Pirate Queen - who has tickets?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:22pm

I know there is not a lot of buzz, but this show will be a hit!! Who was tickets?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:23pm

Out of towners who saw the tour of WICKED.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:31pm

Please explain that!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:39pm

He is bitter and gay.
Like Buzz in L!V!C!
But poorly written.

[Act4ever]

Posted: 1/11/07 at 11:41pm

It'll be a hit? Coming from someone who saw it in Chicago... I do not think it will be a hit...

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:19am

Why not?

[ashley0139]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:26am

I've been interested in this show since I heard about it. I'm a huge Boublil and Schoenberg fan. I've been following CastCom, which I think was a very interesting thing to do, but now I'm wary. It seems like the reviews are mixed-negative. I'll still try to see it, but I'm not quite as excited as I was before.

[Kringas]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:29am

I didn't think Foster's comment was bitter. I thought it was funny.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:47am

While I sadly don't think it's gonna be a HUGE hit, it would be near impossible to say it's not gonna be a hit from seeing it in Chicago (I saw it 4 times througout the run), BECAUSE they are making some MAJOR changes right now.


It's not gonna be the same show. I'm sure of that.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:57am

I have a ticket for the first preview on Tuesday, March 6th @ 8pm.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:00am

i have tickets! :) i was able to get 3rd row center via Broadwaybox. i guess it's not doing so well?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:05am

I have a ticket next to Without a Trace.

If they get the RIVERDANCE crowd (and they will) and Grazillia finds the strengths It could be huge.
And Yes, I saw it in Chicago and it has a lot of potential.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 1:11am

"I have a ticket next to Without a Trace."

you do? that's news to me! looking forward to chatting with you there, curtain!

[nealb1]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:55am

I'll be seeing PQ on Thursday, May 3rd via the 45% off discount code from Broadwaybox.com.

[PottstownTeacher]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:10am

I'm going Sunday afternoon April 1. Front row of the Dress circle, dead center. I only bought them because I could still kick myself for not trekking down to the Kennedy Center to see MARTIN GUERRE because I thought, "Why bother? It will be in NYC soon."

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:52am

Hit in New York? Highly doubt it. Saw the show in Chicago and it was one long borefest. Stephanie did bring it up a few notches when she was on stage, but it just dragged on endlessly. Did enjoy Linda Balgord's Queen Elizabeth -- those costumes were spectacular though you could not understand one word she was saying. Not one word.

I see this one going the way of LESTAT. Even the people around us that night commented that this show won't work on Broadway. People want high-energy type shows these days . This one ain't one of those.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:58am

yeah, i have no doubt it's going to bomb but i'm so anal retentive i have to see everything on Broadway. heh

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:13pm

I don't think the producers of Pirate Queen understand that the era of the megamusical is over. Even if the flaws in the show get ironed out, audience appetites have changed. However the show does, the show will be a huge boost to the career of the amazing Stephanie Block.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:19pm

I do want to see it, so I will get tickets, I guess it's better if I book them soon since they seem to be low priced at the moment.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:24pm

"However the show does, the show will be a huge boost to the career of the amazing Stephanie Block."

I certainly hope this is true. She is the draw (for me) to see this show.

[NYLG]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:26pm

I saw the show in Chicago...in the middle of the run. There was a rare nice moment or two, but aside from that...very few redeeming qualities. Unless THE PIRATE QUEEN is reincarnated as a radically different show than the one that played here...it ain't gonna be pretty in NY. My biggest problem was that the characters lacked any connection, either with the audience or each other. How can you enjoy a theatrical experience when you just don't give a damn about what's happening on the stage? Bleh!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:27pm

The show will flop. It doesn't matter how much work was done on it or how many LES MIS or RIVERDANCE fans there are. It's an unknown story in a cavernous theatre that costs a ridiculous amount of money. All of the odds are against it, and unless people are really anxious to see it, it's not going to last.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:29pm

"How can you enjoy a theatrical experience when you just don't give a damn about what's happening on the stage? Bleh!"

I agree. That's why I didn't enjoy Spelling Bee. Still, Stephanie said that there will be many many changes, so I hope it will be enough to fix it.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 12:30pm

*shrug* oh well. at least i can say i saw it before it closed! (hopefully)

i love me some Stephanie

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 2:38pm

Stephanie's performance is worth the price of admission alone.

I loved the show, but I am at the stage in my life that I enjoy most shows. (save On the Record whish was utter garbage. I even enjoyed that silly Martin Short thing)