Breakfast At Tiffanys Is Closing THIS Sunday- Page 3

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 2:23am

Well this show was a flop in London with a different writer but the same producers. So they got Richard Greenberg to rewrite it.
Did they ever do a reading with an audience? If they did they would have known what a boring show this was. It amazes me this ever got produced. Seems like the producers were trying to capitalize on the name, not worry about their product and hope for the best.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 10:02am

I read BWW almost every day. I was aware the Breakfast At Tiffany's was coming. I haven't seen advertisements either on television or billboards around the city. How could this possibly succeed if it had poor advertising?

[newintown]

Posted: 4/17/13 at 10:15am

It's definitely a case of source material being of such perfection, no adaptation could be anything other than inferior.

Of course, since very few people today read anything other than Harry Potter, Hunger Games, or 50 Shades of Gray, the source material may be believed by many to be the Blake Edwards film - in which case the source is still astoundingly superior.

[ZiggyCringe]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 12:38am

"The show's biggest crime, however, was being flat, grey, and dull. "

It really was. I saw the matinee today, and I agree, that's the problem.

However, I must say, I've never in my 30 year history of going to shows have ever seen a more hostile audience than that. When Holly threw the cat out of the taxi, the audience literally boo-ed and hissed. I actually felt bad for the actors on stage. There were two old ladies sitting behind me. The first one said "That cat can't act!" And the second one said, loud enough for the cast to hear onstage, "The girl can't act either."

Yikes.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 7:54am

Well I'm glad I decided against going to the matinee yesterday. Don't think I could have put up with that at a show I didn't really even want to see in the first place.

[suestorm]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 8:58am

oh ZIGGY that is horrible! that behaviour is why i rarely go to the movies. i hope its not coming to theaters now.
Im going this weekend, ill let you know if it happens again

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[suestorm]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 8:58am

SORRY DOUBLE POST

Updated On: 4/18/13 at 08:58 AM

[Rainbowhigh23]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:45am

Those old ladies were way out of line. The cat is being nominated for a Tony for his acting. Don't they know that throwing him out of the cab is part of the story?

[newintown]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 10:45am

There were two old ladies sitting behind me. The first one said "That cat can't act!"

The night I went, the cat was Duse and Bernhardt combined, compared to some of the poor, misdirected cast.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 11:09am

This was on the same level as Roundabout boing. I don't use the word "insufferable" a lot in regards to theater but this was.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 8:57pm

Good for those people letting those actors know just how boring they are. In England they used to throw vegetables. Bring on the lettuce and tomato! I normally would not agree to such behavior by an audience in a theatre but in this very dull case, I have to make an exception. To quote Marie Antoinette." Let them have vegetables!"

[Cheesy2]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 3:17am

I'm in the show. No one ever booed when Holly put the cat out of the car. The poster is a liar. Flat out.



Updated On: 4/19/13 at 03:17 AM

[suestorm]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:29am

cheesy, i am cming to the show this weekend and i cant wait to see it. im sorry you guys are closing but that shouldnt put a damper on all of your hard work. dont listen to the haters, im sure theyre just bitter failed actors living in mommys basement.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:35am

"im sure theyre just bitter failed actors living in mommys basement."

Really? After being accused of being a troll, and trying to deny it, how many times you are going to resort to pulling out one of the oldest troll lines in the book? Really?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:35am

Cheesy, you better alert security that this crazy ho is coming to your show this weekend. Be safe.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:46am

Sue is right. Every person that has ever disliked a show and talked about disliking said show is a bitter, failed actor. Every single one. If all those failed actors just stopped going to see shows, they wouldn't have sold ANY tickets to shows like: B'fast at Tiffany's, Wonderland, Jekyll and Hyde, The Story of My Life, All Shook Up, Carrie.....and the list goes on.

It never has to do with the quality of the show. Ever. Because if it's opens on Bway, it must be good.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:47am

Why bother, since Cheesy is lying

Cheesy2:
I'm new here and I am confused. I thought this site was for people that love the theater. It seems like people take pleasure in trashing shows. I saw Breakfast At Tiffany's and it wasn't very good but I don't think that's cause for celebration. A lot of talented people are involved in this show. Real actors. No one that writes on this site could possibly be a real actor because the actors I know are really professional and want their colleagues to succeed. It's easy to comment from the cheap seats, and really hard to sweat and put yourself on display for the folks who think they are part of show biz cause they see plays.

[egghumor]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 10:01am

I wanna be Cheesy3, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!

[goldenboy]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 10:57am

I say "Let them throw vegetables."

[Cheesy2]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 12:28am

Just curious what Cheesy (me) lied about.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 12:55am

I'll be at the closing performance. Should be interesting...

[On8thAvenue]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:17am

I feel like I'm one of very few who is sad to see this go. I by no means thought it was amazing, but I enjoyed the performance I went to. As a fan of the novella, I was happy to see this story brought to life in a more-true manner to the original story.

Hope to see Corey Michael Smith find something new soon, as he's a very talented actor; and I would be interested to see Emilia in a different stage role in the future, as well.

Updated On: 4/20/13 at 09:17 AM

[Cheesy2]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 1:59pm

Both these young actors are wonderful, and with better scripts and more helpful direction will have special careers. There are circumstances concerning this show that the public is not privy to that contributed to the drubbing this show took.
Sadly there are folks who don't realize that sometimes poor producing contributes to shows seen far too soon in the process for the public to swoop down and attack in so public a forum. The production closing today is a far far cry from the one that most folks here saw and ripped to shreds.
Believe me, Emilia and Cory will survive the beating they took and will prevail beautifully.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 2:25pm

That may be the case, but people talked about the show that was presented to them. The reviews were not kind either -- so you can't throw the blame at the posters here -- we are a tiny, inconsequential percentage of any audience.


If the show wasn't ready, they shouldn't have opened. And you can't blame the audience for that.

Of course the cast is talented -- most are, and it seldom the talent of the performers that gets in the way.


May I remind you of the reviews?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 2:58pm

I seem to recall that many reviews acknowledge the talent of both Cory and Emilia, as well.