BROOKLYN the musical: Your Thoughts — Page 2

I was given comp center orchestra tickets and a half hour into the show began flipping through my Playbill to see how many more numbers until intermission so I could leave... Boy was I upset!

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BUMP.

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What songs were on the sampler?

I disagree. I found the costumes extremely creative and very eye-catching. They were innovative amd deserved some sort of recognition. So did Keller.

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It was an awful musical that didn't even belong Off-Broadway. It belonged in a born again Christian church down south.

I don't know the titles of the songs on the sampler. I'll let someone else fill you in on that. They're catchy though. The sampler does not include Cleavant Derricks though. David Jennings played his character on the sampler. Then Derricks replaced him after it was recorded.

Who would you have knocked off the list of nominees below and replaced with BROOKLYN?

Best Featured Actress in a Musical 2005 Nominees

Sara Ramirez - SPAMALOT
Joanna Gleason - DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Celia Keenan-Bolger - SPELLING BEE
Jan Maxwell - CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
Kelli O'Hara - THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

Best Costume Design of a Musical 2005 Nominees

Catherine Zuber - THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Tim Hatley - SPAMALOT
Junko Kushino - PACIFIC OVERTURES
William Ivey Long - LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

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The costumes and the show were garbage. End of story.

I would have replaced Jan Maxwell in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG with Ramona Keller.

I also would have replaced William Ivey Long's costumes with Tobin Ost's costumes.

I was not overly upset though. It wasn't a great musical.

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The plot was less than satisfying. The book was cheesy, preachy, and dumb.

The lead (Espinosa) was good, but her belty style for EVERY song was overboard.

The score was one of the show's better qualities due to some very good numbers (like RAVEN, ONCE UPON A TIME, HEART BEHIND THESE HANDS), but songs like THE TRUTH, DOES ANYBODY WANNA BUY A MEMORY?, CHRISTMAS MAKES ME CRY, and other just wighted down the score and served as cheesy, forcced fluff.

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I only saw the tour--but I saw it 4 times in the less than 2 weeks that it was in Dallas, TX. It was a very fun show--and because tickets were as cheap as 13 dollars, I saw it 4 times. I had heard "it's the worst show to ever touch a Broadway stage" and I went in expecting to be appalled and wanting to walk out, but I ended up really liking it. It has some good music, and the touring cast was great. Diana improved from opening night in Dallas to the closing performance. In less than 2 weeks here, she took Brooklyn to a whole different level. I would give anything to see the touring cast again--they were truly spectacular. Melba Moore's voice was a little bit much at times, but she gave a great performance. Did anyone ever inform her that she was a little sharp/flat everytime she hit that very high note in Raven?

Yeaaah...that's it. I was wondering about the tour. I asked Diana last year after a show if she would consider doing the show again this summer, and she said she would love to if her calendar would allow it. The show needs to play in much smaller venues. Even with a name like Diana DeGarmo, it wasn't even close to sold out.

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Well, depending on the night you went to see the show...it changed.

and Melba took it up an octave, I think...I'm not really sure what she did...but she sang a completely different song than Ramona...lol.

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bump.

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One of the funniest stories told on this board was a stage door encounter with Ms. Kellar. She was rather diva-ish with her fans, goes the tale. A poster here, I forget who, replied in the next message- "Why should she act like a diva? For wearing Dorito bags on her head?" Just cracked me up. Foster just the costume.

WannaBeAFoster-

I think that costume is fascinating. Colorful, dazzling, glamorous, artistic, and creative.

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