Worst show to hit Broadway.....- Page 2

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:34pm

I know. They reworked it on the road, which included the name change.

It's not a completely different sequel... right?

(Tell me they didn't write TWO sequels to "Annie!")

EDIT: When it played L.A. it was a BIG show (as far as scale). Nothing that would fit in any Off-Broadway theatre I know of. They must have scaled it back quite a bit for NY.

Updated On: 6/20/06 at 08:34 PM

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:35pm

Tell us!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:35pm

One of Dorothy Loudon's songs was called "You! You! You!" and the lyric was "You you, you could be Annie too" (Annie 2...get it?) JUST AWFUL!

I think it was reworked into a completely different show by the time it got to New York.
Updated On: 6/20/06 at 08:35 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:43pm

Phantom of the Opera
How did Lloyd Webber get away with stealing from so many composers that are better than he is? And why did Hal Prince decide to stage this poorly written mess? (The money, maybe? Of course.)
Cats is rather bad too.
With the exception of Evita and the first 5 minutes of Jesus Christ Superstar, I don't care for any of Lloyd Webber's work.

[ticenewyorkcity]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:38pm

annie 2 mhr never made it to new york

it was shipped to goodspeed's norma terris theatre and called annie2 then went out on the road and became annie warbucks which later moved to OFF broadway

annie warbucks was never on broadway it lost some backing on the road

the song you might be thinking of is :the other woman:

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and mine

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i thought dracula was appalling
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Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:40pm

I hate Dracula, because it debuted on my birthday- August 19th. Now my day of birth will be known to all as the day Dracula premired and burned in hell.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:44pm

I think the worst show to hit Broadway was "Oh, Calcutta" but my least favorite and most hated is definitely "Cats". I think it marks the point in which musical theatre as an art form started to collapse.

I have a long rant/theory on why I saw this about "Cats", if you REALLY want to hear it, PM i don't feel like going into it right now.
Updated On: 6/20/06 at 09:44 PM

[keatonbynumbers]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:46pm

thevolleyballer, take that back about Carrie!

Also, I don't see how people can really think CATS was the worst show to hit Broadway. Even if it wasn't your cup of tea, even if you really hated it, you really have seen nothing if you think it's the worst thing to ever hit Broadway. I'm no CATS fan, but all I'd say is that it was/is a bit overrated. Worst? Hardly.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:50pm

In My Life was the worst.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:58pm

The amazing thing about seeing "Annie Warbucks" is knowing all the hell that the writers went through getting it on and watching thinking, "This is best that they came up with after all that?"

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:03pm

Lestat...it could have been good..but it didn't really..work.
Brooklyn...'nuff said.
Footloose, grease, and fame. Just...shut up. Thank you.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I just don't see the appeal in this show. It's boring, the music is annoying...

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:05pm

Obviously none of you have seen The Red Shoes. Who told Roger Rees he could star in a Broadway musical? When it was over, it felt as if you were being released from prison.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:38pm

Hah! Keaton, I'm sorry, it was just such a joke to me. I think the idea is fantastic, but it just SO was not what I imagined it should be. XD

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:40pm

Annie Warbucks wasn't bad. It wasn't great but neither is Annie. Just cute fun.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:42pm

I like the music from Annie 2: MHR better than Annie Warbucks (I think half the score was re-written to form Annie Warbucks) Grace has a very pretty (if usual) song called "He Doesn't Know I'm Alive". Too bad it never made it anywhere.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:56pm

THOU SHALT NOT
The current destruction of SWEENEY TODD (which I call "Sweaty Toad") is a close second.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:02pm

Wicked
Lestat
In My Life

In that order.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:07pm

Dollypop... I LOVE you.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:43pm

fame and footloose or sooooo not bad shows there a lot of fun(well the uk productions are granted the broadway production of footloose was flat but here in the uk its an amazing production and i should know ...)they just arent for musical snobs more for people who just wanna let there hair down and have fun.

carrie doesnt even come close to been the worst show it has some bloody good stuff in it

annie 2 was awfull as was bring back birdie
dracula wassnt great but it wassnt awfull
lestat was bland but by no means the worst show

legs diamond was awfull REALLY AWFULL
the musical version of breakfast at tiffs also stank
the many hair rip offs what followed hairs success also stank
seven brides for seven brothers was lame
kelly was sleep inducing
1600 pens ave was also dull

then they are shows like dance of the vampires that was so bad that they were good(so much fun)
lennon was naff painfull you couldnt stop watching(like watching a car crash)
good vibrations was a fun night out but had no story at all

but my worst(even though its a hit) is mama mia arrrrrrrrgh make it stop

[Kevo711]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:49pm

As much as I LOVE Sweeney Todd, I must admit I laughed at your post!

[jwsel]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:40am

I now want The Black Rider to open on Broadway just so there is a clear answer to this thread.

I don't know anyone who actually saw Bobbi Boland since it closed in previews, but isn't that considered one of the worst shows ever?

Taboo has to get some votes. What a turkey.

[Corine2]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:47am

It is a tie for me:
BKLYN is my top choice followed by:
Prymate and In My Life.
AGONY.

But the worst of all was Suzanne Somers show. When she sang "If I only had a brain, I was in a state of shock. Granted, her show was so bad it was actually entertaining. I can't say that about BKLYN or PRYMATE.
Updated On: 6/21/06 at 12:47 AM

[So what...I sing]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:49am

West Side Story?

Haha no just kidding...how about THE FROGS? Sondheim thinks BOUNCE is bad...sheesh.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:53am

*laughs*

But I can't tell you why.

My aunt saw PRYMATE and said it was awful. I take her word for it.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:55am

Taboo was a great show before it was reworked for american audiences