Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice

[10086sunset]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:00pm

https://nypost.com/2018/07/26/gwyneth-paltrows-musical-head-over-heels-is-on-thin-ice/

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:05pm

I don't think it's that surprising. Nobody really cares about the Go-Gos or The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia enough to shell out Broadway ticket money to see a loose adaptation with the Go-Gos songs shoe-horned in. It's like investing in a musical set to the music of Debbie Gibson. I mean yeah, the Go-Go's songs have a bit more staying power, but not much more.

Updated On: 7/27/18 at 12:05 PM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:13pm

This is looking like a Labor Day closing if you ask me.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:22pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: " Nobody really cares about the Go-Gos or The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadiaenough to shell out Broadway ticket money to see a loose adaptation with the Go-Gos songs shoe-horned in."

Well said.

[Tag]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:27pm

Paltrow didn't go to her own opening night?  What?

[imklepcyk]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:50pm

I really route for this show, but I know it will flop so bad. Head over Heels and Gettin The Band Back Together will both flop

[10086sunset]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:08pm

“We’ve never been able to figure out how to sell this show,” says a production source.

 

Yeah, that's a little bit of a problem.

At least they admit they had no clue how to market this.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:14pm

It is very strange that Paltrow didn't attend opening. 

[teresa2]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:17pm

Please correct the photo caption ofJeremy Kushnier with Jenny Lee Stern.That is not Jenny Lee. They have been divorced for several years.

[broadwaynerdnewbie]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:38pm

10086sunset said: "“We’ve never been able to figure out how to sell this show,” says a production source.



Yeah, that's a little bit of a problem.

At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

Does anyone know what press agency is in charge of marketing for this show? I’m just curious 

[CaseyBrent41]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:40pm

Labor Day? My guess is next week....

[broadwaynerdnewbie]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:44pm

IdinaBellFoster said: "It is very strange that Paltrow didn't attend opening."

I know she has some new Netflix show that is in pre production but I’m sure she could have gotten the time off to attend opening night if she wanted. I actually wasn’t aware she was a part of the production team.

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:06pm

10086sunset said: "At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

I'm sure that makes the investors happy...

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:34pm

haterobics said: "10086sunset said: "At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

I'm sure that makes the investors happy..."

I would be... kinda really pissed if I was a creative/actor/investor and read in the post that my producers didn't know how to market my show.  Jeff Whitty is getting the last laugh.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:35pm

Whitty isn't exactly a blameless individual.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:39pm

haterobics said: "10086sunset said: "At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

I'm sure that makes the investors happy..."

 

 

Hello Gweneth Paltrow? I guess she realized that it's a stinker and stayed away!

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:44pm

broadwaynerdnewbie said:  Does anyone know what press agency is in charge of marketing for this show? I’m just curious"

Boneau/Bryan-Brown

 

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:00pm

Maybe Gwyneth was really just wedding planning and will be there on a later date.  However....not being at the opening of a show you are producing?  Weird.  

[little_sally]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:05pm

How long before a B list celebrity mysteriously comes in an replaces a cast member for 3 weeks?

[JBradshaw]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:10pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "It's like investing in a musical set to the music of Debbie Gibson. I mean yeah, the Go-Go's songs have a bit more staying power, but not much more."

a musical with the music of Debbie would be heaven!

 

[binau]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:10pm

Didn't Riedel retire??

[JustAnotherNewYorker]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:16pm

little_sally said: "How long before a B list celebrity mysteriously comes in an replaces a cast member for 3 weeks?"

What? Mandy Patinkin is replacing Peppermint? (this is how we start rumors)

 

/s

(not to imply Mandy is b-list)

Updated On: 7/27/18 at 03:16 PM

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:19pm

little_sally said: "How long before a B list celebrity mysteriously comes in an replaces a cast member for 3 weeks?"

Would have to be a Go-Go, no?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:21pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "I don't think it's that surprising. Nobody really cares about the Go-Gos or The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadiaenough to shell out Broadway ticket money to see a loose adaptation with the Go-Gos songs shoe-horned in. It's like investing in a musical set to the music of Debbie Gibson. I mean yeah, the Go-Go's songs have a bit more staying power, but not much more."

Who's the target audience? I live in NYC and the fans of the Go-Go's are thinking they are getting a review and not what's on stage. A colleague (GO-GO's fan) commented that she Hated the show "story-plot"...and a lot of other things that are being presented on stage that I will refrain from sharing. Personally, Love the GO-Go's but we have no desire in seeing this show!

[broadwaynerdnewbie]

Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:24pm

Fordham2015 said: "broadwaynerdnewbie said:Does anyone know what press agency is in charge of marketing for this show? I’m just curious"

Boneau/Bryan-Brown

"

Thank you!