TABOO: Hit or flop?

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TABOO: Hit or flop?

Posted: 9/10/03 at 4:31pm

This is a tough one. I honestly dont know if it will run or not. Could it really be the next Rent that Rosie O'donnell is making it out to be or is it the next Dance of the Vampires?! Discuss.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 4:37pm

Er, can't we wait until it's at least in previews...

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 4:53pm

Maybe Benzy should "get a clue", this time.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 4:55pm

I'm honestly not sure. We'll just have to wait for previews.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 4:56pm

I'm honestly not sure. We'll just have to wait for previews.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 5:31pm

It won't be a Dance of the Vampires but it will not be a Rent, I'm pretty sure on that. However, that depends on how big your gay following is over in NY. In London there weren't enough to keep it open, and it was only a 350 seater. BTW, for those thinking 'omg, is it a big camp spectacular', then I really don't know, I'm not too sure about its content. Some of the photos from the London production speak volumes:
Official London Website

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 5:35pm

Let's not forget it's a completely new book, and change of focus, with major changes from the London version.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 5:45pm

It might have been camp, but it certainly wasn't big It was a tiny £600,000 production. Let's see what they can do with Rosies' $10m.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 7:21pm

I think it's going to be a flop. It will last a couple months. If it beats DOTV, I'll be surprised. Even though I'm a fan of DOTV, I don't think Taboo will beat that.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 7:25pm

interesting subject matter, but I will wait for it's previews, but it will NEVER beat DOTV, God, How I miss it, and Michael Crawford, has he come out of hiding yet?

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 7:59pm

I was talking to Cary Shields at some thing I had to go to when I was interning this summer, and he doesn't sound very optimistic...he said something like, "Well, it's going to close in two months and I'll come back here (Rent), my safety net!" (He was laughing when he said it :))

Updated On: 9/10/03 at 07:59 PM

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 8:13pm

lol...God help him if Rosie or George find out he has that attitude.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 8:26pm

Oh Boy!....if only...I would love to be there for that...

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You've got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum Have faith or pandemonium's Liable to walk upon the scene

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 8:40pm

"...at some thing I had to go to..."

It's just that kind of irrefutable detail that will be his undoing.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 8:42pm

and don't forget that ol' chestnut "he said something like.."

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You've got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum Have faith or pandemonium's Liable to walk upon the scene

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:08pm

Chris Sieber was in the workshop so I guess if he invested his time in it, that says something about the show's quality.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:21pm

This is preposterous!

How can anyone determine a show's virtues before it has been seen? This is like those Fundamentalist Christian groups who condemn a book, play or film before anyone has seen it. Remember the brouhaha over THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST and CORPUS CHRISTI?

Please allow the show to start its previews before you've determined its fate. Perhaps you shouldn't even post an opinion on it until you've SEEN it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:43pm

Snap!

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:51pm

Huh?

I had to go to an event while I was interning with Broadway this summer, Cary Shields was there, and he made that comment.

Also, HE WAS JOKING AROUND because he said he was really nervous about being in a new show and Rent IS his "safety net", since he's been working with the show for so long.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:53pm

I think we all just learned a very important lesson.

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:56pm

Don't piss off DollyPop

RAWR!

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:59pm

I think I'll see it...I'm not a Boy George fan, but I don't think that means anything.

Are the songs all Boy George songs or is it new music?

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Posted: 9/10/03 at 9:59pm

I think I'll see it...I'm not a Boy George fan, but I don't think that means anything.

Are the songs all Boy George songs or is it new music?

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TABOO: Hit or flop?

Posted: 9/10/03 at 10:52pm

I enjoy the music from the London cast alot. It is fun.

But there are some really good theater names in this show.

Raul is in it...

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Posted: 9/11/03 at 8:15am

Regarding the posting of Cary's comments? This is why actors have to be careful who they say things to, because their words are often posted on forums like this and taken out of context. It sounded as if he didn't have much faith in the show and predicted a closing, when it looks like he didn't intend the comment to be taken like that at all according to the follow up post. This is how rumors get started.

and why in the h*ll would people start trying to predict a hit or a flop when they have barely started rehearsals? Talk about jumping the gun.