Shows that you don't get
Shows that you don't get
#1Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:20pm
I don't know if this has been posted but...
What are some shows that others love but you just don't get why people think its so great?
EDIT: As in they have a lot of reconition and you don't understand why
Updated On: 6/19/09 at 01:20 PM
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#2re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:24pm
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miz
Wicked
All have their merits, but I found them either overrated or just plain tedious.
rentheadca
Stand-by Joined: 10/20/08
Acaila
Featured Actor Joined: 8/28/08
#3re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:32pmRent, never understood what people see in it.
#4re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:34pm
CATS
Kiss of the Spider Woman-without a star as the Aurora, the show is a dud IMO.
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"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#5re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:36pm
The Producers
[title of show]
Xanadu
Legally Blonde
Jersey Boys
(I just don't understand the appeal of these shows.)
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#6re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:39pm
The Producers
Spring Awakening
Annie Get Your Gun
Side Show
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 1:40pm
RENT
Phantom
Curtains
Joseph and the blah blah blah
[tos] (I liked it, but didn't think it was any big deal.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#9re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:23pm
Grand Hotel
Will Roger's Follies
hated them both.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#10re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:28pm
"Rent, never understood what people see in it."
Rent resembles Hair in that you really had to be there at the beginning to get into it. It was the experience more than it was the show. Anyone who saw it a year after it opened on Broadway really didn't get the full experience.
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GoodbyeLoveRENT
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DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#12re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:31pmNext to Normal.
Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!
Updated On: 6/19/09 at 02:31 PM
#13re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:31pmRagtime
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#14re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:40pm
Gotham---huh? I saw the original cast. Hated it.
And how could it possibly lasted for 12 years if ONLY the first year folks "got it"? That doesn't make sense to me. My HS students which CERTAINLY didn't see it in it's first year are certainly "into it" and have been for years....and that's no different than your average HS theater kid.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#16re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:47pm
Billy Elliot
Jersey Boys
The Lion King
Spring Awakening
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott
#17re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:47pmThe Light in the Piazza
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#20re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 2:55pmI love the movie, but I just don't like Grease on broadway. It was just, bleh.
#22re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:12pm
Spring Awakening
The Light in the Piazza
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#23re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:16pm
Avenue Q
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Grease
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#24re: Shows that you don't get
Posted: 6/19/09 at 3:18pm
Rent
Spring Awakening
Billy Elliot
Ragtime
and Frank Wildhorn/Hampton/Black's DRACULA, the musical. Like the music/songs, but vaguely remember being confused about the specifics of the story/wasn't a good telling of the story!
