#1
Posted: 8/15/08 at 9:27pm
Petition for Gypsy to be filmed for PBS Great Performances
#2
Posted: 8/15/08 at 9:30pm
No!
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
#3
Posted: 8/15/08 at 9:35pm
Oh christ. Get a hobby.
#4
Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:01pm
I just called PBS, the problem is there is No camera lens large enough to capture Ego.
This is not a PBS type production.
Let It Be.
This is not a PBS type production.
Let It Be.
#5
Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:42pm
I hear they are interested in filming it for a new series "Vastly overrated, scenery-chewing Performances."
#6
Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:46pm
Has an internet petition--for anything non-web related--ever actually worked?
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
#7
Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:50pm
jennyish, my internet is SUPER slow tonight, but you totally beat me to the post. I would LOVE to know if ANY petition from BWW has ever worked.
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#8
Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:55pm
Please sign my online petition to stop online petitions.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#9
Posted: 8/15/08 at 11:12pm
At least wickedfan is trying to do something to preserve a great work of art. You all should not be so negative against a person who has done something positive. I have gladly signed the petition. Curtain you are just jealous because you know you could never be a good enough performer for any one to ever want to film you!
Updated On: 8/15/08 at 11:12 PM
#10
Posted: 8/15/08 at 11:48pm
I've been filmed, and don't call me by my first name till u know me better, and no, PBS does not schedule by BWW petitions.
Jealousy is a waste of time.
Jealousy is a waste of time.
#11
Posted: 8/16/08 at 12:07am
In addition to signing the petition some of you may want to contact PBS. Here is the link to email PBS directly about Great performances. I know this has already been posted,but this is for those of you who may not have seen it. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/feedback/feedback.html
Updated On: 8/16/08 at 12:07 AM
#12
Posted: 8/16/08 at 1:07am
Online petitions don't work. People aren't signing it because they don't agree with it. They aren't signing it because they don't to squat.
If they were printed on paper I would say that they aren't worth the paper they are printed on. But, that isn't the case so I can't say that.
If they were printed on paper I would say that they aren't worth the paper they are printed on. But, that isn't the case so I can't say that.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#13
Posted: 8/16/08 at 4:15pm
"At least wickedfan is trying to do something to preserve a great work of art."
If he wants to do something to preserve the show, maybe he should put up the couple million dollars the producers don't have in order to do it. A petition isn't going to get this filmed, but money sure will.
If he wants to do something to preserve the show, maybe he should put up the couple million dollars the producers don't have in order to do it. A petition isn't going to get this filmed, but money sure will.
#14
Posted: 8/16/08 at 4:33pm
Online petitions don't work.
Really? I've never thought of that. But thanks for enlightening me.
Really? I've never thought of that. But thanks for enlightening me.
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
#15
Posted: 8/16/08 at 5:05pm
Coooolkid then perhaps this post wasn't completely useless if we have taken one step in the thousand mile march toward your education.
#16
Posted: 8/16/08 at 5:21pm
I'm sure that PBS is aware of Patti's performance, how good it is, how much people love it, etc. There's a reason that it isn't been filmed, and I doubt a petition will change that.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
#17
Posted: 8/16/08 at 5:29pm
Find the money and it will be filmed. PBS does not know or respond to ratings, even though it is supposed to be public-oriented.
#18
Posted: 8/17/08 at 11:41pm
I'm sure PBS will give a flying **** about an online petition.
#19
Posted: 8/18/08 at 12:59am
FYI -- PBS doesn't film anything. COMPANY, INTO THE WOODS, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, etc. were all filmed by private investors NOT PBS. PBS only airs them... they don't film them. They don't have the funds to invest in filming shows so others fund them and then negotiate with PBS to air them as part of their Great Performances series.
Also, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER is privately funded by the the Lincoln Center, which funds all of the filming of their productions, thus they only permit PBS to air them a few times. This is why they are never released on home video -- Lincoln Center own them, not PBS.
You can send you little petition to have GYPSY filmed, but just like the petition generated to film GREY GARDENS before it closed, its pointless. If you're lucky, you'll receive a polite letter from them explaining all of the above.
Sorry to ruin your wishful dream.
Also, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER is privately funded by the the Lincoln Center, which funds all of the filming of their productions, thus they only permit PBS to air them a few times. This is why they are never released on home video -- Lincoln Center own them, not PBS.
You can send you little petition to have GYPSY filmed, but just like the petition generated to film GREY GARDENS before it closed, its pointless. If you're lucky, you'll receive a polite letter from them explaining all of the above.
Sorry to ruin your wishful dream.
#20
Posted: 8/18/08 at 10:28pm
Yeah people like Lonny Price and the production company he works for films those.
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