#BroadwayBloodbath

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/8/19 at 10:21pm

So apparently many chorus people from a bunch of shows tonight are gathering for a mourning party for all the closing shows this month

A bunch of the Cher Show chorus came out in some awesome funeral looks and I was wondering if anyone else at stage doors tonight saw ensemble members in funeral finery?

[Susanswerphone]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 5:43am

Maybe change your not-so-witty hashtag.

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 11:00am

The hashtag was the one used by some of the performers on Instagram (see: Charlie Williams account)

I should have clarified that.

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 11:04am

When the Cancellation Bear comes to Broadway, it comes as the OTHER kind of "bear."

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 11:04am

With how last weekend went in this country, what a poor choice of words to use for a hashtag. 

[metropolis10111]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 11:23am

Mike Barrett said: "With how last weekend went in this country, what a poor choice of words to use for a hashtag."

Yea I was thinking it was yet another shooting. Not the best choice for sympathy guys 

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 12:08pm

Beyond the pearl clutching (covered above), I still don't get why a bunch of unprofitable shows all closing after not winning Tonys has become such a major topic.

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 3:20pm

Social media photo ops.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 3:45pm

You putting a "#" in front of anything on this website is stupid.  And typing "bloodbath" for entertainment considering 31 people died in under a day last weekend is despicable.  

[broadway213]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 4:16pm

When you trace the # back on Instagram- it seems to have been started by Morgan James- who has a history of being v problematic. Remember when she hated on the Shakespeare in the Park ITW a few years ago on twitter and got like blacklisted? 

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 4:21pm

Trying to connect this hashtag to the mass shooting is a reach, guys. Come on.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 4:21pm

Double Post

Updated On: 8/9/19 at 04:21 PM

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 4:38pm

Oh, I was just waiting for someone to be 'offended' by the tag.  

THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!

 

Grow a pair kids.  It's a headline on a chat board, not the NYT.

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 9:51pm

Connecting the word “bloodbath” to two recent mass shootings we had is nowhere near a stretch, especially after TKAM was stopped the other night due to a thought of a gun shot. Quit your ignorance people. We average a shooting in this country everyday and using “broadway bloodbath” is simply distasteful. If you can’t see, I have no words for your ignorance to this issue. Wait till it effects you is all I have to say.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 10:37pm

No, when I saw the topic, the first thing I thought of is the fact that a lot of shows seem to be closing, not the shootings. I won’t be called ignorant for not connecting dots that aren’t actually there.

[AADA81]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 10:50pm

Instant reaction: Oh no.  Another shooting.

Just be thoughtful and change the topic.  It's very disturbing.

[Sampatches]

Posted: 8/10/19 at 8:54am

To clarify the party was called the Broadway Bloodbath Bash. Planning for it started about a month ago by one of the PW ensemble members when all of the shows got their notice so close together, before the recent tragedy and motorcycle incident. The name probably should have been changed but at that point the marketing and flyers had already been making the rounds at the backstages.

Here’s a link to the flyer:

https://imgur.com/a/psnMaXk

Updated On: 8/10/19 at 08:54 AM

[Gorlois]

Posted: 8/10/19 at 9:19am

I understand that the intent was harmless and under different circumstances the dark joke could work. But at this moment in American life, it sounds at best tone deaf in context and at worst actually alarming out of context.

[Pose2]

Posted: 8/10/19 at 4:33pm

Agreed. 

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 8/10/19 at 7:54pm

ESPEICALLY since TKAM was just evacuated for a thought gun shot. After 2 mass shootings in a country that averages one every single day.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 8/11/19 at 12:44am

Not sure why everyone is coming for the OP when it was the Broadway actors who decided to name their party this? If you have an issue, go on Charlie Williams’ precious instagram feed and voice your opinions there.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 8/11/19 at 12:52am

Yeah, it’s a tasteless hashtag. Even if it was conceived before the recent events, it still ain’t cute.