The Official "HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17" Thread- Page 3
The Official "HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17" Thread
#50re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 7:54pmIf anyone goes and they're still doing a cast album - have those order forms which I stupidly didn't fill out - PLEASE PM me so I can get my hands on an album somehow!!!!
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#51re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 7:57pmThe cast recording will be sold on the website, and it's being pre-ordered at the theatre (so says my mother, on the phone right now waiting for the show to start). So hope isn't completely lost.
#52re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 8:00pmI just hope to God it gets recorded and distributed, not shelved like SOME albums I can think of.
"It's not for sissies, contrary to popular belief." - Tommy Tune, on musical theatre.
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#53re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 8:37pmHas anyone done TDF for High Fidelity lately? Want to tell me where the seats have been? Thanks. I am really looking forward to it.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#54re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:35pm
and it's being pre-ordered at the theatre
That doesn't mean a thing. They did pre-orders for the Lestat cast recording its entire run and... well, look how that ended up. *sigh*
geekgirl06
Featured Actor Joined: 11/9/06
#55re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:37pmI really, really hope they do a recording. I heard the songs were the best part, and I liked the sampler enough to buy the CD if they would make one.
Dancing through life...
For the next ten minutes
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#57re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:40pm
and it got stuck with a theatre three times the size it should be.
thevolleyballer- So it should be in a 472 seat theater?
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#58re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:53pmThe show was WAY too big for commercial Off-Broadway, where in recent years even plays with casts of less than 5 have routinely flopped. Even if they'd cut half the cast and orchestra, it would have been too expensive to survive in a theatre with less than 500 seats (and you could forget having that set or anything like it). Besides, with those reviews, it would have flopped in no matter what theater it wound up in -- on or off Broadway.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#59re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:11pm
That was crazy quick. And I really wanted to see it...
Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:11 PM
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
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#61re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:21pmhow did "in my life" run longer??????
OOTI2004
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/05
#62re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:21pmTo think I almost went to see it this past weekend. Oh well, I am surprised only 14 shows, but I'm glad that the producers aren't going to drag it out.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#63re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:26pm
I saw it last week, the day before it opened. I pretty much agreed with most of the reviews -- though I thought a few were unnecessarily harsh. It struck me as an entirely disposable and forgettable -- a show based on a book and movie that didn't need to be musicalized with characters and situations that didn't "sing" (or at least would never sing that score). While some of Green's lyrics were well-crafted (though many were vulgar), a couple of the tunes were solid (though many were cringe-inducing), and the set design was striking, I was mostly unimpressed by the cast, the pedestrian book and the overall corniness and lack of spark in the presentation of the material. It felt like an assignment from the Lehman-Engel Songwriter's workshop that was probably a decent exercise for the students, but should have never made it out of the classroom. Ultimately, I felt like it was just a mammoth waste of time, talent and money and should have never gone to Broadway to begin with.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:26 PM
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#64re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:48pmAre closing performances usually on TKTS? Or do they usually sell out? Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:48 PM
AnythingCanHappen
Featured Actor Joined: 11/5/06
#65re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:51pmLegally Blonde will be at the Imperial now. I call it.
"Don't worry, it should never be seen. It's comparable to Britney's hoo-ha." - being.jeremiah in response to the High School Musical 2 logo
"You look fantastic, all you need are high heels, cake and a dream." - Amneris
#66re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:56pmI saw the show in its preview in Boston. I didn't particularly care for the show, but I didn't hate it! I thought it would at least run at least until Billy Elliot came to kick it out in the Fall of 07. I hope the set gets nominated for a Tony Award because its a great great set!!!
"I'll eat some breakfast, then change the world."
#67re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:56pm...and I'd buy the Cast Album
"I'll eat some breakfast, then change the world."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#68re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:58pm
Legally Blonde has already booked The Palace.
Coram Boy will be going into The Imperial.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#69re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:18pmJust so everyone knows, Will was out tonight too. I noticed as I walked by the theatre.
Whatever happened to class?
#70re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:30pmIf anyone has suggestions on getting tickets to the closing night performance for at least 50% off, please PM me. I don't care where I sit.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
AnythingCanHappen
Featured Actor Joined: 11/5/06
#72re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:07amoops. is the imperial or the palace bigger, both in terms of house and stage?
"Don't worry, it should never be seen. It's comparable to Britney's hoo-ha." - being.jeremiah in response to the High School Musical 2 logo
"You look fantastic, all you need are high heels, cake and a dream." - Amneris
#73re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:14am
i think its just me :) i jinx shows.
first lestat ... i buy tickets for it about 2 months in advance .... ends up that i see it the weekend they close.
I bought tickets for high fidelity about 2 months ago ... again .. i am coming this weekend to ny to see it.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#74re: HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17
Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:18am
The Palace is bigger.
Will Coram Boy be able to sell that big barn of a theater, or do the producers even care?
Does this mean the planned tour is scrapped too?
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