Once Upon a One More Time to Marquis- Page 2

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 4:40pm

We, The Gays, are here for it. 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:00pm

GreasedLightning said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "https://onemoretimemusical.com/"

Is this link working for anyone?"

There's no content; it's just a landing page, apparently, but the favicon is the show logo, so this has to be the official site... this is mostly for a head's up and FYI so people can access the site when it goes live.

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:15pm

I said this before, but this show has "Starring Taylor Lauderman" written all over it 

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:30pm

raddersons said: "As a huge Britney fan... the speed at which this has developed is a little concerning. It was pushed back two seasons in Chicago, and the turnaround from Chicago closingto New York first previews is 5 weeks, leaving VERY little room for tweaks or even rehearsals n between. I'm hoping for the best, but that's a very aggressive timeline for a show that's already been delayed."

Well, one may hope that the two year delay equated to two years of work. But we all know how Broadway works. Womp womp. 

[raddersons]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:37pm

^^I'm realizing my message was misleading... when I said "two seasons" I meant from Fall to Spring, not two "theater seasons" i.e. two years. My mistake.

If it was a two year delay, I'd be thrilled because that would certainly mean at least some work. Fall to spring to me screams poor management.

I just really want this to be good, and if they drop the ball I don't want to be saying "if they just used more time..."

Updated On: 1/15/20 at 05:37 PM

[Mark_E]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:37pm

Jarethan said: "Here is my question: does Britney Spears have enough songs that are good enough to anchor a big Broadway show at Broadway prices? I have to admit that I am really surprised, especially since it is apparently not a biographical show where they can insert songs anywhere, but have to fit them at the appropriate moment in the show."

Some really great numbers. Oops I did it again, Baby... One more time, I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, Overprotected and Stronger are already used to great effect in the West End Musical "& Juliet"

Add to those five - "(You Drive Me) Crazy, Toxic, Womanizer and Hold it Against me amongst others, you have quite a few numbers that even the casual listener would recall.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:42pm

Mark_E said: "Jarethan said: "Here is my question: does Britney Spears have enough songs that are good enough to anchor a big Broadway show at Broadway prices? I have to admit that I am really surprised, especially since it is apparently not a biographical show where they can insert songs anywhere, but have to fit them at the appropriate moment in the show."

Some really great numbers. Oops I did it again, Baby... One more time, I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, Overprotectedand Stronger are already used to great effect in the West End Musical "& Juliet"

Add to those five- "(You Drive Me) Crazy, Toxic, Womanizerand Hold it Against me amongst others,you have quite a few numbers that even the casual listener would recall."

It blows my mind that we are living in a time where, in 6 months, Toxic will (most likely) be performed on not one but TWO Broadway stages every night  

thanks for clarifying raddersons. I’m hopeful that the time they DID have was used productively. 

[theatregoer3]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:53pm

Perfect pairing of a show and a theater.

[Impossible2]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 5:56pm

Miles2Go2 said: "Glad it’s not a bio-musical."

She's had a pretty interesting life, I'd much prefer that to some gormless story.

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:23pm

Jarethan said: "I am 69 and the most I know about Britney probably centers on her meltdown a decade ago.

I know a lot of Cher songs, Abba songs, Temptation songs, Tina songs, Summer songs, 4 Seasons songs, Carole King songs, etc. Here is my question: does Britney Spears have enough songs that are good enough to anchor a big Broadway show at Broadway prices? I have to admit that I am really surprised, especially since it is apparently not a biographical show where they can insert songs anywhere, but have to fit them at the appropriate moment in the show.

PS -- I was also unfamiliar with the music of the group whose songs were the basis for Head Over Heals. I dont know how much the failure of that show had to do with the songs or

 

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She has probably the equivalent of two greatest hits albums worth of songs and that doesn’t necessarily even count her deep album tracks that are good to great. 

As far as the Go-Go’s, they were never as hugely successful as Britney and certainly not for as long and they appeal to a much older audience in a specific demographic which in part explains why the show was never a box office success. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:26pm

This smells of a disaster. Does it even last until the end of the year?

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:29pm

I think it sounds cute, personally. 

Like imagine Rapunzel singing "Overprotected" or Snow White singing "Toxic". SUPER CUTE

Updated On: 1/15/20 at 06:29 PM

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:34pm

Impossible2 said: "Miles2Go2 said: "Glad it’s not a bio-musical."

She's had a pretty interesting life, I'd much prefer that to some gormless story."


I have yet to see a bio-musical that I loved. Some were tolerable. But I think seeing Tina and Jagged Little Pill both on this recent trip clarified for me the problem i have with bio musicals in general. It’s that they force songs to fit the entertainer’s life when the songs have very little to do with that moment of the life that they have to cover and they have to find a song from that artist to make it fit. It seems forced and the dialogue that they use just around the song is pretty forced as well. At least with a original plot they can make the plot work in service to the songs rather than the other way around. That’s why I much preferred JLP on my recent trip. I mean Tina has had arguably a more fascinating and interesting life than Britney and yet they could not make a successful book out of her life that integrated her great songs well. But we’ll have to wait to see. This could turn out to be another Head Overs Heels (which I didn’t see) where the songs reportedly felt shoehorned into the plot.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:46pm

YvanEhtNioj said: "We, The Gays, are here for it."

 

The gays didn't help keep The Cher Show open.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:50pm

If the demise of Head Over Heels taught us anything, it’s that we aren’t allowed to have fun.

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:54pm

ACL2006 said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "We, The Gays, are here for it."

The gays didn't help keep The Cher Show open."

 

Cher v. Brit...eh not gonna touch that one. 

Re: Head Over Heels - no one was checking for the GoGos..that's why it failed. 

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:55pm

Heard very mixed things out of the workshop. But......Britney songs + princess storyline just sounds like a fun night out for millennials, suburban moms, tourists, and gays, while bypassing the traditional theatergoer. The fear of course is that it becomes The Cher Show or Summer and gets sunk by middling sales and a high running cost after 6 months.

[MollyJeanneMusic]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 8:24pm

This actually looks pretty interesting!  Do you think the Marquis would have time to mount a shorter run sometime between now and this, à la the Lunt-Fontanne?  Also, I remember hearing a lot of rumors about the Marquis being a potential home for Beetlejuice after the eviction - where does this leave Beetlejuice now?

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 8:43pm

bwayphreak234 said: "ModernMillie3 said: "I feel the marquis curse will continue.

Me too. Really wished they put The Lion King there so it could run for all eternity."

Yeah... let's move the show making well over a million dollars a weekto a theatre less than a block away with LESS seats just because...

I'm sorry, but that's just a stupid idea."

This. 

Re: Beetlejuice, I think the rumors of it going to the Marquis were just that: rumors. I have multiple friends who work on that show AND at the Marquis and none of them ever really heard much about that other than surface rumors which doesn’t surprise me. It was virtually the only house available this Spring that could house a show of this size so I think people are grasping at whatever strings they could. I still do believe BJ is “working on it” but the Marquis ain’t it. 

[MollyJeanneMusic]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 9:09pm

GreasedLightning said: "bwayphreak234 said: "ModernMillie3 said: "I feel the marquis curse will continue.

Me too. Really wished they put The Lion King there so it could run for all eternity."

Yeah... let's move the show making well over a million dollars a weekto a theatre less than a block away with LESS seats just because...

I'm sorry, but that's just a stupid idea."

This.

Re: Beetlejuice, I think the rumors of it going to the Marquis were just that: rumors. I have multiple friends who work on that show AND at the Marquis and none of them ever really heard much about that other than surface rumors which doesn’t surprise me. It was virtually the only house available this Spring that could house a show of this size so I think people are grasping at whatever strings they could. I still do believe BJ is “working on it” but the Marquis ain’t it."

Thanks!  That's what I thought - I just thought a status update might be good at this point.

[ModernMillie3]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 9:21pm

Um, I was clearly joking. 

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 10:26pm

Silly question. Wasn’t Beautiful in a similar situation? short turnaround time between its out of town try out in San Francisco and Broadway? Now, I Have zero clue about the work that was done on that show prior to its out of town run. But, that was a successful show.

That said, the short turnaround could mean nothing for all we know. And, I’m not a Spears fan at all and this show is one that has zero interest to me.

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 10:35pm

ModernMillie3 said: "Um, I was clearly joking."

It's very funny that anyone thinks you were not. I got it!  I am excited for this one, but it has to be one great show to fill that huge theater every night. It has pretty bad luck, but all it takes is one hit. In my opinion, Tootsie would have lasted longer if it was in a smaller theater. 

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 11:53pm

ModernMillie3 said: "Um, I was clearly joking."

Mmhm. 

[ModernMillie3]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 11:55pm

Haha. The way I said it "for all eternity" was a clear joke. But, I can't expect everyone to be super sharp on here.

Your novels in every single thread are tiresome and annoying. Have a good night!