#1
Posted: 3/16/08 at 2:02am
Are we celebrating or killing Broadway on this board?
It amazes me how people on here trash show before they've even opened. People who go see a dress-rehearsal of a show in its pre-Broadway tryout report on how bad it is. The show hasn't even gone into previews out of town and already it's being slaughtered on here! I wonder what shape Follies, A Chorus Line or Gypsy were in during the out of town dress rehearsal. I'm sure they weren't all in the best shape before opening night on Broadway. How do we expect a show to open and do well if we kill it before it's final?
I, like all of you, enjoy hearing the gossip and the details about a show before it's opened. But let's try to go in with an open mind- Nowadays most shows undergo a lot of writing and re-writing during previews and it's unfair to trash a show before it's even opened.
It amazes me how people on here trash show before they've even opened. People who go see a dress-rehearsal of a show in its pre-Broadway tryout report on how bad it is. The show hasn't even gone into previews out of town and already it's being slaughtered on here! I wonder what shape Follies, A Chorus Line or Gypsy were in during the out of town dress rehearsal. I'm sure they weren't all in the best shape before opening night on Broadway. How do we expect a show to open and do well if we kill it before it's final?
I, like all of you, enjoy hearing the gossip and the details about a show before it's opened. But let's try to go in with an open mind- Nowadays most shows undergo a lot of writing and re-writing during previews and it's unfair to trash a show before it's even opened.
"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"
