My Unpopular Ratings/Rankings Are Back!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/19/22 at 12:41am

I always like to rank the shows I see, and I was lucky enough to have seen a few these past months, feel free to express your agreement or disagreement, always respectfully!

***** Excellent

**** Very Good

*** Good

** Fair

* Bad

-A Strange Loop *****

-Aladdin **

-Chicago ****

-Come From Away **

-Company ***

-Funny Girl *

-Girl From The North County **

-Hamilton *

-Moulin Rouge *

-Paradise Square *****

-Potus*

-The Book of Mormon *

-The Lion King *

-The Music Man *****

-The Phantom of the Opera ***

-Wicked ***

Special mention to some recent shows I adored that already have closed:

-Diana *****

-The Visitor ****

-Trevor *****

-Fairy Cakes ***

 

 

 

 

 

Updated On: 6/19/22 at 12:41 AM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 12:18am

-Beetlejuice *****

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 12:28am

Curious why you didn't like Moulin Rouge since you (and I) love a big budget musical. 

But glad you liked A Strange Loop and Paradise Square. 

[Lot666]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 7:57am

RippedMan said: "Curious why you didn't like Moulin Rouge since you (and I) love a big budget musical."

I love a big budget musical as well, but I didn't like Moulin Rouge either. I know this show has legions of fans and I mean them no disrespect, but my husband and I thought it seemed like a whole lot of visual hype for nothing. We were uninvested in the characters and the story, and the sourcing of disparate songs from all over the place made it feel disjointed and the very definition of a bad jukebox musical (i.e., as if the show exists only to force the unrelated pop songs into the same space). Moulin Rouge was one of the few shows we've seen that we completely regretted afterwards and for which we would very much like to have gotten our time and money back. 

Updated On: 6/30/22 at 07:57 AM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 1:22pm

Lot666 said: "RippedMan said: "Curious why you didn't like Moulin Rouge since you (and I) love a big budget musical."

I love a big budget musical as well, but I didn't like Moulin Rouge either. I know this show has legions of fans and I mean them no disrespect, but my husband and I thought it seemed like a whole lot of visual hype for nothing. We were uninvested in the characters and the story, and the sourcing of disparate songs from all over the place made it feel disjointed and the very definition of a bad jukebox musical (i.e., as if the show exists only to force the unrelated pop songs into the same space). Moulin Rouge was one of the few shows we've seen that we completely regretted afterwards and for which we would very much like to have gotten our time and money back."

 

OMG Lot666, exactly how I felt, I wasn't engaged, it was all over the place, Britney, Beyonce are great choices for a bar mitzvah, but not for a Broadway show in my opinion. Beetlejuice was much more clever, including only 1 popular song in an original fabulous score. Moulin was not well done in my point of view, and it had a lot of potential to be great. I also regretted the time and money I wasted on Moulin Rouge. But oh well, theater is always an investment they say!

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 1:32pm

Lolz. You rated Hamilton one star? I guess you hate history and talent. And nice ties. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 1:58pm

muscle23ftl said: "Lot666 said: "RippedMan said: "Curious why you didn't like Moulin Rouge since you (and I) love a big budget musical."

I love a big budget musical as well, but I didn't like Moulin Rouge either. I know this show has legions of fans and I mean them no disrespect, but my husband and I thought it seemed like a whole lot of visual hype for nothing. We were uninvested in the characters and the story, and the sourcing of disparate songs from all over the place made it feel disjointed and the very definition of a bad jukebox musical (i.e., as if the show exists only to force the unrelated pop songs into the same space). Moulin Rouge was one of the few shows we've seen that we completely regretted afterwards and for which we would very much like to have gotten our time and money back."



OMG Lot666, exactly how I felt, I wasn't engaged, it was all over the place, Britney, Beyonce are great choices for a bar mitzvah, but not for a Broadway show in my opinion. Beetlejuice was much more clever, including only 1 popular song in an original fabulous score. Moulin was not well done in my point of view, and it had a lot of potential to be great. I also regretted the time and money I wasted on Moulin Rouge. But oh well, theater is always an investment they say!

You're going to really hate "& Juliet" then. But I can agree with all you and Lot said. I wasn't too impressed with the performances and thought Tveit gave one of the worst acting performances, especially the last scene - but vocally he was great. 

But what I love about Timbers is he really creates an experience. Same with Beetlejuice.

 

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 2:37pm

Who is Timbers?

 

I actually saw &Juliet in the West End...I really wanted to see Cinderella, but it was closed because someone in the cast had COVID, then I went to try to see Six, but they had the same issue (it was only like $20 in the UK, which seems like the right price to see only 6 people on stage with the same costume and only 4 musicians) -I still haven't seen Six, only the Tony Awards performance which was underwhelming to me. Anyway, going back to the topic, &Juliet is just another jukebox musical, but a fun time, just not my type of show since I don't like jukebox musicals, when I went I had no idea it was a jukebox musical. It was cute, fun, and I love the song Domino by Jessie J, so that was my favorite part, but forgettable musical, I wasn't fully engaged. Very bubble gum-ish, just like the Max Martin songs.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/30/22 at 2:50pm

Alex Timbers. The director of Moulin Rouge and Beetlejuice. 

[Lot666]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 7:58am

RippedMan said: "I wasn't too impressed with the performances and thought Tveit gave one of the worst acting performances, especially the last scene - but vocally he was great."

I thought the best performance/scene in the whole show was "The Green Fairy* (Chandelier) with Danny Burstein.

[dadaguza]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 5:24pm

Aaron Tveit's El Tango De Roxanne was sick too. Hands down my favorite part of the show.

I second Sutton's emotion about one star for Hamilton. I saw it for the first time last month (and with an understudy on for Hamilton) and was like, 'how was I sitting on seeing this one for years?' Probably because I could see 5 shows for the price of 1 back then. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 5:26pm

muscle23ftl said: "I always like to rank the shows I see, and I was lucky enough to have seen a few these past months, feel free to express your agreement or disagreement, always respectfully!

***** Excellent

**** Very Good
 


*** Good

** Fair

* Bad

-A Strange Loop *****

-Aladdin **

-Chicago ****

-Come From Away **

-Company ***

-Funny Girl *

-Girl From The North County **

-Hamilton *

-Moulin Rouge *

-Paradise Square *****

-Potus*

-The Book of Mormon *

-The Lion King *

-The Music Man *****

-The Phantom of the Opera ***

-Wicked ***

Special mention to some recent shows I adored that already have closed:

-Diana *****

-The Visitor ****

-Trevor *****

-Fairy Cakes ***






Not only are your ratings unpopular but you are as well. But, yet and still you’re good for a laugh or two until something better comes along. 

Thanks for the laughs. 

Your taste in theater is beyond hilarious 



 

Updated On: 7/1/22 at 05:26 PM

[ShowBro]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 5:54pm

muscle23ftl said: "Lot666 said: "RippedMan said: "Curious why you didn't like Moulin Rouge since you (and I) love a big budget musical."

I love a big budget musical as well, but I didn't like Moulin Rouge either. I know this show has legions of fans and I mean them no disrespect, but my husband and I thought it seemed like a whole lot of visual hype for nothing. We were uninvested in the characters and the story, and the sourcing of disparate songs from all over the place made it feel disjointed and the very definition of a bad jukebox musical (i.e., as if the show exists only to force the unrelated pop songs into the same space). Moulin Rouge was one of the few shows we've seen that we completely regretted afterwards and for which we would very much like to have gotten our time and money back."



OMG Lot666, exactly how I felt, I wasn't engaged, it was all over the place, Britney, Beyonce are great choices for a bar mitzvah, but not for a Broadway show in my opinion. Beetlejuice was much more clever, including only 1 popular song in an original fabulous score. Moulin was not well done in my point of view, and it had a lot of potential to be great. I also regretted the time and money I wasted on Moulin Rouge. But oh well, theater is always an investment they say!

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….All of this, plus what really threw me was the audience’s reaction. I was surrounded by boomers slapping their knees giving “Oh my gosh, I just can’t believe they put another song into this number!! How crazy!!” And then the singing along…. It was truly a night of cringe. Moulin Rouge is not even risque or artful for Vegas, although I do feel that is where is ultimately belongs.