Shows You Regret Seeing

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:11pm

I regret seeing Good Vibrations and sometimes I regret seeing RENT, because I do not see what the big deal is.

[wackjack132]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:15pm

Wicked.

Not in London often and knew I wouldn't like it...but a friend wanted to check it out.

I'll always wonder what I missed when I decided to opt out of History Boys for a green girl flying up in the air for the only moment of the show that kept my attention.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:16pm

Dr. Doolittle.

[Weez]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:17pm

Yikes, poor you. I actually really like 'Wicked', but I definitely preferred 'History Boys'. XD

Part of me a little bit regrets seeing 'Spelling Bee' twice and 'Beauty And The Beast' at all when I visited in March. But the rest of me realises that 'Spelling Bee' was awesome enough to see twice, I'd never again get the chance to see 'Beauty And The Beast' on Broadway, and I'd rather regret the things I did than the things I didn't do, so I think I'll survive. :3

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:17pm

I saw History Boys, and I wasn't very interested. Of course, I was thinking this was going to be a comedy, so I wasn't too happy. But really, now that I look back, it was really good. I just wish I had known that it wasn't going to be a comedy.

[Julian2]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:20pm

Mary Poppins.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:25pm

Movin' Out. Words can't express how bored I was.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:25pm

The Producers.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:27pm

I'm in the same boat as Weez. I didn't really want to see Beauty & the Beast when I was in New York last month and was disappointed by a lot of the show, but I didn't want to regret not seeing it after it was gone.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:27pm

Drowsy and Mamma Mia

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:29pm

The current revival of Les Miz.

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:29pm

Oh, I forgot Movin' Out! I regretted Brooklyn as well. Les Miz was not a favorite of mine.

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:29pm

"The Producers." So overrated.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:31pm

-Stuff Happens
-Mary Poppins
-Les Miserables (the current revival)

[My Strongest Suit]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:31pm

Phantom of the Opera in NYC. i don't know what i was thinking.

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:35pm

Let's see...
I walked out of the revival of the Crucible with Liam Neeson quite a few years back (it wasn't him, believe me-I loved him and seeing him take off his shirt was the highlight for me. It was so awful, though, I couldn't stay.)
Seeing SA more than twice was a bad move (should've figured that if didn't like it much after that it wasn't worth it.)
Movin' Out on tour-yuck! (fell asleep with eyes open)
Evita on tour-the Eva had just gotten off playing Belle in BATB and it was like having Belle sing Eva's role. Ugh.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:37pm

I don't regret seeing anything. I don't understand how anyone interested in learning about the art form COULD regret seeing anything. It's idiotic.

I DO regret wasting money on the likes of TARZAN, GOOD VIBRATIONS, BROOKLYN, RING OF FIRE, etc. - but I never regret seeing the show.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:39pm

i think the only show i really ever regret was the recent revival of THE FANTASTICKS. all the other stuff i could justify because i'd either never seen it before or i felt like the flop status of it would be legendary.

THE FANTASTICKS recent revival was just sickening bad.
Updated On: 4/15/07 at 08:39 PM

[glimpseofstocking]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:40pm

I agree with munkustrap178. There are shows I didn't care for, but I don't regret seeing them. Spending money on them is a differenty story

[sally1112]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:40pm

I agree with above.

I never regret seeing a bad show, because it is still a learning experience. One learns what not to do, or it helps to redefine my own taste. But I often regret money spent.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:42pm

I'll never regret seeing any show. A show is a chance to see art, good or bad. It is like saying you wished you hadn't spent money to go to a museum because you didn't like some of the art that was in there. I know it might be a stretch, but still any exposure at seeing something new should be welcomed.

I've seen shows that I put down all the time, but if I had a chance to go back and not see them, I would still go.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:43pm

Similar story to wackjack's, although I have no "friend" as an excuse.

Erm...I regret seeing Rent twice in four days this past July. I just don't know why I did it. I love the show, I love going to the Nederlander and doing lotto at the last minute, and I did see some pretty good and very different sets of performers in those two performances. BUT--also on my list of shows to try and see on the second day I ended up seeing Rent? The History Boys. To be fair (to myself), I wasn't terribly interested in The History Boys at the time except that I'd read some great reviews, and when I stepped into that theater district air that day something pulled me back to Rent before I even tried my luck with SRO at the Broadhurst. And I never got around to trying again.

Then when I saw the film version of The History Boys in December, I kicked myself. Hard. I loved the writing and the performances so much that I was haunted by how oh-so-close I came to seeing it all live. The fact that I merely saw Rent, after having just seen it four days before, made it that much worse (I even vowed never to see it again...a vow I broke on St. Patrick's Day at the last minute--I swear!--when I had nothing better to do after the parade with a friend--I swear!--who liked the movie). Oh well. I'll have the History Boys DVD soon enough.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:45pm

I'm with Munk. I may regret spending money to see a lot of shows, but I'll never regret seeing them.

You learn just as much from seeing bad shows as you do good ones.

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:46pm

Isn't the "money factor" somewhat implicit in the question? I doubt there would be as many responses if shows were free.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 4/15/07 at 8:49pm

Ya I never regret seeing a show....I jsut regret it wasnt good haha. Having seen theatre is just great and makes you more cultured and you can always slip refrences into convos you are having and all.