#1
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:00am
On A Clear Day closing on 2/19?
#2
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:13am
And that's NOT a good picture!
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#3
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:14am
Six figures??? Realy?
And it's all going to his waist?
And it's all going to his waist?
#4
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:14am
ouch, sorry to hear everyone is so miserable....
#5
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:48am
LOL. That picture makes him look like he's about to ask a 13 year old girl if she wants some iced tea...
#6
Posted: 1/11/12 at 2:03am
bahahah yes Jordan.
It's a shame, because it's a really wonderful score. Just a bad book/vision/concept. BUt that's nothing new....
It's a shame, because it's a really wonderful score. Just a bad book/vision/concept. BUt that's nothing new....
#7
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:03am
How can he blame Mayer? Connick not only read the script but did two workshops of it. He should have known what he was getting into.
#8
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:04am
Some of it is a wonderful score; and some of it still sounds good, despite the butchering done to it by hack arrangers. None of it surpasses the original recording (or even the film), however.
And that photo of Connick is simply macabre; he's wearing more make-up than Goldie Hawn.
And that photo of Connick is simply macabre; he's wearing more make-up than Goldie Hawn.
#9
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:06am
"Connick not only read the script but did two workshops of it. He should have known what he was getting into."
No, he did 0 workshops - the first was Brian D'Arcy James, the second was Marc Kudisch. (In my opinion, both workshops were alternately idiotic and dull).
No, he did 0 workshops - the first was Brian D'Arcy James, the second was Marc Kudisch. (In my opinion, both workshops were alternately idiotic and dull).
#10
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:12am
Honestly, the only one Harry should be mad at is his agent (hopefully now his 'former' agent) who somehow got him involved in. Connick didn't do either workshop, so was likely trusting Mayer (and forementioned agent) in taking on the project.
#12
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:31am
He already gives me an "uh oh" feeling, and that picture is not helping the matter.
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#13
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:31am
Since the show is obviously losing money, why even bother keeping it open until February 19th? That just doesn't make sense.
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#14
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:41am
The show will obviously lose money every week between now and February 19, but I believe the reason for keeping it open is to allow the Tony voters time to see it.
...not that this show deserves any nominations!! Best set design that causes nausea?
...not that this show deserves any nominations!! Best set design that causes nausea?
#15
Posted: 1/11/12 at 9:47am
$12 million? Previously we had heard $9.
If this relatively modest show cost 12, no wonder a much bigger show like Funny Girl was an impossibility.
If this relatively modest show cost 12, no wonder a much bigger show like Funny Girl was an impossibility.
#16
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:12pm
I'm just surprised they wouldn't take this out of town first. It's $12 million dollars. That's risking a lot.
I haven't seen it yet. Is it worth seeing? Just to say you saw it? Or is it that bad?
I haven't seen it yet. Is it worth seeing? Just to say you saw it? Or is it that bad?
#17
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:16pm
It's truly awful, RippedMan. The score is good, but not worth sitting through the painful book, horrible performances, hideous sets, and amateur choreography/direction. Connick looks humiliated for the entire duration of the show. Jessie Mueller's lovely voice was the only thing I thoroughly enjoyed about this production. It's a disaster on nearly every single level imaginable. Quite possibly the worst thing I saw onstage in 2011.
#18
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:18pm
In my opinion, it's worth seeing for three reasons:
1. Jessie Mueller, who's absolutely phenomenal, and is worth keeping the show open
for until 2/19 to get Tony voters in to see her.
2. The score, which is lovely and tuneful, though misused by the production as a
whole.
3. The supporting cast (especially Gehling, Stiles and O'Malley) who are excellent
with what little they have to do.
Otherwise, it's pretty much as bad as you've read on here...
1. Jessie Mueller, who's absolutely phenomenal, and is worth keeping the show open
for until 2/19 to get Tony voters in to see her.
2. The score, which is lovely and tuneful, though misused by the production as a
whole.
3. The supporting cast (especially Gehling, Stiles and O'Malley) who are excellent
with what little they have to do.
Otherwise, it's pretty much as bad as you've read on here...
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
#19
Posted: 1/11/12 at 1:30pm
I saw it around Christmas. It's pretty bad, but I had fun. I went on a Friday afternoon when my friend and I were looking for something light to do. We didn't hate it, which may have been because we spent half the time laughing at it, but we enjoyed ourselves. The score is lovely, as are Jessie Mueller and David Turner. If you can get a cheap ticket (which you likely can) and are in the mood for something fun(ny) to do, you might check it out.
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#20
Posted: 1/11/12 at 2:51pm
I guess I'm the only person who didn't think it was that bad.
- Connick was stiff as a board as an actor
+ Connick's vocals were great
- sets/lighting so atrocious you could end up with a seizure
+ Jessie Mueller's voice is fantastic and she could be great star
+ David Turner who was fun, charismatic, quirky and had a great voice
+ supporting cast was great (except I wasn't a fan of Stiles)
And to top this off as an apparent unpopular opinion of mine, I thought the book worked pretty well, especially considering everyone's griping about it.
- Connick was stiff as a board as an actor
+ Connick's vocals were great
- sets/lighting so atrocious you could end up with a seizure
+ Jessie Mueller's voice is fantastic and she could be great star
+ David Turner who was fun, charismatic, quirky and had a great voice
+ supporting cast was great (except I wasn't a fan of Stiles)
And to top this off as an apparent unpopular opinion of mine, I thought the book worked pretty well, especially considering everyone's griping about it.
#21
Posted: 1/11/12 at 3:23pm
My God. Something about that picture reminds me of John McCain.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
#22
Posted: 1/11/12 at 3:51pm
He has Michele Bachmann eyes in that picture. It scares me.
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#23
Posted: 1/11/12 at 6:07pm
To quote Jack Nicholson in Batman as The Joker
"Bob the gun" . Keep all sharp objects away from Connick
"Bob the gun" . Keep all sharp objects away from Connick
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#24
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:37pm
Poor Harry Connick. He's in this huge flop, appears unhappy doing it, and Riedel keeps socking it to him. I feel sorry for him, a victim of bad judgment, the misguided reconception of the show, and, sorry to say, his own limitations as a performer, painfully exposed here.
But the truth is, he was stiff in The Pajama Game as well, but the show was sufficiently well done to help him get through it. Here he's just left to sink with the ship.
But the truth is, he was stiff in The Pajama Game as well, but the show was sufficiently well done to help him get through it. Here he's just left to sink with the ship.
#25
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:51pm
Why does Riedel keep writing things his 'sources' have told him when it's clearly him making nasty digs up as he always does?
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