GREY GARDENS Will Lose Its Entire Investment — Page 2

Well the other piece is all those folks who sell bootlegs, that money could be going into the producers hands if legit copies were available.

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I loved the show...but I reall don't want a DVD of it that badly. I love the memory I have of it live and I don't want a video to replace that.

Granted, if I had never seen the show, I would be clawing up the walls for a DVD.

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I understand the sadness about Grey Gardens closing, and I would much prefer to know that anytime I was in the City for the rest of the year I could drop by and get a discount ticket to watch Ebersole's incredible performance.

At the same time I'm very happy that this show was able to be produced, get critical and award recognition and be seen be so many people. It's a beautifully written, challenging piece of work, and its success shows that artistry and craftsmanship isn't dead on Broadway.

Of course Mamma Mia and Phantom will far out-last and out-earn Grey Gardens. With the high costs of producing theater in present day New York and the resulting importance of tourists dollars Broadway has inevitably become mostly a live entertainment theme park.

Grey Gardens running here is like a great Monet exhibit being installed at Disney World.

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I am not surprised, but I am very dismayed that this wonderful show never really caught on.

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Broadwaybaby86 points up the split between popular mass entertainment and so-called "serious" theatre. It would be nice if one show could satisfy both groups.

This problem is not unique to theatre: Look at the big box office movies vs. the "art" films which often do not play outside of major metropolitan areas.

Still, I feel sad when she writes about GREY GARDENS:
personally, I never liked it. It was tooo boring....

But in other message she writes:

I think my fav. would have 2 b Bye Bye Birdie, or Phantom.
i am one of the biggest wicked fans in connecticut. i know that the musical was based on the book- i have not seen the book, i just know it exsists...

Hmm so she found GREY GARDENS boring but loves WICKED and PHANTOM.

I myself found PHANTOM to be a tedious bore except when the scenery was on the move. WICKED has more entertainment value but it's a lumpy show in need of a considerable re-working.

Yet the popularity of WICKED and PHANTOM seems to beget us more big, lavish, empty spectacles while plays and musicals that are about interesting characters and unusual situations cannot attract "the tourists." Shows that dazzle the eye are welcomed, but shows that make you think with scores that intrigue because you don't know where the music is taking you are eschewed.

I wish I knew the answer. I wish I knew the way to unlock COMPANY or GREY GARDENS so that everyone could experience the thrill of discovery and rediscovery as both shows yield more with each subsequent viewing or listen.

"Is anybody there? Does anybody care?
Does anybody see what I see?"

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Wanna Be's posts on this thread are absolutely laughable, considering that until now, he has been using "Grey Gardens fan" as an accusation of conspiracy against anyone that's not a card-carrying SA fan.
"It's like you're not going to stop whining until SPRING AWAKENING hands every Tony Award it won to GREY GARDENS."

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^ If only...

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MLW also should have sung with hand held mikes and do alternative dance moves from her rocking chair.

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"In all the big shows lately, every leading lady's got to fly!" (forbidden broadway)

This news is not terribly surprising

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i hate money.

Artistic Flop - No

Financial Flop - Yes

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