West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
#1West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 4:32pm
Out of all the shows I've seen...
The OBRCR is just divine.
I am convinced that Josefina should've won the Tony. She is fabulous! Matt has a wonderful voice and so does Karen and the rest of the cast.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Updated On: 9/13/09 at 04:32 PM
#2re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 4:47pmFigure'd you'd like it.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#2re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:06pmWhat other shows have you seen?
PEACE.
#3re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:11pm
Bombay Dreams, Bombay Dreams, Bombay Dreams, and Bombay Dreams.
Oh yeah, and Bombay Dreams.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:12pmI liked it too, but I think there are 2 better shows on Broadway, Hair and next to normal.
#5re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:13pm
Oh my goodness, I think I pulled a muscle from laughing so hard. Obviously, the OP has not seen South Pacific which is the best show I've seen that's currently running (I haven't seen BE, N2N, or Hair yet)
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Updated On: 9/13/09 at 05:13 PM
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#6re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:20pm
On what planet is this true?
In terms of material, it probably is. But this production is pretty run of the mill.
See HAIR. The real best show on Broadway.
chrisampm2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#7re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:23pmJeez guys. Muscle doesn't deserve mockery for this post. Yes, it'd be helpful to know which others shows have been seen. Still, that music which is being played forcefully, that choreography even if somewhat diminished, the committed performances by most of the leads make a positive review worthy of respect if not agreement.
#8re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:24pmI think it's more mockery of the million of idiotic threads and opinions of his we've had to suffer through throughout the years.
#9re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:33pm
The current production of West Side Story is the worst thing I have ever seen on Broadway. Hands down. I enjoyed sitting through Urban Cowboy more. There was not ONE moment during the production that I was moved. Absolutely horrible. I am horrified so many tourists are going, just because of the name and the convenient location. What an awful representation of Broadway Musical Theatre.
#10re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:38pm
"I think it's more mockery of the million of idiotic threads and opinions of his we've had to suffer through throughout the years."
You are completely out of hand. You have ABSOLUTELY NO right to say someone's opinion is idiotic. You need to stop acting like you are so god damn superior and stop insulting so many people and calling them idiots. You are no so perfect yourself and you really should be getting all the hate from everyone on the board.
Now for the Original Poster. While you are perfectly fine for having your opinion I disagree. I personally liked the current WSS production and I LOVE Karen Olivo but it's not the best. Hair and In The Heights are my personal favorites. I think Hair is a flawless production.
#11re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:51pmAnd you need to stop acting like you're 12. You're thirteen for Christ's sake!
#12re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:57pm
There was not ONE moment during the production that I was moved.
When I saw the show in DC I was, also, not moved at all during the show. But when I revisited while Matt was on his honeymoon I was moved to tears when Tony died. IMHO, Matt Hydzik makes you care about his Tony more.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#13re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:01pmI actually saw Hydzik play Tony. Cavenaugh was out the night I saw it, which I was very grateful for. I do not care for his voice or acting style in the least. He was in the same in Grey Gardens as he was in A Catered Affair as he is in West Side Story. The new cast recording makes my ears bleed. Give me the OCR any day of the week.
#14re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:03pm
Current Broadway Shows
The 39 Steps
Helen Hayes Theatre
A Steady Rain
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Billy Elliot X
Imperial Theatre
Burn the Floor
Longacre Theatre
Bye Bye Birdie
Henry Miller's Theatre
Chicago X
Ambassador Theatre
God of Carnage
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Hair
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Hamlet
Broadhurst Theatre
In the Heights
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Jersey Boys X
August Wilson Theatre
The Lion King X
Minskoff Theatre
Mamma Mia! X
Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre
Mary Poppins
New Amsterdam Theatre
next to normal X
Booth Theatre
The Phantom of the Opera X
Majestic Theatre
Rock of Ages
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Shrek the Musical
Broadway Theatre
South Pacific X
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
West Side Story X
Palace Theatre
Wicked X
George Gershwin Theatre
I "x" the shows I've seen. Thanks for the ones sticking up for me. There are people that don't have a life, so I give them something to talk about. I say let those have fun! I can't even talk anything w/o that ***hole bringing up Bombay Dreams, which was a great show he probably hasn't even seen. But that was in 2004 and we are in 2009, some don't believe in evolution. At least get a new joke!
Anyways, going back to the topick...
I loved South Pacific, but I loved WSS a lot more. I like a lot of dance numbers in musicals, so I guess that's why
I'd pick WSS over it, and I prefer the score and the fact that it has a lot more songs written for a soprano(Kelli O'Hara barely hit the high notes she hits in Piazza or Dracula in SP). But I think South Pacific is probably my 2nd favorite.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Updated On: 9/13/09 at 06:03 PM
#15re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:08pm
Muscle is this you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHfKjvOA6Uo
#16re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:36pm
"I think it's more mockery of the million of idiotic threads and opinions of his we've had to suffer through throughout the years"
Nobody is forcing you to read my threads, feel free not to. And you need to stop acting like you're 12. You're 65 for Christ's sake!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#17re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:37pm
Lol. I'm 66 actually. And I love to kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick and stretch.
#18re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:42pmI was looking in the dictionary for the definition of the word arse-hole, none need, I found a perfect example with BobbyBubby!
#19re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:44pm
Not surprised with the shows that you've seen, just gonna say.
I love West Side Story, but I hardly think this production was good on any level.
#20re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 6:45pm
It's so funny. I try to be ironic and witty in my responses. Use some sort of cleverness hoping I'll get some in return. I love a good banter.
But c'mon guys, asshole is the best you can come up with? Get a thesaurus people.
#21re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:32pm
"And you need to stop acting like you're 12. You're thirteen for Christ's sake!"
How exactly am I acting like a 12 year old (When I am actually 14)? You are the immature one! I was standing up for this person and trying to teach you that being immature and saying someone's opinions and comments are idiotic is wrong! You think you're funny but your just obnoxious and annoying.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#22re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:34pm
WRONG
WRONG
WRONG
WRONG
WRONG
The show is awful! I was SO BORED!
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#23re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:59pm
muscle in your defense you do have a right to your opinion. although your reasons for it are a bit sketchy at best: lots of dance numbers and more songs written for sopranos do not in my opinion a great show make.
but then again, that's just *my* opinion.... 
#24re: West Side Story is the Best Show Currently on Broadway
Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:33pm
The Light in the Piazza is my favorite show of all time. I saw Celia Keenan-Bolger play the role of Clara 15 times, and I will ALWAYS think she was the best choice for the role - and was better than Kelli. (Kelli was AMAZING as Franca in the Seattle and Chicago productions)
With that being said, there were NO notes in the score of Piazza that Kelli "barely hit". That statement is laughable. As is your statement that WSS is the best show currently on Broadway.
If you want to see a REAL show - go see Our Town Off Broadway. Seriously.
