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[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 10:25pm

Maybe we just want better things for some of our favorite actors?

I am one of the biggest Carolee Carmello fan's out there and I wanted Lestat to close. She'll get work again, in fact, she already has. See-no harm done. Panaro was working right after, and so were several other members of the cast.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 10:26pm

I think that has a lot to do with it, absolutely.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 10:29pm

Well, there are some actors I would prefer not to work, but let's not go there.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 10:33pm

Another Thought:

The last Sweet Charity revival has tons of fans on this board who fought back at me when I said the show should close with Applegate in it. Yet, out-of-town, when two actors were FIRED from the same show, and put out of work without notice or class, those same people who would come to love everything involved with what I feel was a truly dreadful production, even for summer stock, didn't seem to give a crap about two wonderful performers whose dreams of Broadway were crushed the second they made their final bow. No sit down meeting. No explanation after both got great reviews. Just a pink slip. What about them? Just saying...
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[BSoBW2]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 10:44pm

No, Charlotte d'Amboise should have taken over. Then it would have been tolerable.

Though I saw the show near the end and Applegate wasn't the disaster I was expecting. She was quite enjoyable. But, I mean...it's Charlotte d'Amboise, man!

No harm. She's in ACL. And the world is still spinning.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/8/07 at 10:46pm

Exactly! She always has Chicago too!

I love Applegate in the show. I just didn't think the production deserved her. She could have been even better if she had a director/choreographer with half a brain.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 6:44pm

This thread makes me sad.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 6:45pm

Thanks for proving my point, yet again.
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[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 6:48pm

"To be sad about this thread is to miss the point of theatre."

Well, what's the point of theatre for you? It varies for everyone. For me, it's to entertain and provoke thought.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 6:58pm

How can anyone say legally blonde will close next?

the show has had great reviews out of town and seems to be well liked

its nothing like the wedding singer as that shows reviews were luke warm to say the least

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:41pm

It's not about out-of-town reviews or seeming to be well liked. If ticket sales aren't enough to keep the show open, the show will close.

And be 100% real. Do you think Ben Brantley, Clive Barnes, John Simon, et al., will be impressed by a song that called "Omigod You Guys?"

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:43pm

I was impressed with "Omigod You Guys" at first I was like o god this is going to be murdered by critics but it's not a bad song....it's actually kind of catchy

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 7:44pm

True, Yankee. No offense to fans of the show, but I don't think Brantley's gonna like this one. And truly, I can see LB running for a good amount of time, but a hit of Wicked proportions, no. It's key demographic is teenage girls, and they alone can't keep a show open.

[keely2]

Posted: 3/10/07 at 11:57pm

Hmm. I could see Legally Blonde lasting at least a year (maybe two--or even, at a stretch, three, but no longer); Company for several.

I honestly think, like others, that Grey Gardens is going to close when Ebersole leaves (it isn't even about quality: most people know about the show because of Ebersole, and once she's gone people won't be drawn to it in the same way).

Pirate Queen won't last, but it looks like it's not goin' down without a fight.

--Honestly, though, all this "this thread makes me sad" stuff is crap. Show X is not going to close because a few random people on the internet say "I think Show X should/will close!"; even if Show X does end up closing, it doesn't mean the cast is going to STARVE TO DEATH ZOMG.

Actually, whoever made that point about the producer, well, has a point. The only place where it changes is when you look at the sheer number of acting hopefuls out there--making chances of landing any given job extremely small, even if you're a star, because there are also a lot of stars.

It's no different from saying, "I can't stand Brad Pitt!" Except, you know, it's theatre and not film (which really doesn't mean anything, but I figured I should add that).

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:08am

re: OhmiGod You Guys -- catchy does not equal good. I think it's very catchy. Every time I hear the radio commercial, the song gets stuck in my head. But it isn't good. At all. It's completely ridiculous.

And keely2, you could see the Company revival lasting several years? Are you kidding? I love it dearly and by all means wish it a healthy run, but let's be realistic. There is no way it's lasting several years.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:10am

When I wrote it to me catchy is good..

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:12am

Well, there's way more to judging quality of songwriting than the "catchiness" factor. There's a hell of a lot to be said for a catchy tune, but that's certainly not all there is to writing good music. Like um, lyrics.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:14am

Well I think it beats lyrics like "BLAH BLAH BLAH"

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:20am

Good for you. That doesn't weasel you out of the ridiculous claim that catchy = good. I'm not a fan of the "blah blah blah" lyrics, but I understand their purpose, so I don't let them bother me too much even if I don't like them. By your logic, any lyric with variety is better than "blah blah blah." But catchy still doesn't equal good.

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[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:23am

I'm just saying that if it cathes on to the people then it should(or must)be good because if a song wasn't good in the first place people wouldn't catch on to it..that's all i'm saying and I don't want to cause an argument over lyrics

[Julian2]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:25am

Popular does not always equal good.

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:26am

by songs that suck does not= Popular

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:29am

Oh for God's sake. If it catches on with people and they run around humming it, then no, it isn't good by default. It's catchy, and that's the only thing it "must" be. Have you never heard of poorly-written music that still gets stuck in your head? Have you never heard of the guilty pleasure? Is every pop song that becomes a hit good music? Absolutely not. Same concept. Plenty of popular songs suck. It depends whose judgment you're looking at. Popular means people like it. Call me elitist, but the general public hasn't always got the best judgment. Poorly written music can be catchy all the time, and a song's ability to be an earworm isn't the be-all way to measure its quality. If a song isn't good, it can catch on. If a song isn't catchy, it won't catch on. You're taking two terms that are completely different and making them mean the same thing. If the lyrics are terrible, how can you consider it good? Obviously, since you think the Legally Blonde lyrics are perfectly fine, I'm barking up the wrong tree to begin with, though, and semantics are not worth debating. They're the least of the problem.

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[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:33am

I don't think Legally Blondes lyrics are perfectly fine..I just thought OhmiGod You Guys was a good song...ok? Oh for God's sake. I am stopping now because allready this is becoming an argument for NO reason..

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 3/11/07 at 12:58am

I would rather take the BLAH BLAH BLAH's than "I've got tears coming out of my nose!". And, as margo pointed out in another thread, Legally Blonde will certainly appeal to most teenage girls, but they DON'T make up the majority of ticket buyers. Many middle-age people do, and I can't see this appealing to them.