Tonight . . .

[lawnrrd]

. . . we were invited along (and given free tickets) to see a preview of the revival of Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway. We had a wonderful dinner at Trattoria dell'Arte first, then went to the show. The cast was brilliant, the production was amazing, and none of that could obscure the fact that the show is painfully stupid, unfunny, and simply annoying.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

This production of it or are you not a fan of Little Shop (or the musical genre) in general?

[lawnrrd]

I'm not a fan of Little Shop. Actually, I had never seen the show before, or even the movie, for that matter. And I feel kind of bad about hating it so much, because the whole thing was brilliantly executed in every way that I could see. It just didn't seem to have been worth executing in the first place.

While I haven't seen too many musicals, this is the first one I've ever seen that I haven't liked. I loved both Chicago and Cabaret, but those are very different musicals from Little Shop.

We're seeing Hairspray in a couple of weeks.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm. So what shows do you like?

[lawnrrd]

See the reply I just posted to rm's comment.