Worst Musical. Ever?!
Worst Musical. Ever?!
#0Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:30amI'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???????!!!!!!!!!!!!
#1re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:33amI had the misfortune of seeing "La Cava."
My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." - Rose Nyland
sean martin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#2re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:33amWell, 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#3re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:36amKatz (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
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#4re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:36amThe Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
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--Carrie Fisher
#5re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:37am
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#6re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#7re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#8re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:48amCorine "Adult Entertainment" was painful but was it a musical?
Al Dente
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:49amOf more recent times, Footloose immediately comes to mind, as does Debbie Does Dallas.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#10re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
#11re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:57amI 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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#12re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:58amFame and Footloose were ten times better than Bombay Dreams. That trainwreck called Bombay Dreams was a complete waste of my time.
"Mutate or perish."
#13re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#14re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
#15re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#16re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:14amOh, 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
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/03
#17re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#18re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:54amThe 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
Stand-by Joined: 6/9/04
#19re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:38pmThou Shalt Not.
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CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#20re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
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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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#22re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:50pmThe 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#23re: Worst Musical. Ever?!
Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:51pmBut 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.
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