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#51

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/16/08 at 8:15pm

I didn't want to go into this on the board, but your post referred to Catered Affair and Catered Affair. Unless there's some other Catered Affair lurking in the backgroud, I assume you're referring the PS or Cry-Baby? Just puzzled.

BroadwayEd

#52

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/16/08 at 8:22pm

I meant A Catered Affair and Cry-Baby, both of which i saw in San Diego. I can't say I liked A Catered Affair despite superb performances by Leslie Kritser and Faith Prince but I am going to withhold comemnt, hoping that the show's re-writes will be fixing the show's problems.

"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?"

#53

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 3:07am

I came across this really interesting blog entry (and the ensuing comment discussion) which made me think of this thread...

http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/no-yelpers-says-one-local-cafe/

(And if you haven't registered for Yelp yet, do so! It's great.)

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

#54

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 1:45pm

Interesting post Lizzie.
What do you make of it?

#55

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 2:32pm

Not enough people read this to enable us to be butchers--any NYC newspaper has hundreds of thousands more readers.

And we're all just "normal people" who have no more credibility than a person on the street--if shows fail, it's not because one of us said something tacky.

Lots of shows failed before the internet was even created...

#56

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 5:37pm

Word of mouth does have a huge impact on a show and I do see that on average, people here tend to trash a show more often than they praise a show no matter what stage it's in. I don't really know how many people buy or don't buy tickets just based on what they read here (probably no one if they're smart) but it does make me wonder why people are more eager to complain about a show or bash a show than they are to praise something they've seen. EVERYTHING can't be terrible.

"But I can tell you that Raoul, who was so handsome in "The Phantom," is now a drunken wreck."

#57

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 5:54pm

Can someone tell me what ATC is?
Sorry if it out there somewhere but ...

#58

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 6:10pm

All That Chat, at Talkin' Broadway.

All That Chat

'"Contrairiwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."' ~Lewis Carroll

Updated On: 3/17/08 at 06:10 PM

#59

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 6:41pm

Now that I think about it, there has been a lot of negativity on these boards in the past few days. Oh well.

http://musingsofapcf.blogspot.com/

#60

re: Are we the new BUTCHERS of Broadway?

Posted: 3/17/08 at 11:38pm

Now that I think about it, there has been a lot of negativity on these boards in the past few days. Oh well.

That's one of those broad terms, like horoscopes. You could've said that at any point in time.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

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