Cirque does Broadway: PARAMOUR Previews

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/16/16 at 10:12am

Anyone attending previews for PARAMOUR?  I hadn't realized it started previews tonight at the Lyric!

[fashionguru_23]

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!

[Hamish3]

Posted: 4/16/16 at 6:48pm

I love Cirque but this feels really stupid

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 4/16/16 at 11:29pm

You could hear a pin drop in this thread. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/16/16 at 11:33pm

^once I read that I heard the pin.

[Scarywarhol]

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. 

[SweetLips]

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?

[roadmixer]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 12:45am

Anyone go tonight?!

[RippedMan]

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. 

[Call_me_jorge]

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.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 1:38am

Time will tell how good it is. Maybe a Playbill will be used after it opens.

[GreasedLightning]

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. 

[brian1973]

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.

[dramamama611]

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.  

Updated On: 4/17/16 at 09:09 AM

[10086sunset]

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.

[RippedMan]

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. 

[Smaxie]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:38am

"gimic"?  

[Broadway kid 2]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:42am

Smaxie said: ""gimic"?  

 

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[JM226]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 10:47am

how do people not know how to spell the word "gimmick" 

[dramamama611]

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?

[JM226]

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. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 11:09am

Oy.

[Phantom4ever]

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.  

[JM226]

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

[Huss417]

Posted: 4/17/16 at 11:58am

Hopefully the show is more exciting than this thread. :)