Lennon...or you must be crazy! — Page 2

Good call, Tuttle.

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Is this what the average theater-goer writes about a show?

"By the way get your tickets now is my suggestion. Tonights show was almost completely sold out. I think there might have been maybe 15 seats in the theatre. Get it before you can't word will travel very quickly with this show."

Wow..how sweet of you to tell us that the show was almost sold outlast night (umm..not really..and how would you know?) and that we better get tixs now cause it's going to be sold out.

Congrads! We have the first BWW Shill of The Year.

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justme, you have to know that there's a difference between expressing that you like a show, and crazily trying to destroy every poster who doesn't like the show and then slip in some "oh...um...yeah...it's definetely, um...gonna sell out...so you should buy tickets" blah blah blah. The latter is far more suspicious.

The opposite would be called "mean and stupid" of course. Nickname not necessary. Doesn't mean that I have to just let feng's comments slip by without questioning them.

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I just knew that it wouldn't be long before this board's obsession with shills jumped all over that statement. Carry on.

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I find it odd that the posters here who insist on allowing people to express their opinions free from criticism don't extend that rule to people like Fengshuihellnyc who, without any proof whatsoever, they feel free to attack as a "shill".

As for me, I may be a "newbie" to Broadwayworld but I'm no newbie to Broadway.

I've never been able to comprehend the theater world's obsession with trashing their own industry. You people are doing more harm than you realize. Or do you realize?

You should hold yourselves to the same standard you demand of others here. Realize that a few malcontents can ruin a run because of their foolish, spiteful "opinions," whether those opinions are valid or not, whether or not they've even seen the show they're trashing.

I express my opinion and, just as you, that includes my opinion of your opinion. Just as you express your opinions of people whose opinions you disagree with as "shills", as you did with Fengshuihellnyc," or "newbies" because they happened to register with this site later than you.

If fans of a show who express their opinions are shills what are those people who trash a show without even seeing it? What possibly could be their motive? Are they disgruntled "actors" who can't understand why the spotlight isn't on them? Why isn't that ME up there? Is that a fair statement? Well, it's as fair as your "shill" statement against Fengshuihellnyc, IMO.

I have enough friends and acquaintances in theater to discuss Broadway without playing kids' games here. If you're one of those people who are into this self-destructive behavior, I wish you great success. Just please, for the rest of us who truly love theater, stop trying to bring Broadway down with you.

Thxbye

Updated On: 7/8/05 at 10:29 PM

A black man wearing a KKK hood was pretty damn funny in "Blazing Saddles".

I just saw Lennon tonight and ummmmm......what the hell was that show about? I enjoyed seeing all those insanely amazing performers on the same stage, but the songs didn't really do anything for me, with one HUGE exception.

As much as I didn't love the show, I will be seeing it a few more times to see Marcy Harriell's "Woman Is the n* of the World." Insanity.

So yeah, a lot of the music, really not so amazing. I know it's John Lennon's songs, but the arrangements were less than spectacular. Some of the stuff was really good, but a lot of it was pretty bland.

Anyway, go see The Marcy Harriell Show at the Broadhurst Theatre. Between "Woman Is the n* of the World" and watching her play Elton John...it's well worth the $25.

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It's barer than the stage at the Nederlander.

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It is hard for me to believe that Yoko Ono was part of the creation of the show.

I echo everything Iflit wrote. It was dreadful!

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I saw Lennon last night. It's Broadway swill of the most irriating kind. I couldn't wait to get out of the theatre. EVERYONE plays Lennon at various times. Never has any show been saddled with such an unworkable concept as this one.

Regarding the black man in a KKK hood: One of the problems of this show is the fact that this is the sort of thing that passes for humor and wit. Similarily, at various times a woman is required to play Geraldo, a maharishi, and Elton John. Apparently, someone thought this might be amusing. It all resembles a Saturday Night Live sketch during one of those "off" seasons when no one on the show is funny. Whoever referred to this sort of thing as "Brechtian" needs to take another theatre course at junior college.

In the words of Spamalot, "Run Away."

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"Whoever referred to this sort of thing as "Brechtian" needs to take another theatre course at junior college."

-HAHAHAHAHAHA...Amen.

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Actually, "Lennon" sort of reminded me of "Good Vibrations." As a huge Beach Boys fan, and a huge Beatles and John Lennon fan, it was really depressing to see what Broadway did to these two amazing song catalogues. At least in "All Shook Up,: these old Elvis songs weren't really all that great to begin with. But Lennon and Brian Wilson wrote brilliant songs...they both deserved better.

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After reading your reviews, and hearing horrible things about it from all the people I know.. I think i'm gonna pass this one.

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