musicals only you seem to dislike

[Jera]

musicals only you seem to dislike#0

Posted: 6/30/05 at 9:47pm

I strongly dislike West Side Story. What's wrong with me?

What musicals do you hate that others seem to love?
jera

"It's not a problem, it's just a challenge, it's a challenge, to resist temptation."

[Cruel_Sandwich]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#1

Posted: 6/30/05 at 9:50pm

Phantom. Stone me. YES! STONE ME!

[CATSNYrevival]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#2

Posted: 6/30/05 at 9:59pm

hairspray

[GirlforTartaglia]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#3

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:02pm

I know on the boards its a totally different story, but my friend thinks I'm crazy for not totally loving Spamalot.

I liked Brooklyn, unlike some people.

And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps... What did she realize, Kitten? That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs. What's wrong with that? Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had... Where? On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.

[incendiary_wit]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#4

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:03pm

*hides behind a desk* Don't kill me, but I hated Cats...just hated it.

1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#5

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:04pm

I'm ... I'm not the only one who dislikes Hairspray? I loved the movie, but for some reason I just can't get into the musical.

... and I know I'll be dragged through the village and beaten for this, but... Camelot.

I'm a sick child.


Edit: And I just remembered: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I should probably add that I haven't seen any of these shows, and these opinions are based purely on the cast recordings. Updated On: 6/30/05 at 10:04 PM

[theatreboi11]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#6

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:09pm

Phantom for me too!

(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."

[BroadwayBaby6]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#7

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:10pm

Shows that I hate:
Jekyll and Hyde
Cats
Aida (walked out at intermission)
Scarlet Pimpernel (walked out at intermission)
Redhead

Shows I like which nobody else seems to like:
Passion
Aspects of Love
By Jeeves
Dear World
Milk and Honey

"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#8

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:12pm

I adore Passion.

[Mr Roxy]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#9

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:13pm

RENT

Poster Emeritus

[CastAlbumFan]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#10

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:14pm

THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I NEVER cared for it!

And aside from a couple of songs, I always found SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE dull! (Don't hate me! I might come around to liking it!)

Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!

[nmartin]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#11

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:14pm

Jera, you are not alone. I hate West Side Story.

[Georgeanne]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#12

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:19pm

Here's another one for Phantom.

Me, I like to live.
Me, I like to laugh.
Me, I like to love.

[little_sally]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#13

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:19pm

Aida.

Well, I don't hate it but it's just not one of my favorites.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[CastAlbumFan]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#14

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:20pm

BoadwayBaby6, Steven Susskind told me that REDHEAD was his pick as the worst musical to win the Best Musical Tony, so you're not alone...although this was before THOROUGHLY MODERN MLLIE came out...

And I LOVE PASSION, ASPECTS OF LOVE and MILK AND HONEY! I also liked PIPE DREAM, SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, and TENDERLOIN, so what do I know?

Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!

[Kevo711]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#15

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:22pm

im not too fond of WSS either

[GirlforTartaglia]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#16

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:29pm

Oh yeah, Sound of Music...it's getting a little annoying to me now..used to love it, now I've just seen it too many times to like it I guess.

And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps... What did she realize, Kitten? That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs. What's wrong with that? Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had... Where? On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.

[little_sally]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#17

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:36pm

God, I hate The Sound of Music. And The Music Man.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[Kringas]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#18

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:46pm

Hairspray and the entire Falsettos canon.

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[broadwaystar2b]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#19

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:48pm

Millie

It just didn't click for me

[Jimmyojimmy]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#20

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:49pm

I hate Cats, the dance is cool to watch, but when Memory comes on, I just wanna put a bullet in my brain.

[justme2]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#21

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:49pm

and yet another one for Phantom.

"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."

[apdarcey]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#22

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:56pm

avenue q and spamalot. i hate them both.

[CatieElphie1]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#23

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:57pm

there are so many that I think I'm just sick of, or always hated:
Guys And Dolls
Aida
Sound of Music (I'm tired of crappy casting!)
RENT
Phantom (sorry)
Cats
Millie, Hairspray, Momma Mia, Movin' Out,The Boy from Oz

Was that a fat joke?

[FrontNCentre]

re: musicals only you seem to dislike#24

Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:58pm

Ah yes, MEMORIES. for me too. But of coure everyplace that you went for years that is what you heard!.

>>I knew who I was this morning, but since then I have changed many times!<<