Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Biggest 07-08 Surprise
broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#1Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 10:34pmWhat was the one surprise that you did not see coming from the past season.
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#2re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 11:06pmLight up in WASHINGTON HEIGHTS!
#3re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 11:07pmSeeing a show close on opening night.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#5re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 11:15pmI think Xanadu and Glory Days have to be the biggest surprises. Xanadu for actually being moderately successful, and Glory Days for getting to Broadway, and then failing miserably.
#6re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 11:16pmYoung Frankenstein making it to Broadway without any major re-writes.
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#7re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 11:48pmXanadu.
#8re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/11/08 at 11:49pmXANADU
-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)
Boq101
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/20/06
#9re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 12:00amThe lack of respectable book writers for musicals.
#10re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 12:04amThe fact that the Little Mermaid was bad or that is got lackluster reviews and of course Xanadu
#11re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 12:25amThe fact that the entire season sucked so hard.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 12:39am
Definitely that two revivals of old-fashioned musicals that have been overdone in community theaters across the country were two of the best productions of the year.
And of course that XANADU was so wildly fun.
And, also that GLORY DAYS opened and closed within 24 hours of eachother.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#14re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 8:52amXANADU!!!!! And what a great surprise it turned out to be!!!!
#15re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 9:01amThe fact that this season has turned me into a fan of plays as well as musicals, which was accomplished through "The Farnsworth Invention," "Is He Dead?," and "The Seafarer."
StageFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/07
#16re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 9:37am
My declining interest and disappointment in the recent Broadway Musicals.
My rediscovery in the joys of a Play - both on and off Broadway.
Updated On: 7/12/08 at 09:37 AM
#17re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 10:39am
I have two:
Xanadu for finding an audience, sticking through lean times, and being nominated for Best Musical.
Young Frankenstein for being so awful considering the big budget. (I am not referring to the talented actors!)
#18re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 10:50amSunday in the Park With George
#19re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 11:09amThat some new unknown 3 hour and 20 minute play by an almost unknown playwright performed by a "starless" cast from Chicago would be one of the most amazing theatrical events of the decade.
#20re: Biggest 07-08 Surprise
Posted: 7/12/08 at 11:24amNot only did Passing Strange not bore me to death, it was the best thing I saw all year.
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