Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#5re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:45pmFootloose!
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
rocker05
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/05
#6re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:48pmBring Back Birdie. Broadway should not do sequels! The show was somewhat good for its campiness, but the score and book were beyond the realm of awful.
#8re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:52pm
PRYMATE, INTO THE LIGHT...
"Me flunk English? That's unpossible!" - Ralph Wiggum
#9re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:58pm
I enjoyed "Into the Light" very much! A very intense show.
(No that's NOT a rave, but it wasn't crap either.)
Crap = "Oh, Calcutta!" and my vote for worst ever on the Great White Way.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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tearsforhari
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/06
#10re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:00pmI've heard people complain about CATS. But it was the longest playing musical until Phantom and the song "Memories" is well regarded.
#11re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:02pmLet's not forget the Annie 2 sequel.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#12re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:02pm
re: CATS.
...And when I saw it first with the OBC, it was one of the BEST shows I've ever seen on Broadway.
So, to each his own!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 6/20/06 at 08:02 PM
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#13re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:03pm
Ring of Fire {Thank God our tickets were free}
Good Vibrations
Man of La Mancha {Most Recent}
Sweet Charity {Most Recent}
Wonderful Town
Brooklyn
Spelling Bee
No Order = )
Updated On: 6/20/06 at 08:03 PM
#14re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:08pm
Annie 2 never actually made it to Broadway...it closed in Washington, DC.
Bring Back Birdie does not have a terrible score, Rocker05. Chita's songs and some others are actually quite good.
My answer would be In My Life...just horrible!
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#15re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:10pmIs there any doubt? "Lestat" is the clearly the worst I've seen, followed by "Cats", and "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public".
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#16re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:11pm
Brooklyn.
best12--hee! I loved CATS, too--unashamedly. As a little girl, the entire experience was magical to me. And the music was beautiful.
#17re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:14pm
Annie 2 wasn't terrible, it was just hugely forgettable... except for one completely show-stopping number done by all the orphan girls.
That one number seemed like it was from another show completely... (the one they SHOULD have done)... and the rest couldn't even come close to measuring up.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:21pmWhat was the showstopping number, Best12bars? Coney Island?
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#20re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:24pmThe show was called Annie 2 or did it have a different name?
#21re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:26pmIt was called "Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge"
#22re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:29pm
It's been so long... I can't remember that either!
*checks for senility*
I only heard it the one time in the show, and the kids all put it over so well that it stopped the show. I don't think any of us were expecting that.
I remember them all "vamping" around the stage like femme fatales though. Guess you had to be there.
EDIT: It was called Annie Warbucks when I saw it.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 6/20/06 at 08:29 PM
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#23re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:33pm"Annie Warbucks" played off broadway in NYC...it was not the same disaster that "Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge" was.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#24re: Worst show to hit Broadway.....
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:34pm
In no necessary order:
Carrie
Dracula
Cats
Bring Back Birdie
Annie Warbucks
Hot Feet
...and I won't say the last one, but you all know what I'd say. :)
