Taboo's Boy George Dilemma-ala Funny Girl&Gypsy

I have read a few times that a perceived problem with Taboo is a lack of interest in Boy George.

Isn't it very possible that some of us may have a greater interest in Boy George after seeing Taboo?

If the show is great and holds our interest it will intensify interest in the subject. So much is in the telling of the story as opposed to the story itself in musical theater.

A musical about Fanny Brice being a success when she had been dead for years and years and the world was moving into rock music? Yet, Funny Girl has indeed created knowledge of Ms. Brice for generations. I dare guess that the Streisand film will be the world's greatest knowlege of Fanny Brice in generation to come.

The same is true of Gypsy Rose Lee. There is no great surge of Gypsy Rose Lee popularity in the world, and yet the show based on her story is a legend unto itself. It doesn't require an interest in Gypsy Rose Lee to love Gypsy.

It is possible Taboo will create a Boy George who never really existed. Perhaps he will become an important musical theater "character" like Fanny or Gypsy.

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Have you seen it yet? I've heard very mixed reviews from the handful of (genuine) posters on this board and the other one who've seen it. Some have loved it, some have hated it. Someone who didn't like it in London, loved it here. Someone who loved the London version, hated this one...

What were your favourite songs?

whoohoooo Dollypop

Still, do you think a has-been like Boy George is in the same category as Fanny Brice or Rose Hovick? TABOO was the laughing stock of London when I was there last summer!

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how rude!

lol...I don't think Dinah is an internet person

do we all look at mississippi mud pie and say oooh i'm not trying that it's tasteless- go see the show it actually is humorous and the new songs are excellent-then bitch if you don't like it

i gotta agree with dolly on this one and not just cuz i gots big ol' honkin' ears. in the current production the george character kinda plays 2nd fiddle to philip whether that's writing or whether i just can't get past raul getting the 11 o'clock number, i'm not sure. but to put it in the same category as gypsy and funny girl? maybe in 10 or 20 years we can have that discussion, but then who will remember taboo by that time? and as far as taboo touring the uk, that's a totally different show that conatins some of the same music and characters.

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taboo will survive and is carrying on in the uk it's not a turkey or even a dodo

well i'm all for people having a mind of their own and you are right boy george has made millions dj'ing around the world, his compositions go into the hundreds many of which havn't been airplayed, i don't like to say it but it smells of homophobia

I really hope this show can work out its kinks and have a successful broadway run. The music is great. George's boyfriend Marcus needs real fleshing out for the audience to care. once that is done, i think theyve got themselves a really great show. I wish them a lot of luck tomorrow night. And, I may be mistaken, but didnt Dollypop rave about this show in an earlier thread? Maybe im wrong, but it seems ogg now how DP seems to be bashing it. I certainly dont think ABBA was THAT popular, but Mamma Mia sure became a success, despite being a weak show.

Homophobia on this board?? I assume you mean with the general theatregoing public, which I would tend to disagree with. I mean, there may be a minority of people who ARE homophobic, and would choose not to go see Taboo, but I think the majority of people who decide to skip it, aren't doing so because of a homosexual theme... probably every reason BUT!
(no pun intended!!!)
-david.