The first version of Spider-Man was one of the most perplexing things I've ever seen, particularly the second act. Leap of Faith and Ghost were also pretty terrible.
I like the music to The Cape Man. Even had the chance to talk to Paul Simon briefly about it. Never saw the show however. I have heard it failed because Simon just wouldn't let go and trust.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
I never bothered to return for the second act of Urban Cowboy.
Off Broadway, Frankie, the Frankenstein Musical directed by George Abbott in the late 80s.
Broadway, easily Aint Broadway Grand.
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Of musicals I have personally seen, I would have to say Chu Chem. Would love to see more postings from others. We saw Foot Loose pre-Broadway at Kennedy center and that surely rises also to the top of my worst list.
Re Cats. My personal barometer was that it was agonizing to sit through. One great song, sung at the end of both acts, does nothing to block out the other two plus hours of total boredom, only made worse by 'cats' rubbing up against you, admittedly the way real cats do, even before the show began.
Totally bored and annoyed translates into a worst musical to me. I acknowledge that a lot of folks must have loved it, but I assume that most of them did not get out much and they went because it was the IT show for a long time.
I agree with you on Scandalous, I saw it in Seattle during previews when it was called "Saving Aimee" it was boring, boring boring, though Carolee Carmello sure gave it her all, I feel bad for Kathy Lee Gifford, because this was her baby for years, and she was at every single performance, and she seemed sweet when I shook her hand. Luckily, the tickets were free. I didn't know why until I got to the theater and was told that there was a rumor that her investors were there, so I assume they wanted the show to seem like it was selling out.
I haven't read all the posts in this thread so I apologize if it's been brought up, but did any one here see the Doug Henning musical Merlin? I've only seen the two clips on youtube (tony performance and Chita w/ dancing cape) but I couldn't imagine it being anything but rotten. Especially since Henning couldn't sing a note and just waved his hands about while screaming "DON'T YOU LOVE A SURPRISE?!" at the audience. All while performing goofy magic tricks that added absolutely nothing.
I saw the tour and I didn't think so. It has its issues (the chorus numbers and choreography were ridiculous), but it was entertaining and there were some wonderful visual effects.
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I haven't seen too many shows live, because I live in Narnia, but I had a chance to see We Will Rock You before it closed in London and I really didn't like it. I was there with my school class and it was painful to hear my classmates, who've never seen a musical ever, talk about it as if it was the best thing ever. I also didn't like Cats too much. I got to see it in Frankfurt last year, but it was better than We Will Rock You.
Hex3, MERLIN was not an unwatchable "worst-ever" show. There was a touching Unicorn dancer character that passed away in the story & I remember being really moved by that. There was also a terrific song called SOMETHING MORE. Chita didn't seem happy. The show I saw she had a disappearance that didn't go all that well & she could be heard cussing about it on her wireless. It seemed like every show that played the Mark Hellinger during this period just went down the drain - so maybe the move to being a church was best? It is a beautiful grand space though.