Michael Reidel - New York Post
Michael Reidel - New York Post
laporms
Chorus Member Joined: 8/18/20
#1Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/18/20 at 10:57pmAny idea if Reidel is still writing his column? The last update was April 2. I was hoping during the quarantine he would still be updating with news about the theatre world - even if those posts were few and far between.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#3Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 12:12pm
It's hard to fake having inside industry gossip when there's no industry.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#5Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 12:56pmWhat kind of gossip is going on, everyone is on their couch.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#6Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 1:29pm
He was so great on Theater Talk. I miss that show.
#7Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 2:11pmI loved every time he missed an episode of Theater Talk.
#8Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 2:14pm
Tag said: "He was so great on Theater Talk. I miss that show."
Same. He's obviously does/says very controversial things, but I discovered him through Theater Talk, and there was none of that there.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#9Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 3:04pm
CATSNYrevival said: "I loved every time he missed an episode of Theater Talk."
HAHAHAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa
#10Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/19/20 at 5:03pm
Tag said: "He was so great on Theater Talk. I miss that show."
Agreed on both.
Love him or hate him, everyone read his column. I actually got to meet and talk with him about a year ago. He was quite pleasant and funny. We had a nice short talk about theatre.
Just give the world Love.
#11Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/20/20 at 11:39am
uncageg said: "Love him or hate him, everyone read his column."
I definitely do not read his column. He's vile.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
#13Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 2:39pmIt’s hard not for me to be bitter because of his awfully mean coverage of Bernadette in Gypsy, and that clip on theatre talk where he is sucking up to Arthur Laurents about how bad the Sam Mendes Gypsy production is makes me embarrassed for him. As did his awfully wrong prediction of Bullets Over Broadway being the next Producers. But I’ll admit he is entertaining. I will read his work. And I am ashamed of myself.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#14Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 2:44pm
Yeccch. The cut-rate Niles Crane sans taste. But I bet there is some great gossip being generated on theatre-related couches right now.
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#15Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 3:48pm
Who is the real Michael Riedel?
Is he an arrogant narcissist or a theatre loving aficionado?
I am sure most of his leaks stem from theatre marketing department publicists, wanting to shift tickets.
However he still had to write good column, which he sometimes did with self deprecating humour, he once opined when someone dies and they dim the theatre marquee lights, when he died they will put the lights on full power.
Never less he did write a great book and I have got high hopes for the next one.
Think it is fair to say he is a big an enigma.
#16Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 4:13pmDidn't he also attack Christina Applegate unmercifully prior to Sweet Charity finally opening on Broadway?
#19Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 4:17pm
Lot666 said: "uncageg said: "Love him or hate him, everyone read his column."
I definitely do not read his column. He's vile."
Ok, almost. But I would think you know what I meant.
Just give the world Love.
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#20Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 5:57pm
I will always post this insane interview that man did with the late, great Dave Rakoff with Amy Sedaris.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEc_ID23Uyk
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#21Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/21/20 at 10:16pmNothing to add but I love his column because as a stage actors it’s so much to think we have a “gossip” columnist and like that people care.
#22Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/22/20 at 2:01am
I think he evolved over the years.....in the beginning everyone ran out of a Joe Allen when he appeared but over the years he strengthened his relationships with people and did a better job of projecting his love for the theatre and recognizing the hard work that goes into it.
tomwsjr
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/05
#23Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/22/20 at 7:27amWhy are we even talking about him now? He destroyed any credibility he had within the theatre community. He’s better off sticking to talking about right wing politics, let him stay in that world, Broadway has moved on from him!
#24Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/22/20 at 5:20pm
tomwsjr said: "Why are we even talking about him now? He destroyed any credibility he had within the theatre community. He’s better off sticking to talking about right wing politics, let him stay in that world, Broadway has moved on from him!"
But yet here you are. You opened the thread and you are talking about him.
Speak for yourself.
See you in November.
Just give the world Love.
#25Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/25/20 at 10:13pm
He has given Broadway a lot of press which has been good in the long run.....what do they say in show biz...there is no such thing as bad press....
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