Godspell - First Preview Tonight- Page 11

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/21/11 at 8:34pm

That Fran Weisler is a Beotch.

[Blactor]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 5:28pm

This thread is really entertaining, lol...

[My Oh My]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 5:29pm

Hey y'all...love musical theatre like you claim to!

For starters, quit loving it so damn much, and don't pay attention to concept; lyrics; orchestration (God forbid!); book; direction; lighting; set design; costume design; or sound design. Looking too closely will inevitably cause you to have something called an "opinion."

You don't want to risk being negative around those who don't give a crap about theatre. All they care about is seeing a "show" and all this talk of this and that revival not working might make them think! Worse yet, they might actually agree, and they don't want that. They want a mindless night at a "show."

And unlike you so-called "fans," who waste their time being bitter no lives with actual opinions, they will love it unconditionally, blindly.

Hahahaha.

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 6:03pm

Anyone have any idea how much TKTS tix are?

[Donthatecongratulate]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 6:46pm

YOU CAN'T HAAAAAAAAANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!!!

[Donthatecongratulate]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 6:48pm

jj darling, this is called life. happens to the best of us. the truth stares us in the face and we have to deal with it. A crappy show is a crappy show.

Updated On: 10/22/11 at 06:48 PM

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 10/22/11 at 10:03pm

Haven't read through the whole thread, but from what I was reading a few days ago, it sounds like most people really hated it.

I was pleasantly surprised; liked it way more than I thought I would. I was familiar with the show going in (which definitely helps I think). Because of the quirky nature of the show, you have to have a cast that sells it. And this one really pull through. I thought the cast was great.

My only real complaint was the updated cultural references. They're appropriate, as Godspell begs for such current references. It's just that their particular ones felt very forced in.

[thismyshow]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 12:06am

why does it seem like only here and ATC is where people are slamming it? everyone on facebook and twitter is raving about it....

[barcelona20]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 1:09am

It sure is shilly in here isn't it thismyshow?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 1:55am

everyone on facebook and twitter is raving about it

This is nothing new. People on Facebook and Twitter are a whole lot easier to please than us folks here on BWW and ATC.

[thismyshow]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 9:20pm

why is everyone so trigger happy when it comes to the word shill? it was a observation not me screaming its great your all wrong, just making a observation, yeesh

[Princeton78]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 9:42pm

Soooooooooo....

Can anyone answer this....

During the Long Live God/Prepare Ye/Beautiful City part of the finale, does it build up and rock out at the end or does it wimp out like Let the Sun Shine did in the Hair revival?

(For the record, I loved the Hair revival, but would have liked Let the Sun Shine to reach a fever pitch... rather than drop the band out).

[barcelona20]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 9:56pm

Thisismyshow- how are we supposed to believe you when you knew what the set was going to be like a week before the first preview?

[thismyshow]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 10:11pm

because I went to a staged reading of a play where i was sitting next to 2 folks who were discussing the set, rather loudly.
Updated On: 10/23/11 at 10:11 PM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 10:13pm

Princeton, it starts off slow as usual. It takes a whole to build because of the added section of Beautiful City, but it does build to the rock tempo. The slower build created a nice moment for Wallace/Judas, who comes around and sings Prepare Ye with the rest of them.

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 10:20pm

because I went to a staged reading where i was sitting next to 2 folks who were discussing the set, rather loudly.

LOL

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 10:46pm

I am praying really hard for those of you who hate this production.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 10/23/11 at 10:54pm

I saw it this evening and hated almost every second of it!
They have ruined a classic.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 12:15am

Would you care to elaborate, Mama?

I seriously wonder what the critics will say about this. I'm guessing they will get reviews across the whole spectrum. I mean, Godspell has never been a universally loved show, right? But at the same time, isn't this the kind of show/production Isherwood would rave about?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 12:48am

GODSPELL certainly WAS universally loved when it first opened.
It had one of the longest OffBway runs ever.
It spawned dozens of tours, countless regional, local and school productions and played most major cities in the world, and was sold to the movies.
If you are gonna make such a statement, do your homework HeyMr.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 1:18am

Whoa didn't mean to make "such a statement" (poor word choice on my part), just commenting that the show itself is not everyone's cup of tea. Just because it was an Off-Broadway hit, moved to Broadway, has played internationally, and was made into a movie means that everyone has always loved the show? Hardly a show that can have the tagline, "You already know you're gonna love it." (Neither is the show that sports that tagline.)

I know the show is considered classic, but there are certainly people who do not care for the show, not now and not ever. I'm sure there are many on this thread alone who aren't fans of the show. It's beloved by many, sure, but not by all. The show wasn't even nominated for Best Musical. I think I know enough about the subject, thanks.

Has anyone (besides kyle) seen the Paper Mill production that this revival was supposedly inspired by? Does anything, besides the creative team and a couple cast members, remain from that production? If so, what has lost in translation to the Big White Way? I'm just curious since that production was critically lauded, but many people here don't care for it this time around. Updated On: 10/24/11 at 01:18 AM

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 1:59am

Whoa didn't mean to make "such a statement" (poor word choice on my part), just commenting that the show itself is not everyone's cup of tea.

LOL! NO show is everyone's cup of tea,love, but thank you for that. Considering its tremendous success throughout the years at every level, I would call it "universally loved".

You really don't have to come and defend this production everyday. We get that you loved it, but if it's trashed by the majority just let it be.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 2:11am

Nothing in my past three posts have said anything about me loving this production. I think "nice" was my heaviest compliment today, and it was to describe a specific moment, not the production as a whole. I even tried to open up more discussion on why people don't like it for the sake of discussion, not defense (I'm genuinely curious and would like to hear more opinions). But please, interpret as you will.

(I also admitted that "universally loved" was poor word choice and not exactly what I meant. Thanks for agreeing with me.) Updated On: 10/24/11 at 02:11 AM

[thismyshow]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 2:58am

so i guess this is either going to be a production people super love, or really really hate

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 10/24/11 at 4:53am

I have learned two things from this thread.

One. This will likely be a short lived revival.

Two. Labwyfan has zero idea as to what word of mouth is or how it works.

Let me cue you in really quick labwyfan. Preview performances sever two main purposes. One purpose is to try the show out in front of a real audience and see what works and what does not.

The second purpose is to generate word of mouth before the critics get to see and review the show. If a show gets good word of mouth then it can become critic proof by the time the papers are published. This second purpose was originally the primary purpose of preview performances. There was a time when a show's opening night immediately followed the final rehearsal and critics would come in and doom a show in the papers before it ever got a chance to be seen by an audience and for an audience to talk about it.

This is a Broadway discussion board. This is part of where word of mouth is generated. This is the time and place to be discussing preview performances. The producers want us to be talking about the show. They prefer us to be speaking positively about it, but not everyone will like the show.