Worst Best Musical? — Page 3

My intention wasn't to be snarky, so I apologize if I came off that way. But...

If you're basing it on the book and/or the score (cast recording), then you should title this thread "Worst Best Book and/or Score" not "Worst Best Musical". If you never saw the production, you have no clue what you're talking about in terms of Best (production of a) Musical.

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Updated On: 11/7/05 at 12:48 AM

Regardless of what the technicalities of what I wrote are, everyone knows what I mean, and absolutely no one has a problem with it but you.

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I wasn't disgusted when TITANIC won...it was the best thing that year by a longshot.

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Stryker, my favorite musicals are Light in the Piazza, Ragtime, and The Secret Garden, among others. I just happen to dislikee The Music Man and How to Succeed in Business without really Trying, I find them uninteresting and fluffy. But that's just my opinion.

Munk, was Titanic the same year as Steel Pier? I can't remember if it's the same year or not, but I liked that better than Titanic!

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Steel Pier was a monotonous bore to me when I saw it -- Debra Monk was the only thing that kept me awake. Personally I'd have voted for THE LIFE that year, just for the Cy Coleman score and Lillias White and Chuck Cooper. Not a banner year for musicals, though.

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One that hasn't been mentioned very many times

Avenue q

I don't hate the show. And I am not saying Wicked should have won, though Im not a Wicked hater. I'm just saying I wish something else had won-although I am not sure what would have been better...

*hides behind the proverbial couch that people always hide behind, but then comes back out because its rediculous to hide when you like your own opinion*

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It was an epic that went under-appreciated by the majority and nothing is sadder than seeing a heartwrenching demonstration of art wiped away by financial figures. Especially when it lasted on broadway for less than 4 months

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Thank you Margo, you reminded me of "The Life" from that same year...better than both Titanic and Steel Pier. I wasn't a HUGE fan of Pier, but did find it more enjoyable than Titanic.


extraneous side note: When Titanic the movie and show were around, and Titanic specials were rampant, I took my niece and nephew to a circus...Thay had one of those huge inflatable slides with balls at the end for children to play on outside. My friend and I were horrified to see that it was a blow up version of the Titanic ship...sinking. The children would slide down the deck into the balls at the bottom. The sickest thing I ever saw.

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Haha! O goodness, justme2, that's absolute terrible!
And yet, it makes me kind of laugh on the inside.

~Steven

I wish Caroline, or Change was still around, maybe even just a touring production...I love it so much more than Avenue Q and Wicked combined.
::edit:: God, you have to wonder what the world's coming to when you see something like that, justme2. Oh well, let the madness begin.

Updated On: 11/7/05 at 02:05 AM