Worst Musical. Ever?!- Page 3

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 7:14pm

Another close second- Little Johnny Jones!

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 7:43pm

HOW NOW, DOW JONES?
DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES
WHOOP-UP
Any "floperetta" like PORTOFINO, BUTRIO SQUARE or HIT THE TRAIL
SO LONG, 174th STREET

[erikrokks]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 8:23pm

I saw a production that almost made me physically sick, although I'm pretty sure that all of you East coast-ers will never have to sit through it. It's called "Suddenly Hope" and it premiered in Denver in the same theater that I saw "Brooklyn" in so many times last summer. The theater went from a very unique and touching musical with amazing performers in "BKLYN" to a really lousy, boring, forced show with "Suddenly Hope". No connection with any of the characters or what they were going through...

[Gypsy2]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 8:31pm

Well, try comparing Brooklyn to almost anything else and the "everything else" is usually going to look pretty lousy. *points to icon to mock-advertise* I imagine how traumatizing that was for you, Erik. I'm sorry you had to deal with it. But in a few months you can come see Brooklyn again, so that's good.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 8:33pm

What's interesting is your selective memory, MisterMatt. The dreary CAROLINE, OR CHANGE received mixed to negative notices from The Wall Street Journal, Variety, Michael Feingold, John Simon, not to mention The New York Times, amongst others, soliciting (misjudged) approbation only from John Lahr, John Helprin and the ever-pretentious Frank Rich.

Updated On: 7/9/04 at 08:33 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 8:39pm

Not entirely true. Several of those you name who weren't crazy about the overall show, nevertheless praised the score as well as Pinkins and the cast. The reservations in most of the reviews were centered on the pacing of the book and staging.

[erikrokks]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 8:39pm

Thanks Gypsy! I am glad that you can feel my pain. And yes, it was painful. You are right about "BKLYN" shining above most anything else! I'll be there in the first week of November to see it for the 8th time!

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:09pm

>> Urban Cowboy

Yikes -- Michael and I went to see that, the same trip when we saw Man of La Mancha and Night Music at City Opera. While we both thought the dancing was first rate (that chorus worked its collective tail off), the show itself blew major chunks. The mechanical bull? The trailor park set? The absurd brawl at the end? Yikes.

[dry2olives]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:37am

We've gotten this far without anyone mentioning...

Marilyn; an American Fable
Metro
Have I Got a Girl For You

Perhaps the three most unwatchable musicals I've sat through.

[Gypsy2]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:47am

Erik, I'm going the 6th, for I think what will be my...3rd or 4th time. Who knows? I hope they sey up a lottery so I can get more excuses to go into the city. Only problem is, my parents will think it's to stalk Eden, so now I have to think of a plan. Hope to see you in november!

[Corine2]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:51am

Jake-
Mister Matt- Laughing Room Only was my least favorite.
I blocked it. OY VEY. I used to LOVE JACKIE but after that dreck I was embarrassed to be one of his people.
It was the worst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I hated his views on gay issues.
I wanted to vomit.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:57am

Ok, this is going on the Cast Recording since all three shows I have seen, I liked. The cast recording of HERO (The christian Rock Opera) was like DEATH. I listened to it half way through and sold it at FYE music stores and bought another cd. That is the only time I have ever done that. Even if I don't like a cast recording, I still keep it to see if I will like it later (some musicals just have to grow on you), but not this one. I think Jesus himself was mad with this one.

[durleste]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 12:44pm

Without a doubt:

"Home, Sweet Homer." Even Yul Brynner couldn't save this Mitch Leigh/Dale Wasserman disaster. Or is it the other way around?

[theimportanceofbeingjen]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 1:32pm

I thought Kiss me Kate was ridiculous. It was just flat out stupid to me, although there were a few cute numbers, "too darn hot", and "i hate men", the overall plot was just awful.

The second act not as bad as the first, but still, talk about bad writing.

[TorontoBoy]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 1:44pm

If I can recall, the musical based on Harvey was titled: Say Hello to Harvey or something along those lines.
I don't know if it ever made it to Broadway.
All in all an expensive night of sleep.

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 2:01pm

>> "Home, Sweet Homer."

... which brings to mind Henry Sweet Henry, which has one -- one -- decent song in the entire score.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 2:11pm

Every person I spoke to who saw LEGS DIAMOND said it was genuinely painful and embarassing. Everyone I know who saw CARRIE said they should have kept it open and sold it as a comedy. Oh, and a friend of mine actually saw the short-lived musical version of GEORGY GIRL, called GEORGY (of course!). Apparently after bitchy Meredith dumps her newborn baby off on Georgy, she bursts into an up-tempo number called "I'm Finally Free To Be Me." Offensive????

Me? I still don't quite see the thing with CATS....and I saw a production of METROPOLIS...if that were any more of a dog, it would shed.

Updated On: 7/10/04 at 02:11 PM

[Emutional]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 2:39pm

Well, most recently....*puts on poncho to stop tomatos from staining clothes*...I hated Movin' Out. I love Billy Joel and his music, but...I just wasn't satisfied.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 2:43pm

urban cowboy, and jackie mason: laughing room only

[zoran912]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:09pm

I saw a musical premiere at Wright State University. It was called "States of Independence". It was one of the most boring experiences of my life. I absolutely hated it. It was very slow. The show couldn't decide if it wanted to be a conventional musical, or an avant garde theatre piece. It was sort of "Wizard of Oz"-ish. It dealt with a girl who, after a fight with her parents over her grade in History, gets transported back to the revolutionary war. It was very wierd. It had some good music, but that is all that was going for it.

[Benzy92]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:06pm

Ive only seen about 50-60 Broadway shows, but

Bombay Dreams
Dance of the Vampires

were the two worst.

[magruder]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:17pm

Ohhhhhh, Sean, you've come down on one of my guilty pleasures. I think "Henry, Sweet Henry" has more than one decent song. I like several of Val's numbers, including "In Some Little World," "Here I Am," "Do You Ever Go to Boston?" and the title song. The two Alice Playten numbers are great. And Neva Small's "I Wonder How It Is" is also attractive. Sure, "Pillar to Post" has those embarrassing lyrics ("For the modern Don Juan and Sir Lancelot/I don't seem to get out of my pants a lot"), and "To Be Artistic" is one of the worst songs ever written, but still, I wouldn't rank "Henry, Sweet Henry" high on the list of all-time horrors.

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:42pm

Diff'rent strokes, I suppose. I had to sit through an especially painful production about five years ago (and why they chose it is still a mystery to me).

But also from that error, and one I don't think anyone's mentioned yet: Holly Golightly, musical of "Breakfast at Tiffany's", starring Mary Tyler Moore, with a book by Truman Capote. From what I've heard, beyond train wreck.

Also up there: Mata Hari. I checked out the script at the Library of Performing Arts, and just reading it you could tell this was gonna close on page 6. Some of the stories about it are truly painful.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:00pm

Benzy92, you've ONLY seen 50-60 Broadway shows? Lol. You post like that's not a lot. I've only seen 3 on Broadway (and 4 on tour). =)

[Hank]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 9:05pm

I had to think about this one for a while, since I've never really seen a musical I hated. Some of the recent flops (Bombay Dreams, Look Of Love, Never Gonna Dance) I actually liked. Others mentioned here such as Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy, and Dance of the Vampire never interested me in the first place.
Sometimes , though, you just have to take a chance, or you'll never know what you've missed. Right now I could kick myself for having missed Taboo, I love the CD!.