Michael Reidel - New York Post- Page 2
Michael Reidel - New York Post
#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....
#26Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/25/20 at 11:17pm
He's a bit of a mystery to me...and to others.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Braniff Forever
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#27Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/26/20 at 10:48pm
I actually miss his column and his insider access. I hope he comes back. I was actually wondering this myself, where is he?
I periodically open the NY Post app and type his last name in to see if he’s written anything new. Lately there hasn’t been any real interesting theater news. Of course I also realize there is no theater to speak of.....maybe he’ll come back when Broadway re-opens, BUR I am surprised he hasn’t continued talking about it in some way.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#28Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/27/20 at 4:19pm
Post basically threw in the towel re broadway long before the shutdown .Post bounced him. They than made Vincentelli critic for a short while before she was dumped. Not sure if they even had one now. If so person probably paid a set fee for each review
Reidel has a new book coming out for Simon and Schuster 11/10. It is called Singular Sensation Sunset Blvd to The Lion King .It is $29 and $14.90 for Nook. Assume it will eventually go to Kindle.
Poster Emeritus
Updated On: 8/27/20 at 04:19 PM
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#29Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/27/20 at 4:28pm
His book is now listed on Amazon. Release date 11/10.
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway
#30Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/29/20 at 12:59pm
Mr Roxy said: "Post basically threw in the towel re broadway long before the shutdown .Post bounced him. They than made Vincentelli critic for a short while before she was dumped. Not sure if they even had one now. If so person probably paid a set feefor each review
Reidel has a new book coming out for Simon and Schuster 11/10. It is called Singular Sensation Sunset Blvd to The Lion King .It is $29 and $14.90 for Nook. Assume it will eventually go to Kindle."
It's been up for pre-order on Kindle for at least the past week or two.
Just give the world Love.
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#31Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 8/30/20 at 8:51pm
Braniff Forever said: "I actually miss his column and his insider access. I hope he comes back. I was actually wondering this myself, where is he?
I periodically open the NY Post app and type his last name in to see if he’s written anything new. Lately there hasn’t been any real interesting theater news. Of course I also realize there is no theater to speak of.....maybe he’ll come back when Broadway re-opens, BUR I am surprised he hasn’t continued talking about it in some way. "
I find that I've already read his "insider info" on here before I read it in his column.
#32Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/1/20 at 11:25pm
He’s a despicable person who has made a career of besmirching people and causing legitimate pain. He thinks he’s being funny or clever, when he’s just being cruel.
#33Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/1/20 at 11:58pm
You realize with your profile name, you could be accused of the same? My point being: maybe just maybe people read in too much or take things too seriously.
Even his barbs against Peters were, to my mind, arguably correct and not remotely a suggestion that she lacks talent, simply that she was miscast.
#35Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/2/20 at 12:58pm
joevitus said: "You realize with your profile name, you could be accused of the same? My point being: maybe just maybe people read in too much or take things too seriously.
Even his barbs against Peters were, to my mind, arguably correctand not remotely a suggestion that she lacks talent, simply that she was miscast."
Well, but I’m posting on a theatre chat board and not in an arguably reputable publication. It hardly compares.
in addition, as long as you’ve brought up Peters, he was relentless and merciless in attacking Peters for her illness and it’s effect in her ability to perform. He revealed himself. And he’s miserable and despicable.
May he get as sick as she was -and mocked for it and see what it’s like.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#36Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/2/20 at 1:16pm
And he’s miserable and despicable.
Not to mention he lacks talent, class, and works for a Trump lovin' publication!
#37Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/2/20 at 4:16pm
Fagnes Gooch said: "joevitus said: "You realize with your profile name, you could be accused of the same? My point being: maybe just maybe people read in too much or take things too seriously.
Even his barbs against Peters were, to my mind, arguably correctand not remotely a suggestion that she lacks talent, simply that she was miscast."
Well, but I’m posting on a theatre chat board and not in an arguably reputablepublication. It hardly compares.
in addition, as long as you’ve brought up Peters,he was relentless and merciless in attacking Peters for her illness and it’s effect in her ability to perform. He revealed himself. And he’s miserable and despicable.
May he get as sick as she was -and mocked for it and see what it’s like."
I see nothing relentless or merciless about that. A star suddenly gets "sick" when she gets bad press, but the producers (the real source of his ire) aren't making that clear to audiences who were shelling out big bucks to see a star management knew they wouldn't see.
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#38Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/2/20 at 4:36pm
I wasn't around the online theatre community during the period Taboo came out, but Boy George seemed extremely hurt by the way he and all the people behind that production were treated by Reidel. He portrayed Reidel as someone who took glee in destroying a show before it premiered and having the power to do that. Then he said when he finally met him, he realized what a miserable little man he was in person.
#39Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/2/20 at 4:48pm
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark was not a good show by any stretch (although IMO 1.0 was more interesting than the bland final version), but Reidel absolutely delighted in leading the charge against the show and he was rooting for its demise at every turn, so much so that he even wrote that it was 'annoying' that the show was posting such high grosses in the year after it finally opened. I remember thinking that the way he relentlessly pounded Julie Taymor was particularly harsh and cruel.
Didn't somebody once punch him in restaurant after they read one of his articles?
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#41Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/2/20 at 10:04pm
Fagnes Gooch said: "Not hard enough."
You’ve really got some serious anger issues with the guy, don’t you?
#42Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/3/20 at 9:48am
I was never a reader of Michael Reidel, but he did make for an entertaining host on Theater Talk. Some episodes are just cringe worthy. Also, I heard that the cast of Hamilton would not appear on the show, because of his bias towards the show. Eventually, some of the replacements came on, when he left the show.
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#43Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/3/20 at 11:01am
I wonder what it says about someone who takes so much delight in the destruction of creatives. Like I get snark, and if you don't like a show or a particular creative, you don't have to. And I like that not everyone writes like they are on the PR team for a production company. However, going extreme in the other way is also not very productive and it's just one side of the same coin as people who seem to love everything and write as if they are on a production team's payroll. They are not the independently-minded, objective, free thinkers advocating for purpose of being contrary, but rather they have very will issues they are taking out on creatives and are destructive.
#44Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/3/20 at 7:02pm
Reidel says nothing worse than the kind of thing you can read on this very site.
Updated On: 9/3/20 at 07:02 PM#45Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/3/20 at 7:03pm
I have a serious problem with him, yes.
his relentless campaign against the Applegate “Sweet Charity” is an example as to why. He took glee in that particular productions troubles, reporting on them with delight. He wasn’t just reporting on them — he was making predictions of that productions doom (“I’ll eat my hat if it ever opens on Broadway” or something to that effect, he said — and I bet he didn’t eat his hat) and rooting for it to fail.
The Peters “Gypsy”, though, is the ultimate example. She was pretty sick. Whether or not she was getting bad word of mouth, she was legitimately ill. I was at a performance where she struggled vocally to get through Act 1. Her understudy did Act 2. She needed time to heal. And he was merciless and cruel, at one point creating a mock missing ad for her. It’s just unnecessary.
He went after Donna Murphy during “Wonderful Town”, too. (though I don’t remember enough of the details).
He’s a rotten human being.
#46Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/4/20 at 1:48am
She never had the voice for Rose--and if she was sick or not, why wouldn't the producers (again, the real issue) simply inform the audience what performances (and there were many in a row) she'd be missing. Geez, she's not even bothered by it anymore.
Ah yes, how could anyone in the world possibly forgive question the musical comedy charms of Christina Appelgate? *sigh*
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#47Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/4/20 at 3:19am
At the end of the day the man is just lame. I get better scoops from Jordan Catalano and others on this site. And his track record for predictions is laughably bad (Hamilton, Bullets Over Broadway). He just seems to be more and more irrelevant.
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#48Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/4/20 at 1:55pm
joevitus said: "Reidel says nothing worse than the kind of thingyou can read on this very site."
And it's not like people respect every poster or post equally. If they have an issue with his content and character, they probably have an issue with similar posts written by somebody else. And just because you don't like a performance doesn't excuse every over-the-line, mean-spirited act. I don't get why people think public performers are fair game but not people writing on them. Everyone is fair game, right?
#49Michael Reidel - New York Post
Posted: 9/4/20 at 7:27pm
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "joevitus said: "Reidel says nothing worse than the kind of thingyou can read on this very site."
And it's not like peoplerespectevery poster or post equally. If they have an issue with his content and character, they probably have an issue with similar posts written by somebody else. And just because you don't like a performance doesn't excuse every over-the-line, mean-spirited act. I don't get why people think public performers are fair game but not people writing on them. Everyone is fair game, right?"
It still strikes me as silly to get upset and direct hostility towards the man. Makes more sense to enjoy him or ignore him.
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