"Bullets Over Broadway" Previews- Page 13

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 4/2/14 at 11:05am

For investors to benefit in a touring production to any significant extent, they have to make an additional investment in the tour. It's true that the tour will make some payments back to the mother company, but in the overall scheme, they amount to very little. The benefit to investors is that generally they have the right to invest in a tour.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 4/2/14 at 12:04pm

theatregoer3- thanks for your detailed report!

[theatregoer3]

Posted: 4/2/14 at 12:19pm

You're welcome, neonlightsxo.

RaisedOnMusicals, I was under the impression that an investor who funds an initial production would be able to get receipts on any further licensing that came from that show. So say this skipped the tour junket and went straight to regional/community/high school licensing, wouldn't an investor be able to see some of those funds? Would the individuals who invested solely in the tour see a return on any additional licenses or are they strictly tied to the tour? Any knowledge you could share would be appreciated!

[jkstheatrescene]

Posted: 4/4/14 at 10:40pm

I don't have a ton of time, so I apologize if this is already on here some where... I know ZERO about this show/movie, but are there a lot of gunshots in the show?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/4/14 at 11:30pm

Will the Irving Berlin joke make it to opening night or will it be gone after the critics rip it?

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/4/14 at 11:34pm

"Will the Irving Berlin joke make it to opening night or will it be gone after the critics rip it?"

This makes no sense. The critics would rip something on opening night, so how could they remove it before they review it because they didn't like it?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/4/14 at 11:36pm

I meant will audience reaction prior to opening make them remove it. If not,would the critics mentioning it make them think twice about it. Got it now.

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/4/14 at 11:41pm

OK, your first post had me all confused, heh.

I see it on Wednesday, so I can't comment on the joke yet.

[macnyc]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 12:10am

The joke is still in and got quite a laugh at the performance I attended.

And yes, there are quite a few gunshots, from the first seconds of the show!

I think this is a terrific show, consistently funny all the way through. I really didn't expect to love Bullets so much, but it was firing on all cylinders, IMHO. The performances were great, the choreography was fun, the sets were incredible in their beauty and complexity. The pacing worked so well, the time flew by. Zack Braff more than held his own. I really liked the score, too. It was so well integrated into the story, I lost sight of the fact that it's made up of period music and not original to the show.

I rushed today and my friend and I sat in the first row. I actually think this was an awesome experience that added to my enjoyment of the show. We were so close, we could reach out and touch some of the actors. The scene in the very beginning where the chorus girls go over to the right side of the stage and wiggle their behinds took place right over my head. It was hysterical! I'm usually high up in the mezzanine or balcony, so this was a real treat. (You are looking up, though. The seats are marked partial view.) My friend didn't have to wear her glasses! I highly recommend Bullets!





Updated On: 4/6/14 at 12:10 AM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 12:20am

Is the joke based in any truth? I found it kind of like "waaaahhaaaat?!" but stilled laughed.

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 12:38am

If there is one thing I've learned from my couple of months on BWW, it's that they are completely incapable of predicting critics' opinions. That's not bad, it's just that they have their own opinions, which are very different from the critics'.

[marknyc]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 12:20pm

The rumor about Berlin's ghost writer persisted for decades.


http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1901&dat=19900805&id=UgwqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LtMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1297,2454176

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 12:32pm

Mjohnson -- who is "they". The posters here seldom have the same opinion. Nearly every show that comes out has fans, detractors and those everywhere in the middle. There is never a consensus. Some people will be right about the critics, some will be wrong and everything in between.

Unless, of course, you are talking about those that shout the loudest.

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 1:07pm

Dramamama, I am indeed talking about those that shout the loudest.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 2:17pm

I hear Berlin's Ghost writer will be there on opening night - in spirit

[sciencegirl]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 2:37pm

Rushing this next Friday. When did you show up MACNYC?

[PianoMann]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 2:41pm

Speaking of rushing, has anybody that has rushed during previews asked about a rush policy after opening night? Technically, the current rush policy is only for previews, so I'm wondering if they'll continue after opening night. I assume they will, considering the reports that there are lots of empty seats.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 2:44pm

I think they lifted the "for previews" only. If you go to their site, there is now no mention of the preview period. Just that it is a general rush.

[TimesSquared]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 3:22pm

People are making much too big a deal of the Irving Berlin joke. It's hilarious.

In Drowsy, there was the line in the "Cold Feets" number about "an old colored man taught me this" plus the entire "What Is It About the Asians" number, and there was Big Edie's minstrel number in Grey Gardens. They are funny because of their period glib delivery in the light of their current inappropriateness. This kind of humor is not foreign to Broadway.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 5:38pm

Thanks for the update, ArtMan, that's exciting news!

[binau]

Posted: 4/5/14 at 5:57pm

Random but has anyone noticed that when the Donkey sings "Don't Let Me Go" in Shrek there seems to be an obvious BULLETS reference? Maybe it's obvious but I hadn't seen this mentioned on the forum before:

http://i57.tinypic.com/5b4isz.png

"Don't speak, don't speak, don't speak"

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 4/6/14 at 9:44am

Posts regarding early previews had the show running about 2:50. I hear it's now running about 2:25. I guess it's a combination of some cuts and expected tightening as the cast settles in. I'm looking forward to seeing it Wednesday, the day before it opens.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 4/6/14 at 10:07am

Actually, it's not Brantley, per se, but the power of the Times. When a really good critic, like Brooks Atkinson, has the job, all is well and good. Bu when a jerk like Clive Barnes (read The Season by William Golden)holds the job, it's doomsday for many shows. It's the power of the paper, not the individual, that makes the difference. Sadly.

[macnyc]

Posted: 4/6/14 at 10:44am

Regarding rush: I rushed on Friday. I got there at 6:30 a.m. That proved to be too early, but you never know about these things! The next person arrived at 8:15. By 10, when the box office opened, I guess there were about 15 people on line. I don't know how many got tickets ($37, cash only, two per person). We were in the first row. My friend calls it a "worm's eye view," which is pretty accurate, but it was such a blast to see the show from that close!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/6/14 at 11:09am

Remember a story re the curtain being held for Barnes ( who was lecturing in Pittsburgh) for The Happy Time. Word was other critics were pissed off intimating the curtain would not have been held for them. As a result, they took their anger out on the show instead.