Do you dislike these on principal because they are very popular musicals and very over done, or do you judge them on their own merits? I have found that the longer a musical plays with no changes, it just becomes old and stale..... I'm not saying that these are great, by any means (although I do like Mss Saigon, shameless tearjerker that it is, it gets to me)
I'm judging them on their own merits. I saw Cats when I was in 8th grade and didn't like it then. I guess it also has to do with the fact that it has been around for so long and has gotten old. Miss Saigon was a let-down because I expected a lot more. I like stories of West meeting East, such as David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly." I also heard the soundtrack many years before seeing it, and thought it was beautiful. However, when I finally saw it in London I had serious nose-bleed seats and the actors they had that night weren't the regular actors and it just seemed off. I was disillusioned, perhaps. I still bought a costly program afterward, though. It was better in my head.
I actually have to admit that I haven't seen Miss Saigon, I have only heard the CD, which I really like. It may be that if I had seen it it would be better in my head, too
Do you dislike these on principal because they are very popular musicals and very over done, or do you judge them on their own merits? I have found that the longer a musical plays with no changes, it just becomes old and stale..... I'm not saying that these are great, by any means (although I do like Mss Saigon, shameless tearjerker that it is, it gets to me)
I'm judging them on their own merits. I saw Cats when I was in 8th grade and didn't like it then. I guess it also has to do with the fact that it has been around for so long and has gotten old. Miss Saigon was a let-down because I expected a lot more. I like stories of West meeting East, such as David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly." I also heard the soundtrack many years before seeing it, and thought it was beautiful. However, when I finally saw it in London I had serious nose-bleed seats and the actors they had that night weren't the regular actors and it just seemed off. I was disillusioned, perhaps. I still bought a costly program afterward, though. It was better in my head.
I actually have to admit that I haven't seen Miss Saigon, I have only heard the CD, which I really like. It may be that if I had seen it it would be better in my head, too