Have you ever been really disappointed?
We went to see Blood Brothers tonight................didn't hate it, but I had been told by my Mother it was amazing but very sad. I left feeling, blah, it was OK, but not tear worthy!
The best show I have ever seen has to be Cats..........................meeeeow. Closely followed by Priscilla (queen of the desert).
What about you, have you been totally amazed, or totally disappointed by a theatre show?
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Not surpised about 'Blood Brothers' Cinds, tbh. It follows a formula and that's fine.
I live in That London, and the last show I was bowled away by was 'Warhorse' (I stress, NOT the film. It would appear to bear no resemblence to the intent of the stage production). The puppetry in the stage show is astonishing and if you have kiddies to blow away as a treat, DO THAT!
For X-rating. The National Theatre 'Frankenstein', and I saw the version with Cumberbach being the monster. I suspect it's over now. The best play and performance I've seen at the NT for decades. And that includes Anthony Hopkins as King Lear! 
I'd always considered Blood Brothers to be "a musical for people who don't like musicals", and it took me a long time to get round to seeing it. When I finally did, my reaction was very similar to yours - until the last number, which left me gutted. 
(Shortly after, I found this old TV clip of Barbara DIckson, who created the role on the West End):
I tend to forget the disappointing ones. Also, I'm an old hand at the Edinburgh Fringe where you have to take the rough with the smooth: or as they say there, "If it's dreadful, at least you'll have something to tell the grandchildren!" 
There's also an old line that you haven't really "done" the Festival until you've sat in an audience of 6 watching Macbeth in Korean. Funnily enough, that was actually on last year...
As for "totally amazed": probably too many too mention, but the one that still sticks in the mind was "The Mysteries": a South African production based on the Chester Mystery Plays.
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cul...nt-and-dazzling.html)
At the end, I became aware that everyone around me was on their feet applauding, and I tried to join them, only to find I couldn't stand up. I was literally rooted to my seat, almost in a state of shock. Something I've - perhaps thankfully - never experienced since...
I've always loved the music of Evita... I came away from the stage show feeling depressed for days... I don't know if that's a compliment or not.
Years ago, my niece's school choir were some of the kids in Joseph in Edinburgh... was always one of those musicals i didn't fancy in the slightest and would never have gone to see otherwise... but I absolutely loved it. Still do.
Oh and I was bored sh!tless at Chess.
I love Blood Brothers - I saw it at the Phoenix a couple of years ago when Mel C was starring - she was brilliant and it was a great experience. I also saw it last year at the local Auditorium and it was all wrong! Exactly the same show and an ex X Factor finalist (who was good) it was just the venue that killed it IMO.
The most mental thing i have ever paid good money to go to the theatre to see was Carmen *the musical* It was dire. The highlight was a 'dancing' horse. A real horse; a white Andalusian stallion. It came out and trotted about the stage looking half startled.
It was after that night i decided that i hated flamenco.
Xochi, I didn't even realise Warhorse had started life as a stage show, I'll keep a look out for it.
Eugene, I agree the last song was the highlight of the whole show, there were women sobbing all over the theatre at this point, much to my surprise.
What got me was the show was advertised touting Marti Pellow as the star of the show. No he wasn't he hung around the shadows and pushed the set around. The real star of the show was Maureen Nolan in the role of Mrs Johnston.
During the interval Mr Cinds expressed his surprise that Willy Russell star of Celebrity Squares had written the show. 'No dear, that was Willie Rushton' 
This has never happened with me with the theatre Cinds, but at the cinema it has... Paranormal Activity is the single biggest waste of money EVER imo and an hour and a half of my life I will never get back. If you're talking about something that you were *expecting* to be great, and it wasn't; just recently, I saw J Edgar - the new Clint Eastwood effort starring Leo Dicaprio.. Pretty boring and long winded and the make up of Dicaprio as old J Edgar Hoover was farcical. They did better making Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield into the old gits in the 1990s..
During the interval Mr Cinds expressed his surprise that Willy Russell star of Celebrity Squares had written the show. 'No dear, that was Willie Rushton'
An easy mistake to make
Xochi, I didn't even realise Warhorse had started life as a stage show, I'll keep a look out for it.
Eugene, I agree the last song was the highlight of the whole show, there were women sobbing all over the theatre at this point, much to my surprise.
What got me was the show was advertised touting Marti Pellow as the star of the show. No he wasn't he hung around the shadows and pushed the set around. The real star of the show was Maureen Nolan in the role of Mrs Johnston.
During the interval Mr Cinds expressed his surprise that Willy Russell star of Celebrity Squares had written the show. 'No dear, that was Willie Rushton'
Now THAT is funny!
