Debbie Does Dallas???

[NathanLaneStalker]

Debbie Does Dallas???#0

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:39pm

Ok, I just bought the CD today and all I can say is.....wow. It is.....very different!

I just wanted to know who saw this while it was playing off-broadway? and was it a flop?

Thanks!

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[broadwaybaby086]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#1

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:53pm

Haha! My friend gave me this cd before I came home for the summer and it is HIlarious! I didn't see it, but I can't imagine how it was staged.

It's awkward when my iTunes is on shuffle and a track from this album comes on. Especially the last track. Oy.

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[Jane2]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#2

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:56pm

It was one of those shows which was called a flop by everyone who didn't see it. The audiences loved it! It was an evening of pure fun and laughs-entertaining, but I wouldn't call it haute theater.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[BertCCRI]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#3

Posted: 8/4/06 at 12:06am

I saw "Debbie" Off-Broadway, when it was one of the few shows to perform on Monday nights. Unfortunately, Sherie Renee Scott had played her final performance the night before, and she was the main reason I was interested in seeing the show. Sherie's understudy was playing the title role, and was okay, The show was moderately amusing, though it was a disappointment to see a New York production with no live accompaniment: the actors sang to a recorded orchestral track. The theatre itself, befitting the nature of the show, was pretty tacky, and 'way off the beaten track. I later read that the hotel which housed the theatre was where the survivors from the Titanic were put up when they reached New York.

[Jane2]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#4

Posted: 8/4/06 at 12:10am

The Riverview Hotel was indeed where the Titanic survivors were brought. The theatre was created inside the hotel for the production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. There couldn't have been a more suitable space for that show. Those who saw it know exactly what I mean. Following that, were a handful of other shows (Tick Tick Boom and Debbie among them). The Jane St. Theatre as it was called, has been dark for years. I understand it's still available for use.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#5

Posted: 8/4/06 at 12:39am

Jane St. is dark!
Thats terrible, all those great shows played in it and now it's collecting dust? I'd love to perform in Jane St.

I've heard a good amount of the cast recording, not the whole entire thing, I've also read the libretto. It's weird cuz the show only has about five or six actually songs in it. The cast recording is basically 35 tracks of dialogue, 5 songs, and karaoke :)
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[jimnysf]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#6

Posted: 8/4/06 at 12:43am

http://www.debbiesf.com/

Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical
San Francisco Premiere
Opens August 18th, 2006

Join us for this tribute to the most famous adult film of all time! Even if you've never seen the original, you'll enjoy this send-up of 70's porn, cheerleader rivalry and high school heartbreak. Smart and funny, racy and risqué, this is already one of the most talked-about shows in San Francisco this year.

Synopsis:
Debbie Benton is invited Dallas to audition for the "Texas Cowgirls" cheerleading squad, but her parents won't give her the money to go. She and her friends decide to get jobs to help her raise the money, but will minimum wage be enough? Or will they have to try something else?

Venue:
Eureka Theatre
215 Jackson Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

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[FeelingElectric]

re: Debbie Does Dallas???#7

Posted: 8/4/06 at 2:43am

I bought this cast recording because I am a big fan of Sherie Rene Scott. It is one of the most hilarious things I have ever heard. Sherie is fantatic, showing shades of what was to come in DRS. I especially love Where I Need To Go. I wish to god I had seen this show when Sherie was in it Off-Broadway!

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