Guilty pleasure shows?- Page 2
Guilty pleasure shows?
Becky
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:19pmSeussical.
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:20pm
Are ya ready for these two "Guilty Pleasure" BOMBS:
I ENJOYED........
- Dance of the Vampires
AND
- Urban Cowboy
See Ya!
Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
bestofbroadway
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:21pm
42nd Street- worst script in the history of musical theater- still love it
Mack and Mabel- phenomenal score, horrific book
Phantom of the Opera- only because it was one of the first shows I ever saw. Other than that I think ALW is complete trash
Aida- sorry- also a horrible book, but I love most of the score.
Updated On: 11/11/03 at 07:21 PM
#28re: Guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:26pm
I loved RAGS too. I saw the production at the Bridewell Theatre in London in 2001, which was stunning.
Also loved
JEKYLL & HYDE
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
I play the CD of THE LIFE all the time - and I was privileged to hear Pamela Isaacs sing live with Cy Coleman at a concert in the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre in October 2002. I chatted to her afterwards and she is not only a wonderful singer but also a lovely person.
THEATRE 2020: CURTAINS**** LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS***** WICKED***** KEITH RAMSAY TAKING NOTES WITH EDWARD SECKERSON***** KAYLEIGH MCKNIGHT CONCERT***** RAGS***** ON MCQUILLAN'S HILL** DEAR EVAN HANSEN***** THE JURY***
#29re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:27pm
I don't think that Phantom of the Opera is anywhere near the category of a "Guilty Pleasure" show. It has the largest fan base of any musical in musical theatre history, and was an instant hit with critics! I agree with you about 42nd Street, it's book isn't very engaging, but how could you not love it, hahaha?!?!?
Later!
Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
bestofbroadway
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#30re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:43pmMamma Mia also has a large fan base- it still is a horrible musical. I take guilty pleasure to mean a show that you wouldn't admit to someone that you like even if you do. It's hard for me to admit that I like an Andrew Llyod Webber musical when I find most of his work trite and as everyone knows stolen. For that reason it is MY guilty pleasure.
newyorkuniq
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/03
#31re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/11/03 at 7:49pm42nd Street is cheesy and I love it!!!!!! I have seen it 3 times so far:P
Theatreboy33
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#32re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/11/03 at 8:12pmDance of the Vampires all the way! I loved it. Also, depending on its future, Id add Taboo to my list.
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 8:41pm
Oh O.K. "bestofbroadway"....I understand your reasoning now, thanks for clearing that up!!!
See Ya Later!
Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
#34re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty
Posted: 11/11/03 at 10:14pm
Hmm...Footloose...I was in love with that show! still am...but never admitted it til now....
Aida...but I SCREAM to everyone about that...so thats not a guilty pleasure...i think thats it...footloose
"Hold up your head. Never be afraid to shine. Viva la difference in my body and my mind. All out with loneliness Such a waste of time. Come in from the outside" ~ Taboo
BillFinn
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/03
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 10:48pm
Phantom of the Opera. It was my first show ever. I just fell in love with the music and costumes and scenery.
Yes I was blind then what good theater is. So sue me.
Bill Finn rocks. Woot.
A_Boy_From_Oz
Stand-by Joined: 11/11/03
#36re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty
Posted: 11/11/03 at 10:54pmGrease and Mamma Mia-they're both fun, energetic and makes the audience leave the theater singing, but in no way are they "masterpieces."
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:15pmI don't think anything should feel guilty for loving a certain show. ANYTHING could be a guilty pleasure - because no one likes the same thing. It just doesn't make any sense to me at all. People like what they like.
There's a light in the darkness of everybody's life.
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Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:19pmAIDA is just a pleasure!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
robyn525600
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/03
#39re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/12/03 at 1:55pmMETRO -and the best part is I have an unavailable cast recording of it so I can listen to it forever! : )
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."
#40re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/12/03 at 2:18pmJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
sheekala
Broadway Star Joined: 7/3/03
#41re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: guilty pleasure shows?
Posted: 11/12/03 at 2:36pmYour icon is my current "guilty pleasure" SOMMS, I always feel guilty about twenty minutes after I gaze at it:)! And I watched a video of DOTV the other night with some friends, we all agreed, worse that we remember but we wish it was still running! And STARMITES and CARRIE are my two, so bad I love'em pleasures of the 80's...
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's
Liable to walk upon the scene
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Posted: 11/12/03 at 3:25pm
1. CARRIE
2. ONWARD VICTORIA (a great idea, some very good ideas in the first three numbers, and then a total meltdown by the songwriters
3. BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC
4. MUTINY!
5. GONE WITH THE WIND
6. LOLITA, MY LOVE
7. DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER
8. MAYOR
