08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

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08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:24pm

This is all I have to say... "Working 9 to 5, just trying to make a livin..."

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Other thoughts? Think there will be any surprises?

#2

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:26pm

I can see Shrek being very successful. I know it has gotten a lot of flack, but I just don't see it failing with the cast and creative team.

#3

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:30pm

They said that about YF

I would say Billy Elliott & probably Shrek due to name recognition.

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#4

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:32pm

Yeah I did think of YF but Tesori and Lindsey-Abaire are a much more credible composer/lyricist team than Mel Brooks.

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:47pm

The Shrek films are some of the highest grossing of all time. Not even in the same category as the more cultish Young Frankenstein.

I'm a big iffy about how American audiences will take Billy Elliot.

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:51pm

Yeah I did think of YF but Tesori and Lindsey-Abaire are a much more credible composer/lyricist team than Mel Brooks.

Not that it's any indicator of quality, but Brooks has a Tony award. They don't.

I think Billy Elliot will be the runaway hit of the season.

I also think Shrek is either going to be a huge hit, or it's going to bomb. I don't there will be any middle ground with it.

9 to 5 should be successful.

The big bomb this fall is going to be Tale of Two Cities.

#7

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:55pm

I'd like to see all shows coming be successful -

but probably, 9 to 5, Shrek, and I think Nice Work if You Can Get It if it makes it to broadway will be good because it IS Gershwin afterall

#8

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:04pm

People are going to eat up the West Side Stroy revival with a spoon

#9

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:09pm

Billy Elliot

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#10

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:16pm

Once the publicity ball gets rolling on Equus I think it'll definitely be a big hit.

I also think 13 stands a decent chance. Teen theatre geeks from out of town love angsty musicals by Jason Robert Brown. And they could actually potentially star in this one. Older theatre people like Jason Robert Brown. The premise could intrigue families who don't know anything about the composer.

#11

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:22pm

I think Shrek is going to clean house, because recognizable family shows (Lion King, Wicked, Mary Poppins, Little Mermaid) were all big hits, though I don't think it will be, I hope [tos] will be

#12

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:26pm

because recognizable family shows (Lion King, Wicked, Mary Poppins, Little Mermaid) were all big hits

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG?

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#13

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:30pm

TARZAN?

#14

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:31pm

I think that EQUUS, SHREK and BILLY ELLIOT are going to be HUGE Hits !

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:32pm

WSS, 9 to 5. No surprises, IMHO.

#16

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Posted: 7/14/08 at 9:21pm

Billy Elliot is going to be the next Megahit. It is irresistable.

Shrek? Do you really want to see it? Even with the great cast can you even imagine it on stage? I think it could thud.

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#17

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 5:17am

Shrek? Do you really want to see it?

Well, yes, actually. Does that bother you?

Hell, even after all this time and all the negativity, I'd still like to see 'The Little Mermaid'. I'm easily pleased, and find value in a stinker just as much as a smash.

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#18

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/15/08 at 7:51am

I too wonder how New York audiences are going to like Billy Elliot. It's funny sometimes to see how some shows can be big hits in London, and bomb over here, and vice versa. Sometimes it's not like that, though, so one never can tell. I have to say Billy Elliot is low on my list of shows I want to see. I bet Shrek will be great. Even if it isn't a Tony Award hit, it will be a hit, I'm sure. I agree that West Side Story will probably do well.

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 10:30am

i fancy equus as being a dark horse... pardon the pun.

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#20

re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful

Posted: 7/15/08 at 10:37am

Shrek will be amazing, no doubt.

So will 9 to 5.


[tos], though... just seems too inside to run very long.

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#21

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 11:17am

Shrek? Do you really want to see it?

^I agree. I am skeptical about how well Shrek is going to appeal to audiences. I don't think it will have the same appeal as Disney shows. I personally think this has to do with Disney shows being so closely tied to their music. Shrek doesn't have that going for it. (What do I know though?)

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#22

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 4:39pm

i think title of show will run for a while, maybe 8 months, 6 possibly.
9 to 5 worries me just because of the theatre. drowsy was a great show and it closed in little over a year.
ToTC...i am concerned with this show.
shrek, i agree, it's either going to be a hit, or a flop

and is spiderman considered in the 08-09 season...

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#23

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 4:50pm

"9 to 5 worries me just because of the theatre"

WOMAN IN WHITE and CRY-BABY were the only flops in that theatre!

enough!

#24

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 4:52pm

Eqqus, Shrek and TOS will be success. The first two are gonna be huge. I say TOS will be a sucess because it doesnt cost much to run and therefore I think it will make back its investment.

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#25

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Posted: 7/15/08 at 5:01pm

I am sorry but A tale of Two Cities is going to be wonderful Oh and Shrek is one of the most recognizable MOVIES AMONG KIDS more than Little Mermaid or Lion King are now at least. It's fresh in kids minds and most kids own the movie.

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