"I would have left at intermission- Page 2

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 9:43pm

Does anyone think it might pull a "Mambo Kings" and not open at all if it's realized that it can't be fixed and will prob do horribly?

You know, I understand this show gives work to dozens of people, but I think it is smart to not risk so much money in a market such as Broadway, where the competition is so fierce. There is so many musicals around and tickets are so expensive that it could be more painful to keep things going just for pride or the sake of it.

[Shawk]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 9:46pm

Well, I think it's going to come down to marketing. No matter what the reviews, if WB thinks it can make money, then on with the show. Anne Rice and Elton John do have a lot of fans.

I mean, clearly someone at WB must have listened to the demo and gone on with the show. Then again they could just have been so busy filling in the blanks with theoretically successful names that they weren't really analyzing what was actually happening with the show.

Updated On: 2/3/06 at 09:46 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 9:49pm

"Then again they could just have been filling in the blanks with theoretically successful names and not really have been analyzing what was actually happening."

Doubtful. There is a lot of money at stake, and also a lot of work, so I'm sure they are very cautious about it.
They obviously think these two weeks can get them somewhere, and hopefully they're right.

[Shawk]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 9:52pm

Well, they've already spent a lot of money on the show, and clearly must have been aware that the show wasn't the greatest even before the reviews. I guess the thought of recouping beckons against all odds. We'll see.

[thisdude]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:31pm

I thought about that everytime I saw it Shawk (same with Lennon). How it must feel getting cast for this show that sounds like it's going to be great and something new, and then finding out-"Hey, this show isn't that great." Then thinking, "Well, they'll make changes," and you just wait for the changes to come and then they never do and you are out of a job.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:47pm

Plus, Elton also put some money in the show, so, I don't think getting rid of him is anywhere up there on the list.

[Kevinoes]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:59pm

I was gonna refer to my 2nd time at AIDA. It had been a year since I'd seen it on tour and the cast was now in Toronto during May 2003. Everyone was totally channelling their performance (Paulette and Jeremy included), Lisa Brescia was no Kelli Fournier, Micky Dolenz was Micky Dolenz, and the audience was full of lifeless seniors whom I'm sure died during the show. At intermission, I was literally like 'Wow, this was so not worth it'

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 11:13pm

I knew from day one that this would suck. Have they learned nothing from Dracula!? Plus, like I said in another thread, Elton got cocky with Aida. Everyone loves a good tragic love story, so Aida was a success despite its not so great score (heck, even I like it despite that.) Problem is, Ann Rice isn't so fool-proof.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 2:20am

Do Re Milla: Your quote, "I would have left at intermission..." is quoted in an article in Backstage. I saw it in the news section of this website. I'm not sure if they picked up the quote from here or from that other chat board but it's in the article.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 3:02am

Elton is starting to remind me of an old Jack Osbourne! Spooky!

[badkarma719]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 9:58am

Didn't we all find out that Vampire musicals just should't occur

I mean that was the whole point of Dracula.

[Jon]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:10pm

Maybe they should put in some nudity - in other words, Les Tat, More Tit!

[Fosse76]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:18pm

"Am I correct in that I don't remember a show in recent years being in such danger & pulling it off?"

Moving Out's try-out in Chicago was disastrous. Not only DID people walk out during intermission (it lost roughly half the house at each performance, on average), its reviews were so bad, the producers asserted that Chicago wouldn't ever host a pre-broadway show again because of the beating (yeah right). But apparently they re-tooled a lot of it before Broadway.

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 7:24pm

Is there is someone "in charge" at WB who is a "Mike Todd"-type & can get the show together, or is it being produced "by committee"?

Milla