SQUARE ONE on Broadway Announcement Hoax- Page 2

[binau]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:10am

All my Bernadette dreams except Mrs Lovett come true. I am so happy!

[JBroadway]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:10am

I posted this in the other thread, but posting again here: 

I think we should hold off on this. This looks very suspicious to me. If it ends up being true I’ll happily admit to being wrong, but I really think everyone should wait for a more reliable confirmation. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:11am

I've spoken to friends at various outlets - no one has received a press release. An announcement like this would've come with a 10am embargo, so it's not adding up. 

[JanMaxwellsBag]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:11am

This seems, as the kids say, sus. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:12am

You’d have to be a really twisted pos to make this up. Of all shows….

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:12am

If this is fake, that is just cruel.

 

I am cautiously optimistic, and quite emotional.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:13am

You’d think if an “official announcement” was being made at 10am, it would be accompanied by a full press release and probably even a video with Peters and Lane talking about their excitement or something and not just a simple photo that anyone could photoshop. Not saying it’s not true but it’s a horrible “announcement” if it is. 

[Kad]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:16am

No director or producers named? No press releases on any of the theater sites? Strangely uneven font? A dead website link? Announced solely on a social media platform that doesn’t verify anymore? It’s definitely suspect for now.

Updated On: 12/15/22 at 10:16 AM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:16am

Something like this would have absolutely come with a press release that is embargoed until the announcement. Stars of this caliber, Sondheim's final musical..... There'd be a release. And that release would've dropped everywhere at 10. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:20am

Updated On: 12/16/22 at 10:20 AM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:21am

Is this a [title of show] Show situation? lol

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:25am

I am someone who normally gets press releases for this type of Bway announcement in my inbox. And I was desperately hoping for this to be real, and kept waiting...and waiting. But I've received nothing. And reaching out to other industry friends who would have received the press release I'm finding that no one has received a single thing about this.

Given that not a single person in the press was notified, no tickets are on sale, no dates given, and the "poster" looks shall we say....interesting, I'm calling this 100% false. Someone is playing a cruel joke.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:25am

Now I'm on team fake, lol

It's just so weird that NOBODY else has reported this besides these accounts. 

I do still think it's possible it's true. It's definitely interesting that the very first accounts to follow this Twitter account were The Public, Playbill, Audience Rewards, Theatremania, and IHeartRadioBroadway.

Hopefully, David, Bernedette, Nathan, or somebody who actually knows can come out and say if it is or isn't. Would be funny if a prank makes them admit that it is coming (and I do still believe that it is). 

 

[veronicamae]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:26am

They also have no website and the URL was purchased 2 days ago - both things that any Broadway show planning to sell tickets would have had done and live prior to announcing anything.

If it's real, what a huge misstep.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:29am

Something's not adding up. If it's fake, I hope someone who is good at computers can doxx whoever created it because they must be SHUNNED! haha!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:31am

The most suspect thing is that Peters and Lane are not billed alphabetically. When they are exactly the same name value and his agents would no doubt demand alpha billing.

That, and no director.

[binau]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:32am

I just don't know why someone would bother to waste time making this up - it'll get shut down almost immediately. And they have tweeted Bernadette's official account so it'll quickly get corrected. I'm cautiously optimistic. The artwork seems like a genuine attempt even if it's plain. 

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:33am

I really hope we all haven't been made fools of for this! If this was after all a fake, this has to be the most disrespectful act to Mr. Sondheim!

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:34am

Dylan Smith4 said: "I really hope we all haven't been made fools of for this! If this was after all a fake, this has to be the most disrespectful act to Mr. Sondheim!"

I just sent the message to the Mods asking them to delete this thread. I think it’s fake and a sad and cruel hoax. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:37am

Nobody has been made a fool of. That’s obviously what the person who made this wanted but people acted the way they would when an announcement like this is teased. 
 

Best thing to do would be to end all discussions of this right here and end their “fun”.

Confirmed Hoax

Updated On: 12/15/22 at 10:37 AM

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:39am

jacobsnchz14 said: "Dylan Smith4 said: "I really hope we all haven't been made fools of for this! If this was after all a fake, this has to be the most disrespectful act to Mr. Sondheim!"

I just sent the message to the Mods asking them to delete this thread. I think it’s fake and a sad and cruel hoax."

Why? What's wrong with us discussing even if it is fake?

[Kad]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:39am

Well, as of now, the only two viable possibilities is that it’s a hoax or it’s one of the most botched announcements in Broadway history. Neither are great. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:40am

Sorry, everyone…

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sorry-Sondheims-SQUARE-ONE-is-Not-Coming-to-Broadway-20221215

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:40am

Jordan Catalano said: "Nobody has been made a fool of. That’s obviously what the person who made this wanted but people acted the way they would when an announcement like this is teased.


Best thing to do would be to end all discussions of this right here and end their “fun”."

I agree! Still though, this is a VERY DISRESPECTFUL act to play! Especially with Stephen Sondheim's work!

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/15/22 at 10:40am

Evil and pathetic. Get a life.

Updated On: 12/15/22 at 10:40 AM