A Less Than Rosy Picture For 'Taboo' - newsday.com — Page 2

I guess I'm just curious why you have such a strong desire to see Taboo fall on its face, tkts?

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I agree with tkts. Just because people have money, doesn't mean they have talent.

Taboo is not a Broadway success at this time. People aren't interested in paying $100 to see it. I think if O'Donnell had opened it off-Broadway, she would have had more success. I don't think she is a good businessperson.

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i think people are scared to see it too. i just went to buy my tickets, and my dad was like "why would you EVER want to see that?!"
it bothered me. then again, my father fell asleep during rent. A sin and another story in itself....

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LC, you are right, but visitors and tourists usually don't know about the discount codes. So it's a major financial decision.

pardon me for being mean..jeffery carlson is the worst thing in the show. next to the bad direction

This is sort of off-topic, but what do you think is the minimum age for some one to see Taboo? In particular, a friend of mine wants to take her thirteen year old daughter because she's heard the music and loved it. She's a mature theatre goer and has already seen shows like Gypsy and Rent. But would Taboo be to much?

I suspect that nothing in this show would surprise an average urban 13 yr old.

I haven't seen Taboo yet, but the sex in a public restroom scene sounds a bit too much for a 13 year-old if it's depicted realistically. The only sex scene in Rent was staged symbolically and would not be as blatant. How is the heroine addiciton treated. Does it show them shooting up? I loved Tommy, but I know I would not have felt comfortable taking anyone under 17 to watch the Acid Queen shoot up and Uncle Ernie get in bed with Tommy. If the drug and sex scenes are simulated in a realistic manner, I don't think I would bring someone that young whether it would surprise them or not. It's just how I personally feel about it.

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"I haven't seen Taboo yet, but the sex in a public restroom scene sounds a bit too much for a 13 year-old if it's depicted realistically"

Ok, I'm in London and haven't seen the the NY version of Taboo, but is there an actual 'sex scene' in the club toilet? In London, BG as Bowery, makes his first stage entrance through the cubicle door and launches into I'll Have You All, which is basically a bawdy comedy song. My understanding is that the closest Taboo gets to a 'realistic' sex scene, is some romantic kissing between Euan Morton and Cary Shields.

For the record...BGs 80s heroin addiction wasn't with needles, he smoked it.

I have to admit I was very hesitant about seeing Taboo at first. Only because I heard rumors of hissy fits and delays and troubles with rehearsals. My friend saw it and then took me the following weekend to see it. It was unbelieveable!!!! Raul Esparza singing Petrified is worth the price of admission. This show should not end !! But maybe it should do what Scarlet Pimpernel did a few years ago, and close down for a little while and reopen. The score is too beautiful and the performances are too amazing for this to be a failure. I also think Rosie's legal troubles sort of overshadowed the opening of Taboo and it got a bad rep. The show opened the night after her lawsuit trial ended! The critics were probably already biast.

The music is certainly the selling point, next to the very great and talented cast. Though I respect the opinions of others, I really am not sure WHO the person who said Jeffrey Carlson was the worst thing in the show was watching. He impressed me much more than I ever expected.

In the very article linked to in this thread, it states that Rosie does not plan on closing the show soon, and is doing whatever she can to keep it open. I think it's great that Taboo has this advantage, because it deserves to run for awhile. I do hope that it doesn't become (or continue to be?) the laughing stock of Broadway for still being in existance, but so long as such positive comments come from those seeing it, as there seem to be, I think that will be halted. Who knows what may happen in the next few months. It may not be great, in fact, it probably won't, but you never know. I'm glad Rosie doesn't plan on throwing in the towel just yet.

It appears the NY theatre going population is scared of anything too different that isn't buttkissed by every critic. In one I understand, it's big bucks to see a show so I suppose they want to play it safe and see something everyone appears to like instead of taking a chance and seeing something different that they "might" like.