Marc Shaiman's on the board! — Page 4

You'll never eat blintzes in this town again, Stevos. All the HEAT in the world can't save you now.

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Millie may have a good source material and a great idea for a book, but I feel that the choreography lacked when I saw it, imho it came across as a revue, where people with talent gave individual performances that did not come together as wholely as they possibly could have if the book was pieced together a bit better, i.e. how does Millie have the emotion to sing Gimme Gimme, just because Muzzy says: don't have a green glass love, go for the emerald? Just doesn't compute to me.

KING STEVOS

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It's all opinions.

Oh. One more thing (sorry everyone)

BOB - for someone who doesn't like Hairspray or any member of the creative team responsible, you sure do go out of your way to post in all the threads about it.

I won't even BEGIN to psychoanalyze what that might mean :)

Okay...
I have been away for a while. Life has handed me some horrid gifts since the new year but I just had to write when I heard that one of the people who made me totally cry when watching the Tony Awards last year. The kiss heard around the world. (No not the damn Britney/Madonna/Christina one) My mother called me and said.. did you just see that? Why can't that be somehting that is normal.
Anyway, I live in Baltimore and had the fun of reading a weekly update on the musical in our Baltimore Sun paper. I have, unfortunately not been able to afford tickets as of yet. But I must say that when it comes around again (and I heard it is...) I am going... my pennies are being saved right now.
I love the whole thing about the show. I have popsters and cds and such of this show and I have never seen it. Why might some people ask? Cause I live in the city! I am part of Baltimore and I love it. I can walk down and see the places they talked about. it is fun and people get a kick out it when they here me say I live here.
Okay, I am rambling. I apologize.....but please understand that this kid from sacramento believes in all things musical theater and believes in you Mr. Shaiman (and you partner too! I mean he did help ya a little bit right? LOL)-- you are why I love the theater and what it all stands for. (Well you and Linda Eder but that is another gushing post for another time.)

May someday I have the honor to meet someone like you.

Time to get your facts straight Namo. BoB drove up in the middle of the summer during the end of previews from home, not Carnegie Mellon. BoB had high expectations for Hairspray which had great buzz. Earlier that day BoB had the wonderful opportunity of seeing Millie which was a wonderful show. Not exhausted by any means, BoB went excited to see Hairspray at the Neil Simon Theater. BoB had high expectations as most should and would after hearing about the BRILLIANCE of this new musical but BoB wasn't overly hyped because BoB had seen the movie and didn't like it. But hey BoB used to have an open mind about movies turned into musicals. He saw Footloose and Saturday Night Fever and thought they were horrible but figured why not spend over $100 and give another bad movie turned into a musical a chance. The audience buzz was electric before the show... true, true. The lights went down and the spotlight came on to Marissa. BoB did not see God and was not expecting God. BoB wasn't even expecting Bernadette Peters or Chita Rivera. BoB had never heard anything about MJW's performance so BoB didn't know what to expect from MJW. But he did expect a Broadway actress to sing on pitch. The evening continued and BoB laughed every once and a while finding some jokes funny. BoB tried hard to love MJW but MJW grew to be increasingly more annoying as the show went along...not simply MJW but the character as well. He thought Harvey was wonderful, but it didn't seem to be enough. Characters flew in and out of scenes with what seemed to BoB to be stupid one liners. BoB grew increasingly fascinated by the fact that Matthew Morrison could still act after being spit all over during any of his duets with MJW. BoB found some of the choreography patterns in the beginning to interesting but grew increasingly bored after seeing the same exact steps being done over and over and over and over. At intermission BoB kept his mouth shut as everyone around him claimed that it was the best thing since sliced bread. BoB wasn't about to place a final judgement on a show at intermission. BoB sat through the rest of the second act increasingly becoming annoyed by the characters, the plot, the dialogue, the choreography, and MJW. It was at the end of the second act that BoB lost it. As the cast ponyed around the stage the huge Hairspray bottle Center stage let out a huge burst of confetti. BoB thought to himself are we at a rock concert, a theme park rock & roll review or a Broadway musical...kind of like when BoB went to see Wicked and felt like he was at the ice capades. So the lights came up and BoB walked out onto the street in astonishment, wondering how, why, etc. BoB drove home that night wondering to himself what he missed and then decided that hey BoB you didn't miss anything. Who says you have to like it? No one. And BoB decided that he would not let others make the same mistake by paying unreal ticket prices to see what he believed to be an overrated show as any good friend would do.

PS. Some of the "intrepid group" that you speak of happened to love it...however not a single one liked Marissa.

Updated On: 1/27/04 at 01:52 AM

"And BoB decided that he would not let others make the same mistake by paying unreal ticket prices to see what he believed to be an overrated show as any good friend would do. "

Your last paragraph says it all, BoB. YOUR opinion does not mean OTHERS can't find enjoyement in it. It is not YOUR job to decide for other people what they should and should not see.

And assuming anyone on any message board is your "friend" is a mistake. Not YOU specifically, just in general.

People might take the advice of someone in their sphere of influence - to assume you are being a friend or even offering your opinion as a friend is ridiculous beyond words.

Some of you people that I consider a little obsessive never noticed that Mr. Shaiman has been here for several days. What is this board coming to? I know, you've been distracted by the BroadwayGuy2 & Phantom2 marathons. So to answer your question, Phantom2, no I don't want to see, or hear, or read of the two of you together in anything. But to answer Dollypop's question I would pay big bucks to see DP and Albin take on THE SUNSHINE BOYS. And Billie, a negative comment is not necessarily a bad thing. Bad is different than negative. Which is BoB? Well.....I have my opinion. But I don't think he'd share it. Now for the rest...continue on with the sucking up.

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well, add etoile to this list of those who don't like me or phantom. LOL.

what.. what was that?? oh yes.. the sound of me not caring....

austin miller... hmm... refrain from commentary. lol.

I agree about many of teh things said about respect.. you never know who reads these things and a lot of peopel are bitter queens who liek to vent.... we have a prime example in this thread actually....

Errrr, excuse me but...... Somebody signs on the board with a name and ya'll start jumping around like Scarlets beau at the picnic? What are you going to do if the next newbie is George W. Bush?

How do you know it isn't someone sitting back getting a big laugh out of how easy it was to fool the whole board?

I waited but I haven't seen Rob or Craig say welcome. If I’m wrong (and it wouldn’t be the first time) I’ll apologize but for now, I’m not buying it.

In the meantime, welcome and happy posting. Whoever you really are.

But, Jrb, blaring ones bitterness is what Broadway Message Boards are All about! Though I must say it does my elderly heart good to see those eager young starry-eyed lovers of Broadway, all dewy-fresh, bright-eyed and blissfully uncorrupted before they inevitably turn into gin-soaked, resentful, hardbitten, wrinkled, bitter know-it-alls. Like Fred Ebb. Though I myself have TRIED to be nicer and more constructive here of late since meeting the delightful Ms. Finley some weeks ago, resisting the urge to post my two cents on the recent MILLIE thread as to what I think of the show. Old timers here know, and I won't go into it here (cynically curling lips).

Now Dof, I never would surmise that the eternally peppy and delightful YOU would be so cynical. The talented Mr. Shaiman is really truly among us. And I'm deeply jealous that HE is going to meet Mamma Suleen before I do. Harumph.

OK, kids, now I guess it's MY turn to toss the cyber-orchids and diamond clips to Mr. Shaiman. If he's been lurking here for a while, he knows I'm a fan, love HAIRSPRAY (I sure hope you saw the HAIRSPRAY Fan Fiction link!) and loved your recently posted take on "Zip". But I would like to ask him what his opinion is of AVENUE Q, which not a few people feel is HAIRSPRAY's little sister in more ways than one. Yes, I'm a Q-head and no, my name is not Robert Marx or Jeff Lopez.

Oh, and Marc...the next time you & Scott win a Tony (or Oscar, eventually), I wanna see tounge.

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Updated On: 1/27/04 at 07:19 AM

To all in question (not that this needs saying)

The poster known as Marc Shaiman is in fact, Marc Shaiman. As for welcoming him to the board, as another poster said, we don't welcome each and every new user.

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Updated On: 1/27/04 at 07:56 AM

Bob -

Where do you stand on Sweet Charity, Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music and Nine?

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