PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
#1PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:14am
I'm just tossing it around in my head...
Wouldn't it be utterly brilliant to tape it, broadcast it, and release it on DVD for the masses to revel in?
Seriously!
Feel the Love,
Spread the Buzz,
Find the Real!
#2re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:19am
Yeah, we SCARYOTYPES would love that! BTW, I hope somehow their mktg. dept. will adopt you "mantra"....FEEL THE LOVE, etc.
(They had an audience survey co. there this past week)...I think they may change the mktg soon, depending on what the "target" audience seems to be.
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#2re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:19amYup, would work for sure.
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#3re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:21amAlthough, BLAXX and MIKE, you have to admit the LIVE experience is absolutely it's greatest selling point?
#4re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:21am
Hey, if anyone involved with the show happens to stumble upon this thread and 'digs' my manta, feel free ... Just gimme my 10%. LoL! I kid, I kid. Seriously though, I would TOTALLY love to see that in PS promos and ads!
tiny, I wholeheartedly agree - 110%
Updated On: 4/15/08 at 12:21 AM
#5re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:27am
Well, if this isn't a misleading thread title! 
#6re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:27amIt seems like every five seconds, people want another show to be filmed by Great Performances.
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#7re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:28am
Let's do it!
That would be excellent, albeit a little bit outside of PBS's comfort zone.
Great idea Mike!
#8re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:32am
*smiles*
Thank you, thank you...
I would give anything and everything for the opportunity to get this project off the ground. Truly, I would.
#9re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:33am
Yeah, they should definitely hire YOU, Mike, instead of those boring doofus MBA Grads who know nothing about theatrical marketing. Never give your ideas or talent away for free! First lesson in show business.
Updated On: 4/15/08 at 12:33 AM
#10re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:22am
Awwwwh! Thank you so very much!
By all means, feel free to give out my contact info to "the suits" at the Belasco. I'll wait for their offer. Hee!
BrodyFosse123
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#11re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 3:40am
Great idea. Unfortunately, PBS doesn't film any of those Great Performances shows they air -- private companies do. PBS only airs them.
Find an investor and you got yourself a deal. I'm sure PBS will GLADLY air it on Great Performances, just as long as you get the funds to film it. 
Roscoe
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#12re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 8:53amPASSING STRANGE is about the level of show that PBS has been running lately.
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Dolly_Levi
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#13re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 10:01amadd a question mark to the thread title. it is WAY mis-leading.
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#14re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 12:42pmThis thread title is way too misleading.
#15re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:33pm
"It seems like every five seconds, people want another show to be filmed by Great Performances."
Can you blame them though?
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BrodyFosse123
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#16re: PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:41pm
Sshhh... ALL these Broadway shows ARE filmed. Just not legally.
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#17PASSING STRANGE?
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:44pm
Rather than getting it on PBS, I wish they'd figure out a way to get the grosses up.
Are there any ads running in non-traditional places like rock and roll radio stations or Spin Mag or something where the fan base will see it?
To me that is the important thing. They cannot be making money and reserve funds can run out.
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Roscoe
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#18PASSING STRANGE?
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:47pmMaybe it should just close, or move to the smaller Off-Bway theatre that it should have been in all along.
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#19PASSING STRANGE?
Posted: 4/15/08 at 4:53pm
The Belasco, while a beautiful house, is one that does not have a good history re housing hits.
We see it on Saturday night.
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#20PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 8:12pm
BUMP
Updated On: 4/15/08 at 08:12 PM
#21PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 8:45pmI do feel like I see a lot of advertising for Passing Strange - on Billboards and Bus stops. I haven't seen as much advertising as I have for Gypsy though - She's on every bus in Midtown!
#22PBS Great Performances: PASSING STRANGE
Posted: 4/15/08 at 11:06pm
I agree Mike!! This show would translate well for television.
Hope they get their grosses up! Scary last week...ugh.
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