Taboo - What Happened?- Page 2

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:45pm

Updated On: 6/2/09 at 11:45 PM

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:46pm

Agree w/most of what's been said - however, I personally LOOOOOVED the show. My opinion is that Micheal Reidel of the NY Post led an unrelenting pre-Bway, Bway continuous, disgustingly venomous vendetta against this show for no good reason except nasty gossip. Yes Rosie, once the Bway/Tony Awards Diva suddenly turned into the "monster" of Bway. But really, why would a Bway columnist wish a show failure?? Yeah, I detest the guy.

[Jane2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:51pm

I loved the show too.

I once had a long discussion with a cast member about Rosie's involvement and what went wrong. This person claimed that Rosie cut a lot out of the book which would have allowed us to become more invested in the characters, which was one of the main critical points of Taboo. You never knew much about the characters, therefore you didn't care about them. I have to agree.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 6/3/09 at 12:11am

A lot of what everyone said is pretty spot on.

Saw the show in London and maybe ten times on Broadway, and never grew tired of the amazing score. Regrettably, the concept of George not playing George was probably a real sticking point (even though Euan was just brilliant), so it left the audience not caring about the whole Leigh storyline. I will say Busch did a better job on the book than the London production, which was a horrible soap opera of a thing.

I'll also point out that Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane returned to The Producers that same year, which sucked a lot of press from newer shows. And when she was in the press, it was always about how she invested all her own money.

And the public simply wasn't not liking her at that point, after being so angry in the press with the lawsuit, and all the allegations. I think also being newly out and outspoken, with the weird hairdo, freaked out a big portion of the public (hate to say it, but it's true).