Worst Worst Musical — Page 4
#77
Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:00pm
Oh, JRB, I am sorry. Just not a fan of Shirley Jones!
And let me clarify to say that I had 2 lists--the worst musicals ever in recent history (as in, empirically, generally accepted as bad) and then the ones *I* thought were the worst, in my opinion. And the last two (MUSIC MAN and OKLAHOMA) I knew people would be like, "WHAT THE HELL?" about. lol. Those two were just not my taste. But I can understand how they WOULD be to other people's tastes. They're not badly written, they just.... do not interest me in the least.
It is, however, the people who love CHITTY and BKLYN that I don't get at all. (Don't throw things at me for saying that!!)
And let me clarify to say that I had 2 lists--the worst musicals ever in recent history (as in, empirically, generally accepted as bad) and then the ones *I* thought were the worst, in my opinion. And the last two (MUSIC MAN and OKLAHOMA) I knew people would be like, "WHAT THE HELL?" about. lol. Those two were just not my taste. But I can understand how they WOULD be to other people's tastes. They're not badly written, they just.... do not interest me in the least.
It is, however, the people who love CHITTY and BKLYN that I don't get at all. (Don't throw things at me for saying that!!)
#78
Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:03pm
Dark, horror of darkness
my darkness, drowning, swirling around me
crashing wave on wave--unspeakable, irresistible
headwind, fatal harbor! Oh again,
the misery, all at once, over and over
the stabbing daggers, stab of memory
raking me insane.
my darkness, drowning, swirling around me
crashing wave on wave--unspeakable, irresistible
headwind, fatal harbor! Oh again,
the misery, all at once, over and over
the stabbing daggers, stab of memory
raking me insane.
#79
Posted: 11/8/05 at 3:42pm
My sentiments exactly.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#80
Posted: 11/8/05 at 4:28pm
Brooklyn
Woman in White
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Starlight Express
Good Vibrations
Woman in White
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Starlight Express
Good Vibrations
#81
Posted: 11/8/05 at 4:33pm
Oklahoma?
South Pacific?
You terrify me.
South Pacific?
You terrify me.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#82
Posted: 11/8/05 at 4:35pm
That's what people have told me too, I think I might have seen 2 really bad productions.
#83
Posted: 11/8/05 at 6:34pm
Love Kander & Ebb but HATED The Act. Nothing but a flimsy vanity project for Liza. My first Broadway play, and I could barely stay awake. Thank God it didn't keep me from coming back.
It's too early for noches.
#84
Posted: 11/8/05 at 6:43pm
Add me to the list of people who can't understand how someone could put OKLAHOMA! or KISS ME KATE on any list of worst musicals.
At the top of my list is URBAN COWBOY (the only show I have ever walked out of) and MAMMA MIA (stupid, stupid, stupid). I also did not personally like THE PRODUCERS, LION KING, or HAIRSPRAY, but I would never classify them as bad musicals. Just not my cuppa tea
At the top of my list is URBAN COWBOY (the only show I have ever walked out of) and MAMMA MIA (stupid, stupid, stupid). I also did not personally like THE PRODUCERS, LION KING, or HAIRSPRAY, but I would never classify them as bad musicals. Just not my cuppa tea
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#85
Posted: 11/8/05 at 7:32pm
I hate Oklahoma, don't really like Carousel that much and I HATE THE MUSIC MAN, and I can say that cause I have been in it. THAT MUSIC REALLY GETS TO YOU, Kiss me kate is pretty annoying as well. South Pacific kind of gets to me also.
"It's telling me to hold you tight and dance like it's the last night of the world."-Miss Saigon
#86
Posted: 11/8/05 at 8:39pm
PASSION is droning, redundant, and unintentionally funny. The audience I saw it with started to flee as soon as the curtain closed; the actors had to take their curtain calls with half the audience in the aisles. Donna Murphy was the only reason I stayed through the whole thing.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#87
Posted: 11/8/05 at 10:37pm
these are the absolute worst:
Marlowe (starring LIsa Mordente chitas daughter)
Starmites
Home Sweet Homer (w/ Yul Brenner)
Wild and Wonderful (Julie Budd Dropped out)
Doctor Jazz
Marlowe (starring LIsa Mordente chitas daughter)
Starmites
Home Sweet Homer (w/ Yul Brenner)
Wild and Wonderful (Julie Budd Dropped out)
Doctor Jazz
#88
Posted: 11/9/05 at 3:15am
Caroline or Change
Wicked
Probably going to be hated for those two listings
Wicked
Probably going to be hated for those two listings
Keep your morals, I don't have time. Keep your lovers, I'm changing mine!
-The Likes of Us
#89
Posted: 11/9/05 at 3:17am
No, just pitied. Especially for the former.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#90
Posted: 11/9/05 at 5:33am
"I hate Oklahoma, don't really like Carousel that much and I HATE THE MUSIC MAN, and I can say that cause I have been in it. THAT MUSIC REALLY GETS TO YOU, Kiss me kate is pretty annoying as well. South Pacific kind of gets to me also."
I can tell you've seen a lot of shows...
I can tell you've seen a lot of shows...
#91
Posted: 11/9/05 at 7:12am
Caroline, Or Change???? Ok, now that I have ripped out my eyes, I am going to cut off my hands and rape myself!!
Good grief!!
Good grief!!
#92
Posted: 11/9/05 at 9:51am
*Bring Back Birdie
*Annie Warbucks
*Brooklyn
*Once Upon a Matress: Worst piece of trash ever
*Debbie Does Dallas: Bad movie, Bad musical.
*Dreamgirls
*Annie Warbucks
*Brooklyn
*Once Upon a Matress: Worst piece of trash ever
*Debbie Does Dallas: Bad movie, Bad musical.
*Dreamgirls
#94
Posted: 11/9/05 at 1:13pm
What we really ought to be debating is either "the worst musical ever produced on Broadway," or "the show you personally can't stand."
Better yet would be a list of all musicals ever nominated for the Best Musical Tony, and a discussion of the worst of the worst of THAT list. I'm too lazy to generate that list, so I'll leave it to one of you with more time on your hands.
Better yet would be a list of all musicals ever nominated for the Best Musical Tony, and a discussion of the worst of the worst of THAT list. I'm too lazy to generate that list, so I'll leave it to one of you with more time on your hands.
#95
Posted: 11/9/05 at 1:29pm
This thread needs to die, because as people keep mentioning shows like OKLAHOMA and SOUTH PACIFIC - and even CAROLINE OR CHANGE, musical theatre as an art form as we know it is DYING. I would like to know the age of the people that think those brilliant classic shows (not COC) are the WORST. And the BEST. Then we might have some sort of answer as to why MAMMA MIA is still running.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#96
Posted: 11/9/05 at 1:37pm
There is a great divide between what is a bad musical and what musicals I hate.
I truly dont need to see another production of Oklahoma because I've seen SO many, and didn't like the revival. I DO recognize that it is great theater, but not my cuppa any more.
I have seen train wrecks that someone decided to put on the stage, however:
Aint Broadway Grand
Urban Cowboy (the only time I've ever left at intermission)
Thou Shalt not (wait a minute, left that time as well...the Tugboat song did me in)
I truly dont need to see another production of Oklahoma because I've seen SO many, and didn't like the revival. I DO recognize that it is great theater, but not my cuppa any more.
I have seen train wrecks that someone decided to put on the stage, however:
Aint Broadway Grand
Urban Cowboy (the only time I've ever left at intermission)
Thou Shalt not (wait a minute, left that time as well...the Tugboat song did me in)
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#97
Posted: 11/9/05 at 1:59pm
I dislike the shows don't hate them and its my opinion so don't bash people you don't agree with. You asked peoples opinions get over it. Sorry.
"It's telling me to hold you tight and dance like it's the last night of the world."-Miss Saigon
#98
Posted: 11/9/05 at 2:01pm
I would say out of what I've seen, Brooklyn is the only show that I went in thinking, It will be a good show, only to be stuck or trapped was the feeling I had when the show was only 1/2 hour into it. I still don't understand it. The music was too loud to be enjoyable and the talented people I didn't give a care about. Might have work if it had been a rock concert.
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
#99
Posted: 11/9/05 at 2:25pm
I for one LOVE bad shows. I had such a good time at shows like Good Vibrations and Dance of the Vampires because I went in with expecations of seeing something horrible, which is exactly what I got. The reason why these shows were bad? The dramaturgical aspects of the pieces, whether it was poor character development, poor dialogue, etc. You can't possibly put such shows as South Pacific, Kiss Me Kate, The Music Man, Passion, etc. in the same boat as these dramaturgical nightmares.
Now...as far as the worst of the worst: Dracula. I went in expecting to enjoy myself in yet another bad musical, but instead, I saw something that was overall bad. I couldn't even make fun of it. I just felt sorry for the actors involved in it, especially Kelly O'Hare and Melissa Errico who couldn't even make the show worth watching by baring a little skin.
Now...as far as the worst of the worst: Dracula. I went in expecting to enjoy myself in yet another bad musical, but instead, I saw something that was overall bad. I couldn't even make fun of it. I just felt sorry for the actors involved in it, especially Kelly O'Hare and Melissa Errico who couldn't even make the show worth watching by baring a little skin.
#100
Posted: 11/9/05 at 2:39pm
I'm sure you were not referring to me, Aspects.
I never asked anyone for their opinion, and never referred to you in my post. I was commenting on my opinions.
I never asked anyone for their opinion, and never referred to you in my post. I was commenting on my opinions.
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