Taboo on Broadway

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:10pm

Hey, I heard a rumour somewhere that Rosie is planning on reviving Taboo in a view years. Can anyone confirm this?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:12pm

She has said she wants to. I doubt it will happen soon. She'd be smart to take it off Broadway, or release the rights and let it gain buzz through regional productions.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:13pm

I'd love for it to be done with regional productions, I actually had the back luck of discovering it about two months ago, and it was off broadway by then.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:15pm

I love Taboo but I think the best thing for Rosie to do is to let other people handle it. She killed the show. Period.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:17pm

How did she kill it? Bad producing or something?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:10pm

personally i think it was a combination of Rosie and Charles's book (blech) i saw both versions and the book in the London production will still messy and but way better!

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:13pm

I like the songs on Broadway much more than London.

[nodaybut2day2007]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:13pm

I much perfer the Broadway book. It focused more on George, the London one was more about Bill/Kim.

Sorta OT: Did Rosie ever play Big Sue? I know she wanted to but...

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:21pm

i agree that the Bway songs have much more... bway-esque arragments and the bway version of Out of Fashion is much more moving but on a whole i preferred the London version, mainly because it was grittier which i thought the show needed. Even the simple music arrangments added to the atmosphere, i also didn't like the premise that they were all there for a photo shoot (per Bway version)...

both versions had problems and i think it all boiled down to personal preference.

mine is the London production but i agree that with some retooling both productions could be MUCH MUCH better

[bythesword84]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:54pm

Any version of Taboo is better than the UK Tour was. I didn't see it in London but I saw it on Broadway 8 times and then on the UK Tour once and God help me but it was AWFUL. An absolute disaster.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 10:51pm

I love the score and CD is one of my favorites, but accutal show left much to be desired.

[tmz814]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:37pm

I love Taboo. I would really like to see it revived, but I am not holding my breath. I think this show was hurt mostly by how people seemed to feel about Rosie and her court trial, etc. It seemed like people were trying to kill this show before it even opened. I also think the fact that there weren't many discounts or student ticket offers didn't help it either.

[focusingonmoviesmatt]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:55pm

I wish it was still on broadway. Great music with an amazing cast.

[ken8631]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:39pm

It was a GREAT show.

BUT

No discount tickets
CD released WAYYYY too late (great music and cast).
Theatre was too big.
People hated Rosie

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:40pm

There was a fifty percent discount code for a good portion of the run, and I don't think that was the only discount code.

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:46pm

She actually did not release a discount code for the beginning of the show, but did only towards the end when it was too late to gain moment by word of mouth.

Also, she had bad advertising at the beginning of the show, that aweful poster of the boys urinal.

[lildogs]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:47pm

I had free tickets, and I didn't enjoy the show, but people bolted out of their seats at the curtain, so what do i know?

I cannot imagine this show being revived anytime soon, except as a vanity project for Rosie.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:53pm

I saw Taboo Thanksgiving weekend 2003 and got second row center tickets at TKTS for 1/2 price. I agree that the bad press surrounding Rosie was probably one of the primary reasons Taboo wasn't more successful.