am

Grease. My mom and sister forced me too.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:38am

Doyle's "Sweeney Todd." Beautiful 'orchestra', beautiful performances, but I completely regret wasting my money on what was basically a concert version of Sweeney that I could have done without seeing.

[commasplice]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:44am

The Pirate Queen. It wasn't even "so-bad-it's-awesome." It was just BAD. I had never had the urge to walk out during a show before, but after "She Who Has All," I was tempted. (The Queen of England is envious of Grace not because she legitimately earned her power rather than inherited it, not because she's an effective and hands-on leader who accomplishes things, not because she's physically/emotionally/spiritually strong, not because she's respected by the men she holds power over, but because Grace has a man who loves her? SERIOUSLY?)

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 8:43am

- Civil War (the Frank Wildhorn musical)
- Title of Show

[James885]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:02am

Little Women - Great cast, but it was so boring I almost fell asleep

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:07am

Rent Remixed (or Rent Reduced as it came to be known lol)
Cats
Dracula (fell asleep)
Gone With The Wind

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:21am

Aint Broadway Grand
Thou Shalt Not

[BroadwayBelle2]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:24am

I don't regret seeing any shows, I regret not seeing shows, like
Sweeney Todd, Miss Saigon, and The Sound Of Music.

[Weez]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:34am

'Absurd Person Singular' at the Garrick in the West End. I don't even regret 'Kismet' by the ENO, which I left halfway through, or 'Gone with the Wind', because now ANYTHING looks great in comparison, but 'Absurd Person Singular' was absolutely terrible and I WISH I'd gone for 'The Lover/The Collcetion' at TKTS instead. XP

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:44am

WICKED

RENT

LEGALLY BLONDE

SPRING AWAKENING


.... that about covers it.

[jennamajig]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:56am

I spent $28 to see the tour of Whistle Down the Wind when it came through Boston (all tickets were $28, which tells you how well it was selling). I was intrigued when I went in. When I came out, I was thinking that I'd just thrown away $28.

Most shows I've seen on Broadway I can find one redeeming factor in, but despite paying student rush price, I now wonder if I should have seen anything else but the Little Mermaid.

The only show I've truly hated was a regional production of Waiting for Godot. The acting and production values were fine, but I hated the play! I only made it through the entire thing because I went with a friend that adores everything Beckett wrote.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 9:57am

I don't regret going to the theatre. I do regret not being able to leave at intermission sometimes.

I'm okay, ultimately, with having had to sit through that NEXT TO NORMAL thing, so that now I can bitch about how pathetic it was precisely because I sat through it to the bitter bloody bogus bullsh*t end.

I'd give a lot to have been able to leave that unspeakable RING OF FIRE travesty. God in heaven, absolutely unforgiveable.

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 10:09am

Hurm, Walmartopia was pretty awful. But the show I regret seeing was Les Miserables(the "revival"), three hours of torture and Ali Ewolt screeching, at least I got to see Lea Salonga, but otherwise what a waste!

[blondebaby589]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 11:39am

Legally Blonde

[James885]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 11:50am

I forgot to add The Little Mermaid. Sherie Rene Scott, Sierra Bogess, and the (original) score were the only redeeming qualities. Ugly sets and costumes, horrible direction, and several talented featured actors who are severely underused all made it one show I truly do regret seeing.

[HollyDiver]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 11:54am

"The recent Cat on a Hot Tin Roof revival is the only time I can recall being really MISERABLE watching a Broadway show."

With Phylicia Rashad and Terrence Howard? I thought this was wonderful! It was like watching a class on acting it was so well done!

[Scripps2]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 12:19pm

My regretful show was last year's UK tour of Annie - a waste of a great musical.
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Commasplice: what a ridiculous substantiation of your disliking The Pirate Queen. An objective reading of history will reveal that Elizabeth I was "an effective and hands-on leader who accomplishes things," and was physically, emotionally and spiritually strong and was "respected by the men she holds power over". How on earth did she hold her position for 45 years when inneffectual male monarchs who came after her (Charles I, James II, Edward VIII) were deposed. Even if your comment had been about her predecessor Mary I it would have been valid but as it stands it is simply wrong.

Elizabeth I is named in a book I have written by an American historian as one of the 100 most influential people of the last millenium, precisely because she was a woman with those characteristics in an age where women weren't respected as leaders.

Perhaps you need to think about the difference between emotional responses and facts. Updated On: 9/3/08 at 12:19 PM

[commasplice]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 12:59pm

Scripps, I'm not evaluating the show in its historical context because, quite frankly, it's inaccurate (look at Grace O'Malley's life, for example, when compared to the musical: historically, her marriage to Donal led to three children and ended when he died in battle; the "I dismiss you" comes from a legend behind her second marriage to Richard Burke, with whom she had another child; her meeting with Queen Elizabeth was under different circumstances, and there's more, I'm sure, but I don't claim to be a scholar on her life), and the musical was based on a historical novel rather than a biography or another piece of pure history (though O'Malley's biographer was used as a "consultant" for the show). Ultimately, though the show may be based on history, it exists independent of history, as its own work. I'm evaluating the text of the musical and looking at the characters as they are presented in the show, and the parallels drawn between them there (also, I saw the show in Chicago, so there may have been some differences in the version I saw versus the version that opened on Broadway, but what I said in my previous post were observations I had when I first saw it). I'm quite aware of the historical significance of the actual Elizabeth I and what a strong woman and leader she was (by the way, when I say that in the musical she wasn't "hands on," I mean that she's in her court in England while Grace is out there on the high seas showing the British what-for and all that jazz). I'm saying that I was extremely disappointed by the way she was depicted in the musical (and Grace, too).

It's like JRB's Parade -- when putting the text of the show in a historical context, you become aware that the show gets a lot wrong, both about the case itself and the people involved. But that doesn't mean that the show on its face, independent of that, has touched me. Musicals are rooted in emotion; otherwise, why would the characters sing?

(yeesh, teal deer much?) Updated On: 9/3/08 at 12:59 PM

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:07pm

La Cage Aux Folles in 1983...it was the rare time even back then that I spent full price on a ticket ($45.00) and was furious with myself for wasting that much money. It's my least favorite Broadway experience ever.

[kyleorlando]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:11pm

In The Heights - I'd have rather spent the time getting a root canal. I'm very glad I didn't pay for the ticket, but at the same time felt bad that my friend had wasted the ticket on me.

[MelissaF]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:24pm

Nine.

Hands down.

And I have to live with the guilt that I dragged my mother to it.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:25pm

Spelling Bee for the 4th time. I wanted to go to Grey Gardens, but my friend had taken me to the city so we had to do what she wanted. I love Spelling Bee to death, but 4 times is enough. Especially when I could've seen Grey Gardens.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:26pm

I can't believe so many people are saying Movin' Out!!! I adored that show!

I did as well. I can only assume that people either hate ballet or hate Billy Joel and didn't know what they were getting into. As a dance production, I thought it was electrifying and all the performers (dancers and musicians) were outstanding. I would love to see more dance/ballet productions on Broadway that weren't simply trotting out the same old Fosse works. I like Fosse, but I've had enough for at least another decade.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 9/3/08 at 1:26pm

CHICAGO and SPRING AWAKENING when Kyle joined the cast.