Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 11:27pm

What is the worst broadway or off - broadway musical/play you have ever seen and why?

BESIDES LESTAT!!!!!

Updated On: 8/11/06 at 11:27 PM

[jimnysf]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 11:41pm

Oh, goodie. Another "Lestat" thread.

Updated On: 8/10/06 at 11:41 PM

[Crazy_for_the_Q]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 11:43pm

The Great Big Radio Show.


At intermission, I almost asked the lady at the concession stand for a sedative.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 11:52pm

Don Juan In Hell- OY!
Vincent The Musical
BKLYN Updated On: 8/10/06 at 11:52 PM

[jpbran]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:06am

Jekyll & Hyde
The Life

[jarretSF]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:18am

Jimny you beat me to it, I opened this thread with the intent of asking if we needed another Lestat thread here?

[aspen]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:21am

On that note, Lestat :)

But (am I gonna get beaten with clubs for this?) Cats is a close second.

[mallardo]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:43am

Yeah... Cats!

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:55am

I added something to my original post.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:02am

CATS

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:04am

So many people hate Cats. Why? It ran a long time on B'way!

I like it.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:12am

audiences just couldn't connect with Grizabella, the slut.

[aspen]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:15am

It has no plot. It struck me as self-indulgent, unfulfilling and above all, LONG. The only show I ever found more boring was Our Town, but since I never saw it on/off broadway, I didn't list it.

The costumes were interesting, and the dance numbers sometimes made me smile. Memory is a beautiful ballad. But, considering the budget of this show, I would think it could be made into more of a visual spectacle, like, say Lion King. I mean, if you're just gonna create little musical dossiers on a bunch of different types of cats rather than develop an actual story, they at least need to be INTERESTING looking cats, ya know?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:17am

Aida rates as my least favorite show. Ever.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:19am

Aida...forgot that one.

Yeah, but Cats is based off a book of poems! It's not supposed to have a plot, it's basicly the book set to music.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:19am

Hey JaretSF. Have you noticed we've gotten through two whole days without someone posting a new "Lestat CD" thread?

[aspen]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:29am

Well, that's what I'm saying. It just wasn't interesting enough to make up for the fact that it had no storyline. That's just my opinon of course.

I could see CATS being great as something other than a musical. Like CATS the calendar, or CATS doormats, or CATS ornamental wall hangings. But just because a concept works well in one medium doesn't mean it should be transferred to another. And I think that's what happened to T.S. Eliot's book.

[OnMyWay]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 1:56am

BKLYN

[elvisitis1302]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 2:45am

Hot Feet
Frankenstein (off-off b'way)
Lestat

[achancetofly]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 2:45am

aspen, I think I freaking LOVE you. That's exactly how I feel about CATS. I have ONE song from it on my playlist..can you guess what it is? (Here's a hint: It's "Memory")

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 3:24am

Prymate (Play - Broadway)
Drowning Crow (Play - Broadway)
The Blonde in the Thunderbird (? - Broadway)
The Violet Hour (Play - Broadway)
Defiance (Play - Off-Broadway)
Anna in the Tropics (Play - Broadway)
After the Fall (Play - Broadway 2004 Revival)
Spamalot (Musical - Broadway)
Dracula (Musical - Broadway)
Bernarda Alba (Musical - Off-Broadway)
Ring of Fire (? - Broadway)
Wicked (Musical - Broadway)
Hot Feet (Nightmare - Broadway)
Barefoot in the Park (Play - Broadway 2006 Revival)
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Musical - Off-Broadway)
The Wedding Singer (Nightmare - Broadway)

That's all. Everything else has been brilliant.

Updated On: 8/11/06 at 03:24 AM

[Whiteguy2088]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 5:03am

I guess....I mean not that it was horrible or anything.

The Wedding Singer...I guess.

I have loved everything I have seen and this was the only show where I actually yawned and found myself kind of drifting to sleep.

Posted: 8/11/06 at 7:10am

Lestat! i had to struggle to stay awake for it

[camp_actor]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 7:22am

Aspen, CATS was created 15 years before The Lion King, and with about a quarter of the budget...did you really expect something that was created in London in 1981? Remember that this was when London was right in the middle of Thatcher's Britain. Not a happy time economically or emotionally. Remember Poll Tax? - That's what I think of when I think of CATS! In 1982 CATS was the best that they could muster, I'm afraid.

Taking that into consideration I think it is pretty big visually. It was quite an "out-there" set, and the costumes were also pretty exciting when it premiered.

Hey, I don't really like it either (although I do always have a small place for it in my heart as it was the first West End show I ever saw and I thought at the time it was "TOTALLY COOL").

[exedore]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 7:25am

I'm surprised that it's taken this long for someone to mention PERFECT CRIME.

/hasn't seen it, just saying...