Worst Show Poster- Page 5

[sadiem100]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 2:42am

"So I don't think it's appealing to anybody...just like the DVD cover"

AMEN. That DVD cover is one of the ugliest I've ever seen.

[musicalkid]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 9:21am

the new LORD OF THE RINGS poster is pretty awful!

as i mentioned earlier AIDA, ugly ugly logo.
i am not too fond of the new Tarzan logo, abit too unclean to me. too rough- but then, maybe it serves the show's concept... so i guess i'll just wait. it looks like the kind of thing that grows on you (rather like original Martin Guerre's logo)

i would like to mention really GREAT overlooked posters, IMHO,
the new LES MISERABLES poster (no cosette logo)- plain Eponine standing in a room. beautiful photo! beautiful Eponine! amazing feel to it!
and another great overlooked logo is LA CAVA. that dreadful musical did have amazingly talented logo-designers!

[Leanne_Jones]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 9:29am

I loved La Cava!!!!?!!?!?!?!!!!
Is your Les Mis poster the beautiful UK one with Sophie Ragavelas (or however you spell her surname). Cos if it is!!??! I love that poster, i stole it when it was up in London from a ticket booth and now its on my wall. Stunning.

[Urban]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 11:05am

re: New Rent Poster.

I half expect a T-Rex to appear over the hill in that poster chasing a women in a bikini (as mentioned that sort of design is quiet popular with bands in the indie rock genre these days and I swear women being chased by T-Rex is the cliche I see with my minds eye).

[jaybrrd]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 11:50am

Hey, look, a bandwagon!

The Rent advertisement campaigns have been awful for years now. After the original approach, the decision was cast that they were not appealing enough to the TRL crowd, so they redesigned the whole thing in bright, pastel colors. Its been a downhill slide since.

The current campaign looks like a Japanese soap commercial.

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Lincoln Center's posters are glorious works of art that convey the spirit of the show -- and also can have the tendency to over-complicate things. I think Man Of No Importance was hindered more by its advertisements than helped. Schmucks see artistic flair and say 'damn, too much thinking involved.' Simplify, LCT, simplify. Save the complexity for what's happening on stage.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:12pm

Does anyone have a picture of the new Les Mis poster? Dress Circle has a listing, but no photo.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:14pm

Um the Rent poster isn't trying to be avant garde it is trying to be pop and mainstream which is totally against what Rent is suppose to be.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:19pm

Have we forgotten?

[defygravity2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 1:34pm

I was hoping that Drowsy would redo their poster....I am a HUGE fan of the show, but the poster design has got to go...hopefully word of mouth will sell out this show, because the poster makes me want to go to sleep....zzzzz

[JulianHookbucks]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 1:41pm

personally. I hate the London WICKED poster... The original one was cute... the Elphaba on the new isn't so bad... but the GLinda looks like a bad Myspace picture shot... and the silver lettering isn't too pretty... thy should have stuck to the original... which I think could also be better anyway.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 1:47pm

Drowsy marquee is already up. Surprising too because usally that theatre takes forever to take posters down. Kinda disappointing.

Yes, please post the new Mis one.

[MissMonika]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 2:02pm

AMEN. That DVD cover is one of the ugliest I've ever seen.

I so agree!! I hate the DVD cover. They should have done something like they did for the movie poster or on the OBC recording, where they were in boxes. The rainbow thing isn't working for me, either.

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:23pm

The Rent DVD cover is slowly growing on me.

But did any one else open their DVD, see the little sheet, then think "hmmm..." and then slide it in over the front cover and consider leaving it there?

I'd really like to see this Les Mis poster.

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:26pm

BARF. I just saw the London Wicked poster...why did they feel the need to change it, it looks like the cover to a tween girl paperback novel about a sleepover.

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:29pm

I kinda like the Rent DVD cover, I was getting tired of the old poster. I did like the sheet in the DVD case better though.

Can someone post a link to the London Wicked poster?
Updated On: 2/25/06 at 05:29 PM

[broadwayboy430]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:34pm

in
my
life

bar none

[musicalkid]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 6:11pm

wonderwaiter,
somewhere on this page are the new UK LES MISERABLES posters who are Eponine-based- and beautiful!!! scroll down and see the middle one for the most beautiful lesmis poster ever.

www.sophia-ragavelas.com/gallery.htm

Updated On: 2/25/06 at 06:11 PM

[OverTheBoone]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 6:24pm

"But did any one else open their DVD, see the little sheet, then think "hmmm..." and then slide it in over the front cover and consider leaving it there? "

Hahaha, I never thought of that! But I'm not crazy about the cover...so I might eventually do that.

[musicalkid]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 7:01pm

Here's a link to see the beautiful logo of LA CAVA, the afore-mentioned horrible London musical.

WARNING: do NOT be fooled by pretty pictures to purchase that Cast recording! such actions WILL be hazradous to your money and mental state!

LA CAVA LOGO

Updated On: 2/25/06 at 07:01 PM

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 7:36pm

I think the nasty "In My Life" logo tells you everything you need to know about the show...

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 7:49pm

That IS a great poster! I hope that's the one listed on Dress Circle, because I'm going to have to get it!

Updated On: 2/25/06 at 07:49 PM

[BWAYboi_yes]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 10:46pm

I really hated the Into The Woods revival poster... but lots of people liked it. Anything Goes with Patti Lupone I also hated.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 10:48pm

The Drowsy Marquee is up....and it's barely readable.

[HawkM]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 11:01pm

i was cast in a production of Anything Goes, which i never actually got be in (looooong story) but the artwork for it, i thought, was pretty amazing. i have it saved on my computer but i don't know how to post it, so i guess you'll never know. :) i also hated the lupone version.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 2/26/06 at 12:29am

The Good Vibrations poster scares me to death.

Also Pacific Overtures was pretty damn UGGGGGGGGGG-ah-LEE!