Sutton Foster stars in ABC Family's original series, BUNHEADS -- Thoughts? — Page 2

Wow. After seeing the trailers for this show I thought it was going to be a hot mess. I don't ever watch ABC family, but I was pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed the pilot.

The twist at the end definitely made me want to continue watching.

Of course of theatre nerds are going to overanalyze Sutton's peformance, but this show is going to be a huge hit for ABC Family. It has tremendous buzz. Sutton will be off the boards for a while.

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This is why you should know Alan Ruck!

"Has anyone seen any of the print ads for this show? The only
Ones I have seen have been on the sides of busses. But, they do have a picture of Sutton, and they bill it as "starring Tony Award winner, Sutton
Foster. I find it funny that they think that will get people to watch it."

In NYC advertising a Tony award winning actress headlining your new show is still somewhat relevant advertising. In other cities, not as much, but the New York residents who fall in the typical demographic ABC Family is aiming for will mostly have at least a passing knowledge of Broadway and some of the bigger stars, such as Sutton Foster.

I wasn't expecting to like it, but I thought it was cute and that the part suits Sutton well. I'll keep watching for now. (But goodness, the title is still awful.)

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I was expecting it to be stupid because every other show from ABC Family that I have seen were. But, I really liked it. I will continue to watch it.

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I still can't bring myself to watch a show called Bunheads.

I enjoyed it much more than I expected to, though I like Kelly Bishop in just about anything. Hope they can keep it distinct from Gilmore Girls; the town does seem sort of Stars Hollow West.

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I've always thought the Sutton Foster Hype was...over-hyped, though I did see her in "Anything Goes" last summer, and that is a tough role these days. (Compared to the old versions. Heck, when you look at some of the original production footage with Ethel Merman...she doesn't dance, just belts out the songs). So, she does have triple-threat talent, like her or not.

I had forgotten about her getting a pilot until I was in L.A. last week on vacation and there were billboards *everywhere* for "Bunheads." Everywhere. For a Broadway-star-who-got-a-pilot. I was surprised at all the promotion on that coast, especially since some posters here only talk about bus boards in NYC. The title bothers me more than Sutton; I have a cousin who *was* a Joffrey ballerina years ago, and I'd never heard that term before. Is it...legit?

Anyway. For the ABC Family crowd, tackling issues like teen-girl-self-esteem and such, it's very cute, had decent writing and production values, and should do well. Kelly Bishop is awesome. Sutton got lots of the good jokes and delivered them with appropriate timing. The pacing does have a "Gilmore Girls" feel to it, but it's Amy Palladino; as the saying goes, if [the formula] ain't broke, don't fix it. I was pleasantly surprised to see Alan Ruck in an adorable role, and was sad to see that his character seems to have died already. Just when I was glad he was getting work... :)

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The audience is the audience for The Gilmore Girls.

The phrase has been around forever. It was first used to decribe librarians and then used to describe female ballet dancers. (But usually dancers more classical than Joffrey--think Balanchine girls.)

There was a successful YA novel last year called Bunheads. I don't think the series was based on it.

There's also a line of Capezio products called Bunheads.

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So what happens at the end?

I laughed out loud through the entire thing, and was then very moved at the end. All of this was extremely unexpected.

FINALLY someone is recognizing that Sutton Foster is the modern day Mary Tyler Moore!