BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
#0BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:32pm
So two seasons ago it was Wicked.
Last season it was Spamalot.
What's the big hit that will be selling 101% for years this year?
#1re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:38pm
Ummm...THE ODD COUPLE??
P.S. Is there a need to capitalize every one of your thread subjects?
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#2re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:46pm
In terms of 2006, I think Lestat is going to be a pretty hot ticket....If not for the material alone, then definitely the combination of names...ELTON JOHN, Bernie Taupin, ANNE RICE...Etc, lol. Anyhoo, I also agree with the Odd couple as well. This is shaping up to be a pretty great season I think, and hope...We'll see!
Later!
Phantom05
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#3re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:59pm
Lestat (Same Reasons.)
Woman in White (Andrew Lloyd Webber will definately sell tickets.)
The Odd Couple
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#4re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:59pmDouble post, dammit!
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
Updated On: 10/23/05 at 01:59 PM
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#6re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 2:15pmAlso...depending on out-of-town reviews for THE WEDDING SINGER, it may be another HAIRSPRAY.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#7re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:28pm
ohhhh! LESTAT!
phans of the actors will def. be seeing it, fans of Elton John, Anne Rice. the books are just so popular and all. and it wont be like those other Vampire flip outs!
and perhaps Woman in White with all the new 3d sets and new technology!
Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky. With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high! Blood-red were the spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat, when they shot him down on the highway, down like a dog on the highway, and he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat...
(The Highwayman. Sung by: Loreena McKennitt)
#8re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:29pmOPRAH'S show...oops, I mean The Color Purple
#9re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:32pm
oh, you mean "oprah winfrey presents the color purple" 
RIP glebby <3
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#10re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:32pmTarzan doesn't begin performances for five months and has a bigger advance sale than Color Purple, Woman in White and Lestat.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#11re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:38pm
I think people may find Woman In White's scenic aspects to be pretty cool and up to date, but I think the show can definitely rely on its material and perfomers as well. Great music (Very story oriented), good book (Something a lot of shows lack), and a stellar cast...And yes Andrew lloyd Webber's name is on it, lol, but I don't think his name alone will forever remain the shows pull, it's great stuff.
...I could also probably agree with the Wedding Singer. I don't know how the musical will turn out but it is a popular title, and if done well, could actually work onstage...It'll be interesting to say the least, LOL.
See Ya!
Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
#12re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:39pm
Which I really don't understand.
Why anyone would want to see ANOTHER Disney musical which, by nature is less inspiring and meaningful than the rest, is beyond me!
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#13re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:40pmThe score to the wedding singer is not great. Way too campy, and some of the melodies are wannabe Carrie songs.
#14re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:40pmit might be the one with sutton foster..its stared in la this year
#15re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:43pmOh! Thanks for reminding me.... need to get tickets to Drowsy Chaperone...
#16re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:43pm
Lol, well hearing or even seeing the Wedding Singer onstage will be interesting regardless. I think the show is meant for the campy-style though, so you never know! I'll keep an open mind, at most it is a fun evening.
Later!
Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
#17re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 4:04pm
Why anyone would want to see ANOTHER Disney musical which, by nature is less inspiring and meaningful than the rest, is beyond me!
because he's in a loincloth silly... my vote goes to TARZAN. it hasn't even opened yet and they're discussing Vegas... c'mon.
#18re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 5:51pmI think it will be a close between Lestat and The Wedding Singer
bigrab1018
Leading Actor Joined: 10/9/05
#19re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 5:57pm
FOAnatic,
Capitalized thread titles catch people's attention.
"Billy, put down that phylactery...we're Episcopalian." - Spelling Bee
#20re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 5:59pmhopefully either Mary Poppins or Billy Elliot (if they end up opening this/next season)
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#21re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 6:02pmWhat's with this Lestat business? Since when are vampire musicals successful?
#22re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 6:03pm
i have a feeling Lestat is going to have lots of smoke, faux gothic sets, organ/synthesizer music and garish songs.
just my opinion.
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 6:04pm
Usually? They're not... just look at previous musicals with vampires, and they've usually been unsuccessful.
But maybe Lestat could break the curse.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#24re: BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG TICKET
Posted: 10/23/05 at 6:21pm
Well besides the obvious (The Odd Couple)
I have a feeling that the biggest smashes this year will be:
-The Color Purple
&
-The Wedding Singer
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