Ever Felt You're At a Different Show Than Everyone Else?

Fun Home
Company
Follies
42 street

I enjoyed some kf the oerformers, aprreciated the design/ certain characters/had a chance to see these famous shows live. But I didn’t emotionally connect with the story.
Despite being “simplier” and more in your face, Jamie and Kinky Boits made me cry and Fun Home didn’t. Despite being the only single girl in the company of couples, I couldn’t feel the same emotions as Bobbie (although could certainly relate to the things happening to her). Despite admiring Imelda, I couldn’t warm to her character. I found the 42 street the opposite of touching and moving, especially compared to The King and I.

Sometimes it is just wrong day for me, sometimes the show is not my cup of tea, and I’m more than fine with that. You have to have “liws” in your theatre emotions to value your “highs” more.

Tina and Motown for me

Ooooh how could I have forgotten Follies. Didn't get, still don't get the hype there, I was bored and am still dissapointed by it. The best part was I'm Still Here and that's on YouTube so I'm good.

Increasingly. But I am aware this is to do with age and experience of seeing some truly great stuff here and in New York. I also will not apologise for being a devotee of the "golden age" of both productions and performers. Nevertheless I keep trying but am inevitably disappointed but that's mainly due to lacklustre performers who seem to continue to work despite their (to me) obvious shortcomings (Ria Jones, Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and the like). I wholeheartedly agree with previous posters about HAMILTON, FUN HOME and of course COMPANY (aside from Ms LuPone naturally). I simply did not understand the "Rocky Horror" style reaction to MORMON either. That's one party I was not invited to!

Oh god I'd forgotten Lion King (I think I repressed the memory) for me it was 10 minutes of 'Oh great! you're a Lion!' and another 2 hours of 'Oh GREAT you're a Lion'

On the other hand some just get stuck, as with haircuts and clothes, so experience is a two edged sword and can hold people back. Take Company, for example. The original was ground breaking for its time, the Mendes revival was perfectly attuned to its time and the Elliot one now is stunningly recreated for now. None is ‘better’, just aimed differently.

One thing that I have changed on is spectacle. I used to think it mattered but now I can take it ir leave it.

Footloose and Book of Mormon for me.
I think I already documented this on the board but it still annoys me that some people thought the shoddy production values and general (though not all) lacklustre performances in Footloose were the best that live theatre has to offer.

Me too. But I generally find farce less funny then I'm apparently supposed to. 

And We will Rock You, but then I think it's not unusual to be underwhelmed by the story in that and it was just so loud (I know, sign of old age).

*whispers* I was bored to tears by Patti in Gypsy. I don't know if it's Gypsy I hated or her though. Both are obviously highly unpopular opinions. 

I did enjoy her in Company though. Mainly perhaps she was doing 'Patti LuPone does Patti LuPone crossed with Karen Walker' and that's a vibe I'm HERE for in life. 

For me it was Hamilton and Fun Home this year - in both cases, I agree that almost every aspect of these shows was brilliant and they both stand out as unique modern musicals that have developed the genre rather than fitting into the standard form. However, in neither case did I feel completely blown away emotionally. There were moments in both shows that were touching, but I clearly wasn't feeling the same emotional engagement as other audience members. I wouldn't say I was disappointed by either of them, but I clearly didn't have as strong a response to them as others.

I misread the above as 'Bat Jeeves' and wondered what the hell that was.