Show Dissapointment?
Show Dissapointment?
#0Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:12pmHas anyone ever been so excited about seeing a show, visualized it in your head, made up your mind that your going to love it..and then witnessed it live and it was a total flop.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#1re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:13pm
hmmmm....YES!
Which show are you talking about?
#2re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:17pm
Well, every show that I have heard the recording to first I am somewhat disspointed. I mean, for one it never has the original people and I have created the scenes in my head and when I see them on stage, I always go...."That isn't how it goes." 
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#3re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:21pmum this is gonna sound really bad, but that happened with wicked. like i totally love the show, but everyone makes sucha big hype about it that when you go and see it...it's not what you expected.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#4re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:22pmPOTO...saw it a long time ago and knew nothing about it....
#5re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:42pmI was extremely dissapointed in wicked. I had heard how great and "perfect" wicked was. And I thought it was cheesey, popish, and cute but far from perfect. It had amazing performances but as far from blown away by the show.
"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#6re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:51pmMILLIE and THE PRODUCERS - I couldn't have been more excited to see them. Once I was there, I couldn't wait to get the hell out of the theatre.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#7re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:09pm
Dance of The Vampires. When I saw the show, I had been a fan of Tanz Der Vampire for awhile already. So much had been changed, and I found Micheal Crawford's Von Krolock to be really disapointing. I still had fun, but I definately didn't get what I had hoped for.
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#8re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:13pmThat show would have run FAR longer (and probably swept the design categories at the Tony's) if it hadn't been for Michael Crawford's lack of talent and giant ego. I LOVED the show.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#9re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:16pmRENT!!!
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
andyf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#10re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:20pm
Definitely agree about The Producers.
Also, Hairspray and Little Shop.
Yeaaaaaah....
Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#11re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:29pm
Hairspray and the Producers?
Andy are you alright?
I loved Hairspray and The Producers.
Mine:
Jewtopia- (Offensive and stupid)
Modern Orthodox- The best cast and weak writing. Very disappointing as I love Craig Bierko. LOVE.
Updated On: 2/14/05 at 08:29 PM
#12re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:31pm
I said THE PRODUCERS as well - but I disagree with HAIRSPRAY.
I think THE PRODUCERS is just a big wad of crap. It's rarely funny and hardly inspiring.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#13re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:35pmWicked. I had memorized the cast recording when I saw it, so I was disappointed to have already known half the show. Also, I expected it to be an amazing spectacle. I liked it, but it wasn't amazing.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#14re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:37pm
Munk-
I saw the original cast with Gary Beach and Nathan and Matthew.
I laughed so hard tears were all over my face.
But i only went once.
Gary and Nathan made the show for me.
I love them both.
Gary is divine, so is good old reliable Nathan. 
#15re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:42pm
I saw the show with the original cast as well. Then Don Stephenson and Louis Stalden. Then lastly with Hunter Foster. I thought Hunter Foster was FANTASTIC. But the earlier casts were completely boring. Matthew Broderick was perhaps the most irritating person I have ever seen on stage - there is no need for a voice like that. Nathan Lane was the same as he's ever been in everything else. He was not acting on that stage - he was runninga round like a nut. That is not what I look for in brilliant acting/theatre performances. The fact that he won a tony award for that role is abominable. I think the music is terrible, the book is terrible, and the sets are terrible. Susan Stroman should stick to choreography and not try her hand with directing anymore. I really thought the entire production was a big ball of crappy cheap fluff. I don't see one good thing about it. Okay I lied - the choreography. I don't see two good things about it
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#17re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:54pm
Ok Munk,
But i loved it and I love Mel Brooks.
;-(
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#18re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:54pm
Ok Munk,
But i loved it and I love Mel Brooks.
;-(
#19re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:56pm
Passion.
I loved this show. Listened to it constantly...for years...
Then I saw it on PBS and found it to be dark, and slightly boring. But, I can appreciate it more now.
Phantom of the Opera was another...
When I saw it, I thought it was crap, and that was after listening to the score for a year.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#20re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:58pmI agree about Hairspray. I listened to all the hype and then went and hated it.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#21re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 9:00pmHAIRSPRAY for sure! to some extent CHICAGO (this stage version) and DEFINITLY - RENT!
#22re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 9:01pm
Thanks for reminding me!
The LA CAGE revival. Just absolute crap!
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#23re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 9:19pmEch Night Mother...front row and I fell asleep.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
#24re: Show Dissapointment?
Posted: 2/14/05 at 9:25pmPhantom of the opera. But then again it must have been the awful seats. I hate the mezz in that theater!! Its too high up for me.
