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What was the most comnfusing show you've seen?
#25re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/11/04 at 11:37pm
But I didn't have trouble understanding it back in the 80s when I didn't know every lyric.
I just loved it all the more this time knowing every lyric before it even started.
I loved the individual performances, the stage direction and the sets so much.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#26re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/11/04 at 11:38pm
well,
I'm glad you liked it 
#27re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/11/04 at 11:42pm
BOUNCE - wow that was hard to sit through.
THE VISIT was pretty bad too.
I'm not sure I was confused by them, but maybe confused at why I chose to stay for the 2nd act of either.
nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#28re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/11/04 at 11:45pmI'll take JUMPERS for $1000, Alex.
#29re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:03am
I had no idea what was going on during the entire production of Movin' Out.
Also, seeing CATS a second time this year didn't enlighten me one bit as to what the plot was.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#30re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:04amI loved the JUMPERS revival.
#31re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:12amAnything by Albee. I'm sorry, I know he's an influential genius, but I'm completely dumbfounded by his plays.
nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#32re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 9:20amMargot...I loved the performances, however, I should've read the play before going to see it. I was tres confused.
LotsWife
Understudy Joined: 9/2/04
#33re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 9:48amDracula ... but only due to the fact that it was so boring that it did not hold my attention.
#34re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 9:59am
DEFINITELY roar of the greasepaint, smell of the crowd.
I got that it was all "waiting for godot the musical" but even still. it wasn't smart enough to demand so much intelectual participation on behalf of the audience, lol.
#35re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:04am
In the Jungle of the Cities by Brecht. I sat through a very tedious production that was more about the "concept" than the script including a very loud jazz band performing literally in my ear. I had no clue what the show was about.
Also The Play About the Baby by Albee. Didn't get it at all, though I studied an early draft of the play before it was produced. I never saw it performed.
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#36re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:21amI know that a lot of folks were confused by the literary references and characters in "The Invention of Love". I did a little bit of background reading on it before seeing it the first time and I think this was why I loved it so much. (In fact, I ended up seeing it 4 times).
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#37re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:26am
Mamie,
I saw INVENTION twice -- really terrific (and an incredible performance from RIchard Easton). The notes did help, though (they probably should have done the same thing with JUMPERS -- the friends I sent to see it and gave about five minutes of background info about it before, all really liked it ..... some of those who went in cold got a little lost).
#38re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:36amPerhaps it was because I saw both shows early in their runs, but I was extremely confused in The Secret Garden and RENT.
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#39re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:42pmI was very lost while watching the CATS video. However, now that I know there was no plot in the show, it makes so much sense. I now realize its nothing lol
#40re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:48pmCity of Angels...I'm sure if it's done right, it's fine. I saw a really bad community theatre production of it and was like WTF. In theory, it sounds like a great idea
#41re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:52pm
The Sweet Smell of Success, oh and Phantom of the Opera I still dont really understand what happened at the end!
One more Dance of the vampires, but I think on that one i just tuned out half way through act one1
#42re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 2:10pmPhantom is brilliant....what is confusing about it????
#43re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 2:19pmI agree about the ending of Phantom being confusing. The audience is happy that the murderer and kidnapper got away. That has always confused me.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#44re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 2:30pmLa Boheme. I understood the basic plot line but it was a bit difficult to understand what was going on in the moment. It didn't help that everything was in Italian and you had to keep watching subtitles.
#45re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 4:25pm
The first time I saw "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolfe", I was lost. I knew what I had just seen was amazing but was confused. Went home studied some essays on the play and now it is one of my favorite plays right behind True West. Albee can be confusing but once you learn what he was going for or see a production that makes it clear, its easier to see. I directed a production of The Sandbox my senior year in college and had to explain it to alot of people and some of the less open minded kids were like "well everyone did a good job but I didn't get it at all, it's such a show that you would do."
As far as POTO goes. I agree. during the Prima Dona Scene things get confusing because everyone is singing at the same time and the orchestra is loud and you just loose so many of the words no matter how good the sound system or singers are.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#46re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 4:47pm
The most confusing show I ever saw was Neil Simon's I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES.
Was it a Drama? A Comedy? A "Dramedy"? Proof that even Neil Simon writes bad plays? :)
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Joined: 12/31/69
#47re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 4:52pmI have to say i was most confused when i saw Movin' out. I mean the dancing was amazing and once i read the prgram i got more of it. It was just difficult with the always changing costumes to figure out who was who every time!
#48re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 5:22pm
I found "Saturday Night Fever" very confusing.
Just kidding.
For me, it was "The Charis" by Ionescu. No idea what happened there.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#49re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?
Posted: 10/12/04 at 5:30pm
Hi rkris...,
I wasn't confused by THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT--THE SMELL OF THE CROWD AT ALL--Anthony Newley blatently ripped off his own STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF! :)
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