Is Burlesque in Trouble? - Page 2

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 7:46am

During the second act of Gypsy they have some bad things to say about Burlesque.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 8:50am

Wait, first preview they said they wouldn’t be using full costumes because it was now “second dress rehearsal”? 
LOLOL

[tomorrowBIGLITES]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 9:33am

I am now of the belief that any of these “based on a movie” musicals these days no matter the quality usually always make it. They may have longer roads but they always make it

It’s just a game about do they stay open.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 9:38am

Not surprised that this sounds like a complete disaster.

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 9:58am

(Insert joke about Todrick hopefully paying his dancers here)

 

but no really, as someone who watched his season of celebrity big brother in real time, I still can’t believe he admitted to that on live feeds. 70% of the new songs are his. He left rehearsals to go dance in Bares in the US. This just reeks of a vanity project

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 10:31am

I still haven’t worked why anyone forgave him. 

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 10:33am

tomorrowBIGLITES said: "I am now of the belief that any of these “based on a movie” musicals these days no matter the quality usually always make it. They may have longer roads but they always make it

It’s just a game about do they stay open."

Do you mean make it to New York?  I don't think Diner, First Wives Club, Mystic Pizza, Flashdance or Desperately Seeking Susan made it. Sure, there's hacky doo-doo like Back to the Future and Pretty Woman, but those titles are, as the kids used to say, "iconic".  Burlesque has an audience of some gay men with low standards but that's probably about it.  

[Kad]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 10:47am

I somehow missed that Todrick was also in this and that he substantially padded out the score with his own new songs. So he’s now directing, choreographing, starring in, and writing this thing? That’s insane. 

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 11:07am

I see this a week from tomorrow and I cannot WAIT. The reports I'm getting from my Brit friends (which echo what is being said here just with more use of the 'c' word) are filling me with utter joy. My husband's gonna kill me, but I gave in to his wish of Hercules so he gets to Wagon Wheel Watusi for the night. 

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 11:47am

Collapse?
Catastrophe?
Calamity?
Callous?
Cruel?
Cheesy?
Cloddish?
Crap?
Childish?
Cheap?
Chintzy?
Crippled?
Crusty?
Calibre?
Cack?
Chips?
 

Updated On: 7/11/25 at 11:47 AM

[KrupYou]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 12:02pm

I am hearing it a dazzling....numbers are supposed to be thrilling.......

[inception]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 12:35pm

Kad said: "I somehow missed that Todrick was also in this and that he substantially padded out the score with his own new songs. So he’s now directing, choreographing, starring in, and writing this thing? That’s insane."

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 1:21pm

During this process, he’s also been developing & workshopping an original musical titled ‘midnight’. Todrick wants to be a jack of all trades so badly, which is ambitious and all that…but he needs a team of people to ground him as opposed to hyping up all of this. You can try to do everything when you’re making YouTube videos, sure, but not a project of this magnitude.

I’m sure a lot of it is ego driven, but the more hats he wears, the less number of people that have to get paid, lol. 😉

I’ll never forget his (extremely tacky and overdone) house tour he did a few years back, where he acts like he owns Kristin and Idina’s original Wicked costumes…it’s even funnier when he says the Elphaba dress is the “original from San Francisco before it went to Broadway” yet it’s clearly not. He’s been sued for back rent on said house and the furniture inside (both he tried to pass off as owning) while also posting an Amazon wishlist to his fans for toiletries. He’s a nut. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 2:12pm

God damn Todrick is such a f*cking loser, but he's got Charisma! He knows how to sell the snake oil and not get ran out of town even tho he very much should be with his various actions. 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 2:55pm

Diane Warren who co-wrote some of the songs in the movie wrote a pretty scathing post on her Instagram about the show today, especially about cutting " You Haven't Seen The Last of Me" from the score, which won the golden globe that year for best song

Updated On: 7/11/25 at 02:55 PM

[inception]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 4:02pm

She wrote:

"So it appears that Burlesque is no longer an adaptation and more lightly inspired by the movie.

Based on what I've been told by multiple attendees,  the cast who didn't move from Manchester with the show have had a very lucky escape.

Cutting 'You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me' though?  These reviews are going to be very telling"

Then it says "The Choice" in the same font as the logo for TV show The Voice

[Kad]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 4:05pm

“So it appears that Burlesque is no longer an adaptation and more lightly inspired by the movie.

Based on what I’ve been told by multiple attendees, the cast who didn’t move from Manchester with the show have had a very lucky escape. 
Cutting ‘You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me’ though? These reviews are going to be very telling.” 

Warren’s post
 

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 7/11/25 at 4:16pm

inception said: "She wrote:

"So it appears that Burlesque is no longer an adaptation and more lightly inspired by the movie.

Based on what I've been told by multiple attendees, the cast who didn't move from Manchester with the show have had a very lucky escape.

Cutting 'You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me' though? These reviews are going to be very telling"

Then it says "The Choice" inthe same font as the logo for TV show The Voice"

Dianne Warren didn't write that!  She can't talk or type that much without a dozen curse words in there!