How Not To Promote A Show
How Not To Promote A Show
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 12:36pm
Last night on Theater Talk there was Tony Danza & Rob McClure of Honeymoon. They were on to promote the show. Problem was they said next to nothing re the show
All it was was idle chit chat . They were there to promote the show. I have never seen a worse example of promotion. A lost opportunity here
Doubt the producers were to happy about this
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Updated On: 3/28/15 at 12:36 PM
#2How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 12:39pmAnyone watching Theater Talk is probably aware of the show already- and I doubt as if an appearance there is the one that's going to make the show suddenly start selling.
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#2How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 12:44pmI thought his name was Rob McClure??
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#3How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 12:58pm
Made the correction. Typing on a Kindle is the pits. It makes these weird " corrections"
It is also a pain trying to go thru the minefield of pop ups here.
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#4How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 1:01pm
Anyone watching Theater Talk is probably aware of the show already- and I doubt as if an appearance there is the one that's going to make the show suddenly start selling.
Exactly. Non-theatre people are not watching Theater Talk.
#5How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 1:04pmTheatre people aren't watching Theatre talk.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#6How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 1:05pmI realize that but still at least talk about it a little.
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#7How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:38pmI think the promotion itself is giving Danza as many opportunities as possible to be in front of a camera while the show is running. At this point, I believe everyone in the theatre community knows that Tony Danza is on stage and by keeping up appearances he's staying in the public conscious without having to really talk about the show. Even on talk shows where actors are scheduled to promote a film or television show, 95% of the 8-minute interview is personal chatter and the last 5% is when they introduce a 20-second clip.
"Mostly, I loved the size of these people's emotions. Nobody has emotions this size anymore. Outsized emotions. Operatic emotions. Kushemski and Vanda are like Tristan and Isolde, they're Paolo and Francesca. Nobody's in total thrall like this anymore. Nobody's overcome by passion like this, or goes through this kind of rage." Thomas, Venus in Fur
#8How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 5:38pmWhat is Theatre Talk??
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#9How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 5:44pm
I watch Theatre Talk on youtube! Theatre Talk is kinda like a talk show with Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins and they have theatre people come on, and they talk about their show. My favorite episodes are when they have the Fall and Spring Previews, and the Tony award predictions with Jesse Green, Michael Musto, and Patrick Pacheco.
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Updated On: 3/28/15 at 05:44 PM
#10How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 6:38pm
I did not see the show but I assume they were introduced as being in the show which covers the necessary promotion for the 1/10th of 1% of the audience that has been living under a rock. I am sure the press agent sent over b-roll and Susan didn't want to use it. Or was it used?
#11How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 9:07pmI watch Theatre Talk from time to time. I dvr the show. There's a classic interview with Marian Seldes. She was sweetness personified. I want to slap Michael Riedel upside the head at times when he doesn't let Susan Haskins get a word in.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#12How Not To Promote A Show
Posted: 3/28/15 at 10:20pmThe second part of this broadcast was an interview from a couple of years back with the Maysles brother who just passed away, all about the filming of Grey Gardens.
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