DISASTER Previews- Page 2
DISASTER Previews
DISASTER Previews#25
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:56pm
Don't care much for some people's reviews on this board (lol), I will be watching this show in my next NYC visit (May)
DISASTER Previews#27
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:35pm
WhizzerMarvin said: "I hope you have a good 100 yard dash in you because even strictly limited run like this has been known to retract...
"
I'm there Thursday and my flop collector heart is fluttering already.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
DISASTER Previews#28
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:35pm
I'm afraid this one is all too aptly named; it calls to mind the kind of disasters that used to pop up in decades past. The show can't decide if it's parodying disaster movies or itself, but the fact is, the movies themselves were funnier than anything in this attempted spoof, which lurches clumsily along in fits and non-starts. So many talented performers are wasted here, most of all Faith Prince. Given the most embarrassing material to work with, she flings herself wholeheartedly into it like the trouper she is. She deserves everyone's admiration.
Making matters worse still was having to listen to all those awful schlocky pop songs from the 70's that I had mercifully forgotten.
DISASTER Previews#29
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:39pm
"...all those awful schlocky pop songs from the 70's that I had mercifully forgotten."
1870's or 1970's?
DISASTER Previews#31
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:42pm
I saw the show tonight as well, and agree with Whizzer. The only part of the show I thought worked or was remotely funny was Jen Simard as the Nun. Other than that, I really wouldn't run to this one.
DISASTER Previews#32
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:44pm
I searched "Disaster musical" on Twitter and saw nothing but positive reviews.
The show is obviously supposed to be campy. Maybe those who say they were laughing at the show were actually laughing with the show? If it's a parody of disaster movies, then the dialogue is probably meant to be as bad as the dialogue was in those movies.
Or maybe the show really is terrible. Who knows.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
DISASTER Previews#33
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:44pm
Sounds like a worthy successor to Via Galactica in terms of sheer badness.
DISASTER Previews#34
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:48pm
I'd much rather see The First Wives Club come in with Faith then this...
DISASTER Previews#35
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:54pm
If first preview twitter accolades were a reliable indicator, then every show of the past decade would still be running.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
DISASTER Previews#36
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:59pm
I see this as the only possible show to upset "The Hamilton" @ Tony time.
DISASTER Previews#37
Posted: 2/10/16 at 12:08am
Mr Roxy said: "I see this as the only possible show to upset "The Hamilton" @ Tony time."
How many times do you need to say the exact same thing and bring Hamilton into every single thread?
DISASTER Previews#38
Posted: 2/10/16 at 12:14am
How was Manoel Felciano? How big is his role? I've loved him since the Doyle Sweeney Todd and he hasn't been on Broadway since then so I would quite like to see him even if this is an actual disaster.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
DISASTER Previews#39
Posted: 2/10/16 at 12:24am
Mr Roxy said: "I see this as the only possible show to upset "The Hamilton" @ Tony time.
"
You literally said this already in THIS SAME THREAD. Move on. This joke is old.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
DISASTER Previews#40
Posted: 2/10/16 at 12:27am
^
His part is small, though he does well enough by it. His talents deserve so much better, as was shown by his impressive performance in the recent off-Broadway production of The Changeling.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
DISASTER Previews#41
Posted: 2/10/16 at 12:40am
Mr Roxy said: "I see this as the only possible show to upset "The Hamilton" @ Tony time.
"
Give it a rest, you complete lunatic.
DISASTER Previews#42
Posted: 2/10/16 at 12:44am
hamiltonboys said: "I searched "Disaster musical" on Twitter and saw nothing but positive reviews."
Because for the most part, they're tagging the show's handle. It's much riskier to tweet a pan and tag the show. Go look for the subtweets.
DISASTER Previews#43
Posted: 2/10/16 at 1:59am
and my fears are confirmed, off broadway this made a fun campy little distraction of an evening, on broadway its going to be a uh.... disaster.
DISASTER(ous) Previews#44
Posted: 2/10/16 at 3:13am
Ironic that this thread's title has two meanings.
DISASTER(ous) Previews#46
Posted: 2/10/16 at 7:36am
This may be my favorite Whizzer review ever. I confess, I've been thinking, from bits and pieces seen and heard, that this sounds like an all-"star" cabaret act straight from Don't Tell Mama to Broadway. Perhaps it was the inexpensive nature of the endeavor that convinced a few somewhat-experiened producers to take it on. I do wonder what the salaries are.
I've been fascinated by Rudetsky for quite some time - like a certain breed of celebrity from the mid-twentieth century, he has no exceptional talent for acting, singing, dancing, music - but he does have a "colorful" fast-talking persona, one that is manically devoted to musical theatre. And that alone seems to have turned him into a touchstone of sorts for a few thousand other maniacal musical theatre fans across the country. But I wouldn't have guessed that it would have led him to a semi-full Broadway production.
Updated On: 2/10/16 at 07:36 AMDISASTER(ous) Previews#48
Posted: 2/10/16 at 8:32am
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat_new/d.php?id=2321851
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
DISASTER(ous) Previews#49
Posted: 2/10/16 at 9:09am
I venture that the reason all of the songs are snippets is because to sing any longer means to pay royalties.
The ultimate goal here has been and is to log the required number of Broadway performances and get the reviews. Then to build a marketing foundation to license the show. No matter how awful the reviews there will be isolated words that make for positive pull quotes. The reviews could even turn out to be good (there's no accounting for taste) in which case their marketing is strengthened.
DISASTER(ous) Previews#50
Posted: 2/10/16 at 9:13am
"I venture that the reason all of the songs are snippets is because to sing any longer means to pay royalties."
I recall once hearing that royalties must be paid if you sing or play more than 5 notes. So I'm sure they're paying royalties on all the songs credited in this show.
But yes, clearly the dream is to license this skit and try to milk some income out of it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
DISASTER(ous) Previews#51
Posted: 2/10/16 at 9:20am
I venture that the reason all of the songs are snippets is because to sing any longer means to pay royalties.
That's simply not true. Any public performance of a copyright-protected song that generates a 'commercial benefit' must be licensed (royalties paid). You're confusing this with a couple of other intellectual property issues; specifically the unauthorized broadcasting of a recording created by someone else + the overwrought "fair use" clause/statute.
Videos
