Worst Musical. Ever?!- Page 2

[broadwaystar2b]

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

Oh my friends. If only you knew....
"She thinks my tractor's sexy" was the big Act One Finale. Updated On: 7/9/04 at 12:52 PM

[robbiej]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:53pm

I once dated a guy who worked on WHOREHOUSE/PUBLIC.

He defended its artistic integrity.

The relationship ended soon thereafter.

[JakeB]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:30pm

I don't know what the snobbiness is towards Fame, there are actually some great numbers tucked in there. I won't let it get to me seeming as though most of the people who dislike it probably haven't even seen it.

My vote goes to We Will Rock You, the current West End production of Saturday Night Fever and the current UK tour of Footloose. All are dreadful.

[Clarinetbiter135]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:36pm

Mind you, I've only seen a high school production, but Zombie Prom has to top the list for me. I have heard the soundtrack to the original and I hated it just the same...
"Johnny don't go to the nuclear plant!"

[G]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:42pm

Name me one good number in FAME?! They didn't even get the rights to sing all the lyrics of the title song.
Sorry, you had to sit through "Fever" as well though!

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:44pm

>> "She thinks my tractor's sexy" was the big Act One Finale

Hey, c'mon, that's a fun song! Probably has nothing to do with the show, and I'm sure Kenny Chesney might wonder who took his material and put it there, but still... :)

[Plum]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:49pm

Okay, this has been stewing in my mind since I looked up Donna McKechnie's past work...

Did anyone see The Education of H*Y*M*A*N* K*A*P*L*A*N*? Was as horrifying as it sounds? I mean, I liked the book well enough, but...

[MusicMan]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:50pm

BRING BACK BIRDIE, which, at the end of Act One, had Donald O'Connor sitting on a toilet bowl center stage while a huge latex tongue, protruding from a gigantic cube, stage left, bobbed lasciviously up and down in time to the aural thrashings of a punk rock group called FILTH.
The worst. Updated On: 7/9/04 at 01:50 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 1:50pm

I'm one of the few that enjoyed Saturday Night Fever on Broadway. The choreography was brilliant, the lighting was fantastic and Orfeh was like butter. I could easily have sat through it again.

I think one of the all-time worst has to be Prettybelle or Bring Back Birdie. Dude actually has a pretty good score. There's no recording of Via Galactica, but the reviews really weren't that bad. Most critics thought the score was good, but the story was too confusing. Too much going on in the plot.

How about Laughing Room Only? That's got to be the top of some lists for flops. Was there anything redeeming in the show? Did anyone see it? Will anyone admit they saw it?

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 2:03pm

>> The Education of H*Y*M*A*N* K*A*P*L*A*N*

I didnt see the original, but it shows up in rep around the country from time to time. It's actually a sweet little show.

I think one of the all-time worst has to be Prettybelle

Aw, man, that really has to be one of the best examples of "What in God's name were they thinking?" And how on earth did Angela Landsbury ever think this would do her any good?

Just as a side note: I belong to an organization here in Calgary that does performance work for charity -- some drag queens, some honest to god real singers, a few musicians, and myself with sock puppets: big, overdone, drag queen sock puppets, averaging about 24-30" high, with rod puppet hands, the whole works. One of my favourite numbers to use for our typical bar audience is "When I'm Drunk I'm Beautiful" -- love that song.

[EffieWhite]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 2:11pm

I actually saw the musical version of LOLITA -- called LOLITA, MY LOVE before it closed out of town in Philly. The scene where 50 year old Humbert Humbert finally seduces 13 year old Lolita and gets on top of her in a hotel room bed is quickly followed by the chorus dancing on stage singing "How far is it to the next town?" I was only 15 and knew that I was watching the worst musical ever.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 3:57pm

I still say that Urban Cowboy was the worst thing I've seen on Broadway - it is the only show I ever walked out on during Intermission. A close second is Jeckyl and Hyde.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 4:05pm

I disliked "Saturday Night Fever"

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 4:06pm

I'm in agreement on Jekyll and Hyde. An audience of tourists screaming and applauding throughout and leaping to their feet at the end - I felt so so alone.

[junglered]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 4:18pm

Godspell. With the exception of the song "Day by Day" - it was dreadful.

[pab]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 4:18pm

Angel
Bring Back Birdie
Frankenstein
Album

[starlyricist]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 4:20pm

most definitely FAME. my friend and i were "fortunate" enough to catch a performance before it closed, and wanted to leave before the first number was even over...i've NEVER wanted to walk out of a show like that before, even Footloose. we sat there shaking our heads for the entire show. a tourist trap, pure and simple. i wanted my 25 dollars back (and i feel SO sorry for the people that spent the full 80)

[Broadwaygirl4life]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 4:57pm

the Look of Love was so bad too.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 5:08pm

Seussical the Musical. Too childish for me. I had won free tickets for the national tour, but they gave us crummy balcony seats, when there were quite a few in the orchestra. My family and I left during intermission, thank goodness the tickets were free.

[BalletGirl85]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 5:11pm

I had the misfortune of being in a production of The Human Comedy.

Posted: 7/9/04 at 5:13pm

Copacabana

So bad it was so painful. I wanted Rico to just shoot them all and the damn show over with.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 5:29pm

Oh, how could I have forgotten THE HUMAN COMEDY??!! The cacophony that blasted from the pit was singularly the worst score I have ever heard in the theatre, surpassing even the dismal CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 5:37pm

The score for The Human Comedy got raves nearly across the board from the Off-Broadway production to the Broadway transfer. The same with Caroline, or Change. Isn't that interesting.

What scores do you like, MusicMan?

[JakeB]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 6:17pm

Decent songs in Fame - Bring on Tomorrow In LA, Let's Play a Love Scene and, for big, energetic, incredible choreography - Dancin' on the Sidewalk.

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 7:13pm

Hands down... Into the Light- just HIDEOUS!