What shows do you have no interest in seeing this season?

I know this sounds every-so-slightly jaded - and no offense to those of you who are enthusiastic about the following shows - but I'm surprised how LITTLE interest I have in so many of the most highly-anticipated shows coming up: TABOO! (though I was surprised how much I liked the song that was performed on BoB)BOY FROM OZ (always thought there was something creepy about Peter Allen...like an Australian Neil Sedaka) and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Saw it, liked it off-Broadway, but don't feel any great need to see it again).

And I was very enthusiastic about WICKED, but I was dissapointed in "The Wizard and I' as it's kind of a generic power-pop "yearning" ballad, so I've gone off it a touch for now. I was indifferent to BOUNCE but the fact that it has elicited so many opinions pro and con, the raves about Richard Kind's performance and the fact that it is being radically re-worked has pricked my interest in it. It may be good or may be bad, but I don't think it will be UNINTERESTING.

---

No desire seeing:
Never Gonna Dance
The Boy From Oz

Really want to see:
Wicked (getting tix Sat.)
LSOH (seeing it Sat.)
Taboo (after seeing it on BoB)
(does anyone know where I can hear that song on like a specific Boy George cd or somewhere on the internet?)

I just saw Avenue Q last night and it was fantastic! I have to see it again to catch the lines I missed. I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Looking forward to Boy from Oz. I've seen Wicked, but will catch it once it opens on Broadway.

Though I liked the song on BoB, I'm not that interested in Taboo. I'll see LSOH because I'm curious.

Updated On: 9/12/03 at 10:23 AM

I have no desire to see Never Gonna Dance, Bombay Dreams, or The Boy From Oz. I was in Wonderful Town in high school, so, though I dislike it, I suppose I'm required to go see it :)

Anyone else feel like maybe Steve Perry has undergone the 'change' and has turned up as Idina Menzel? I bet you'll never see those two in a room together.

Going to see wicked Nov. 4 because a) I LOVED that book and b) got a friend in it.

Also have a friend in HARMONY. And since it seems a show I could probably be cast in at some point, I should most certainly see it.

---

I hear you Balladeer, I too need to see Avenue Q already! Probably on flea market day.
I wouldn't be particularly thrilled for Boy From Oz or Taboo if Hugh Jackman and Raul Esparza weren't (respectively) in the casts. I'm dying for Wicked, though I'm worried about how different it's going to be from the book...I loved that book. I'll probably begin re-reading it on the train tomorrow, where I'm FINALLY going to see LSOH!

Robbiej...

Who is Steve Perry and why would you say that he and Idina are the same person? Is that good or bad?

I have no desire to see Never Gonna Dance. Besides that, I'm sure I would enjoy all the others.

I have no desire to see Never Gonna Dance and Wonderful Town. I've pretty much seen all the new stuff in previews or off- Bway (Ave. Q, loved it) so the must see's left are Taboo and Wicked. I'm not desperate to see Boy From Oz, but I'm sure I will, nonetheless.

Boy from Oz at least has star power going for it (tho I couldn't care less about the show or Peter Allen, a third-rate talent, and really, who cares?)--Avenue Q I'm curious about. The rest---yeccch. Boring, boring, ever so boring. It will take stunning reviews of the first order and a tidal wave of positive word-of-mouth for me to lay down cold, hard cash for anything else this season.

I may be alone on this, but I have no desire to see "Golda's Balcony."

---

Golda's Balcony is wonderful. I was so moved by Tovah Feldshuh's performance, I wrote to her online. I received a nice reply also. The audience was awestruck. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the show.

No desire seeing:
Never Gonna Dance
Taboo
They just don't seem like show I would enjoy

---