"Side Show" Broadway Documentary 1997

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 11:54am

https://youtu.be/OvAN7e4IG7Y

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 12:57pm

I watched the entire documentary.  It's beautiful and poignant.  Towards the end, the cast members discuss going out and trying to drum up  business and convince people to see their show.  

Updated On: 7/4/22 at 12:57 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 1:21pm

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I watched the entire documentary. It's beautiful and poignant. Towards the end, the major stars discuss going out and trying to drum up business and convince people to see their show."

Hold up.  Major stars?!  The show had no major stars.  Not at that time.  About a handful have established themselves since in the Broadway world but nothing further.  23-24 years later, none of them is a household name.  No, not even Emily Skinner, Alice Ripley, Hugh Panaro nor Norm Lewis.  A Tony Award means zero away from Broadway.  Countless Tony Award winners sadly found this out quickly.  

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 3:29pm

Norm Lewis is not a household name???

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 4:33pm

suicidalmickeymouse said: "Norm Lewis is not a household name???"

His most recent work has been doing 1 episode guest appearances on TV shows.  Um, no.  He ain’t no household name.  And Broadway doesn’t count as the mainstream masses don’t follow Broadway.  YOUNGER ran for 7 years and thousands who watched it had no idea Sutton Foster did Broadway shows.  Broadway is it’s own universe.  

[StageJunkie2]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 6:36pm

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I watched the entire documentary. It's beautiful and poignant. Towards the end, the major stars discuss going out and trying to drum up business and convince people to see their show."

Thanks so much for posting this. It remains one of my favorite shows, and I really enjoyed the cast and creative discussing its genesis. Emily and Alice both were quite amazing.
 

I’d’ve killed to be at that closing night performance.

[commopics]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 6:37pm

I assumed by "major stars" the OP meant the actors in the key roles.

[MsPiety&Rectitude]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 6:44pm

Not to mention that these people *are* major stars in the world of Broadway (and we *are* posting on “Broadway World” after all).

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 6:50pm

MsPiety&Rectitude said: "Not to mention that these people *are* major stars in the world of Broadway (and we *are* posting on “Broadway World” after all)."   People are coming up with such odd responses.  For the record, I was referring to cast members (Hugh Panaro mentions that he and others with the show) going out in inclement weather and trying to solicit interest in the show).  

 

[inception]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 7:18pm

It still bothers me that Fall of 2014 I went to NYC in October, before the revival opened, thinking to myself, "Oh, I'll have plenty of time to see it in the Spring/Summer."

[markypoo]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 7:45pm

StageJunkie2 said: "Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I watched the entire documentary. It's beautiful and poignant. Towards the end, the major stars discuss going out and trying to drum up business and convince people to see their show."

Thanks so much for posting this. It remains one of my favorite shows, and I really enjoyed the cast and creative discussing its genesis. Emily and Alice both were quite amazing.


I’d’ve killed to be at that closing night performance."

I was there at the closing night performance.

It was an event, to say the least.

That afternoon, I saw one of the final performances of Triumph of Love; which had also been set to close.

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 9:09pm

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I watched the entire documentary. It's beautiful and poignant. Towards the end, the cast members discuss going out and trying to drum up business and convince people to see their show."

I noticed you edited your comment. I totally understood what you meant by major stars. You didn't have to take that out just because someone got a bit too literal/specific about it! In some people's worlds, they are major stars.

 

Updated On: 7/4/22 at 09:09 PM

[Huss417]

Posted: 7/4/22 at 9:14pm

markypoo said: "StageJunkie2 said: "Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I watched the entire documentary. It's beautiful and poignant. Towards the end, the major stars discuss going out and trying to drum up business and convince people to see their show."

Thanks so much for posting this. It remains one of my favorite shows, and I really enjoyed the cast and creative discussing its genesis. Emily and Alice both were quite amazing.


I’d’ve killed to be at that closing night performance."

I was there at the closing night performance.

It was an event, to say the least.

That afternoon, I saw one of the final performances of Triumph of Love; which had also been set to close."

I was there as well. It was both an emotional and thrilling final performance. I know I have pictures somewhere that I took at the final curtain call.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/5/22 at 9:42am

I went to the closing night as well. A extraordinary performance. Remember the top of the show? The audience wouldn't let it begin, cheering before the first note. 

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 7/6/22 at 5:50pm

I was at the final performance as well. An emotional performance for sure! It was my third time seeing the show and I wept openly during much of the show. At the end of "You Should Be Loved," Norm Lewis screamed out "VIOLET!!!!!!" and everyone around me lost it! What a night!