Stage Musicals That You Found Unexpectedly Disappointing

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For me it was The Bodyguard & I was really surprised as I love the soundtrack & Whitney.. It was ok but I thought it would blow me away & it didn’t. Maybe some things just work.better on the big screen.

Chicago. It was terrible, we couldn't wait to leave.

I watched Grease many years ago when Ray Quinn was in it . It was great
Last year I ‘watched’ Grease in the West End and it was absolutely awful.
Everything was in the wrong order, the American accents were dire, the ‘ acting’ was school play standard . The actors who played Sandy and Danny had very little chemistry . To top it off Sandy was a brunette .
I left during the second half of the show and I wasn’t the only one
I wish I had read the reviews before watching the load of tripe as many of them were negative . Could have saved myself £300 ( two people)
The only good thing about the show was the choreography which is not a surprise as Arlene Phillips was the choreographer .
Always read the reviews before watching a show .

Every ALW musical except Joseph

War horse. Left in the interval was awful

Lion King wasn't anywhere near as good as expected, had to ask to move in the interval as it was unbearably cold under the aircon

Evita - very dull but may have just been the production I saw
Most recently Great Gatsby - completely soulless and superficial. Love the book and film versions - not suitable for musical at all.

The Addams Family. Saw it recently and even the cast looked bored. The songs were dreary, the choreography seemed to be with cast sitting about on stage not doing much and the storyline was so boring with nothing much happening.

i also didn’t like Dirty Dancing. I loved the film but Baby was whiny and the whole thing boring.

Blood brothers there doesnt seem to be one memorable song . Calamity Jane was waiting for secret love which was just skipped through once. Absolutely love Hamilton watched it twice .

Recently went to see Joseph, having seen it before I was really looking forward to taking DD. The narrator was so, so annoying it put me off the entire thing and I never want to see it again.

@Soozikinzii i was disappointed by Blood Brothers too after being told for years how amazing it was. I did hear a Barbara Dickson version of that Marilyn Monroe song though (think she did the show years ago) and it completely changed how it sounded it was amazing.
I also was baffled by Wicked I thought it was very poor.
Not a musical but 2:22 Ghost Story was pants.

Les Mis. I know so many found it amazing but I don’t think I’ve ever been so bored. It was bloody long too.

Starlight express, very disappointing
Dirty Dancing
Fame, utter rubbish

Wicked - endless screechy nonsense
Six - not a musical, just a 90 minute Spice Girls tribute act
Grease - like being trapped in a hen party in Wetherspoon's

(But I loved Hamilton and Matilda, and have seen them both 3 times).

Hamilton. Don’t get it. Thought it was awful.

Really didn’t enjoy Six, which DD disliked too, as it felt more like a bad concert than a musical.

I didn’t mind Wicked (I had to go) as it was a birthday thing for DD and she was too young to go just with her friends. It’s quite a spectacle.

I have been to see Cats twice and yet to see it uninterrupted! First time, my mother kept falling asleep and second time my friend had food poisoning and we had to leave at the interval.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on tour was truly awful.

Absolutely loved Dear Evan Hansen, the recent tour of South Pacific and Joseph - Sheridan Smith and Jason Donovan were both fab. Missed Hamilton as DH had to take DD as I was ill - he hates musicals but absolutely raved about it.

Oh no! Going to see Six next week 🙈

Most of them. There are too many - too many pushed out too quickly and with too little care then hyped to the max.
First I saw was Joseph. It was fantastic. Then Les Mis which was pretty good. Then it was all downhill.
Then Lion King, Wicked, Cats and Phantom. All shite.

ETA Miss Saigon also boring.

I agree. I was expecting to love it, because I liked the idea of playing around with Romeo and Juliet. It sounded great.

I felt the new relationships felt forced.
Especially May and Francois felt coerced. It was Francois persuading May into a relationship, chasing him, and in the one I saw when they were walking hand in hand, it was definitely Francois keeping May at his side and making sure he went where he was rather than loving. ( I think I've got the names the right way round there!)

I’m not much of a musical fan anyway but I was bored rigid by Wicked.

I was dragged to see a touring version of Evita a few years ago and it was unexpectedly (to me) brilliant.

I love Miss Saigon. There is an incredible filmed version on the 25th anniversary show, the cast are amazing, worth a watch.

The touring Grease that we went to see not so long ago also came across as really amateurish too. I enjoyed the songs but even then, the theatre’s sound system was crap and it was way too loud 😂

Back to the Future. Everyone else I know raved about it, but I found the first half awful and the second half improved but not amazing (beyond the special effect bit). The songs were so forgettable and it just all seemed very amateur.
It's one of my favourite films, but just didn't translate as a musical for me.

I saw Starlight Express a few weeks ago. I got very bored watching skaters whizz round and round the auditorium.

The first half dragged due to a lack of plot. Second half (especially towards the end) was much better.

I'm glad I saw Starlight - i was too young and broke for the original run in 1984. But once is more than enough.

I definitely think the film of Wicked is so much better than the stage show.

Oh yes me too! So boring.

Sister Act, was expecting great things, really failed to deliver.