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If you like that, fine, but please leave off with the conspiricy theories and whines about how the show didn't get a fair deal. It failed because not enough people wanted to see it.

Are you really trying to imply that the Evil League of Critics Against Wildhorn didn't close this show? Shame on you! It is obvious that Wildhorn only writes masterpieces and critics are nothing but jealous of his genius.

I bet that when he opens his brilliant new musical on Broadway in six months they will trash it too!

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Anytime, love.

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"The storytelling of how Clyde is treated in prison was really good".
Couldn't disagree more, we see him in prison (he's been before as a teen so he must be familiar with prison "affairs"), we are told he's someone's bitch, we never see the guy (must be a huge dude cause Clyde's in amazing shape) then Clyde gets a weapon beats a pole and somehow escapes.
That's pretty bad storytelling, and I believe except for a line his mother says, it's never mentioned again.

Maybe if we saw an iota of the brutality he may have suffered we would feel something for him, but personally I felt nothing.

Just saw the show for the 4th time...I still don't get how people can be bored at this show. Next to BOM, this is my favorite show on Broadway. Follies...now that's a boring show. Anyways, I can hardly wait for the cast recording so I can upload it to my iPhone....it's an amazing score.

I also think he'll be back .. eventually. Probably another couple of years, maybe not. He's got a second try-out of "Zelda" (aka Waiting for the Moon) coming up in North Carolina at the end of 2012, and Jekyll & HYDE's first revival is aiming up soon .

-- Pauly, all due respect, but you joined here a few weeks ago and write about almost nothing but Bonnie and Clyde. If you aren't an intern with the Shuberts, Richards, or Serino, I'd be surprised.

The show is just a simple-minded bore, folks, vastly inferior to any version of the tale ever told before. It's the Lifetime or Hallmark Channel of Broadway.

If you like that, fine, but please leave off with the conspiricy theories and whines about how the show didn't get a fair deal. It failed because not enough people wanted to see it. --


Newintown, you are correct that I joined only weeks ago. But I have participated in more than just B&C threads. But that really doesn't matter...I like B&C, so what?

I don't even know what Shuberts, Richards, or Serino are, so color yourself surprised.

Your last comment isn't called for here. I, in no way, am claiming a conspiracy theory or doing any whining. You may have seen it that way in my previous comments (in another thread), but there is no room to interpret my remarks today as either of those things. So your response to my comments here are unnecessary.

You obviously dislike B&C as much (more likely more) than I like the show. What I just can't grasp is why you continually talk about the show and restate your dislikes. I'm not saying you can't (please don't go mis-interpreting me again). This goes for people like Blaxx and others too. You don't like the show, and you don't share the various opinions of the "nut cases" who do. Why do you still read these threads - and more importantly, why take the time to comment about a show you hold such disdain for?

PitPro, well said! I saw the show you saw...

You hate his music so why would you disagree with the reviewers. Bigger question is why you would even bother to go. You are entitled to your opinion of J/H & all his other musicals. Just realize others with differeing opinions have a right to their opinions but the Wildhorn haters have won the day. Where will they turn their venom next?

I will see a Wildhorn show any day over La Chuisa or Lippa or a few others I will not name.

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You hate his music so why would you disagree with the reviewers. Bigger question is why you would even bother to go. You are entitled to your opinion of J/H & all his other musicals. Just realize others with differeing opinions have a right to their opinions but the Wildhorn haters have won the day. Where will they turn their venom next?

I will see a Wildhorn show any day over La Chuisa or Lippa or a few others I will not name.

First, I never said I hated his music. You're missing the point. If you love his shows, that is perfect. I have my fair share of flops I adore. But the double standards here are laughable.

Why didn't anyone claim the critics had it in for Schwartz and Wicked? Because even if the critics disagreed, it became a mega hit. In BWW, Wicked is often brought up as the example of critics being powerless, decaying, obsolete, etc.

But, wow! We can suddenly claim these defenseless creatures are responsible for Bonnie & Clyde's fate? These critics sure have the ability to conveniently regain amazing powers and fast!

What must really burn inside is that modern Broadway audiences don't care much for his shows either. Maybe in the future they will be the hottest ticket in town, they certainly are not now. You really can't put on all blame on the reviews and expect to be taken seriously.

There's no "Wildhorn haters" for the sake of it. Before Bonnie & Clyde, the Broadway productions of his shows gave us little to like. It's not that we are envious of his good looks.

And philly03, I agree he's not the only one to blame. But he certainly does not have the best record in trusting his material to the right people.

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Updated On: 12/27/11 at 06:10 PM

I do think it will do well.

Philly, you also said this about WONDERLAND and BONNIE AND CLYDE.....

WHO roots for a criminal to escape jail? WHY would we want to be sympathetic towards these people? They all CHOSE their lifestyle -- all to find fame and fortune. They all knew what their fate would likely be, and yet they continued on thier path. There was NOTHING brought into the story (real or fiction) that changed that. I don't wish rape on any human being, but that scene in the prison was LUDICOUS. (I'm not talking whether or not it is factual.)

How can you create a successful plot with no characters for which to have empathy? You can't. I didn't care about one single character or where their journey ended. I began to root for the cops to finally kill them to put me out of misery.

Heck, the person sitting next to me was the parent of someone involved with the show. Even THAT person couldn't find anything positive to talk about at intemission, and remarked to me: well, now we know why it is closing. (I won't disclose any other info in case the same info was not presented to that person.)

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She chose a lifestyle she was morally opposed to. One she fought hard to keep her husband from -- no sympathy from me.

Note: I am not faulting the actors, I thought there were admirable performances, but the material.

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