If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Here_I_Go_Again
Broadway Star Joined: 9/17/03
#1re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:06pmProbably.
#2re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:15pmWhy would she have produced CAROLINE? She has a connection with COLOR PURPLE.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#3re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:17pmIt's a theory Rath, not an opportunity for you to belittle another poster.
#4re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:28pm
I'm not belittling anyone. I'm asking a question. Why CAROLINE? Why not another good show that didn't last for whatever reason?
She had a prior association with COLOR PURPLE and that's why she got involved.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#5re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:29pmNamo was right.
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#6re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:31pmI know you think that's funny.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#7re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:31pmI wasn't joking, Rath.
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#8re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:32pmIt's funny because it's true.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#9re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:33pmBye.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 4:53pmI think it would.
#11re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:27pmYou know it...and rightfully so.
"Art is always in crisis: you must work fast to write in the breath on the window."
-Edward Bond
WhatDoINeedWithLove?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/03
#12re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:29pmI miss Caroline!
jgph
Stand-by Joined: 4/7/04
#13re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:52pmIf Oprah produced "Suzanne Somers reads the phonebook, in the style of Harvey Fierstein", it would run for twenty years.
#14re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 5:59pmGood lord! The show's been gone for 2 years! Move on or join the other losers who think that WICKED should have won best musical.
#15re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:07pm
No because it wasn't a very good show.
The Color Purple is a lot better, despite its flaws.
#16re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:09pmBecause Caroline has more than five black people! Duh!
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#17re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:11pm
It's a valid discussion.
And Caroline is not in any way shape or form a bad musical. You may not have liked it or you might not have been able to appreciate it, but it was not a bad musical.
WhatDoINeedWithLove?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/03
#18re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:21pmHow did Wicked become involved in this thead? And uhm...Kevinoes-- while I get over Caroline, work on being less of an asshole.
#19re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:31pmBut, why should we get over Caroline? A great musical closes early because audiences are not sophisticated enough to crave that kind of art. Certainly not with dancing animals and household items and shows with ABBA music around.
#20re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:38pmoooohh, snap!!
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#21re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:12pmjrb I'm pretty sure Caroline had dancing household items.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#22re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:13pm
No, I don't think it would be.
It was a tough sell in general. THE COLOR PURPLE is doing well not JUST because of Oprah, but because of the built in audience from the book and movie together with Oprah and all her fame and glory.
And also, it closed 2 years ago. Get over it!!!
Updated On: 2/18/06 at 07:13 PM
#23re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:27pmHA HA! Sum, you are correct! ha ha. And, I don't mean to say that fun shows can't be thrilling or valid. It's just sad there isn't more balance. COC was as astonishing evening of theatre for me.
#24re: If Oprah had produced Caroline...would it still be playing???
Posted: 2/18/06 at 7:28pmWhat is this "Get over it" business? What a tacky, hypocritical thing to say.
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