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Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 3:59pm

There are those who love it, there are those who hate it, and then there are the shills. I'm asking for everyone's opinion. Do you think Brooklyn should have started off Broadway and then transfer to, say, the Helen Hayes after Golda closes? This is just an example of a small theater. What are your thoughts???

Updated On: 10/20/04 at 03:59 PM

#2

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 4:01pm

The concept of GOLDA closing and BKLYN following it is...just...arrrggh.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 4:39pm

Off-Broadway is a great start for shows that don't cost mega-millions of dollars (a la Wicked), or shows that are transfers from other countries (Mamma Mia). Opening Brooklyn off-Broadway first probably would have been a good idea
#12

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 4:41pm

All day? From work? I've had to hold up this board by myself today!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#13

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 4:46pm

rath, yes, he's been cutting and pasting 300 addresses all afternoon... hotmail won't let him cut and past the list into the BCC line... because the addresses aren't in his contact list, i think hotmail assumes it's spam and won't allow it...
#14

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 5:01pm

I don't think that it should matter. If it's a good show it should be able to play anywhere. I spend money to see Off-Broadway as well as to see Broadway and I expect them both to give me the proper bang for the buck. If it's not going to work on Broadway because the script might be bad then going Off-Broadway is not going to make the script any better.
"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!"
#15

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 8:20pm

i think it should have opened off broadway merely for the intimacy factor. i have a hard time seeing this show doing well with a thousand seat venue. the 250 seat theater in denver was perfect, and i'd say 450 is probably big for this show. i'm a fan of the show, but i think the venue choice might be a mistake.
...and the moral of the story is, don't buy a weedwhacker when your lawn is dead!!!"
#18

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:09pm

No... it cannot open @ the Helen Hayes... because the Helen Hayes is going to be home to the next great show, which will not be named for sounding unshill-like.... but some of you know what im talking about!
#24

re: Brooklyn: Should it have done off broadway first?

Posted: 10/20/04 at 10:30pm

Yea, I was wondering about that when *he* said it. I didn't want to mention that Jackie Mason already has it booked.

But AFTER Jackie Mason, works just as well.
Andrew, tonight isn't about you! It isn't even about me!!! - [FD]

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