Worst Thing You Have Ever Seen

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 9:28am

Probably a tie between Metro & an offering by none other than Andy Warhol called "Man In The Moon" All I remember was it had a midget, Monique Van Voorhen & it was amaturish beyond belief. It played what is now the Helen Hayes & I might still have the program. God it was awful


I just thought of another dog I saw. Dr Selavy's Magic Theater. All I remeber about it was a 2 by 4 suspended from the ceiling & a voice intoning " The 1 st days treatment" whereupon the 2 by 4 , suspended by a rope dropped to the floor with a thud. This was repeated for every day. After seeing this monstrosity, you were ready to be committed to an insane asylum

Updated On: 12/5/04 at 09:28 AM

[billyweeds]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:00am

Without question or even close competition, Madonna's performance in David Mamet's "Speed the Plow." Worse than any community theater or high school performance I've ever seen. To see a performance of this towering ineptitude on Broadway was mind-boggling.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:07am

Billy, I stopped taking Frank Rich seriously as a theater critic when he gave her a kind review.

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:09am

Jackie Mason's Musical:
Prymate
Boobs The Musical
I can't choose. They were all a three way tie.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:11am

The worst piece of professional theater that I have ever seen was The Immigrant. It wasn't even that bad, it was just....not very good.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:12am

BKLYN

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:13am

no question- I saw the "adult" Alice In Wonderland that took Off-Broadway by storm early this year. It was said by many to be the worst thing on a NY stage in years. I don't disagree.

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:16am

Oh Matt:
I was not crazy about Bklyn either but Ramona Keller was so good.
Have you seen Jackie Mason's Musical?
I could not stop starring. It was a train wreck.
Bklyn at least had Ramona.
Oh. I forgot a few more:
Birdy's Bachlorette Party (disgusting)
Updated On: 12/5/04 at 11:16 AM

[Matt_G]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:17am

Yes, Ramona Keller is AMAZING. She is just a brilliant performer. And I didn't see the Jackie Mason show, but I did hear the music. Oy.

[billyweeds]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:18am

Gotham--I had the same reaction to Rich after that Madonna review. For a "class" critic, Rich was quite the star-****er. Never saw Liz Taylor in "The Little Foxes," but always suspected something of the same thing was operating in Rich's rave.

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:22am

That musical made (Jackie Mason's) made me embarrassed to be part of the same tribe.
He was so offensive. I wanted to throw up.
Really a disgusting way to spend Thanksgiving last year.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 11:46am

A hideous play a few years ago called The Swan and of course, Into the Light.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:28pm

A musical called "Liberation" in Chicago. It was horrid.
I high school production of "Starmites" that has forever tainted any good opinion I could ever have about that show. I don't see how people could like it.
My JLT understudy (I think it's a good thing I forgot her name...but I wouldn't have posted it...I'm sure she's a great girl) from "Urinetown" was VERY under-rehearsed and it made the whole show an Ick Fest.
"TBFO" is still up there on my Ick List.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:32pm

I have only seen one show that i didn't like, and i didn't think it was that bad, it was just... crapish: Aida

[LilElphaba]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:33pm

Michael Jackson

Nuff said

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:34pm

lol

[Mamie]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:43pm

A version of "The Miracle Worker" staged by Arena Stage in DC a couple of years ago. They went so overboard in being politically correct that they completely lost the story.

Of course the real Helen Keller was from a very conservative Southern family in the late 1800's. (That tells you a lot right there.) This Helen was played by an incredible actress who really was deaf. This worked well for the part. However, she was also black and a dwarf. The father in the family was white (in fact, it was Fred Grandy - 'Gopher' from Love Boat) while the mother was Hispanic. To round it out, the brother was Asian. The play was performed at an arena (round) stage and signers were placed at all 4 corners. They not only signed the show, but they also played the part of the voices in Annie Sullivan's head. For this reason they stood upright on the stage, thus blocking the audience's view of many of the performers.

It was a very noble effort - but it ended up being a terrible case of overkill. You were so confused and distracted by all these different characters and the signers on stage that you forgot this was supposed to be "The Miracle Worker".

I left at intermission - terribly disappointed.

[pab]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:45pm

"A Doll's Life"

[Loge]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:59pm

Notre Dame de Paris

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:09pm

The Hillbilly Hoedown
not in NYC but after the 1st number of that show I wanted to slit my wrists

[FabalaCohen]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:12pm

Titanic

[lostwallflower]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:39pm

Jewel performing at Broadway Under The Stars (2 years ago?)

[check your personality]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:45pm

A school production of Camelot that turned me off to anything involving Arthur and Lancelot ever again

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:46pm

A girl who was eponine in a high school production of les mis. everyone else was superb, but that girl's voice made me want to smack her mother...it was that bad.

unrelated, up there on the list is the taye/ idina article in the nypost. it's disgusting.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:23pm

You took my answer, Lil Elphaba!

I sat through the first act of Seussical in balcony seats (that I won...you think that if you win something, you could get better ORCH seats, especially since there were so many left), and everything was so small.