GODSPELL Reviews — Page 5

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Not that this will matter much to the evidently grammar-challenged thismyshow, but I don't know ChenoKahn from Adam (or Eve?), though I appreciate their defense.

Indeed, I wasn't drawing attention to myself, merely pointing out that while you expect us to believe you have no connection to Ken Davenport, apparently you also have specific knowledge about the show's running nut (from the amount of costume changes per character, to the prop budget, to potential salaries). You must at least admit that (one would hope) no one would be so forthcoming in opening night conversation as to tell you all of this. You rail against being called a shill, and yet reveal specific knowledge that indicates a certain degree of familiarity and proximity. You're just tripping over your own two feet, and casting around for something to catch.

Go ahead. Keep accusing me of drawing attention to myself. Lord knows I'm an attention whore. :P

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http://www.godspell.com/godspell-broadway-reviews.html

Ouch! The struggle for finding pull quotes is quite evident in what they did use....

How do you know Gvendo is from Nebraska and 21? Creepy...

because of something from another thread where he was giving me his linkdin page and other stuff to prove who he was and it backfired on him so he started deleting links to make me look like a crazy person.

And i will go to my grave stating this on my mothers life I do not work for Ken and honestly why does it matter everyone already has their mind made up about the show, if I was one of his "trolls" im doing a terrible job......

Updated On: 11/8/11 at 08:09 PM

you know what I quit this board, you all can go **** yourselves.

Would Godspell reallybenefit from "Wicked overflow"? I know in theory both are Schwartz shows (OK that's not in theory...) and appeal to a younger crowd, but I know a lot of casual theatre goers who worship Wicked and have no interest in Godspell (partly due to the religious connection, etc).

I'm not saying it would, Eric - just wondering. I mean, say you're from out of town and can't get tickets to Wicked - but there, right there, is another family show done by the same guy. Mightn't you consider it?

I haven't been by the theater lately, so maybe they are doing this, but with all the other stuff they've been trying (twittering during the show, etc), I think they'd be crazy not to have something in their advertising that says "by the creator of Wicked!" or something along those lines.

With the dearth of pull quotes and the mostly bad reviews, it surely couldn't hurt to try that tack. I could see the show running awhile if it can pick up a little steam going into the holidays. Also, while I'm not one of them myself, there are religious theater-goers who have difficulty finding shows acceptable to them. This just might fill a niche. It's a family show, it's well-placed location-wise, and its nut is fairly low. I say good luck to them.

Most of the ads I have seen for GODSPELL highlight Schwartz and that he wrote WICKED. But you could be on to something, that they have thought about but not sure how to get those extra WICKEDers. If GODSPELL could catch the extra 50 to 100 people who lose the WICKED lottery everynight and sell them even a discount ticket, it could help their B.O., which is gonna need a lotta help.
If they had cast a born again pop star as JC instead of that hot shirtless guy from marijuana and sex show;WEEDS, it also might have helped.

"If they had cast a born again pop star as JC instead of that hot shirtless guy from marijuana and sex show;WEEDS, it also might have helped."

You've got a point there, CPD :) Maybe they should have people hang out at Wicked's lotto with discount flyers.

"Awww, but this thread won't be any fun without thismyshow to defend this garbage bag of a show"

Gotta say, hyperbole, that's one of the things I dislike about this board. It's supposed to be for discussing Broadway shows. I don't see any fun in flame wars and trolling (which is basically what you're doing by using a phrase like "garbage bag of a show"), and it really doesn't belong here. Can't we just stick to talking about the theater without insulting the shows and each other in the name of "fun"? Isn't there someplace else you can be doing that? Off-topic board, at least?

Updated On: 11/8/11 at 10:14 PM

Compare DidHeLikeIt with StageGrade (which is the superior site, in my opinion):

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Doesn't Ken Davenport run DidHeLikeIt? So that would explain the discrepancy.