So I sat up and watched the Tony Awards last night, and afterwards the only musical I found myself wanting to see, amazingly enough, was
Rock of Ages, which is ridiculous since I hated, hated, hated this music the first time around. THIS, folks, is what "so bad it's good" looks like:
Next to Normal looked interesting, but I couldn't help feeling that this music sounded a lot like it was composed by Jim Steinman and that the husband should have been played by Meat Loaf:
I don't care if
ModFab says the show is actually good, I would still rather have root canal without anesthesia than sit through this again. Been there, done that, LAST time around:
And if you had any thoughts of seeing the current revival of
Guys and Dolls, even after reading
my review, save your money. Because the only 4 minutes of this show that are any good are right here:
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The first determination I make about a Broadway show is if it'd actually a drag review with a woman playing a lead part ideally conceived for a female impersonator (Mame, Hello Dolly).