Side Show Returns to NY in New Off-Bway Production

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 2:35pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=11515

Updated On: 8/14/06 at 02:35 PM

[workmanarts]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 2:43pm

Save the time and effort....Ive seen this director's work in LA before...its not good, to say the least.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 2:47pm

Save the time and effort...I've seen this show on Broadway...it's not good to say the least.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 2:49pm

awwwwwww...i'm kind of curious...could it really be THAT bad?

[workmanarts]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 2:54pm

Oh yes, oh yes....if you'd have seen his Merrily We Roll Along out here.....you could believe it.......save the time......

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 3:00pm

I may get roasted for saying this since folks here seem to love this show, but I hated it. It did seem to have a love-it-or-hate-it feel in the audience. We (and others) applauded politely at the end of the show, while some folks leaped out their seats with tears streaming down their cheeks.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 3:53pm

Well I will be at one of the performances regardless! I love Side Show and so I will be getting tix to this production. Especially since it is so close to home!

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 4:40pm

I am so seeing this because Side Show is such an amazing show.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 4:42pm

is there any nudity involved?

[andyf]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 5:28pm

Oh yes, oh yes....if you'd have seen his Merrily We Roll Along out here.....you could believe it.......save the time......

Are you talking about that God-awful production of Merrily a little while ago that charged $50 per ticket and was supposed to be getting in trouble for it, since it was - I believe - a non-Equity and just really TERRIBLE production? I think it was at that really small space on 45th where they usually host the "At This Performance..." concerts?

If so, I just might have to see this.
If it's going to be anything like that Merrily it should be quite the sh*tshow.

Updated On: 8/14/06 at 05:28 PM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 5:52pm

oh. my. lord.

PLEASE let this show die peacfully.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 6:08pm

Side Show was a musical that deserved a better fate. Great score & great show

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/14/06 at 7:37pm

The show may not have the most clever lyrics, but it does tackle some big issues with some serious effect. I agree that the lyrics are more off than they are on, but the themes explored outweigh all that.

I'll be seeing this show. Mekenian is a very young director, and should be supported by his community -- not ridiculed by his peers.

[workmanarts]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:22pm

No it was a MWRA in Los Angeles, that was close to painful...very close.

And no one is ridiculing young Mekenian...but expressing a personal opinion, with enough proof to back up and support.....

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:09pm

is there any nudity involved?

Well, I hear there is a lot of girl-on-girl action.

Updated On: 8/15/06 at 02:09 PM

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:13pm

The score is fantastic!! I wish it was done more regionally.

[GClef2]

Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:24pm

I have always loved this show.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 11:09am

Just wanted to bump the thread and see who's coming! We had an all-day rehearsal/runthrough yesterday (first time the full orchestra and cast were together), and I think you guys are REALLY going to enjoy the production.

The cast is quite good, particularly our Jake...during "You Should Be Loved", I could barely play, I was crying so much. He also tears the ROOF off the place during "The Devil You Know".

Hope to see some of you there!

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 11:14pm

Thanks for the insider report, Jailyard. I'm glad to hear the cast is good. You never know what to expect when seeing a one weekend run show.

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 11:22pm

I have a friend in the show. I'll be there the 31st!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 11:57pm

I'll be there Thursday too...I *love* Side Show and I am excited to finally see the show live.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 12:24am

Take a turd, spray it with Chanel Number 5, enclose it in a velvet-lined box, wrap it up in exquisite Florentine paper, tie it up with gold leaf-embossed ribbon, and place it on a throne, and you know what?

It's still a turd.



Catherine Sloper
Washington Square, New York

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 12:27am

Wow. I happen to think SIDE SHOW is an excellent musical...to each his own.

[BluCat500]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 12:41am

I'm so excited this score is so much fun, I'll be there the 31st.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 9:53am

Besides some obvious inconsistent lyric writing (some of the lyrics are beautiful and others are really forced into rhymes), this score and show are beautiful.

And, from what I've heard, this young cast is really knock your socks off. I'm excited about this.