Scandalous

Without seeing theatre, I've been registering to a load of cast albums from shows. Whether I saw them and disliked them, didn't get to see them, or am a fan.

I was just listening to Scandalous today. I had tickets to see it, but it closed before I got to. I only saw the commercial video maybe once so I knew only the melody of "Follow Me." It's not a great score by any means, but my God, Carolee Carmello on this album. I can't fathom what it must've been like watching her actually do it. What a demanding role it seems. Does anyone have memories of seeing the show? What they liked or disliked? I would love to hear more as there is so little out there about this show.

I almost forgot about this terrible show. THANKS!

On some level I wish I could have seen this just because it was a rare appearance of George Hearn. i still haven't ever gotten to see him live. Also I love Carolee, and she deserves more big leading roles. Luckily I've gotten to see her plenty of times though, so I don't feel as bad about missing her in this. And by all accounts, it sounds like I was better off having missed it.

Also, I recently learned that the show was produced by US Secretary of "Education," Betsy DeVos. Now that I know that, I'm glad I didn't put a single cent in her pocket.

Carolee was as wonderful and dynamic she as she could possibly be trying to swim through heavy surf and crashing waves with a 50lb weight tied to her throat.

I can not lie. I saw it twice. It was a beautiful trainwreck. I had a comp for a performance and sat there slack jawed the entire time and I promptly told EVERYONE I knew. Then my boyfriend at the time was given comps and I tagged along again just to watch HIM watch the show and someone I knew on the house staff saw me walk in and promptly said "do you really hate yourself THIS much?"

the designers may have had good instincts - on some things, but they had no money to do it. I remember set pieces wobbling as they moved and such ill-fitting garments on actors. It was too across the board to be the fault of a designer.

I remember poor Carolee playing the little girl version of Amy at the top of the show... and there is just no way that someone of such poise can even attempt to play down their age to that level without looking like they are playing on the living room floor with their 3 year old child.

I remember a scene sailing on a ship and there was an Irish jig and the audience was just giggling at the absurdity, but later in the show it escalated to when a character was missing and presumed drowned (I think), there was this big plaintive chorus number meant to evoke people longing for the safe return, but the audience was just SCREAMING laughing the entire time.

Theatre Gods as my witness, a man in the front orchestra got up and walked out of the show on a broken leg. I am not kidding. Crutches and everything, teetering up the aisle to the exit.

But BLESS Ed Watts in that leaf covered speedo playing Adam in a Garden of Eden sequence.

One of the first shows I saw after moving to the city. My cousin did some PR for them, we went to an event with Kathie Lee before and the story she told about the show made me interested!

And then I saw it. Good lord, the show could not have been more different than anything KL described. But what a glorious mess. I had always wanted to see George Hearn in a show, which was a draw. Plus the alcohol. People left at intermission and we yelled "don't go! it's going to get worse" and then Act II began with Andrew Samosky shirtless strapped to columns (?), who knows. At the end of the day, I can't say I was bored!