Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Hugo
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#0Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/5/04 at 10:52pmVariety named Brooklyn the hottest show in 2004! Congrats!
Plum
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Hugo
Chorus Member Joined: 10/28/04
#2re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/5/04 at 11:02pmvariety p.23 vol. 2 c.2--4
#3re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/5/04 at 11:06pmI'm somewhat surprised, to say the least
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#4re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/5/04 at 11:07pm
I should be able to get my hands on that issue in the next few days. No context, nothing?
Though now that I think about it, how many original musicals opened in 2004? Bombay Dreams, Dracula, and The Frogs are the only other ones I can think of. The rest were revivals.
So if Variety named Brooklyn the top original musical of 2004, I wouldn't be that surprised. The top show, on the other hand? Not by a long shot. The Assassins revival alone should eliminate that possibility. Not to mention plays- not that people here tend to remember that they exist. 
Updated On: 11/5/04 at 11:07 PM
Hugo
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#6re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/5/04 at 11:48pmEspecially since Variety lambasted the show. This is quite the anomaly.
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#7re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/5/04 at 11:59pmReviews don't mean anything, audiences are loving this show!
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#9re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 12:02amthis doesn't seem to gel with the show being added to the TDF list today. weird business, Broadway.
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#10re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 12:05am
And The Frogs is only semi-new.
Weird.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#11re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 12:18amWell, 2004 was a crappy year for new musicals, no doubt. 2003 had a few decent to good shows, and 2005 at least has some promise.
#12re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 12:30amI think Little Women and Spamalot are gonna be dukeing it out for 2005. And I'm guessing Jo March is gonna be whooping Lancolot's ass! Updated On: 11/6/04 at 12:30 AM
Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#13re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:07amwow theres a lot besides LW and spamalot--dirty rotten scounrels, good vibrations, all shook up, the opposite of sex is coming possibly too.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#14re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:34amI doubt the jukebox musicals are going to be much good, but there's also The Light in the Piazza to consider.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#15re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:43am
I agree, I dont think the jukebox musicals will go to well either. Although, some of them might go as family shows, God knows they ALWAYS do well!
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Plum
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#16re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:45amI dunno. I think 2005 will be the great test of jukebox musicals. Is there room for more than Mamma Mia? I don't think Movin' Out or The Boy From Oz truly counted, so the upcoming shows will really determine whether jukebox shows are the future of Broadway.
#17re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 2:47amGod, I hope not. MAMMA MIA's awfulness is enough to hold broadway over until 2024
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magruder
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#18re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:27am
It is a very busy winter and spring season for new musicals, both of the jukebox variety (Good Vibrations, All Shook Up, possibly Jersey Boys), and with original scores (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spamalot, Light in the Piazza, Little Women) and a movie-to-stage transfer with some new songs (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). That's eight new musicals on the way, and at least two of them (Light in the Piazza, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) have received especially promising out of town reviews.
There were seasons in the past like 1989, that produced three new musicals total, or 1995, when there were just two new musicals. I'm excited that so many new musicals are on the way. As for the "jukebox" musicals, they are at least a step up from the bookless, aimless musical revues of the 1980s and 1990s that attempted to ape the success of Ain't Misbehavin', with a bunch of people in evening clothes making goo-goo eyes at each other all night.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#19re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:37amTOP SHOW? Perplexing, to say the least.
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#20re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:51am
What did they base this decision on?
A whole bunch of just average musicals opened this year.
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#21re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:20amReally? Gracious! I keep hearing form everyone that it stinks like scallions.
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#22re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:01pmHow can you name that the hottest show of the year with this year not even over???
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#23re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:30pm
Spence,
Have you polled all of the audiences to know that they are loving the show? NO... you just want people to believe that. The night that we saw it, I saw more eye-rolling than I have ever seen at a Broadway show. I know around 10 people that have seen the show since we saw it, and 8 of 10 hated it... the other 2 said it was okay.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#24re: Brooklyn has been named TOP SHOW OF 2004
Posted: 11/6/04 at 1:36pm
How can you name that the hottest show of the year with this year not even over???
Simple. Like I said, if what they're really naming is the hottest new musical, then the competition is over. There's no more new musicals opening until 2005.
However...Hugo, I'm searching Variety and I'm not seeing the article you're referring to. Maybe it hasn't made it online yet, but I'd appreciate some kind of headline or article name.
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