musicals only you seem to dislike- Page 6

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 6:13pm

TMM
and......... Gypsy

[MyDreamsRecurring]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:12pm

"I strongly dislike West Side Story. What's wrong with me? "
All of my friends hate WSS, but its my favorite

I'm not very fond of Cats..at all.
Don't like Gypsy either. Or A Little Night Music

Oh yes, and the Sound of Music. Probably because everyone sees it and thinks that thats what broadway is.
Me: "Do you like any Broadway shows?"
My friend: "Well, I saw sound of music..and i dont know..i dont really like broadway music."
Me: "DEFINE BROADWAY MUSIC."

Updated On: 7/3/05 at 07:12 PM

[Hairspraydoll]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:31pm

Annie Get Your Gun

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:35pm

I agree with Annie Get Your Gun... but I instantly thought of Avenue Q

[Phantomerik15]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:43pm

sound of music
cats

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:00pm

Oh yes, and the Sound of Music. Probably because everyone sees it and thinks that thats what broadway is.
Me: "Do you like any Broadway shows?"
My friend: "Well, I saw sound of music..and i dont know..i dont really like broadway music."
Me: "DEFINE BROADWAY MUSIC."

Ah, yes, don't you love those people? I've had the same conversation with about 6 different people. They think "Broadway music" is all the same. Granted, you could classify it as one genre, but it's so varied... the score from Dreamgirls is nothing like the score from Rent, which is nothing like the score of Sweeney Todd... etc. Nobody seems to get that. But I love The Sound of Music, despite what it's done to the non-theatre world.

[LyTeMyCanDyI]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:29pm

gypsy

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:18pm

Shows I HATE (i.e. Shows I feel have no reaon to exist!)

SUNSET BLVD
COPACABANA
JERRY SPRINGER
STARLIGHT EXPRESS

Shows I don't like (though many of these have one or two songs I like...)

OLIVER!
STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF
WICKED

Shows that I feel are weak or could have been a LOT better than they are...

ASPECTS OF LOVE
CATS
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA


ALl of these shows have millions of fans and I don't want to dampen anyone's enjoyment, but unless I have to I really don't want to see any of the above again.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:20pm

When I was in high school I thought I was the only person who hated Rent...it was a dark time. I'm glad I have found others :0)

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 10:33am

i left out Oliver. I hate almost all musicals with kids in them. Poor Dickens

[LuvBroadwayHugs]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 10:58am

Cats, West Side Story & Guys And Dolls.

[Jimmyojimmy]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:09am

Frontrowcenter, I forgot about Jerry springer, I feel the exact same way, theresno reason that should ever be in production, thats stupid.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:12am

Taboo

[Millie42]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:33am

I forgot Cinderella.

The only thing worse than seeing it is being in it.

[BertCCRI2]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:35am

The following statement was made by an earlier poster (no names, to protect the ignorant):

"I haven't seen it, and I haven't heard it. But I hate it all the same."

Does that level of thinking concern anyone else as much as it does me? You have the right to like or to dislike anything, but your opinion should be based on SOMETHING!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:41am

Aida

And I LOVED the recent revival of Sweet Charity which a lot of people seem lukewarm on.

[James2]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:58am

We were watching the movie of Grease in a class of mine, and I found it near unwatchable except for the song "Summer Dreams"

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 12:45pm

This is a very interesting thread ! And I love how there is no bashing, it's a matter of opinion and taste. I respect everyone's opinion ! Something that is heavenly for me can be crap for someone else and vise versa and that is perfectly acceptable.
Why am I saying this ? Because I am ready to come out of my Bway closet and say something I have never said here, out of fear ! But now I am strong...and confident... *sips a good gulp of strong drink* Ok, here I go...

I don't care for Sondheim !!!! I never enjoyed his works and yes...Gypsy does nothing for me ! If that makes me sacrilegious or bad tasted or unintelligent, than let me be ! I can understand that most people consider him a God and I respect it, but I am just not one of them !
*runs to hide for cover*

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 12:59pm

So much West Side Story hate.

I'm not a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan. I generally like one or two songs in every one of their shows but thats it. They are way too long. I was in The King and I and I was bored stiff except during Uncle Tom's ballet. Their shows aren't particularily exciting to me.

[Di2]

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

1. I hate anything Sondheim..Oh God, so pretentious and the chords make me want to blow my head off.

2. Wicked is lame and always will be......

3. Cats- what a bore....

4. POTO - Oh God, kill me now....

5. Mamma Mia- the score is fantastic but the show is terrible....

6. Footloose (why mess with it? The movie is 80's perfection)It saddens me that some youngin's don't even know that Footloose is a movie....

7. Hairspray (same thing as Footloose.. a movie classic, the show ruined the movie)...


umm..that's all...

[kombatkoala]

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:54pm

Phantom of the Opera. Totally overrated
Annie.
Cats.

[TennesseeTwang]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 12:01am

"When I was in high school I thought I was the only person who hated Rent...it was a dark time. I'm glad I have found others :0)"

They are my people too. I tried to like RENT. I swear I did. I didn't want to feel left out either. But I just couldn't do it. And the more people gush about it's abiding perfection, the more glaring its faults become to me.

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 11:04am

I saw Bee at last...mhh...didn't hate it but I would have enjoyed even more in smaller theatres. Somehow, that intimacy of the show and that theatre just did not go well together for me. Loved the show itself.

And I saw Smapalot again...mhh...Monty Python meets SNL. I love both, but separately. I have another ticket in August, but now I don't know...

[worrell4077]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 12:02pm

Cats(never wanted to a show to end, so badly in my life)
Seussical the musical
Chicago

I didn't dislike it, but I just didn't understand why Wicked was so popular. See I understood the hype around DRS, The Producers, Avenue Q, SpamAlot, and All Shook Up. Wicked is not one of my favorites
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[Sant]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 12:09pm

LES MISERABLES - way too much pathos!! Some nice songs though.

WEST SIDE STORY - just not my cup of tea. Sorry.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - just so 'blah'.

MISS SAIGON - yawn!!!