The Theatre Season In Review

[Katurian2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:02pm

I was looking over many of the recent boards about shows that are currently in previews and noticed the bovious trend that they all are receiving very negative comments. Wedding Singer, Ring of Fire....What are your opinions on the theatre this year in general? Overall, it seems to be a weak season.

[AuditioningWaitress]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:05pm

I don't know why, but it always seems like a weak season when we start the season...Then near the end when the Tony's get closer we are always surprised by something. I don't know...It might just be me!

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:05pm

There's still three months to go yet, with some of the most anticipated shows of the season (History Boys, Festen, Wedding Singer, Three Days Of Rain, Threepenny Opera, Well) are all yet to have their first Broadway preview.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:07pm

Maybe it is just seeming that way for now....or as opposed to last year, as we got so many amazing shows. Light in the Piazza, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spamalot, Spelling Bee...

[jv92]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:11pm

Yes, we got absolute **** last season (Spamalot, the Sweet Charity revival, Good Vibrations), but with the **** came the great works (Pizza, DRS, Spelling Bee, Doubt, Pillowman). This season looks more or less like the 2003-2004 season. We have the big commercial musical drama, the quirky musical comedy with good word of mouth, the successful jukebox bio musical, the interesting Sondheim revival and the old fashioned revival of an obscure show.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:12pm

Last year around this time, people were calling it a weak season too.

[Kevo711]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:29pm

Someone in one of the Pajama Game posts was saying that it seemed as though a lot of shows got positive reviews... And we still have Drowsy plus everything else poppy listed!

[alanimal]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:42pm

"Bovious" isn't a word...stop trying to sound smart.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:46pm

Looks like Katurian was trying to write 'obvious' but just reversed the letters in a typo, ya crank.

[YankeeGal#24]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:49pm

How can we say whether its a weak or strong season before so many shows have even opened on Broadway? Previews are the time for tweaking, not for reviewing, so its way too soon to judge some of these shows. And "Tarzan" still has another month before it's first preview!

[Kevo711]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:51pm

Haha yesssss Smaxie!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 1:00pm

This has been an unusually strong fall/winter...

[slimandslam]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 1:38pm

No, I'm with alanimal on this one.

Katurian2 obviously meant to say "bovine" rather than "bovious." "Bovine," of course, means "resembling or pertaining to cattle"; a "bovious (or bovine) trend" refers to the tendency of a population to develop a herd mentality.

However, I don't think Katurian2 is correct that the negative comments are a bovious trend; there are plenty of differences of opinion here on the boards. No bovious trends here at BWW!

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 2:40pm

HISTORY BOYS!

yay.

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 3:06pm

Because obvious is such a smart person word.

Well, it's not, but bovious is!

[Katurian2]

Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:31pm

Oh my. Well, the "crank" comment made me laugh harder than I have in a long time. Um....yes, I did mean to type obvious. Obviously!!!