Brooklyn-Am i crazy? — Page 2

#26

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/6/04 at 2:00pm

YAY, another BROOKLYN thread!!!!

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#27

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/6/04 at 2:01pm

Midtown, when people stood up after Ideden finished that SCREECHING song "Once Upon A Time" other people were yelling at them to sit down and booing. It was absolutely the funniest thing I've ever seen. It's just a shame my ears still bleed occasionally.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#28

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/6/04 at 2:17pm

Matt,
Thanks for the chuckle.
Hey, did you ever try the chinese place i suggested?

#29

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/6/04 at 8:32pm

It reminds me of that line from "Musical of Musicals the Musical": "the audience applauds the scene change"-they were making fun of ALW, but it is so true these days.You have a chandelier come down-the audience will applaud, you have a snow machine -the audience will applaud-you walk around in trash bags and sing really high-you get a standing ovation. It's the fail-me-not fool-proof way....

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#30

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/6/04 at 9:02pm

Thank you for that, FOCI.

I agree 100%.

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#31

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/6/04 at 11:01pm

there USED to be an audience for smart, challenging theater. When you compare the thought-provoking Caroline or Change to the the brain cell killing Brooklyn and then consider that Brooklyn may run longer, it's depressing. I guess 50 years of TV and 20 years of video games really has dumbed us down.

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'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston

#32

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:40am

Matt_G I love you! "Ideden" is so true. Keep up the good work boy.

#33

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:09am

Hey, I'm just doing my part to serve the theatre community.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#34

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:19am

well still. you're the best. no question about it. :)

#35

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:21am

I don't think I'm "the best". But I'm damn close.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#36

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:23am

They should add a tony award for "Best Poster on the Broadwayworld Board." You would win every year.

#37

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:24am

A Tony award?! LOL. Now there's a thought!

And you just joined 2 days ago! You don't know all my secrets yet.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#38

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:25am

Well I just JOINED. However, I have been reading for almost a year.

#39

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:26am

Uh Oh.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#40

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:27am

wait? how did you know I just joined?

#41

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:28am

because if you look under your screenname, it tells me all I need to know.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#42

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:29am

oh haha. Wow am I observent or what!

#43

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:07pm

geez!! If you don't like the show, don't keep going on and on about it being crappy, it's your opinion, the show is very brlliant, very creatve...

#44

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:11pm

geez!! If you like the show, don't keep going on and on about it being creative, it's your opinion, the show is very crappy, very uncreative...

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#45

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:33pm

thank you pab..

#46

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:36pm

Oy, people!

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#47

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:40pm

"there USED to be an audience for smart, challenging theater"

Not necessarily. Remember that West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and Gypsy were not that successful (in terms of finance and attendance) in their day. All of them closed in under two years. My Fair Lady, Best Little Whorehouse and Sound of Music all were bigger hits respectively despite being less challenging works.

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#48

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:47pm

OK that's it!!!
Don't you people have something else in life to do instead of bashing brooklyn in every single theard?
Many people think BKLYN is a brilliant, amazing, creative great show (including me and all of the BKLYN fans, and believe it or not, there are many)
And just for the record - no BKLYN fan started this theard, so don't say we can't stop talking about it 24hrs a day (we have the fans forum for that!)

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#49

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 1:48pm

The NY Times reports that plays, which are more challenging than musicals, are having a difficult time being produced. It's very scary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/theater/newsandfeatures/07bway.html?oref=login

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'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston

#50

re: Brooklyn-Am i crazy?

Posted: 12/7/04 at 2:00pm

"Not necessarily. Remember that West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and Gypsy were not that successful (in terms of finance and attendance) in their day. All of them closed in under two years. My Fair Lady, Best Little Whorehouse and Sound of Music all were bigger hits respectively despite being less challenging works."

Mister Matt, you are right. I look at the list below of the longest running Broadway Musicals and I have to say that, IMHO, only four of them are challenging works and the rest of them just had gimmicks that moved them along.

Cats
The Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
A Chorus Line
Oh! Calcutta (1976 Revival)
Beauty and the Beast
Miss Saigon
Rent
42nd Street
Grease

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"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"