HARMONY CANCELLED!

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 12:36pm

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32229&CT=38&CFID=237860&CFTOKEN=49398796

Wow, this is a surprise! Maybe Barry has been watching all the TABOO bashing and just did not have thick enough skin.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 12:56pm

Suellen, sorry for the double information. I sent directly from the PR I received to a group mailing list.

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 12:56pm

Maybe he finally realized the show was just not good.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 1:01pm

Well, I certaintly won't pass judgement on a show that didn't happen. But I will say the opening was the "talk of the town" at the Walnut Street theater Press Opening of "Annie" last night.

Several Annie cast members were all set to go. Personally,I am pretty disappointed. It was well-casted, for sure. Hope it gets a second wind.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 1:14pm

I was so looking forward to hearing the klezmer version of "Mandy".

[krisjoseph]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 1:29pm

"Harmony" is not Manilow's first musical...! Check out "The Drunkard".

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 1:34pm

Who said it was his first? Remember COPACABANA?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 3:14pm

Darcie Roberts was on the tour of COPACABANA. That's too bad the show did not work out. We have enough shows with a singer/songwriter's songs, though...

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 3:17pm

Barry should go and get plastered with Farrah and Hilary.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 3:49pm

Cute!...but poking fun or making light at a snuffed project about to premier, that is surrounded by a great deal of time, talent, effort and creativity is a bit below the belt.

Too often those who make such comments have no clue what or who is involved in this side of the industry. Sure, it's "business", as long as it doesn't affect you or yours it's ok to say "get over it".

Too bad for Brian D'Arcy James, who might have had the role of his career, as well as the rest of the disappointed cast & creative team. Good things come eventually.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 4:44pm

Wasn't there another Broadway show about this subject that did poorly?

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 4:49pm

BANNED IN BERLIN

It seems an investor must have pulled out at the last minute, just like THE VISIT at the Public.

Guess Kander and Ebb can get stinkin' with Barry and Farrah and Hilary as well. Updated On: 11/13/03 at 04:49 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 4:52pm

Thank you MusicMan, that's it. But I think it was called "Band in Berlin".

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 5:00pm

You are right, Gothampc. But it's an understandable mistake: I saw the show--it should have been "banned." (tee hee)

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 5:01pm

LOL MusicMan. Much like me with "Nick & Snora"

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 5:15pm

The role of his career? I hardly doubt that! Brian is wonderful but I think his time will come but NOT in Harmony.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 6:12pm

Heard one song from it on a show recorded at Carnegie Hall & thought it was great. Critics think of him as they did of Peter Allen & do of Wildhorn . They write the dreaded "pop music" . Music is music & as long as it is a good song, who cares. The critics take a high & mighty attitude that "Pop Music" is not worthy of Broadway . Give me a break.

Updated On: 11/13/03 at 06:12 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 9:12pm

No. They write dreaded "bad pop music." That's where the "dread" comes from. Just watch how Boy George's pop music is singled out for praise in the Taboo reviews. Try to recall, if you are able, how pop singer/songwriter David Yazbek's songs in "The Full Monty" were highly regarded.

Fortunately, in the real world, critics are not as one-note as you always are in your criticism of critics.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 9:23pm

Critics praise music because they don't understand it and have no experience in the creation of it. Everybody can write, no matter how badly. But crafting music is a mystery to most people, especially taste-free critics. Updated On: 11/13/03 at 09:23 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 9:46pm

Never thought i would agree with Music Man but I agree with his last post

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 9:48pm

It's a stance, but it's a ridiculous one. It's a gross generalization and over-simplification, which is why it resonates with you.

Updated On: 11/13/03 at 09:48 PM

[MusicMan]

Posted: 11/13/03 at 9:51pm

You forgot "true," FindingNamo, oh, so true.