Your Top 5 LEAST Favorite Musicals- Page 7

[Lot666]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 12:17pm

Blair5 said: "Matilda - Saw this one on tour, so maybe it was better on Broadway, but I couldn't understand the lyrics to any of the songs and the little girl playing Matilda kept switching between an American and British accent."

The Broadway production was very different and far superior. We saw it twice on Broadway and then one more time on tour. The cast of the tour was weak; the actress playing Mrs. Wormwood was an insult to the eternally fabulous Lesli Margherita.

[Lot666]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 12:18pm

asoftplacetoland said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "1. The only musical that ever made me genuinely mad that I paid money to see it was It Shoulda Been You. Just inconceivablybad.

Can you elaborate? I’ve heard mixed things about ISBY. I’m interested to hear why you didn’t like it."

ISBY may not have been a great musical, but it was charming and funny.

[Lot666]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 12:21pm

The only show that I ever came close to walking out of was Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, and in hindsight I wish I had because the second act was no better than the first. Even with the savings from purchasing at the TKTS booth, it was still a waste of money (and time).

I almost nodded off a couple of time during Anastasia and War Paint, both of which I really wanted to like.

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 12:34pm

Dear Evan Hansen
Cats
Phantom of the Opera
The Band’s Visit
Chicago

[raddersons]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:04pm

Just in the last four years:

Broadway:

Honeymoon in Vegas

Big Fish

Miss Saigon

Tuck Everlasting

War Paint

 

Including off-bway, I'd replace Tuck and WarPaint with 

Southern Comfort (The Public)

Joan of Arc - Into the Fire (The Public)

those two were BAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

[CallMeAl2]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 2:10pm

Soaring29 said: ". Gypsy- I don't hate this show, but my choices are surprisingly limited(which is a good thing!)..."

Please pardon my self-righteous spit take when I saw you mention the legendary Styne/Sondheim/Laurents show. But your follow-up note about limited choices was an insightful piece of context not just for your opinion, but for the entire discussion.

Of course people can only choose from the shows they have directly or indirectly experienced. And what have people seen?  Mostly the big hits of the past and present. 

The fact is that the laws of supply and demand plus survival of the fittest mean that truly bad shows barely survive more than a couple of months. Unless you are in LA, DC, Chicago, or Boston where shows try out, or go to previews in New York, you probably won't see them. They close fast and rarely get a cast recording.

So, OK - it's perfectly understandable that Gypsy or Follies does nothing for you. And if you never had to sit through Carrie or the musical versions of Gone With the Wind or Doctor Zhivago, then I see where you are coming from when those experiences end up at the bottom of your list.

Updated On: 11/28/17 at 02:10 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/28/17 at 9:49pm

Please pardon my self-righteous spit take.

Why?  You sound like a jerk.

And what have people seen?

It doesn't matter because it's their opinions, not yours.

Unless you are in LA, DC, Chicago, or Boston where shows try out, or go to previews in New York, you probably won't see them. 

So, you're not familiar with other US cities.  Got it.

So, OK - it's perfectly understandable that Gypsy or Follies does nothing for you.

THANK GOD WE HAVE YOUR CONDITIONAL AFFIRMATION!  Oh wait...nobody wanted or needed it.  People can like/dislike whatever they want for any reason.  I've seen hundreds of shows, which is why I'm still not a fan of Follies.  And I truly cannot stand Annie Get Your Gun.

And if you never had to sit through Carrie or the musical versions of Gone With the Wind or Doctor Zhivago, then I see where you are coming from when those experiences end up at the bottom of your list.

I've been in love with Carrie since I first discovered it in Houston in the mid-90s, where I also performed Hollywood/Ukraine, Hello Again, Sweeney Todd, a workshop of Craig Carnelia's Actor Lawyer Indian Chief, worked with Jerry Bock on one of his last original musicals before he passed, studied with the Tony-winning producer of 1776, Pippin, Chicago and M. Butterfly, and used to hand out and chat with the playwright of Who's Afraid of Viriginia Wolf, A Delicate Balance, Three Tall Women and The Goat.  I also remember seeing the tryouts out Gone With the Wind, Beauty and the Beast, Jekyll & Hyde, Civil War and others, there as well.  And there are thousands of others like me in all those cities across the country you so readily dismissed.

[Oak2]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 10:24am

-Sunday in the Park with George

-RENT

-Once

-Dear Evan Hansen

-Spring Awakening

[ABitOnTheSide]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 10:30am

In no particular order:

-HAMILTON

-MY FAIR LADY

-THE MUSIC MAN

-STARLIGHT EXPRESS

-RENT

[Big Apple2]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 10:31am

Damn Yankees

Cats

Rock of Ages

Kinky Boots

Matilda

I’ve been lucky enough to avoid far worse musicals. 

Updated On: 5/12/18 at 10:31 AM

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 12:14pm

Book of Mormon, partially because of all the half-rhymes, a good portion for the hideous politics, but mostly because Parker and Stone are huge, huge pieces of ****.

[Alex M]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 12:21pm

- Cats

-How the Grinch Stole Christmas 

-Shrek

-On The Town 

-On the 20th Century

Updated On: 5/12/18 at 12:21 PM

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 12:52pm

Elf the Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, Into the Woods, Once, We Will Rock You

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 1:02pm

American Idiot

Spring Awakening

We Will Rock You

Rock of Ages

Passing Strange

[Bwayfan292]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 1:14pm

Be more chill

Dear evan hansen

Heathers

Hamilton

(The stans runied all those)

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 1:24pm

List 1 (the shows that never stop running or being revived, and were enormous hits):

PHANTOM

LES MIZ

CATS 

MISS SAIGON

MAMMA MIA

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 1:26pm

LIST 2 (overrated or just plain bad):

BLOOD BROTHERS

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES

WILL ROGERS FOLLIES

ONCE

EVERYTHING BY ALW

[EdEval]

Posted: 5/12/18 at 10:54pm

My Top Five Worst Musicals Ever:  1. Book of Mormon- So offended walked out during intermission

                                                    2, Spring Awakening- Didn't like any song during Act 1- walked out

                                                    3, Fun Home- Insulting to the LGBT community- walked out

                                                    4. Aida-  Couldn't understand a word that waa said-walked out

                                                    5. Miss Saigon-  Just too too. I stayed but hated it.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 5/13/18 at 12:10am

Wait... How exactly is Fun Home insulting to the LGBT community?

[Skip23]

Posted: 5/13/18 at 4:29pm

Spring Awakening

Dear Evan Hansen

Fun Home

Waitress

Into The Woods

 

[DianeLane'sCareer]

Posted: 5/13/18 at 4:33pm

1. Heathers

2. Rent

3. American Psycho

4. Anything Goes

5. Sweet Charity

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 5/13/18 at 4:57pm

So fascinated that somebody was offended enough by Book of Mormon to walk out. I’m curious what specifically was it that offended you ? And do you find yourself being offended by satire frequently or just satire that uses coarse language? Not judging at all, just curious.

My top 5 least favorite musicals:

1. Hairspray.
2. Matilda
3. School of Rock
4. Godspell
5. Hair

[Jmuep2]

Posted: 5/14/18 at 2:09am

Updated On: 5/14/18 at 02:09 AM

[denali.fire]

Posted: 5/14/18 at 9:30am

Hamilton

Cats

On a clear day (revival)  

Posted: 5/14/18 at 12:55pm

Once

Grease

Bye Bye Birdie

Cats

Phantom of the Opera