Most offensive Broadway Musicals?

[Anonymous]

Broadway Musicals seem so wholesome.

Which push the boundaries of good taste?

Some ideas...

Book of Mormon (satire of religion)

Avenue Q (intentionally button-pushing)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (sexual assault/harassment),

Beetlejuice (taunting about death)

[Anonymous]

Chicago (sex, gyrating, killing)

[Anonymous]

I've been a season subscriber for about 20 years. BOM is the only one I've ever been totally offended by.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been a season subscriber for about 20 years. BOM is the only one I've ever been totally offended by.

DP - it is also the funniest 2 hours I have ever spend. It's unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

Book of Morman is risqué for a whole lot more than satire of religion!! It’s pretty vulgar, ton of profanity, jokes about bestiality and rape, sexually explicit imagery, etc.

[Anonymous]

BOM

[Anonymous]

Spring Awakening has some adult themes, but is excellent, with one of my favorite songs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago (sex, gyrating, killing)

If you are offended by these things, you probably want to avoid many Broadway shows.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicago (sex, gyrating, killing)

If you are offended by these things, you probably want to avoid many Broadway shows.

I’m not offended but I think OPs post is weird- suggesting that most Broadway shows are wholesome?? No.

[Anonymous]

Dear Evan Hansen. GD psychopath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been a season subscriber for about 20 years. BOM is the only one I've ever been totally offended by.

I wasn't offended by the religious stuff but I was surprised by how colonialist it was in its sensibilities - and not, like, self-consciously so. Unless it was subtly anti-colonialist and I missed it. Just saw BOM for the first time a few years ago - I'm sure it read differently when it first came out.

I wasn't remotely offended by CATS but I saw THAT for the first time a few months ago and it was very sexual! I live in Florida and was joking to my husband that it's probably illegal here now to take kids to see it. My husband grew up going on school trips to see CATS (we're Gen X) and I cannot even imagine that happening today - at least not in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Suddenly Last Summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Suddenly Last Summer.

Not a musical

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicago (sex, gyrating, killing)

If you are offended by these things, you probably want to avoid many Broadway shows.

I’m not offended but I think OPs post is weird- suggesting that most Broadway shows are wholesome?? No.

I agree. Maybe the Disney shows are wholesome, but musicals written for adult audiences are usually not (and I view this as a good thing).

[Anonymous]

Book of Mormon was the worst for me - many of the same reasons mentioned but also in the way the main character is bullied.