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Worst show you've seen
parker russel
Stand-by Joined: 10/11/04
#125re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 1/22/05 at 11:04am
I had the pleasure of sitting through the second preview of "The Ten Commandments"...and all of the creative team was sitting around me cheering it on. That was pretty painful. I could also see the moniters that Val Kilmer was reading his lyrics off of and I was practically blinded by the pyrotechnics.
And, if any one knows "Princess Diana the musical"...
#126re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 1/22/05 at 2:31pm
Sorry, to say this, but it has to be Hairspray.
I'm always surprised to see people recommend this show to out-of-towners.
I saw it in July, with Carly Jibson and Michael McKean. I'm not sure if Carly was having an off day, but this is one of the few times in recent memory that a broadway show was actually painful for me.
Her performance was flat and not at all what I would have expected from a starring role.
Her performance definitely did not warrant a standing ovation from the audience.
The only other show that I hated that much was Thoroughly Modern Millie
Zola Q. LaPlaya
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#127re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:49pm
1. The Frogs
2. The Look of Love
3. Dracula
Stop worrying about what I'm doing -- focus instead on what you're eating.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#128re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:56pm
Travesties
Copenhagen
Dr Selavy's Magic Theater
The Utter Glory of Morrisey Hall
Metro
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complaintdept.
Chorus Member Joined: 1/20/05
#129re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:57pmCasper the Musical...previewed in 4 cities, never to be seen again???
What's that I smell in the air?
The American dream.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#130re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:58pm
Nothing will ever beat the horror that was The Hillbilly Hoedown
*shivers*
#131re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:25pm
I just really can't take people seriously who say that RENT and CABARET are among the worst shows they've ever seen. I will never understand that - ESPECIALLY Cabaret.
Anyway, to those of you that hated BLOOD BROTHERS, keep an open mind about it - the right production will make you fall in love with it. I adore that show.
Now for the worst I've ever seen (broadway), ranked:
1. Never Gonna Dance
2. The Producers
3. The Look of Love
4. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
5. Dracula
6. Bye Bye Birdie (Encores)
7. La Cage Aux Folles (revival)
8. Thoroughly Modern Millie
9. Into the Woods (revival)
10.Little Shop of Horrors (revival)
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
vikingprincess
Swing Joined: 11/8/04
#132re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:35pm
Honestly...
GYPSY
sooo boring, though kudos to Tammy Blanchard and Bernadette Peters
#133re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:36pmGypsy, are you KIDDING me? You obviously don't know brilliantly written theatre when you see it, then...
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Derek
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/03
#134re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:44pmEh, Im shocked, some of these shows are usually thought of as gems...well I guess its a matter of opinion. I have never really disliked a show...I guess the one I disliked the most was the revival of JCS. It has ok music but it was so boring. I was young so....anyway, on a positive note, some recent great ones were: Brooklyn, Wicked, La Cage Aux Folles, Aida, Wonderful Town....
#135re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:48pm
I Do, I Do!
I saw it performed in a community theatre by a real estate agent and his wife.
They had no acting credits.
I don't remember how I got there...
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#136re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:53pm
Actually I have a new winner:
It is Off Broadway and it is called:
I See Fire In A Dead Man's Eye. It beat PRYMATE.
OY.
gravity87
Featured Actor Joined: 8/4/04
#138re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 11:01pm
MOVIN' OUT
MAMMA MIA
THE LION KING
THE PRODUCERS
RECKLESS
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#140re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/6/05 at 11:45pm
Corine, three of my friends went to see it and also said it was by far the worst thing they'd ever seen.
I'm staying far, far away.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#141HELL!
Posted: 2/6/05 at 11:47pm
It is such a shame. The show has the cutest Producer.
It was PAINFUL. And no way to escape. The agony song went off from Into The Woods.
It is the kind of show that makes no sense and was so twisted and stupid. It was 90 minutes and felt more like 90 days.
Updated On: 2/6/05 at 11:47 PM
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
phantom_tenor
Leading Actor Joined: 1/11/05
#143re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/7/05 at 1:45am
Jekyll and Hyde: I'm talking about the movie and the stage show here, not the wonderful 1994 concept album (with the great Anthony Warlow). The show is bad, and the movie is laughable.
Cats: Good music in parts, but the most boring show in history
Guys and Dolls: I know heaps of people like it and it's a
classic and all, but i hate it with a passion. Except for Luck Be a Lady, it's all awful.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Lame. Crap music, boring book.
The Australian Esgee entertainment G & S series: i know not a hell of a lot of people on the board will be familiar with the series, but Simon Gallagher and Jon English did horribly updated verisons of Pirates (which was the least awful) HMS Pinafore and (a perfectly hideous) Mikado (with pooh-bah as a samurai!?!?!?!?!
Awful, awful, awful. They opted for keyboards and drums instead of a full orchestra, and it sounded like the devil had musically directed.
mirramar
Broadway Star Joined: 2/3/05
#144re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/7/05 at 4:40pm
Shows I despised:
42nd Street
Bombay Dreams
Mama Mia
Brooklyn
Wasn't so great:
Producers
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#146re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/7/05 at 6:03pmDANCE OF DEATH was pretty terrible. I left at intermission Updated On: 2/7/05 at 06:03 PM
#147re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/7/05 at 6:15pm
My worst:
"Mamma Mia"
"The Lion King"
I may have to see "On The Record," because when it comes to Denver this July, that will be its last stop. I'd like to say that I saw a real live flop.
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#148re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/7/05 at 6:37pm
Anna Corennina..
Grand Hotel...WTF???
Aida...booring
Cats...I liked it, then I changed my mind...there's no story!
The Hobbit...its a book...leave it like that.
Starlight Express...once again WTF?
Blood Brothers...MARILYN MONROE! ARGHH!
Was that a fat joke?
#149re: Worst show you've seen
Posted: 2/7/05 at 6:41pmI know when this thread first started i wrote our town but i am chaging mine to cats. THinking back, that show was just aweful!! I almost wrote aida but then i realized cats was just much worse.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
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