musicals only you seem to dislike- Page 5

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:21pm

Hmm

1) Rent, I hate most of the Score
2) Floyd Collings, well I don't like country music
3) parts of "parade", JRB at times bores me terribly
4) John&Jen.... ugh, can't listen to it!
5) Pipe Dream (R&H) .. some nice songs, but dull score overall, weak book
6) Lion King ... merely a hollow spectacle
7) Aida ... poor Verdi, good he doesn't live anymore to watch that, about two good songs and a lot of crap

Sooo, enough of my rude thoughts, back to smooth talking

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:36pm

Question - Why do some people think Sunday in the Park is pretentious? Like... what makes it that way?

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:37pm

Rent
Annie
Titanic (oh geez was that awful)
Anything Goes (the songs I love, but the book, ehhh)
CATS (someone gave me tickets and all I could do was ask what had I ever done to him that he should do this terrible thing to me)
AND.....
Piazza (I don't get it at all)

[ChiChi]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:42pm

I personally love Falsettos.

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:42pm

I was wondering the same thing brdwaybaby. Or maybe I'm just stung that people actually dislike it, when I adore it so much.

Oh, and I feel like I'm the only one who dislikes the movie of West Side Story. I love the show, but I really don't like the movie.

[elphie30]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:48pm

mama mia!
cats

[ChiChi]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 4:56pm

I will do mine in four categories:

HATE:
The Phantom of the Opera
John and Jen (What crap)
Floyd Collins ( I never saw what all the hype was.)
The Sound of Music
A Chorus Line

Wicked (I know a lot of people who LOVED it when it came out, and now they're bored with it and therefore say they hate it. I NEVER liked it.)

South Pacific ( like some of the music )
Oklahoma ( Glad it existed for what it helped to create, but I hate the show.)

Don't HATE, but don't LOVE:
Annie
Carousel
Aida
Cats

I like these ones
Parade
The Tap Dance Kid (Guilty Pleasure)
The Will Rogers Follies

I LOVE these (other's don't)
Jelly's Last Jam
Evita
Falsettos
Aspects of Love
Passion
Sunday in the Park with George

NINE ( liked it before the revival so it's not a result of Antonio Love.)

There are probably more, but I can't think of them.

And also, I HATE West Side Story. Never liked it. Never will and I also HATE Grease.

Updated On: 7/1/05 at 04:56 PM

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 5:00pm

I think my sig says it all.



I had said I didn't like and got bored at Wicked, Rent, Phantom and Hairspray...
Updated On: 7/1/05 at 05:00 PM

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 5:03pm

Remember, guys: As a general rule, if it's Sondheim, it's widely-liked/loved by theatre folk. If it's Andrew Lloyd Webber, it's widely-hated by theatre folk. This thread is "musicals ONLY you seem to dislike..."

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 5:04pm

In that case: Rent, Wicked and Hairspray

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 5:10pm

Floyd Collins (I'm a fan of PIAZZA but I just never understood the hype over it.)
Wicked (I was one of the first few to walk out saying how much I hated it. Still do.)
Anything Goes

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 6:04pm

I was about to say what Elizabeth did, there are quite a few being written that I certainly wouldn't think only one person dislikes Cats and most of Webber...

I myself don't care for Music Man but know there are others who agree.

The one that I think fits here is Hairspray. Love the CD, book and performance just didn't do it for me.

Ooh, and not sure I really can put this, you'll see why...but I borrowed the video of Sunday in the Park twice...the first time I fell asleep after 15 minutes, second time I fell asleep after 40 minutes(due to boring, not due to me being tired), and never made it through. Having never made it through, guess it's not fair to say I dislike it but yeah.

I'm one of those that think WSS was probably the best musical ever made. I'm curious, can some of you who put WSS tell me in more detail what you didn't like? Was it more personal taste or merit? Like I don't like Music Man more for personal taste, I can see its merit. Honestly curious, since I hardly hear anyone criticize aspects of it.

[XOsweet_dancerOX]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 6:14pm

Les Mis. I can't stand it!

[Cages or Wings]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 6:18pm

I didn't put WSS but I should have. I hate it for personal taste. I can see why it is considered "the greatest ever" but just never was my cup of tea. Bernstein deserves to be regarded as highly as he is, (i can recognize his unbelievable talent) but just don't really like his style. Personal Preference 100%.

[gypsydiva]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 7:44pm

"J&H" just can't stand it in fact it makes me giggle
"Annie" makes want to kick little children and I wish Sandie would attack during Tomorrow.
"Carousel" It is not okay to hit someone
"Rent" how did this win a pulizer??
"Spamalot" This won best musical???
"La Cage"
"Anything Goes"
"Showboat"
"Cats" even though it was fun to be in
The Vegas version of "Joseph and the Amazing..." when it first came out it was an hour long and sweet and honest.
"Phantom"
"Aspects of Love"
"STARLIGHT EXPRESS"!!!!!! I wasted way too much money on this and it was the worst show I have ever seen.
"Sunset Blvd" Oh my God this was bad.
"Lion King" What a bore
I am sure there are others but can't think of them right now.
Oh here's one. I am a huge fan of Sondheim's, I mean HUGE, but I can't stand "Saturday Night".

[Justice]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 7:56pm

The Light in the Piazza...not that I've seen it, but what i have heard from it is enough to make me not want to throw my money away.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 8:07pm

Ave Q
Oklahoma
Carousel
Mamma Mia(sorry don't like Abba music)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Unsinkable Molly Brown

[DemonBarberofBroadway]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 8:10pm

Ragtime. Don't get me wrong, I love Audra and I think it has a good theme and all, but it seems like you just get beaten over the head with the theme over and over...Also, all of Webber and Wildhorn I strongly dislike.

The only reason I enjoy Wicked is because I love Kristin Chenoweth..the show itself, not so much.

But I am not ashamed to admit that I enjoy Tick Tick Boom!, Oklahoma, Candide and Showboat. Oh and Passion!!

[Madame X2]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 9:00pm

I can't stand most Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I can't even TOLERATE "The Sound Of Music" in addiion to Annie and Mamma Mia.

I dislike most Webber except Joseph...Dreamcoat.
Phantom: *Cringe*

And I like Wicked to a healthy point, but I think it's erally overrated.

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:23am

ANNIE IS THE CRAPPIEST SHOW EVER WRITTEN!!!!

There is no melody to any of the songs. It has such an ugly score.

Guys and Dolls is a horrible show. There is one good song (no prizes for guessing which one that is), and the rest is just bad. Anyone who performs Adelaide's Lament should be taken out on sight. I hate frank loesser

Oklahoma to me is just intolerable. I don't care if it's a classic. And the inevidably cheesy southern accents don't help my opinion of it....

Joseph....Technicolour Dreamcoat makes me want to vomit, much like Annie. It's so saccherine and over done. The only good thing about it are the brothers. And close every door, which i believe is stolen from Mascagni or another one of the usual crowd ALW rips off.

Aida - Poor Guiseppe. He must be turning in his grave to see his opera reduced to this. I just hate elton john and his predictable crap factory of a songwriting ability that churns out song after song, almost identical. His songs are worse than the vast majority of Wildhorn's, who uses the same predictable formula. Even Tim Rice can't help here.

Lion King - ditto

Starlight Express - I haven't seen it, and i haven't heard it. But i hate it all the same.

Miss Saigon - overly sentimental, shallow garbage, with some of the worst lyrics ever written and a score reaking with mediocrity. THE worst smash hit musical ever.
"Like all surviors, i once thought
Once i'm home i won't give a damn.
But now i know i'm caught.
I'll never leave Vietnam"

WTF is that??!?! Need i say more?

Thankyou for reading my outrage at musicals i hate

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 5:50pm

Seems Only I Dislike:
-Phantom of the Opera
-The Boy from Oz
-Hairspray
-Aida
-CHICAGO-- how did i almost forget to mention it?!?!
-Bye Bye Birdie
-A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Seems Only I Like:
-Dance of the Vampires
-Good Vibrations

now, just to clarify--"like" means "LIKE", not "love". and "dislike" means just that, not "hate". for instance, in the case of Aida, i love the score, but i despise the actual show and the character of Aida in general.yeah, i'm weird.

Updated On: 7/3/05 at 05:50 PM

[Georgeanne]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 5:54pm

Hairspray.

A lot of Webber.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 5:56pm

Caroline or Change
Hairspray
Aida
Bye Bye Birdie
Miss Saigon
Mamma Mia
Oklahoma

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 5:57pm

Oh, I forgot about Bye, Bye, Birdie. Then again: that's only based on the movie... maybe the stage production is better. If it isn't, put that on my list too.

[cserannie]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 6:02pm

I have never seen a Webber musical, film or stage production that was better than sh*t. I hate them all.