“Broadway’s pandering to tourists has backfired big-time” — Page 2

I think targeting to tourists is fine. But it needs to be actual quality. Like wtf was dinsey thinking with current version of frozen

HogansHero said: "@Wayman, I somehow missed your post earlier but yes Memphis beat the odds and was well produced, without regard to what anyone thinks of the show. I had a different favorite that year, based purely on the music, but that I acknowledge did not have a strong enough book to make it competitive.

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What was the one you loved?

Musicalslover said: "What was the one you loved?"

American Idiot

Wayman_Wong said: "HogansHero: I've never been shy about sticking up for ''Memphis'' because I don't think it gets all the credit it deserves. Thanks, but there's no need to applaud my tenacity; that recognition should go to the Tony-winning team of producers of ''Memphis,'' led by Randy Adams and Sue Frost, and THEIR tenacity. They believed enough in the show to hold FOUR out-of-town tryouts before bringing it to Broadway. I first saw it in 2004 at TheatreWorks in Mountain View, Calif., and even though they had just added a new song called ''Memphis Lives in Me'' and its Act II was problematic, the audience still ate it up. By the time it landed at the Shubert, they really had reworked Act II, dumping old songs and writing new ones. (How often do we hear about out-of-town tryouts of shows where the Broadway version has been barely changed?)

I agree with you that seasons are cyclical. And some are more competitive than others. But that shouldn't take away from the hard work that Joe DiPietro and David Bryan invested into ''Memphis.'' At the end of the day, a show rises or falls on its word of mouth, and ''Memphis'' was a real crowdpleaser, racking up about 1,200 performances. As I'm sure you well know, winning the Tony for Best Musical is no guarantee of a long run: ''Passion'' only made it to 280; ''Fun Home,'' 583. So whether you like ''Memphis'' or not, it beat some incredible odds, and is still quite an underdog story."

Just have to add, MEMPHIS was amazing in London as well. Beverly Knight was outstanding. I saw it regionally, in New York, and London. Although New York was dismissive, it has real audience appeal and wonderful evening in the theatre.

HogansHero said: "Musicalslover said: "What was the one you loved?"

American Idiot"

I never caught American Idiot on Broadway, but since I lived in the Bay Area at the time, I got to see it there 2-3 times, including the final performance where I sat 2-3 rows in front of Green Day. It was at that final show that, as a surprise, the whole cast and crew played Good Riddance on guitars, which later (as I understand it) became the standard encore. But that day, the band were all crying when it happened and overwhelmed by the gesture.

The article reads like something a newbie would post here and promptly would get eviscerated for.

Haterobics, I am jealous you got to see that last performance in Berkeley. Have you seen the documentary Broadway Idiot? The first half of it is about that pre-Broadway run, and lots more you'll probably enjoy.

"At the end of the day, a show rises or falls on its word of mouth, and ''Memphis'' was a real crowd pleaser, racking up about 1,200 performances. As I'm sure you well know, winning the Tony for Best Musical is no guarantee of a long run: ''Passion'' only made it to 280; ''Fun Home,'' 583. So whether you like ''Memphis'' or not, it beat some incredible odds, and is still quite an underdog story."

Count me as another fan on "Memphis", I really liked the show and I thought the performance by Montego Glover was worth the price of admission.

Impossible2 said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "Impossible2 said: "Bands Visit as fantastic as it is, seems to be faultering sales wise already with discounts being flung about everywhere, muchmore so than Comet did and it's been going almost the same length of time."

Uh, what universe are you in where there areBand's Visitdiscounts being "flung" around everywhere? The show is selling quite strongly, notably so for a smallnew musical that opened in the fall. It will be the toast of the Tony nominations a week from Tuesday and continue to sell out as it takes home several big awards in June.

As for this article, I couldn't agree more. We deserve better."

There were tonnes of seats available while I was over there a few weeks ago and I got a Todays Tix message the other day offering cheap tickets.

Not dissing the show at all, I thought it was amazing. Maybe I'm wrong andit's just a slow time of year so they are offering discounts."

There are frequently $20 tickets available on StubHub as well - surely that's not the norm for a show that's selling strongly? (If it is, I've definitely been missing out!) My "theater" friends have been into TBV but I'm not sure it has the sort of broad appeal needed to stay open for another year (even if it does win Best Musical...).