Posted: 1/16/24 at 9:10am
YAY LYLES!!!
This actually seems like a pretty good supporting cast, even if the leads seem a bit yawn to me
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:11am
It's all Broadway names. Most of which have Broadway credits. I thought Jess LeProtto was leaving A Beautiful Noise to do this, but I guess not now.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:29am
bwayphreak234 said: "I'm sorry, but... YAWN."
...What were you expecting, Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster? On paper this seems no better or worse than any other jukebox musical with a cast of box-office-nobodies. The material is what will make this show sink or swim.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:45am
I'm still dubious they're going to be making it to Broadway. The oracle isn't the only one who's talking about how this may not make it to first preview...
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:35am
Absolutely shocked they are still continuing with this...
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:37am
Cast isn’t bad at all if I may say, but they aren’t going to sell many tickets.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 12:17pm
Posted: 1/16/24 at 12:21pm
I’m glad Tamika Lawrence and Jon-Michael Lyles will be back on Broadway, but…
Posted: 1/16/24 at 12:55pm
Truly bizarre that producers think casts like this will still move the sales needle.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 1:09pm
This is one of those rare musicals that has no appeal to ANY of the 3 ticket purchasing groups:
1)Theatre Queens
2) NYC (and bridge and tunnel) theatre lovers
3) Tourists
But, we will see...
Posted: 1/16/24 at 1:11pm
Happy to have Corey back on Broadway. Should have won a Tony for his previous role in Bandstand.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 1:17pm
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Truly bizarre that producers think casts like this will still move the sales needle."
I'm gonna guess they're banking on the catalogue of music and not the cast.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 1:20pm
RippedMan said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Truly bizarre that producers think casts like this will still move the sales needle."
I'm gonna guess they're banking on the catalogue of music and not the cast."
I think if you were to ask 100 random people to name a Huey Lewis song -- the small subset who are able to do so would say "Power of Love" -- which can now be heard (with the extra added bonus of a flying car) at the Winter Garden.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 4:51pm
I've been fortunate enough to see this, LEMPICKA, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, SUFFS and HELL'S KITCHEN in their pre-Broadway runs. I will say I enjoyed this show more than any of those, except for W4E. It seems to me this show kinda fits the slot that SHUCKED recently vacated -- something small, slight, simple and enjoyable. I'm not claiming it's a great work of art, but when I saw it, I cared about the characters, I enjoyed most of the songs and told friends to go see it. I'm very curious to see what they have changed since its initial run in San Diego.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 6:37pm
barcelona20 said: "Happy to have Corey back on Broadway. Should have won a Tony for his previous role in Bandstand."
I do not think I would have voted for him to win -- to me, Ben Platt gave a performance deserving to be on a list of all-time great musical performances -- but I think it was absurd that he was not nominated. He was great in the show, which IMO was far better than it was given credit for being.
I had zero interest in seeing this show until this announcement. I am more apt to see it now, although I still admit that it is not a slam dunk. The show itself just sounds unnecessary.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 6:44pm
Is there a discount code for this yet?
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:29pm
"Happy to have Corey back on Broadway. Should have won a Tony for his previous role in Bandstand."
I saw "Bandstand" and Corey Cott was terrific in the show. I know Laura Osnes has been "cancelled" on Broadway, but she was wonderful in that show also. She should have gotten at least Tony nomination IMO.
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:33pm
"I think if you were to ask 100 random people to name a Huey Lewis song -- the small subset who are able to do so would say "Power of Love" -- which can now be heard (with the extra added bonus of a flying car) at the Winter Garden."
Actually, I think 100 random people would say "Heart of Rock and Roll" first and then maybe "I Want a New Drug".
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:55pm
yall are HI-larious.
sure, this show seems ill conceived in terms of being likely to sell tickets. thats the producers' problem. but now to act like the CAST isnt exciting because Lady Gaga and Harry Styles arent leading it--its so petty, its so boring, it just screams "i cant believe I didnt even get an audition for this!"
Zoe Jensen, John Dosset, Tamika Lawrence, Josh Breckenridge--these are all actors who we have seen do great stuff and who we should be thrilled are getting new work (and hopefully a chance to siiiiiing for Jensen and Lawrence). I have zero interest in this show but the CAST is not the issue, and is actually a positive development for anyone looking at this remotely honestly.
Updated On: 1/17/24 at 10:55 PM
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:39pm
I wonder if Huey or some business entity attached to the band would actually pump some money into the show to at least ensure that it opens & gets some write ups!
Remember, Huey Lewis & The News, the band, came to an abrupt end in 2018, because Huey developed major hearing issues as a result of Meniere's Disease. - He said he can't hear well enough to sing in proper pitch, anymore! (I believe that that's one of the main reasons he became so involved with the project, dating back to it's Old Globe staging. - It was something for him to work on, not long after his singing career came to sudden end.)
In the end, aside from the old CDs, music videos & DVDs, this is the only thing "Huey Lewis & The News" going on at the moment. I can see them investing in it, so that it makes at least a minimal splash & maybe opens up to some kind of future with touring and/or licensing. Aside from maybe some archival media releases in the works, this is all THE BAND...or should I say BRAND...has going on at the moment.
Posted: 1/17/24 at 12:21am
“Actually, I think 100 random people would say "Heart of Rock and Roll" first and then maybe "I Want a New Drug".”
Power of Love has over 400,000 streams on Spotify, Heart of Rock and Roll has under 30,000. Power of Love made it to #1 on the Billboard charts and went gold. The numbers ain’t close.
Posted: 1/17/24 at 6:14am
when this was first announced i was optimistic
until i saw that Gordon Greenberg was directing
lol
Posted: 1/17/24 at 9:25am
"Power of Love has over 400,000 streams on Spotify, Heart of Rock and Roll has under 30,000. Power of Love made it to #1 on the Billboard charts and went gold. The numbers ain’t close."
Due to the popularity of the movie, I am not surprised. Just for laughs last night, I asked my wife to name a Huey Lewis song and then texted my brother and asked the same question. They both said "Heart of Rock and Roll" which is after all is the name of this upcoming show. My reason for mentioning the other songs was in response to another posters comment that the "Power of Love" is the only song people would know in the show and is already being sung in another show on Broadway.
Updated On: 1/17/24 at 09:25 AM
Posted: 1/17/24 at 10:04am
I get it, but anecdotes don’t reflect the reality. Power of Love is a much bigger song.
Posted: 1/20/24 at 10:40am
Of all the new musicals this season, it will be interesting to see if this one is the last standing.
Last season, it was the two juke box shows that lasted the longest.
Heart of Rock and Alicia Keys might have the best chance this season.
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