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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 16:40:17 GMT
Jersey Boys
Thriller
Stomp
Aladdin (although i do enjoy it on a friday night)
Charlie and the choc
Miss Saigon
Hamilton
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Post by mallardo on Aug 3, 2016 16:46:38 GMT
If you haven't seen a show then you don't know if it works or not. I don't understand people deliberately foreclosing their options based on no experience - and being proud of it!
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 3, 2016 16:47:56 GMT
...because the very thought of them leaves you cold? I'll begin: HAMILTON!  Groundhog Day The Wedding Singer Cinderella panto The Go Between Lazarus Anything featuring Kerry Ellis dont try and persuade me, it ain't happening! I agree with BurlyBeaR- anything with Kerry Ellis |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2016 16:57:23 GMT
If you haven't seen a show then you don't know if it works or not. I don't understand people deliberately foreclosing their options based on no experience - and being proud of it! Its not a question of it working. It's about whether you find it of any interest or not. You MUST have a filter surely? Otherwise that's like saying you like film and are happy to watch absolutely anything in the genre. |
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Post by clair on Aug 3, 2016 17:01:15 GMT
If you haven't seen a show then you don't know if it works or not. I don't understand people deliberately foreclosing their options based on no experience - and being proud of it! I find it easier to do this with musicals than plays - if I don't like the music then not much point going! Plus I loathe Disney, panto and kids singing so I know in advance that they would not form a good night out for me. With ticket prices as they are I have to be rather more picky than I used to be and would rather see something brand new without preconceptions than any of the things previously mentioned. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 17:01:43 GMT
Phantom will forever be the musical I will never get around to watching. Phantom is the show I always mean to watch but then new things come out and I keep putting it off! |
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Post by mallardo on Aug 3, 2016 17:10:11 GMT
If you haven't seen a show then you don't know if it works or not. I don't understand people deliberately foreclosing their options based on no experience - and being proud of it! Its not a question of it working. It's about whether you find it of any interest or not. You MUST have a filter surely? Otherwise that's like saying you like film and are happy to watch absolutely anything in the genre.
Obviously, I'm more interested in some things than others - but I would never say never, especially to a musical.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 17:39:55 GMT
Wicked
phantom
les mis
thriller
American idiot
none of these have ever really applied to me personally
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2016 18:03:54 GMT
Its not a question of it working. It's about whether you find it of any interest or not. You MUST have a filter surely? Otherwise that's like saying you like film and are happy to watch absolutely anything in the genre.
Obviously, I'm more interested in some things than others - but I would never say never, especially to a musical.
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Post by viserys on Aug 3, 2016 18:43:32 GMT
I used to be in the camp of "I'll give everything a chance because you never know how it works live on stage" - but more recently I've shifted into the "Life's too short" camp. What I basically avoid are most jukebox musicals, especially when it's stuff like Motown, Beautiful and Thriller Live that just seems to cobble some hits together and doesn't even bother with a new fresh plot like Mamma mia did.
I don't think I'll ever bother with something by Boublil/Schoenberg again (except Les Mis), whether revivals or if new stuff ever happens. I've also taken an intense dislike to "Pierre, Natasha and the great rubbish" which might be unfair as I haven't seen it live, but it strikes me as taking the worst bits of War and Peace and turning it into some pop music teen soap opera. I had toyed with the idea of somehow going to see it to see Josh Groban in his Broadway debut, but couldn't bring myself to even finish the cast recording.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 18:48:20 GMT
I've also taken an intense dislike to "Pierre, Natasha and the great rubbish" which might be unfair as I haven't seen it live, but it strikes me as taking the worst bits of War and Peace and turning it into some pop music teen soap opera. I had toyed with the idea of somehow going to see it to see Josh Groban in his Broadway debut, but couldn't bring myself to even finish the cast recording. The cast recording for Natasha Pierre is a strange one. A good portion of it is almost unlistenable but then there's songs like 'No One Else' and 'Sonya Alone' that are some of the most gorgeous I've ever heard from a musical. I've only heard/read good things from those that have seen it as well so I assume it's one of those shows where the music works much better in context. I absolutely cannot abide 'The Private and Intimate Life of the House' in any context though. |
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Post by viserys on Aug 3, 2016 18:55:23 GMT
Interesting. I'm a big enough Josh Groban fan to buy the new cast recording (I'm pretty certain there will be one!) when it comes out. And I'd maybe give it a chance if/when it turns up in London. But I really couldn't justify the some-hundred-dollars extra costs for a detour through NYC on a big trip next spring (going through Houston instead). Maybe it also depends on how much you know of War and Peace in general? I had just seen the great new BBC adaptation that really impressed and moved me and found the episode that's basically the plot of Natasha Pierre by far the weakest. And to reduce this epic piece of world literature to that just felt wrong to me. But who knows. I think Groban and/or his agent must have had a good reason for him to pick this show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 18:59:57 GMT
Yes I don't blame you for not wanting to pay the Broadway prices. Not sure if you've seen how much they are but I think they're relying way too much on Groban fans being willing to pay when they can see him in concert for less. I think it's a well-respected show on the New York theatre scene so you're probably right about Groban choosing it for a reason. However, commercially appealing it is not, so we'll have to wait and see if he can sell it.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 19:00:34 GMT
anything by jerry Herman, except Mack and Mabel.
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Post by mallardo on Aug 3, 2016 19:07:02 GMT
I used to be in the camp of "I'll give everything a chance because you never know how it works live on stage" - but more recently I've shifted into the "Life's too short" camp. What I basically avoid are most jukebox musicals, especially when it's stuff like Motown, Beautiful and Thriller Live that just seems to cobble some hits together and doesn't even bother with a new fresh plot like Mamma mia did.
But you lump together three shows that have no relationship to each other apart from their genre and decide not to see any of them. Beautiful is an excellent show - no matter the genre - and you're depriving yourself of a terrific experience at the theatre by prejudging it.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 19:22:12 GMT
and usually, anything (over) produced at the Manchester International Festival - wonder.land anyone. Doctor Dee?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 19:23:16 GMT
Eh, I'm with viserys. I wont see jukebox musicals either. Just like I wont see horror films or try listening to heavy metal. To me, perhaps the main reason I enjoy musicals is because of the way story and plot is told through song. That's why I vastly prefer musicals to plays and why I listen to showtunes more than I listen to any other type of music. I mean if someone offered me a free ticket to Beautiful I'd go, but I'm not paying to see one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 19:24:18 GMT
Never watched Jersey Boys. Never had the desire to see it either. I doubt I ever will or if I do, it will be because it is closing, which I wouldn't be surprised will happen in the next couple of years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 19:26:03 GMT
Agree with Hamilton, no interest at all to see it - never fancied it. Don't have any interest in Stomp, Thriller, Curious Incident or Finding Neverland either I feel you on Stomp, Thriller was fun (though I was a tad tipsy haha), Curious is stunning and I would totally return to 10x over! and I have been waiting desperately on Finding Neverland hahaha.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 19:31:31 GMT
Book of Mormon - I don't see the appeal (and I hated South Park when it was on)
Kinky Boots - again, doesn't appeal
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - also doesn't appeal
Jersey Boys - family and friends put me off it after saying it was rubbish!
Billy Elliot - I never got around to seeing it before it closed
Stomp - self-explanatory
Thriller - ditto
Motown - ditto again
I haven't yet seen The Bodyguard but do plan on getting around to it during its current run.
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Post by alece10 on Aug 3, 2016 19:31:42 GMT
Lion King
Mamma Mia
Billy Elliott
The Mousetrap
Or any of the jukebox musicals
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Post by viserys on Aug 3, 2016 19:39:18 GMT
Eh, I'm with viserys. I wont see jukebox musicals either. Just like I wont see horror films or try listening to heavy metal. To me, perhaps the main reason I enjoy musicals is because of the way story and plot is told through song. That's why I vastly prefer musicals to plays and why I listen to showtunes more than I listen to any other type of music. I mean if someone offered me a free ticket to Beautiful I'd go, but I'm not paying to see one. Thanks. You basically wrote what I would have written as well. Additionally, when it comes to Beautiful, they don't do cheap day seats (which might entice me to give it a go) and someone whose opinion I value didn't like it at all. |
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Post by CBP1 on Aug 3, 2016 19:40:41 GMT
Additionally, when it comes to Beautiful, they don't do cheap day seats (which might entice me to give it a go) and someone whose opinion I value didn't like it at all. The box office will do you a cheap seat if you pop in and ask nicely though. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2016 20:03:08 GMT
and usually, anything (over) produced at the Manchester International Festival - wonder.land anyone. Doctor Dee? Manchester dwellers who favour black polo necks and man-bags are recoiling at this... |
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Post by viserys on Aug 3, 2016 20:06:13 GMT
Additionally, when it comes to Beautiful, they don't do cheap day seats (which might entice me to give it a go) and someone whose opinion I value didn't like it at all. The box office will do you a cheap seat if you pop in and ask nicely though. OK, thanks, I'll keep that in mind |
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