[idTAPthat89]

Just curious What is everyone's least favorite musical and why?
PS I'm sorry if there is already a thread for this.

[Salome]

my top most hated musicals..that actually saw professional productions...


Children of Eden
Aida
Jeykll and Hyde



all have poor lyrics, underdeveloped characters, weak score and as far as j&h and C of E, poor direction and blocking in the broadway and papermill productions respectively.

[Aloysius]

Almost anything by Rodgers and Hammerstein, for besmerching the name of musical theatre with their saccharine tripe

Grease - Cheesy as hell

Blood Brothers - Actually so bad it's good, just listen to those lyrics

[LadyOfTheLake]

Bombay Dreams. No explaination necessary.

[RainbowJude]

Not great shows, which may be "least favourites" but worst musical ever? Not one of them qualifies as the very worst ever.

Of course, the original post was ambiguous...

Later days
David

[Salome]

[bwayobsessed]

[Mungojerrie_rt]

King and I and Sound of Music = *Yawn*

Grease is so increadably annoying, as is most Disney ones.

[ilovebway]

[Pannic]

[Sweeney Hyde]

[Theaterfan101]

Not that I've seen it, but many of my friends have told me that this title belongs to "Mask" based on the movie. [/i]

[Salome]

[Mungojerrie_rt]

[The Guard]

The revival/TV version of IT'S A BIRD, IT"S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN.

It's just bad. My alma mater almost did it this year instead of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS, and I came this close to auditioning for it, just because it's one of the most ridiculous things you could ever be in.

I'm not a big fan of THE BOY FROM OZ either. Decent music, I just think it's somewhat overrated.

[Salome]

Superman is a fun fucn show!! what didnt you like about it??rrbtw..there never was a revival. i heard it was doen for t.v. who were the stars??

[Monsieur D'Arque]

The revival was one of those Encores! type shows. Cheyenne Murphy was Superman, I think.

[Salome]

who played max?

[Anno_Domini]

The Worst Musical Ever?.......:

HIGH

SCHOOL

FREAKIN'

MUSICAL!!!!!

(sequels including)

[Theaterfan101]

^ no we are talking about musicals, not t.v. movies

[Anno_Domini]

^ Yes, actually. Though it began its life as a TV movie, the rights to it have since been released to community and school theatres nation-wide. A community theatre in my own town is putting it on this June, as a matter of fact.

In fact, I thought it was pretty well-known by now that the stage version was being produced for Broadway.

And besides, who says that films such as Moulin Rouge and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut need to be performed on stage in order to be called musicals?

[lonewriter]

[lonewriter]

[Kiwi]

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I'm sorry, it's just so ridiculous.

[Mungojerrie_rt]

Oklahoma. *Shudder*

The music makes me ill.

[idTAPthat89]

Cats. yuck.
(Sorry to the above post...haha...looks like you're a fan! )

[Salome]

[nabla]

I've never been a big fan of Rent, i wouldn't say it was the best musical ever, when Shrek the musical comes out i may have something real to post about/

[The Guard]

SUPERMAN: THE MUSICAL was on Broadway, and was revived later in the seventies for a TV version (actually, I think there might be two TV versions).

It's just way too campy and ridiculous, and doesn't feature hardly any of the beloved elements of the Superman mythology. And the storyline just plain sucks. There are little bits and pieces here and there that it gets absolutely right, like Lois and her foil's interaction with Clark, but for the most part, it's just awful. Especially given the fact that Hal Prince was involved, the music is just substandard in my opinion.

[Salome]

Jack Cassidy's songs were great though.

[windscreen]

Bombay Dreams makes me want to kill people, like the entire cast, producers, writers etc....Grease is embarrasing, and Oklahoma..where's the freakin story?

[mizzie]

BROOKLYN.

I genuinely believe it is one of the worst shows ever written (that's been on Broadway), it's only redeeming factor being Once Upon A Time, and ONLY because of Eden's amazing belting.

[shakalakababy]

Loving the bombay dreams hate, lol. It's okay, my screen name is from it but i'm not really a fan. I just like that one song.

And i'm sorry but i can't for the life of me understand why someone wouldn't like Oklahoma. I think it's fantastic.

Honestly there really aren't that many shows I dislike, I can find at least something I like about almost any show.

The only shows I really don't like are Mamma Mia!, Joseph, and well High School Musical I guess. I think the latter may be able to qualify for worst musical ever.

[ilovebway]

[lost in the darkness 101]

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
BECAUSE OF THE MOVIE ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL MUSICAL THEATER IS "GAY"

I HATE THAT MOVIE WITH A PASSION

[Mungojerrie_rt]

[Salome]

a) its not cheesey. its real

b) it wasnt written a propaganda it was based on green grow the lilacs

c) cats is probably the cheesiest musical out there.

d) without r&h you wouldnt have the modern musical theatre.

[MunkustrapQC]

The Wiz

It's the only musical I heard the music and really was like : Ok.....?

[Pounce]

[Pannic]

[Mungojerrie_rt]

I didn't like King and I either. I do think the cast is very talented, but again, it's a matter of the music and individual tastes. If you don't like the music, you won't like the musical. (Rather obvious)