HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season- Page 5
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#100
Posted: 1/27/24 at 11:39pm
I like Huey and his music but I can't see this being that interesting as a musical? I guess we will see.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#101
Posted: 1/28/24 at 1:54am
I’m personally much more interested in this than A Beautiful Noise, which I haven’t seen. I can’t stand BIO jukebox musicals, but I’m always excited to see good music telling a new original story. That being said, I hated &Juliet and absolutely loved Once Upon a One More Time.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#102
Posted: 1/28/24 at 9:43am
Zeppie2022 said: ""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"."
See, my brain immediately goes to "Hip To Be Square"...but that's just because I have the entire monologue from AMERICAN PSYCHO memorized.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#103
Posted: 1/28/24 at 9:48am
If there was ever going to be a Huey Lewis musical it should have been HUEY musicalizes HUGHIE (by Eugene O'Neill) starring HUGH Bonneville.
Or perhaps we need Lewis's insights fro HUEY: THE HUGH HEFNER STORY.
Chorus Member Joined: 10/6/23
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#104
Posted: 2/23/24 at 11:54am
I still don't know what this is supposed to be. Video: Watch Corey Cott & More in THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Music Video
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#105
Posted: 2/23/24 at 12:17pm
Ensemble1696584123 said: "I still don't know what this is supposed to be. Video: Watch Corey Cott & More in THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Music Video"
My takeaway? McKenzie Kurtz should have stayed with Wicked, and Raymond J. Lee should have stayed with Sweeney.
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#106
Posted: 2/23/24 at 12:44pm
Ensemble1696584123 said: "I still don't know what this is supposed to be. Video: Watch Corey Cott & More in THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Music Video"
Oh, dear. How unfortunate. Cringy.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/23
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#107
Posted: 2/23/24 at 1:03pm
It blows my mind that Hunter Arnold put all his eggs in this basket this season...
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/11
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#108
Posted: 2/23/24 at 1:45pm
there is nothing rock & roll about this new video.
What's next for the Jones this summer?
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#109
Posted: 2/23/24 at 1:51pm
The video is meant to emulate silly music videos from the '80s, which it does pretty well, actually.
Updated On: 2/23/24 at 01:51 PM
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#110
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:23pm
How terrible. Does this last until the Tony Awards?
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#111
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:28pm
TaffyDavenport said: "The video is meant to emulate silly music videos from the '80s, which it does pretty well, actually."
Is it? The video is just a "group" of guys singing in a living room and a small bar? Other than the clothing there's really nothing 80's going on. As if the people who put the video promo together never lived in the 80's.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#112
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:33pm
The only way I can see this working if it's a Rock of Ages/Xanadu style send up of the material. I'm just not seeing that sort of tongue-firmly-in-cheek self-awareness going on in the marketing so far.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#113
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:34pm
KarenValentine'sheadband said: "TaffyDavenport said: "The video is meant to emulate silly music videos from the '80s, which it does pretty well, actually."
Is it? The video is just a "group" of guys singing in a living room and a small bar? Other than the clothing there's really nothing 80's going on. As if the people who put the video promotogether never lived in the 80's."
I grew up in the '70s-'80s and I immediately recognized the style of the video as resembling something that would have come out back then, so, yes, I think that was what they were going for. Many of them had a similar low-budget feel, with random incongruous settings that had nothing to do with the lyrics of the song.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#114
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:41pm
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HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#115
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:49pm
TaffyDavenport said: "The video is meant to emulate silly music videos from the '80s, which it does pretty well, actually."
That I definitely agree with- right down to grabbing a girl from the crowd to dance on stage with the lead singer.
The comments on the YouTube video are- not kind.
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#116
Posted: 2/23/24 at 2:54pm
TaffyDavenport said: "KarenValentine'sheadband said: "TaffyDavenport said: "The video is meant to emulate silly music videos from the '80s, which it does pretty well, actually."
Is it? The video is just a "group" of guys singing in a living room and a small bar? Other than the clothing there's really nothing 80's going on. As if the people who put the video promotogether never lived in the 80's."
I grew up in the '70s-'80s and I immediately recognized the style of the video as resembling something that would have come out back then, so, yes, I think that was what they were going for. Most of them had a similarlow-budget feel, with random incongruous settings that had nothing to do with the lyrics of the song."
Yes, I know. I also grew up then. I was addicted to MTV. There's a slight hint in this. If they were going for an 80's vibe then neon, fog and a random white horse walking through the shot would have been great and hilarious choices.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#117
Posted: 2/23/24 at 3:01pm
Ooof. I'm getting more 80's Up With People than 80's MTV here.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#118
Posted: 2/23/24 at 3:20pm
Ugh that was painful to watch! At least they could have tried adding a VHS effect to that music video, it would have looked like an 80s clip. Also, there's nothing rock n' roll in that video. I fear this will flop harder than 'Almost famous'
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#119
Posted: 2/23/24 at 3:37pm
I'd rather have Harmony back and moving into the JEJ theatre.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#120
Posted: 2/23/24 at 3:38pm
I think this is exactly what is successful on Broadway at the moment.
Folks are going to walk out of the theatre - AND INTO THE THEATRE - singing these big hits.
The performances are great.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#121
Posted: 2/23/24 at 5:02pm
GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "It blows my mind that Hunter Arnold put all his eggs inthis basket this season..."
This season, he also has eggs in: Once Upon a One More Time, Here Lies Love, Back To The Future, Purlie, Harmony, The Notebook, and Cabaret.
Stand-by Joined: 8/3/23
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#122
Posted: 2/23/24 at 5:25pm
verywellthensigh said: "Ooof. I'm getting more 80's Up With People than 80's MTV here."
I'm old enough to appreciate this comment - LOL!
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#123
Posted: 2/23/24 at 5:49pm
It’s giving me 80s beer commercial vibes.
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL to open on Broadway this season?#124
Posted: 3/18/24 at 12:57pm
McKenzie Kurtz will perform from the show on Jimmy Kimmel tonight.
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