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Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
#25re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 7:34am
Wow, someone listed Wicked and The Wedding Singer as the worst shows ever - interesting because these were my two favorites in all the shows I have seen. I can see why some people may not like the wedding singer, not everyone is hopped up on the 80's like myself but Wicked? Two of the strongest threads currently on here are The Wedding Singer and Wicked/The Elphaba Question.
As farr as my worst shows go besides Lestat (which was awful awful awful),I would have to say Little Women and Chicago.
And I feel bad for Bklyn because it was the worst storyline I have ever seen with some of the most talented people I have ever seen. It's a toss up!
I made a list of all your faults, it was quite detailed and lengthy too and when I read it through I missed you. Your like a classic Eagles song, you just cant help but sing along even though it sometimes gets annoying too. I just know I want to be wherever I can wake and see you there next to me. **High Fidelity**
Love is what I do **The Wedding Singer**
Xanadu - Best NEW Musical of the Season!
#26re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 7:51am
THE CHAIRS, 1998
CHU CHEM, 1989
SUNSET BOULEVARD (whatever year Betty Buckley starred, and sang off-pitch throughout)
GREASE, 1994
MAIL, 1988
SWEENEY TODD, 1989, "Teeny Todd"
LEGS DIAMOND, 1989
Itty Bitty Geisha?
Toyland?
Gypsy Pasadoble?
Just a few popular favorites...
#27re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 8:54am
Cryano the Musical, this was the 90's lestat. Awful in every way, and they chatged full price for the previews.
I still morn the loss of those 3 hours after all this time.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
MusicAndPassion
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/05
#28re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:17amI have yet to see a show that I've hated. However Chitty Chitty Bang Bang wasn't up to par. But it's a favorite of mine.
#29re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:33am
CATS: In the middle of "The Naming of Cats", wherein the kitties were out in the house and molesting the audience members, my friend turned to me and said in full voice "What IS this sh*t?" My sentiments. Exactly.
THE FIVE O'CLOCK GIRL: Good Lord. Remember that sequence in the film FUNNY LADY, in which all the technical elements go awry? That's what happened when I saw this show. The only redeeming thing about it was getting to see Pat Stanley on stage.
LEGS DIAMOND: A godawful mess. But it was campy, in a tragic sort of way.
BLACK AND BLUE: They could have cut an act out of this one and been fine.
NYnativeinLA
Chorus Member Joined: 12/30/04
#30re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:27am"Ari"- A musical version of "Exodus". I remember people laughing out loud at serious book scenes it was so bad!
coolkid11776
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
#31re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:40amWOMAN IN WHITE: Hard to follow story crappy music It put me to sleep
Rent
The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life.
April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008
12 years of love
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#32re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:44amThe Wedding Singer
#33re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:55amTITANIC - Broadway Musical
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
Kent
Chorus Member Joined: 6/27/05
#34re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:08am
MAMMA MIA
And I love ABBA's music. The book was a piece of ca-ca. It reminded me of a bad "Love Boat" episode. Because the book sucked so bad (trite, amateurish and formulaic beyond belief) I had a hard time enjoying anything else - singing, acting or technical. I practically threw myself off the mezzanine during the "Scuba fins/wedding dress dream sequence." Absolute dreck.
Actually to be fair I should say everything in MAMMA MIA except the last 10 minutes was the worst Broadway show I ever saw. The finale, with its campy ABBA costumes, concert lighting, etc sorta worked OK (in a "everybody clap your hands kinda way"). Had I not been so disgusted with the previous 2+ hours I might have actually enjoyed it.
Personally, I would have dumped the entire book and made the whole show more like the finale - a spectacular, multiple set concert extravaganza.
#35re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:10am
Spamalot (such a bore!)
Rent (too much Aids!)
Cats (spandex, c'mon!)
Bourne's Swan Lake (ick ick ick)
Big The Musical (you get the point)
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#36re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:42am
On Golden Pond Revival
Lestat (of course)
The Magic Show (although I only saw the DVD)
Dance of the Vampires (was just OK but draged A LOT!)
The Music Man (I just don't like this show)
Mama Mia (Refer to the above)
Woman in White (sssoooooo bad)
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#37re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:49pmI can't believe nobody's said it yet... IN MY LIFE.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#38re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:54pm
Babycakes on Broadway
Anyone else see that?
whiiish!
#39re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 2:09pm
For a Play: The Leaf People
musical Tie: Thou Shalt Not, Passion, OhCalcutta!
NYJohnNY
Swing Joined: 8/10/06
#40re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 4:19pmAvenue Q and Good Vibrations
#41re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 5:34pm
Sweet Smell of Success
Hans Christian Anderson ("pre-Broadway" in SF)
Lestat (of course)
#42re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 5:45pm
"WOMAN IN WHITE: Hard to follow story crappy music It put me to sleep"
I have to agree... The Woman in White was terribly boring.
Updated On: 8/11/06 at 05:45 PM
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#43re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 6:12pmMamma Mia and Brooklyn
notabb
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#44re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 6:17pmDEVOUR THE SNOW . a lovely play about the Donner party. It must be hard to make cannibalism boring , and yet , they did.
#45re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 6:28pmin my life. though, i wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world.
Favorite Quote of the Week: "So I just finished reading Corpus Christi, and now I think I might be Jesus." -Bruce
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#46re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 6:56pm
Play - Travesties & Copenhagen
Musical - Don't Play Us Cheap
Dr Selavy's Magic Theater
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cupcake24
Swing Joined: 7/7/06
#47re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:21pm
My Life with Albertine - off-broadway
Jane Eyre
Little Women
Dance of the Vampires
Color and Light
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/05
#48re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:27pm
I thought that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was absolutely soul-crushing, which completely suprised me, because I adored the movie. I felt so bad for the chap playing Lumiere. He was milking his lines for all they worth just to try and get the audience to laugh, but damn if it didn't fail miserably.
LESTAT was awful, but memorably so!
I've more-or-less found something to enjoy at every other show I've seen, but those two ...
Stop looking at my charisma.
LI Larry
Stand-by Joined: 7/25/06
#49re: Worst broadway or off-broadway musical/play you've ever seen?
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:31pm
Cats. ( I know everyone says that but I really hated it!)
The Real Thing (both of them)
The Lunchtime Anxieties (off bway. I walked out)
Metro (remember that one?)
I'll add to this as I look through my old playbills)
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