Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Barefoot in the Park Revival?
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#1Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 6:18am
Did it flop because it was bad or because it wasn't making enough money? I didn't see it..
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#2re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:20amI just watched the video preview and it looked good to me but I love ANYTHING by Neil Simon soooo...
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#3re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:41amIt was an awful production.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
NathanLaneStalker
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#4re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:43amWas Tony Roberts good?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#5re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:46amAll 4 of them were miscast. Patrick Wilson came off best. Amanda Peet was the essence of agony.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#6re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 9:29amIt's one of the most depressing theater experiences I've ever had.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#7re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 9:36am
WOW! Didn't look THAT bad!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#8re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 9:38am
The lack of a capable cast showed how slight the material is.
I couldn't help but wonder what it could have been like if Julia Roberts did this and Amanda did Three Days of Rain.
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#9re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:30am
It just wasn't funny.
When I saw it, I was far more interested in the costumes and set design. They were both gorgeous.
When you're focusing on that, you know you've got a problem. The material just isn't that funny anymore in the wake of a thousand sitcoms about the same subject.
Yankeefan007
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#11re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:36am
I loved Odd Couple!
But I like almost every show I see. The only one I've seen that I don't like is Tarzan.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#12re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 11:43am
I enjoyed it.
It was an open run, that they made into a limited run. So, I dont know how much of a flop it was.
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#13re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 11:47amAmanda Peet got horrible reviews. Too bad Christina Applegate was busy doing Sweet Charity - she'd have been much better.
#14re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:15pm
I hatel it,a bad waste of a good play
Updated On: 12/7/06 at 03:15 PM
#15re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:17pm
I enjoyed it, but thought it was awful.
I did think that Clayburgh and Roberts were great.
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Christoph
Stand-by Joined: 4/20/06
#16re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:27pm
When you say flop, do you mean critically or financially? I remember it got creamed by most critics, but I seemed to remember many being surprised when it closed as it was turning a substantial profit. See the link below to the Broadway World story. At the time of its closing it was apparently considered enough of a success to cause serious discussions of remounting in the near future as well as a national tour.
http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=527372
#17re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:30pmIt was a critical and financial failure.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#18re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:54pm
Don't believe everything you read. BAREFOOT limped along for about four months despite being heavily discounted, barely breaking even most weeks, with attendance usually hovering in the 50s (with a few weeks in the 30s and 40s).
It was a flop.
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#19re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:56pmI really didn't think it was that bad. I enjoyed it. However I do agree that Amanda Peet was the weakest in the cast.
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#20re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 4:14pmIt was pretty bad even at TDF prices.
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#21re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:21pm
I saw it, along with Odd Couple, which I also felt "meh" about.
For me it was the leading couple, they were badly directed and had bad chemistry. Peet wasn't a very good choice. Also the piece itself is too dated in my eyes. I thought Tony and Jill were great though.
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"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
ByMySide25
Stand-by Joined: 5/17/04
#22re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:35pmI pretty much agree with what's been said. Roberts and Clayburgh were quite good and Wilson was pretty good (you got to see him in his tighty-whiteys) but the set was the most interesting. The costumes were kind of dull.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 7:56pm
It was a dated little piece that played like a sitcom
To charge Broadway prices for it doomed it. It may have worked better off Broadway. The cast was talented & gave it all they had but much ado about nothing
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#24re: Barefoot in the Park Revival?
Posted: 12/7/06 at 11:19pmI really enjoyed the production, but I must agree that Amanda Peet doesn't have the technique to play in a Broadway theater.
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