I think the glee in shows closing is pretty simple: theatre people love dramatics.
dirty dog said: "Kristin Chenoweth’s performance is one of the greatest performances in musical theater history. What she’s doing up there is unlikeanything Broadway has seen before, completely original, authentic, full of grit, pathos and comedy. One of the truly great actresses of the Broadway stage, frankly one of the greatest actresses working today. I am totally blown away by her."
And another new name. Hello Mods! We all know who this is but they get to continue this over and over.
dirty dog said: "Are broadway audiences that liberal that a story about a very rich woman offends them? My goodness, Broadway is literally the worst place to do theater these days given the environment and the economics. It’s tragic"
You’re tragic.
dirty dog said: "I get it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but the glee in its closing is what’s interesting to me. Why are they so happy in this flop in the way that Redwood or Boop or Swept Away didn’t get."
Well, I do think the glee in its closing is partially because people were very upset with Chenoweth’s Charlie Kirk comments. I don’t follow her on any of her social media platforms, so I don’t know if she regularly posts about right wing nazi influencers, but to do so, and say that he was a man of faith and appreciated some of his perspectives, REALLY upset her fan base (liberals, gays & their supporters). And then to choose to not address it for quite sometime and finally do so in a way where it seemed unapologetic… REALLY PISSED people off.
Also, the show was awful. AWFUL. Horrid idea for a musical. Jackie Siegel? An out of touch, vapid, right wing maga nut job as the title character? Really?? On Bway?
maybe it’s not so much glee as it is thank goodness it’s closing.
In case anyone wants a sneak peek of Sherie
https://youtu.be/KeqP77qLVV4?si=q3tgVVW_ZHhKOfzI
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