"Lestat" on Broadway

I have seen so many folks here already branding "Lestat" a flop who (most) have not even seen it yet - and it isn't even in previews in New York yet either. How can you throw this show away in such a cavalier fashion before it even has it's chance?

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They have truly "Crystal Balls".

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The whole nathan lane thing is a awful analogy and totally unrelated. To answer your question, We cannot deem it a flop yet. So everyone needs to stop

yeah, I agree too. I can't wait to see Lestat on Broadway... and I take any reviews good or bad with a 'grain of salt'. I'll make my decision on how good it is, how well it lives up to the novels, after seeing it, myself.

I agree with everything thus far said.

And besides. I DID see it and I loved it. Spread the joy. :)

I know they are working hard on this and not only a load of big money but big names are on the line for this one to work. I'm rootin' for this one.

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Piazzaslight, WIW IS a flop and Lestat will be too. It's a complete fiasco in SF. There's already discussion about the next show at the Palace. Very rarely can bad shows be fixed enough from out of town. Made better, yes. Totally turned around, no. Movin Out was a glaring exception.

Updated On: 1/6/06 at 03:35 AM

Remember that WICKED in SF was much different then the WICKED that hit Broadway. SF audiences are a different breed as well. Also, it seems that many posters are of a certain breed themselves and don't seem to like anything other then creating negativity.
As Lestat might say, BITE ME...:) Couldn't resist. Let's see what happens and what turns up here, THEN we can take a stab at it. :)

Now, hang on! Are you forgetting who's producing this? It's Warner Bros. They;'re not gonna let it flop. They'll pour millions at it. They'll do heaps. It will run for enough time for people not to think, in general, it was a flop

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Well i am looking forward to seeing it :)

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True...But, just to keep perspecive, would someone like to post a list of out of town flops that DIDN'T turn it around?

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Behind the fake tinsel of Broadway is real tinsel.

So how did Wicked become a hit? It didn't have great reviews in either SF or NYC, but it found an audience that came to love it. Similarly for a lot of other hits.

Which shows that Vinnie is just one voice here, who has somehow already decided the show will fail, whereas I have seen it and love it, and think it has a good chance of being a hit. Even if some people don't like the show after the "real" reviews come out, it is up to the audience as a whole (which is made up of people who don't read these boards) to decide if it will be a hit or not.

Please keep an open mind until well after the opening (at least 2-3 months)...

I remember this same ugly gossip surrounding another seemingly equally difficult piece. It had a huge following devoted to the book and movie versions... everyone said it was a mess, unfocused and the songs were dull, bland, and blah blah blah... That show was Kiss of the Spider Woman...

I find it sad that most of the same people who (by the tone of their posts) relish pronouncing a show as a flop, unfixable, etc. are also the same ones who moan and groan that there is never anything new out there...

It could also be that people expect Lestat to be commercial (i.e. Wicked) and not artsy (i.e. Passion). Perhaps the creatives are looking for something more toward the artsy end of the spectrum... if that is, indeed the case, then look for people to either LOVE IT or HATE IT. I don't know many people who sit on the fence when it comes to more "artsy" shows...

And let's face it... how much real work is being done by Elton right now? He's just married, on a honeymoon... I'm surprised the producers didn't put the show off until after all that ewas over...

And finally, isn't the comparison between Lestat and Wicked more than slightly inane? AS far I can tell, the only things they have in common is that they both are based on beloved books and both are trying out in SF. For those of you who insist on a Wicked comparison...let's just say that MAYBE Wicked is the Glinda of musicals and Lestat is the Elphaba... chew on that Ozians...

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