08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
#108-09 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?
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#2re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:26pmI 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.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: 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.
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#3re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:32pmYeah I did think of YF but Tesori and Lindsey-Abaire are a much more credible composer/lyricist team than Mel Brooks.
#4re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
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.
#5re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
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.
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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
#7re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:04pmPeople are going to eat up the West Side Stroy revival with a spoon
#8re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:09pmBilly Elliot
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#9re: 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.
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Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:22pmI 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
#11re: 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
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#13re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:31pmI think that EQUUS, SHREK and BILLY ELLIOT are going to be HUGE Hits !
#14re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:32pmWSS, 9 to 5. No surprises, IMHO.
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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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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.
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#17re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/15/08 at 7:51amI 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.
#18re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/15/08 at 10:30ami fancy equus as being a dark horse... pardon the pun.
#19re: 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.
#20re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
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?)
#21re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
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...
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#22re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
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!
#23re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/15/08 at 4:52pmEqqus, 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.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
esparza 333
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/07
#24re: 08-09 Shows That You Think Are Going To Be Successful
Posted: 7/15/08 at 5:01pmI 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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