How Not To Promote A Show

[Mr Roxy]

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

Updated On: 3/28/15 at 12:36 PM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 12:39pm

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.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 12:44pm

I thought his name was Rob McClure??

[Mr Roxy]

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.

[Tag]

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.

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 1:04pm

Theatre people aren't watching Theatre talk.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 1:05pm

I realize that but still at least talk about it a little.

[atuomala]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:38pm

I 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.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 5:38pm

What is Theatre Talk??

[Phillypinto]

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.

Updated On: 3/28/15 at 05:44 PM

[HogansHero]

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?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 9:07pm

I 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.

[macnyc]

Posted: 3/28/15 at 10:20pm

The 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.