We Will Rock You on Broadway
We Will Rock You on Broadway
dacvingwolf
Understudy Joined: 5/19/08
#1We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/19/08 at 9:00pmWhen is it coming??? If Ever, I remember a while back they said Ricky Martin was talking about being in it... ???
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#2re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/19/08 at 9:04pmIt's not. There have been many threads on this subject. The closest it ever got to playing Broadway is Vegas. Personally, I am not sure as to why they aren't bringing it over to Broadway considering it is playing in every other city in the world. But, it doesn't look like it is going to be happening anytime soon.
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Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#2re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/19/08 at 9:08pmPerhaps a tour with some American Idol or dancing with the stars winner
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LondonSean
Swing Joined: 9/18/06
#3re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/19/08 at 9:18pm
WWRY represents everything that is bad about musical theatre. Crass, trashy (and not in a good way), over commercial rubbish with no heart or soul, and of course borrowed tunes (better heard played by Queen on cd or in their wonderful videos).
Thanks the lord that Broadway will not be succumbing….
jackson992
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
#4re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:13amI think the score is great. I would think this would do very well on Broadway.
#5re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:53amWhat score? There is nothing new here. It's all recycled Queen songs. THAT is not a score.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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#6re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:59amThey didn't even include "Bohemian Rhapsody" did they? What an awful musical.
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#7re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 5:39amIt's pure garbage. The fact that it's STILL running in London is amazing. Or maybe not.
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#8re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 6:14am
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Jyn326
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#9re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 7:35am
Ray- Bohemian Rhapsody IS in the musical.
I want to see it just as a Queen fan- to get to hear their music live. (I've never seen Queen live. They're touring but no US dates yet) And occasionally Brian May surprises the cast and audience by appearing on stage during Rhapsody to play guitar. It happens few and far between, but it would be so exciting to see that.
#10re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 7:53amI had so much fun at this show in Toronto. The cast was really high-energy, but the plot sucked. I don't want to see it come to Broadway.
#11re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 8:16amI hated this show...music was great if you're a Queen fan but outside of that...absolute junk.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#12re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 8:17am
It's not any different then any other jukebox musical. The plot is thin and just used to as a way to play the songs of a particular group back to back.
People could say the same thing about something like Mamma Mia.
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#13re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 8:35am
Trust me
Musical fans are not keeping this show running in London, its down to hen parties and middle aged women who are going out to get drunk after.
The show wont be around in London much longer though
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Quasi
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#14re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 9:00am
Well its trash in its own way and it doesn't wants to be more. But in my opinion, its really funny trash. I prefer serious stuff, but if you want to have a night without drama and a lot of fun, I think you should see it. 
#15re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 9:02am
There needs to be a cap placed on how many jukebox musicals can clog up Broadway theatres at one time.
There are so few Broadway theatres as it is.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#16re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:19amI have always wanted to see the show and I liked the cd but I think it is something you have to go into thinking this is going to be cheezy and really campy....
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#17re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:28amI enjoy the show as campy fun but it would close on page four on the first night of previews if it tried to play Broadway.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#18re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:32am
They have been threatening to do this for years and it has never, ever materialized which, judging by the utterly toxic word of mouth, is a good thing.
Years ago--back in the nineties--Craig Lucas did a libretto for a Queen musical that never went anywhere. I wonder if its better than WWRY.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:43am
Here's an old article about it.
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TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#20re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:21pm
WWRY is not coming to Broadway.
they just started working on a sequel (WWRY 2)
saw this piece of trash in Vegas. I actually thought the new orchestrations and singers handled the QUEEN "score" fabulously, as I am a big QUEEN fan, but the show itself was downright garbage... just terrible.
mmFan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/03
#21re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:44pm
I'm in Toronto and have seen WWRY 5 times (with tickets for 2 additional upcoming shows). If they brought it to broadway, it won't receive a Tony nomination BUT it's a fun show. It's a similar idea to Mamma Mia in how they use music of a known band and put it to a story. It's silly, but it's a good time out. I'm so glad that when they close it in Toronto at the Canon, they decided to re-open it at another theatre.
And as someone else commented, bohemian is in the show at the end.
Updated On: 5/20/08 at 12:44 PM
#22re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:01pm
Oh, so "Bohemian Rhapsody" IS in the show, thanks for correcting me. For some reason I remember listening to the album once and not seeing "Bohemian Rhapsody," oh well.
Show's not needed on Broadway.
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#23re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:06pm"Bohemian Rahapsody": is not IN the show proper. It is done as post-curtain call encore.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
jackson992
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
#24re: We Will Rock You on Broadway
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:00pmJust because the songs are not new doesn't mean it's not a score. I would also call the music from Moulin Rouge a score even tho they are all previously recorded songs.
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