Back a Broadway show on Kickstarter

[ahamilton]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 4:44pm

OH, JOHNNY was called "somewhere between South Pacific and Flower Drum Song" in its off-off-Broadway production.

I am now kickstarting the show to Broadway by raising $45,000 through Kickstarter.

I hope you will take a moment to go to Kickstarter, see what the show is about, and then tell your friends that you just became a backer of a Broadway show.

Thanks,
Paul Streitz
co-author and producer

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2066197434/oh-johnny






OH, JOHNNY on Kickstarter Updated On: 8/30/12 at 04:44 PM

[newintown]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 4:46pm

You needed a new thread?

[ahamilton]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 4:56pm

Sure,
I learned how to put the graphics on the board and to better display and list the url address.

Also, to express that Kickstarter is asking people to back a project, that is take an active financial interest in the project, by supporting it financially. There is not the possibility of financial reward, but there is the satisfaction (if it comes true) of seeing 'your' show, one you have an interest in make it on Broadway, or the disappointment of seeing it fail.

In other words, become a player in the game, not simply an observer. Like owning part of a horse in the Derby.

I think that covers it.

paul streitz

[newintown]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 4:58pm

You couldn't just update your old thread?

[Idiot]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 5:03pm

Paul, rock on with your efforts. You're going to get blowback because many people here just love to be nasty or nitpick like mad. Ignore'm. I now know about your show and I didn't before, so your post is doing what it was meant to do.

I hope your efforts prove fruitful.

[ahamilton]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 5:08pm

I never thought of it. But then the message was so different, including the subject that says "back." I think that is the key word. Kickstarter allows people to back all sorts of artistic projects from music CDs, to tech gizmos, to concert tours, games, and here a Broadway show. They are a player in the game.

Sometimes, the project doesn't work out such as a tech project not meeting its projections or working well. But that is what being a backer means, taking a risk. It is not simply buying a ticket, or purchasing a product and then becoming simply a consumer.

In short, my viewpoint changed a bit about what Kickstarter is all about and a new thread seemed the best way to express it. Although, as I said, I really didn't think of modifying the old one.

Paul Streitz

[ahamilton]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 5:12pm

Thanks so much. There is a lot of kibitzing on this site.

I hope you go to the site and make a pledge. For $10 you definitely get a postcard, signed by a most grateful producer, and for $25 you get the cast CD when, and if, the show gets made.

We'll keep everyone informed via emails, videos, etc, of our progress. Let's hope the show makes it.

And I do really believe what I said in the video on the site. A good story (book) does not make a brilliant musical. It is the music and lyrics that do that, and I do believe Gary Cherpakov is a composer/lyricist who is extraordinary. In most cases, I think talent is 90% work, but in Gary's case I think it is 2% work and 98% some native ability.

Go listen. Judge for yourself.

paul streitz