How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
#0How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 12:20pm
If anyone has seen any of these shows or have heard anything about them, I'm very interested to know how they are doing and I am WAY out of the loop right now. So lets hear it:
All Shook Up
La Cage Aux Folles
Little Women
BKYLN
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Good Vibrations (ugh)
Spamalot
The Light In The Piazza
You've gotta have heart AND music
QtKt
Leading Actor Joined: 9/15/04
#1re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 3:15pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a great show...
I've seen the movie, and they did a great job sticking to the story. It's a very amusing show, with songs like "Love Is My Legs" and "Great Big Stuff", Norbert does an incredible job as Freddy Benson, and he and John Lithgow work very well together.
It's a great show, anyone who hasn't seen it yet should definately go check it out, it's worth it!
#2re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 3:27pm
How they're doing box office wise, you can check on playbill.com. As far as personal opinion, here is mine:
ALL SHOOK UP - Very mediocre, but enjoyable.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - Terrible.
LITTLE WOMEN - Beyond mediocre, still remotely enjoyable.
BROOKLYN - Absolutely terrible.
CHITTY CHITTY - Terrible in London, haven't seen Bway.
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Not much of a show, but HYSTERICAL.
GOOD VIBRATIONS - Abominable.
SPAMALOT - Overrated...not as enjoyable as it should be.
Haven't seen PIAZZA yet. Check out some of the great new plays/play revivals!
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#3re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 3:34pm
ASU-Haven't seen it
La Cage-Not very good
Little Women-Middle of the road; great performance from McGovern
Brooklyn-Just horrid
Chitty Chitty-Haven't seen it; in no rush to see it
DRS-Hilarious
Good Vibrations-Every bad thing you've heard about it times a million
Spamalot-Vastly overrated
The Light in the Piazza-Absolutely gorgeous; tour-de-force performance from Victoria Clark
Updated On: 4/6/05 at 03:34 PM
KJP
Understudy Joined: 2/16/05
#4re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 6:03pm
Spamalot was very funny and I enjoyed every minute.
Good Vibrations is also a lot of fun, the music is great and so is the cast.(This one tends to spark the most controversy-Those who love it, like I do really love it and those who hate it like Munk & Melissa really hate it, so there you go)
All shook up was OK, but I liked GV better.
I enjoyed La Cage
DRS- was a little dissappointing as was Chitty.
#5re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 7:36pm
All Shook Up - Real fun, MUCH better then GV
La Cage Aux Folles - Entertaining
Little Women - Boring
BKYLN - AMAZING!! *****
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Going to see it tomorrow!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Not on my list of shows to see
Good Vibrations - Your worst theatre nightmare
Spamalot - Not on my list of shows to see
The Light In The Piazza - okay
Updated On: 4/6/05 at 07:36 PM
#6re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 10:14pm<3 <3 <3 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels <3 <3 <3
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: How Are The NEW(er) Shows Doing?
Posted: 4/6/05 at 10:28pm
All Shook Up - Very fun cute show. Definitely see this one, especially if you enjoy Elvis music already. It really tells a story and doesnt take itself too seriously.
La Cage Aux Folles - Enjoyable, but has some issues. Mainly in that it introduces some characters entirely too late but the show is fun anyway. The ensemble steal the show.
Spamalot - This show is a great time, especially if you like the Spamalot humor. Lots of musical theater references too, but sometimes I felt the show suffered where the two concepts didnt meet.
The Light In The Piazza - Beautiful show, nothing flashy or fancy, just a sweet simple telling of a love story and the mother-daughter relationship of the two leads while visiting Italy. It has an operatic sound.
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