The Official BABY, IT'S YOU Thread- Page 4

[TimesSquareRegular]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 8:53am

Anyone who thinks this is the "worst ever" simply hasn't seen enough theater!

Is it great? No. But it is entertaining and easy to take, with some very solid performances.

I'd be upset by the unneccesary intensity of hate expressed here, but then I remember how out of touch some posters can be - after all, this is the site where people were actually praising "Brooklyn"!

[After Eight]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 10:57am

Times Square Regular:

I agree wholeheartedly with you. I don't get the vitriol directed at what is an innocuous and pleasant show.

As for the atrocious "Brooklyn," that one makes "Baby, It's You" look like "My Fair Lady."

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 11:08am

Oh please, I'd watch Brooklyn 24 hours a day before watching this again. At least Brooklyn had an original score with some great highlights and good performances. Production values at BABY IT'S YOU really make you re-check if this is Broadway or your local high school. Thank god I got comps, like 90% of the theater. And believe me, i've sat through In My Life, Good Vibrations and The Blonde in the Thunderbird.

Updated On: 4/4/11 at 11:08 AM

[After Eight]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 12:21pm

"Oh please, I'd watch Brooklyn 24 hours a day before watching this again."

Wow, you have Herculean fortitude.


"At least Brooklyn had an original score with some great highlights and good performances."


It had one highlight- when it ended. And its original score was horrendous. I'd rather listen to covers of the Shirelles.

"Production values at BABY IT'S YOU really make you re-check if this is Broadway or your local high school."

Yeah, as if "Brooklyn" in its ghastly ugliness was something by Cecil Beaton. And as if "Baby, It's You" looks any uglier than "Wonderland," "Catch Me If You Can," "How to Succeed," "People in the Picture," etc, etc. And at least in "Baby" no one wears a dress made out of garbage bags, as we saw in your beloved "Brooklyn."


"And believe me, i've sat through In My Life, Good Vibrations and The Blonde in the Thunderbird."

So have I, and a lot of others before. And "Baby," while no worldbeater, is better than all of them.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 12:28pm

Yeah, as if "Brooklyn" in its ghastly ugliness was something by Cecil Beaton. And as if "Baby, It's You" looks any uglier than "Wonderland," "Catch Me If You Can," "How to Succeed," "People in the Picture," etc, etc. And at least in "Baby" no one wears a dress made out of garbage bags, as we saw in your beloved "Brooklyn."

Um... Brooklyn was about homeless people... people who often make their clothes from what they find... yeah I don't quite get what you're getting at.

[phantom39]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 12:28pm

After Eight, I think you're just mad your investment in BABY IT'S YOU is going down the drain faster than you can spell BKLYN...

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:40pm

Sales area at 92% this week.

Someone must be buying tickets!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:46pm

That was last week for one performance and they can't take comps out of the percentages anymore. Take that 92% with a big grain of salt.

[After Eight]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:56pm

"After Eight, I think you're just mad your investment in BABY IT'S YOU is going down the drain faster than you can spell BKLYN..."

Tale of Two:

I'm a slow speller. :)

Actually, the only investment I made in "Baby" was the money I spent for a ticket, and that's already down the drain. But I don't think it was a bad investment, and I've made a lot worse through the years, that's for sure.

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 2:40pm

I saw Brooklyn twice in a small theater in Denver before the Broadway run and enjoyed it. Not the greatest show but love the music and performances.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 3:45pm

They dropped from 92 to 74% this week and only brought in $300K.

[BroadwayBound17]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:23pm

realistically, mostly everything was down this week.