Worst Musical. Ever?!

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Worst Musical. Ever?!#0

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:30am

I'm sure this subject has been discussed before, but as I had to witness Saturday Night Fever this week, I just had to give it a mention again. My final vote would go to FAME though! It's been in the UK for 10 odd years now. WHY???????!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimmcf]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#1

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:33am

I had the misfortune of seeing "La Cava."

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[sean martin]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#2

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:33am

Well, we should define our terms before the games begin. Are we talking the worst US musical ever to see the Broadway stage? There's so many to consider: Via Galactica and Rockabye Hamlet and Dude instantly spring to mind.

"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader

[Matt_G]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#3

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:36am

Katz (The Jewish Version)

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

Updated On: 7/9/04 at 10:36 AM

[WOSQ]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#4

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:36am

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

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[Rathnait62]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#5

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:37am

Mail

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[POLisPOL]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#6

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:37am

Fame has a lot of numbers to be the worst show that I ever seen on stage...

Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

[Corine2]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#7

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:40am

"Vincent The Musical"
Adult Entertainment comes in second place and The Joy's Of Sex is in 69th place.
Updated On: 7/9/04 at 10:40 AM

[thirdrowcenter]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#8

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:48am

Corine "Adult Entertainment" was painful but was it a musical?

[Al Dente]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#9

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:49am

Of more recent times, Footloose immediately comes to mind, as does Debbie Does Dallas.

[Corine2]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#10

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:53am

Adult Entertainment should not have been a musical but it was billed as one.
So sad.
I actually liked Debbie Does Dallas. I found it quite funny.
Especially the eager cheerleader who is now in Assassins.
She cracked me up.
Sheri is always fantastic in everything she does. I loved her in The Last Five Years! Updated On: 7/9/04 at 10:53 AM

[Gypsy2]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#11

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:57am

I really didn't like Footloose at all. It was so boring, and it was my first broadawy show! Thank god I didn't automatically think all broadway shows were as bad as Footloose was.

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[J.J.]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#12

Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:58am

Fame and Footloose were ten times better than Bombay Dreams. That trainwreck called Bombay Dreams was a complete waste of my time.

"Mutate or perish."

[hawkeyemania]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#13

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:05am

Footloose is not that bad. I think that for the purpose it serves it is just fine. Nobody expected it to be this masterpeice of theatre. It is an upbeat rock musical. And I enjoys the music.

Grant

In the words of Mr. William Morris Barfee, "In my whole life I have only been able to breathe through one nostril and today is no exception!"

[Corine2]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#14

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:05am

I forgot FAME.
I REALLY HATED FAME!
The kids in it were very talented but it was this years worst musical so far.
Guess it is not going to live forever.
Yikes. Updated On: 7/9/04 at 11:05 AM

[Eastwickian]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#15

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:07am

I quite liked La Cava, lots of plot!

Notre Dame de Paris has to be one of the worst simply because it was so dull and the staging was practically non-existent: actor comes on. Sings. Goes away again. Repeat until audience can take no more and then thrown in people in bells.

[sean martin]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#16

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:14am

Oh, c'mon, folks, we need true train wrecks here, not these pretenders to the throne. Where's Kelly? Where's Her First Roman? Let's see some real cornerstones of appalling theatre.

"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader

[onceadancer2]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#17

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:50am

Honestly, the worst musical ever was FOLLOW THE GIRLS in 1944. But it so revelled in its cheapness, cheesiness and sleaziness that it beame a huge hit in its day. They don't write them like that any more!!!

Miriam

Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!

[popcultureboy]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#18

Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:54am

The worst musical I can think of that I have sat through would be Napoleon a few years back. It was about 46 hours long and very very very very very boring. With NO good songs. Or staging. Dire.

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[jayem1968]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#19

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:38pm

Thou Shalt Not.

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[CJR]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#20

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:38pm

Bounce
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I'm still scarred from both to this day.

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[basketcase]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#21

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:44pm

FAME, definitely.

[broadwaystar2b]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#22

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:50pm

The worst show I have ever seen in my entirely life would be A Hillbilly Hoedown which played in Tennessee. To this day, I have nightmares about that GAWDAWFUL experience.

[popcultureboy]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#23

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:51pm

But lets hear it for that title.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

[JohnPopa]

re: Worst Musical. Ever?!#24

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:52pm

Personals.