Jesse Green: They Were Hits in London. Then They Got Smacked in New York.- Page 2

[Lot666]

Posted: 1/13/25 at 8:33am

“'Sunset Boulevard' [is one of] the shows warmly reviewed in London to be greeted on Broadway by a cold New York slap."

Seriously? Green is an idiot.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 1/13/25 at 5:05pm

DeNada said: "EricMontreal22 said: " Kimberly Akimbo will end up at a Fringe venue or one of the non-profit houses as it's too non-commercial; The Outsiders has almost no cultural relevance in the UK so unless it's cast with hot boys with savvy social media accounts it's doomed; we've just had a suffragette musical about the British movement..."

Fantastic post, thanks DeNada, and just the kind of conversation I was hoping to see.  And wow that Avenue Q closed at a loss in the UK.

Re The Outsiders--it always immediately makes me think of the Newsies fanbase in the US--I know the recent Newsies production in London was... well received?  (OK, obviously I don't know as I'm not sure just how well received it was) although it hasn't transferred despite rumours it still could.

 

[SingingEachtoEach]

Posted: 1/13/25 at 5:53pm

Bad Cinderella got a big pass from UK critics because it tried so hard to open post COVID.  But they squandered that goodwill the way they treated the cast in London (hired bew cast right before suddenly closing  cast found out about closing from social media, called the show a "costly mistake"), and by the time it got to NYC many other shows were opening so it didn't get the rare new show bump.

The show did also make some changes too that were not well received.

Mickey Jo has a ton of videos on this (he wasn't that into the West End version either)