Which show is the most emotionally scarring?

LMAO. See, I am totally obsessed with you since I'm following you everywhere on the board! :P

I actually was terrified by the flying monkeys in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" which somehow has now translated to the flying monkeys of Wicked. The first time I saw Wicked and saw those bad boys being released, I just wanted to head the hell out the door! :/

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No show has ever left me emotionally scarred, but one of my best friends has the same sentiments about Cats as andyf. On a related note, I had the pleasure several years ago of watching my four-year-old cousin cry as he came out of the movie "Baby Geniuses." When his mother asked him over the phone why he was crying, he said, "Because they were trying to hurt the babies!" It was so cute.

How old are you now if you saw Freak when you were 7 or 8? I keep thinking that in my early twenties, I must be one of the youngest people posting on broadwayworld.com.

Oh wow. It's always exciting to find out you guys aren't creepily older than everyone else.

Creepily older people, please fell free to attack.....NOW!!!

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A Chorus Line was emotionally scarring. I had never realized that actors did what they did for love.

Les Miz was also emotionally scarring. I had never thought that when I loved another person I could see the face of God.

Finally, Hello Dolly was emotionally scarring. Anyone who saw the last Broadway revival (and had to stand through Channing's 15 minute curtain speech) understands why.

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then it wasn't even at that stage of its development. i didn't follow where it went following the SF run but the one I saw was supposedly one his first times doing it as a continuous piece. but y'know you're right, that doesn't add up at all if you say it was 1998 it hit broadway. maybe it was the one before FREAK. SPIC-O-RAMA was it? i'm positive on my age so it woulda been around 1992-ish. does that make sense or am I completely hallucinating my old memories? I truthfully only remember bits and pieces of John up onstage and not having any idea what was going on. and i remember my ma being upset afterwards because she hadn't expected it to be so graphic. and i definitely remember getting in trouble for repeating parts of it at school. it's times like this I wish I had treated my brain better during 1st yr of college.

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well, I love it now. But when i was, oh about 7 or 8, I found the original Cast Recording of SWEENEY TODD in our den. I brought it up to my room and was listening to it while reading the synopsis and looking at the pictures. I couldn't sleep for a whole month. It took many weeks before I could finally come to terms that it was just a show, not reality. No one was gonna come slit my throat and turn me into a pie. Right? :)

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thanks margo, it had to be spic-o-rama then. it was before the Mario Brothers Movie. you've carved a permanent place in my now-updated life story. i'd better tell my mama she's been telling slightly inaccurate embarrassing stories all these years.

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I have never been the same after the Shakalaka number from Bombay Dreams.

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When I was a young child (maybe 7 or 8 ), I went to a cabaret theater production of the Nutcracker (not the ballet). I remember that the Nutcracker costume scared the heck out of me because it was so big and would ask my mom, "Is he going to come down the aisle?" because I was so scared that he would come over to me. I used to be scared of people in costumes that covered someone up completely, for some reason.

I actually haven't thought about it until now, so I shouldn't say it left me emotionally scarred my whole life, just during the show.

P.S. Sorry I put the space between the 8 and the ) otherwise it would have made a smiley with sunglasses.

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Updated On: 10/11/04 at 07:07 PM

the thought of tarzan the musical...ahhhhhh...grrr

Hunchback of Notre dame has potential to be amazing....thoughts???

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I would say mine was The Normal Heart. Things could have just turned out so different, but sadly they didn't.

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