GROUNDHOG DAY Will Play Final Broadway Performance This September- Page 5

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 8:50pm

After Eight said: "Smokey Lady wrote: "Everything is generic and bland these days.  None of these shows will be remembered as classics. With the exception of maybe DEH they will all be forgotten very soon."

 

Except, perhaps, as bad memories. For as we know, those are not so easy to forget. I speak from experience!

 

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But not always in a negative away.  Because there is always joy in remembering  some of the turkeys.  They are part of broadway folklore.   But they are still bad shows.  

Updated On: 8/16/17 at 08:50 PM

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 8:50pm

Well I bought a ticket to the final performance. I've never actually gone to a final performance before. 

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 8:54pm

poisonivy2 said: "Well I bought a ticket to the final performance. I've never actually gone to a final performance before. 

 

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Good.  You deserve to be there. 

[Andy Bates]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:21pm

After Eight said: "Andy, that tells us more about the acumen of those who give out awards than it does about the show's worth."

It tells us that us that cynics on the internet are a dime a dozen, and it takes absolutely zero originality or creativity to blindly bash something. But please, continue with your nuanced criticism of Groundhog Day where you say "the show's book and score were extremely bad."

 

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:27pm

Andy Bates said: "After Eight said: "Andy, that tells us more about the acumen of those who give out awards than it does about the show's worth."

It tells us that us that cynics on the internet are a dime a dozen, and it takes absolutely zero originality or creativity to blindly bash something. But please, continue with your nuanced criticism of Groundhog Day where you say "the show's book and score were extremely bad."

 

 

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Blindly?  You just joined on here a few days ago.      And why is After Eight not entitled to his opinion?

Updated On: 8/16/17 at 09:27 PM

[10086Sundays]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:32pm

poisonivy2 said: "Well I bought a ticket to the final performance. I've never actually gone to a final performance before."

Same here on both. It'll be sad, but I'm glad I'll be able to be there. 

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:40pm

10086Sundays said: "poisonivy2 said: "Well I bought a ticket to the final performance. I've never actually gone to a final performance before."

Same here on both. It'll be sad, but I'm glad I'll be able to be there. 

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The discount code GHDBB1 still works for the final performance.

[Consistency]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:42pm

"That's ok.  He is entitled to his opinion."

No one has suggested otherwise. However, he's NOT entitled to attack the character and intelligence of the people who don't share his opinion (a group that includes virtually everyone) as he so frequently does. He's one of the most relentlessly nasty and uninsightful veteran posters I've ever encountered on a message board. 

[Consistency]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:43pm

"But please, continue with your nuanced criticism"

Prepare yourself for a list of three or four synonymous adjectives and nothing that gives any indication that he's actually seen the show. 

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:44pm

Consistency said: ""That's ok.  He is entitled to his opinion."

No one has suggested otherwise. However, he's NOT entitled to attack the character and intelligence of the people who don't share his opinion (a group that includes virtually everyone) as he so frequently does. He's one of the most relentlessly nasty and uninsightful veteran posters I've ever encountered on a message board. 

 

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If you can't stand the heat.. then get out of the kitchen.  What bunch of woosies. 

[Andy Bates]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 9:54pm

SmokeyLady said: "If you can't stand the heat.. then get out of the kitchen.  What bunch of woosies."

He's entitled to his opinion, and I'm entitled to call him out if his opinion seems unfounded. I'm not sure someone saying "the show is bad" counts as "heat".

 

[After Eight]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 10:21pm

Andy Bates wrote: "He's entitled to his opinion, and I'm entitled to call him out if his opinion seems unfounded."

What's "unfounded" about it? I saw it, and thought it was ghastly. The repetitive scenes were mind-numbing. The score was a chore and a bore. What more does one need say? Does one have to write a doctoral dissertation to proclaim a show bad, or ask and receive someone else's permission to claim it so? You liked it? Well, good for you. No skin off my back.

"I'm not sure someone saying "the show is bad" counts as "heat"."

It certainly seemed to get a rise out of you, for reasons that, frankly, quite escape me.

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 10:27pm

After Eight said: "The repetitive scenes were mind-numbing."

Yeah, this show would be better and shorter if he didn't live the same day over and over again...

[Andy Bates]

Posted: 8/16/17 at 10:50pm

After Eight said: "What's "unfounded" about it? I saw it, and thought it was ghastly. The repetitive scenes were mind-numbing. The score was a chore and a bore. What more does one need say? Does one have to write a doctoral dissertation to proclaim a show bad, or ask and receive someone else's permission to claim it so?"

If you found the show repetitive, maybe you should have checked about the subject matter before seeing it.

Nope, no one here is saying you need to ask permission to proclaim it bad. Just like I don't have to ask permission to point out that your criticisms seem, again, very simplistic ("The score was a chore and a bore": It's funny because it rhymes!), and overly hyperbolic.

 

[NYfanfromCA]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 2:16am

haterobics said: "NYfanfromCA said: "Maybe I can score a last minute seat to DEH, ha ha, obviously impossible."

Check the DEH cancelation line/lottery thread for info, but DEH releases tickets about four days in advance to shows, typically the seats that were held for accessible patrons and their companions, so there is hope. I just bought DEH tickets yesterday for Saturday's show. Worth a shot.

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Thanks!  I will definitely try this. Sad that GHD is closing, but I might as well make the best of the trip and enjoy as many shows as I can.

[Lot666]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 8:29am

10086Sundays said: "Andy Bates - Don't bother, it's not worth it. Some folks here only post in order to insult others and/or attempt to win the internet. Block them.(Click on Settings, next to log out.) Trust me, it'll make your time here much more pleasant.  

No one has to justify their experience with a piece art.  It's yours and yours alone.  Cherish it, and ignore those who attempt to diminish it."

Words of wisdom here, especially for newcomers. The "Ignore Message Board Users" option is your friend.

Updated On: 8/17/17 at 08:29 AM

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 12:21pm

"Words of wisdom here, especially for newcomers. The "Ignore Message Board Users" option is your friend."

 

It all sounds very Trumpish to me. 

 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 12:40pm

SmokeyLady said: "If you can't stand the heat.. then get out of the kitchen.  What bunch of woosies. "

*wussies

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 12:45pm

LizzieCurry said: "SmokeyLady said: "If you can't stand the heat.. then get out of the kitchen.  What bunch of woosies. "

*wussies

 

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Nope.  Not what I call them. 

[Andy Bates]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 5:09pm

SmokeyLady said: "It all sounds very Trumpish to me."

That's funny, because you saying, "If you can't stand the heat.. then get out of the kitchen.  What bunch of woosies." is the most Trumpish thing I've seen on this thread.

 

[Margo319]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 5:18pm

[a-mad]

Posted: 8/17/17 at 7:29pm

Andy Bates said: "SmokeyLady said: "It all sounds very Trumpish to me."

That's funny, because you saying, "If you can't stand the heat.. then get out of the kitchen.  What bunch of woosies." is the most Trumpish thing I've seen on this thread.

 

 

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*APPLAUSE*

[Big Apple2]

Posted: 8/18/17 at 1:47am

So bummed to see this show already ending its run so soon.  Wished it could have played through the holiday season.  I'm just glad I got to see it on Broadway.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/27/17 at 1:20pm

didn't say that it didn't. 

I was more saying 
ghost (massive flop)
Matilda (massive hit)
GHD (massive flop)

i don't think a producer will entrust him with a huge musical again after losing around 30 million dollars with ghost and ghd. 

If that were the case, very few directors would ever work on Broadway.  Do you honestly think Ghost flopped because of the direction?  That another director would have turned it into a hit?  Have you seen how many flops Stroman has had?  Michael Mayer didn't have a musical turn a profit until his fourth production, Spring Awakening, nine years after his first, Triumph of Love.  I think Warchus will be fine.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 1/8/18 at 11:17pm

Given how much money this massive show (sadly) hemorrhaged, no national tour isn't too surprising...

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stuck-GROUNDHOG-DAY-Scraps-Plans-for-a-US-National-Tour-20180108