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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #75
Posted: 2/19/16 at 8:24pm
Aah yes, Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball. Just who the masses have been clamoring to have back on the Broadway stage. Does he still have vocal cords or did they run for the hills after all the abuse they took in Memphis?
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #76
Posted: 2/19/16 at 9:04pm
Well, I suppose the good news is that Chad Kimball misses a lot of shows, so whoever they hire to cover him will get to go on a lot and show off their talents, this is provided that they do more than a couple weeks of performances.
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #77
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:25am
They got a cast announcement.
This has some real train wreck potential.
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #78
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:28am
I feel bad that such people like Patti, Lindsay, and Rory are attached to this. They're all so talented and they can't find better work?
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #79
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:30am
http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/nerds-broadway-casting-omalley-murin-mendez_76040.html
Do they have an ad agency yet?
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #80
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:35am
neonlightsxo said: "I feel bad that such people like Patti, Lindsay, and Rory are attached to this. They're all so talented and they can't find better work?
Agreed.
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #81
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:38am
if you are a performer and can discriminate as to what Broadway musicals you take part in, you are in a very elite group.
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #82
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:43am
It's all about paying the bills, people. It's a very, very short list of Broadway performers who are in a position to turn down a show of a quality they consider too low. Pretty interesting, even maybe great cast—even though this won't be anything but a flop.
Updated On: 2/22/16 at 10:43 AM
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #83
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:48am
I hope it somehow is a massive surprise, but that won't happen if they don't start marketing the show yesterday. On a personal level, I have a very hard time getting past the title.
Updated On: 2/22/16 at 10:48 AMBroadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #84
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:48am
Oh, I'm aware. That doesn't make it any less depressing.
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #85
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:49am
I'm...depressed. This cast is so good. It's so good. I....am so sad.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #86
Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:52am
Scarywarhol said: "I hope it somehow it is a massive surprise, but that won't happen if they don't start marketing the show yesterday. On a personal level, I have a very hard time getting past the title. "
Agreed on both counts.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/14
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #87
Posted: 2/22/16 at 11:06am
This will have a closing notice posted by the week after opening night (if not by opening night itself)>
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #88
Posted: 2/22/16 at 11:09am
Yes, a long run seems unlikely.
Will see it in previews and hope for the best.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/08
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #89
Posted: 2/22/16 at 11:18am
Scarywarhol said: "http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/nerds-broadway-casting-omalley-murin-mendez_76040.html
Do they have an ad agency yet?"
I believe it's Serino/Coyne.
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #91
Posted: 2/22/16 at 12:10pm
neonlightsxo said: "Then where are the ads?"
*shrugs*
Every show has their own advertising and marketing plan. Maybe they decided to not really do anything until after the cast is announced. As the cast is generating buzz, they want to push off from there with their advertising and marketing.
Also, according to their Twitter (https://twitter.com/NerdsMusical), they started rehearsals today.
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #92
Posted: 2/22/16 at 12:14pm
Nerds and Disaster should swap titles- Disaster is skewing toward theater nerds and Nerds is already a disaster.
From from their Twitter, it seems Rory O'Malley and Bryan Fenkart are the leads.
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #93
Posted: 2/22/16 at 12:48pm
sorano, is there a reason why you're defending them? Are you involved with the show? Because it's pretty clear they've made a lot of bad choices that aren't worth justifying.
"As the cast is generating buzz"
...is it?
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #94
Posted: 2/22/16 at 1:27pm
neonlightsxo said: "sorano, is there a reason why you're defending them? Are you involved with the show? Because it's pretty clear they've made a lot of bad choices that aren't worth justifying.
"As the cast is generating buzz"
...is it?"
No. I'm in no way in involved with the show. I have no opinion about the show. I don't think I was defending them either.
Someone asked who the agency was and I said that I think that it's Serino Coyne. You asked why there weren't any ads. I used to work within the theatrical advertising/marketing world so I was just giving my opinion on reasons why there weren't any ads.
I remember us (the agency I used to work for) sometimes doing very little advertising and marketing for a show before the cast was announced. And yeah, I'm using "generating buzz" loosely. It's getting hits on the theatre websites as well as their social media and people are even talking about it here.
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #95
Posted: 2/22/16 at 1:59pm
sorano916 said: "No. I'm in no way in involved with the show. I have no opinion about the show. I don't think I was defending them either.
Someone asked who the agency was and I said that I think that it's Serino Coyne. You asked why there weren't any ads. I used to work within the theatrical advertising/marketing world so I was just giving my opinion on reasons why there weren't any ads.
I remember us (the agency I used to work for) sometimes doing very little advertising and marketing for a show before the cast was announced. And yeah, I'm using "generating buzz" loosely. It's getting hits on the theatre websites as well as their social media and people are even talking about it here."
I didn't think you were defending their clear lack of activity either; I assumed they wouldn't start marketing until they got the cast nailed down as well, but it's so late in the process. The only "buzz" is on this board and maybe the other one, in only a couple threads, while they have barely 1k followers on social media as far as I can tell. It's more of a "blip" than buzz at this point. I don't know how they can get tourists in, who buy tickets in advance (so marketing probably helps more there when there isn't real word-of-mouth), but it's also the off-season.
Meanwhile, their website finally got out of "beta" status, but there is still NO other information besides the newly listed creative team and link to Telecharge.
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #96
Posted: 2/22/16 at 3:06pm
And it looks like an ad for a Warby Parker knockoff.
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First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #97
Posted: 2/22/16 at 3:37pm
I don't hate the new look but it doesn't scream "musical comedy." But eh. I like all these performers, so I'm excited to see it. Just hope the music lets them show off their voices.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #98
Posted: 2/22/16 at 3:37pm
Guess Kimball isn't in this? Fenkart played Huey on tour, so maybe he's the Chad Kimball type, but comes cheaper?
First Preview of NERDS has been canceled #99
Posted: 2/22/16 at 3:43pm
Is this getting staged because the music was written by a Jujamcyn executive?
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