#1
Posted: 4/16/16 at 10:12am
Anyone attending previews for PARAMOUR? I hadn't realized it started previews tonight at the Lyric!
Cirque does Broadway: PARAMOUR Previews
#2
Posted: 4/16/16 at 10:40am
Financially, I can't make it to NY anytime soon, but I hope this goes well! I have been a fan of Jeremy Kushnier's since he was Tommy in Jersey Boys on Tour in Toronto in 2006/2007. Great to see another Canadian back on Broadway, and only learning his role in less than 2 weeks!
#3
Posted: 4/16/16 at 6:48pm
I love Cirque but this feels really stupid
#4
Posted: 4/16/16 at 11:29pm
You could hear a pin drop in this thread.
#5
Posted: 4/16/16 at 11:33pm
^once I read that I heard the pin.
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#6
Posted: 4/17/16 at 12:00am
There has been chillingly little hype for this show, especially considering that it's in the largest Broadway house.
#7
Posted: 4/17/16 at 12:43am
Prove me wrong but it seems like it will be like 'Around the World in 80 Musicals' with circus tricks intergrated into every mumber.
Should play a game--guess the show and best place to throw in a gymnast [or 12].
Carousel--Clambake?
#9
Posted: 4/17/16 at 12:47am
Their NYC based shows have been very non-spectacle, which seems anti-their brand. After seeing O in Vegas, they need a giminc to get it going.
#10
Posted: 4/17/16 at 1:36am
Pre show: https://instagram.com/p/BESbHJhJ-Ea/
the set reminds me of an awards show. From other posts it looks like they aren't using playbill which seems strange.
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My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#11
Posted: 4/17/16 at 1:38am
Time will tell how good it is. Maybe a Playbill will be used after it opens.
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#12
Posted: 4/17/16 at 8:52am
RippedMan said: "Their NYC based shows have been very non-spectacle, which seems anti-their brand. After seeing O in Vegas, they need a giminc to get it going.
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The gimic is the more typical Broadway-esque plot-driven style show. That's all there is too it.
#13
Posted: 4/17/16 at 8:52am
Surely this will pull in the tourists who can't get into Hamilton or one of the other shows.
#14
Posted: 4/17/16 at 9:09am
After the other 35 shows currently playing on b'way?
I have no feeling on Cirque....other than: the first one you see is by far the best.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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Updated On: 4/17/16 at 09:09 AM
#15
Posted: 4/17/16 at 9:34am
They can't actually be expecting to profit on this with the rumored 25 million price tag.
It would need to run forever and a day.
#16
Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:18am
Exactly. That's not a good gimic. Don't pander to the theater crowd. Just make a good show! Doesn't have to be golden age based etc.
#17
Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:38am
"gimic"?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#19
Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:47am
how do people not know how to spell the word "gimmick"
#20
Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:53am
How do people not know how to start a sentence with an uppercase letter or end a sentence with proper punctuation like a question mark?
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#21
Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:54am
on a message board, I'd rather be guilty of it ... where INFORMAL WRITING IS ACCEPTABLE ... than not knowing how to spell an incredibly simple and basic word.
#22
Posted: 4/17/16 at 11:09am
Oy.
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#23
Posted: 4/17/16 at 11:16am
Misspelling a word is definitely a sin in my book, but calling out someone for misspelling a word is by far a worse thing to do. Unless one legitimately does not know what a "gimic" is, why bother asking, other than being sanctimonious? I think it's important to confront people who think it's ok to be rude just because we are on a message board and not in speaking in person. There is no reason why we cannot have civility on these boards.
#24
Posted: 4/17/16 at 11:43am
if you are calling out someone for writing "gimic" instead of "gimmick," which is not slightly but completely different, then you are doing the person a favor. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. cheers
#25
Posted: 4/17/16 at 11:58am
Hopefully the show is more exciting than this thread. :)
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