what is the worst show you have ever seen

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:19pm

ever since i was a member, ive noticed a lot of good things about shows. Now, what show have you seen was the worst show ever
The worst show i ever saw was "Dreamgirls"

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:23pm

Don't Play Us Cheap - 2 guys are cockroaches in Harlem going to a party - Enuff said . Can you top this ?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:24pm

Worst show I've ever seen? That's a tough one since I usually like most musicals. I've never seen it, but the worst musical I've been in is definately "Footloose." Love the music, absolutely despise the book...so why have I done it twice?

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:27pm

Mamma Mia takes the cake.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:27pm

really, i would like to see Footloose, ive actually never heard the music in it.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:29pm

My 2 nd choice is Metro

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:31pm

Metro, i have never heard of that show before, was it ever on Broadway

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:31pm

THOU SHALT NOT, quickly followed by TITANIC and MOLLY.

[Corine2]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:47pm

I have seen many bad shows.
My top picks:
Urban Cowboy
Birdy's Bachlorette Party
Hopscotch
Imaginary Friends
Thou Shalt Not
Adult Entertainment Updated On: 11/3/03 at 09:47 PM

[Victoria Grant]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:51pm

Well it's normally really hard for me to be negative about a show because being a performer myself I know how much work goes into a show, but I must say that I was really disappointed with "Steel Pier" it just didn't do anything for me.




"Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries"

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 9:59pm

The worst thing I have seen on Broadway is the recent MEDEA--I know many loved it, but it was chock full of TERRIBLE acting and inconsistent directing.

[jakebloke]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:00pm

Thou Shalt Not, terrible...... followed by Bring in Da Noise/Funk....complete bore.

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:05pm

Adult Entertainment..........yuck

Noises Off.............if you slam that door one more time..... Updated On: 11/6/03 at 10:05 PM

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:07pm

i dont know whether to say Dance Of The Vampires or not... simply because it was so bad that it was good... i laughed so hard that I actually got some entertainment value...but yet i hope i never have to sit through something like that again.

[bestofbroadway]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:08pm

Worst Shows:
-Footloose-songs didn't fit with the extremely poorly written book.
-Dance of the Vampires- two words- Total Eclipse- HAHAHAHA
-Mama Mia- What? Dancing Queen...how does that song fit in the show again?

Performances that Made These Shows the Worst I've Ever Seen:
-Marissa Jaret Winokur in Hairspray
-Haley Mills in The King And I

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:12pm

Oh i also want to say Tom Sawyer... the sets were amazing yes and the performances but, the show should have never of been brought to the bway stage let alone such a huge theatre.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:32pm

Unfortunately, Metro was on Broadway.

[Davllom56]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 10:53pm

Worst show LIST:

1. The Laramie Project (Saw a college production of it and it was TERRIBLE mainly because people over-did it with the saaaaaaaaadneeeeeesss aaaaand the hoooorrrrriiiiiible thiiiiiings thaaaat peeeeooople diiiid tooooo thiiis boooooy.... three hours of that and your toast..needs to be done well to be affective.

2.Swing - Can't stand review type shows

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 11:01pm

"1. The Laramie Project (Saw a college production of it and it was TERRIBLE mainly because people over-did it with the saaaaaaaaadneeeeeesss aaaaand the hoooorrrrriiiiiible thiiiiiings thaaaat peeeeooople diiiid tooooo thiiis boooooy.... three hours of that and your toast..needs to be done well to be affective."

my college just did this not too long ago!!! where did you see it?!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 11:04pm

how can you hate The Laramie Project?? If it was because the production was bad I can undersatnd.. but the SHOW is powerful and it is one of my favorites....

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 11:40pm

Thou Shalt Not was merely mediocre.
But if you want bad you have to go back a little further:
BRING BACK BIRDIE (I've posted this before)---Act One ended with Donald O'Connor sitting on a toilet bowl while a huge latex tongue bobbed up and down lasciviously from a plexiglass cube stage right to the accompaniment of a song played by a punk band called Filth. Unbelievable.
The second travesty is THE HUMAN COMEDY by the folks who brought you HAIR. Truly, this was the worst score (a kind word) I have ever heard in the theater. To call it 'noise' would only dignify it--perhaps 'abortion' would be more accurate. It stopped short of sound. Updated On: 11/3/03 at 11:40 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/2/03 at 11:57pm

Funny, JRB, I saw Fiona Shaw in Medea. For the last ten minutes, I didn't breathe.

[CJR]

Posted: 11/3/03 at 12:09am

My Life With Albertine and Bounce

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/3/03 at 12:17am

Fiona Shaw is a great actress--and she was good. I didn't think a single other actor in it was--or they were just poorly directed. Screaming all your lines does not equal great acting--which is why Fiona was especially good in contrast with all of her layers and details.

Yes, in any other show (or with better set up) that ending would have been BRILLIANT. It was truly disturbing--but in relation to everything else, it came off as contrived. After I saw the production, I read up on it--to see if my opinion would change. I was even more sure of my feelings when Deborah Warner and Fiona Shaw discussed that Medea was not crazy--she killed her children to protect them from a worse death. I agree with that. I like that they didn't see her as crazy or that the killings were an act of revenge against Jason. However, chasing her kids in their underwear and slashing their throats to sounds of hell hardly matches their supposed intention.

But--I know that there are those who loved it. And, I actually respect theatre and films that have such volatile love/hate reactions! =) Thus, I can respect this production for that--but only for that.

[broadway1564]

Posted: 11/3/03 at 12:30am

COPACABANA ... Barry Manilow, what were you think? I laughed throughout most of it ... no, it wasn't funny b/c of the jokes ... but b/c I couldn't believe backers would actually put money into this CRAP!