Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break- Page 2
Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#25
Posted: 9/28/05 at 10:41pm
Your original reply implied that Tom Hewitt should not have sympathy because he choose to be in something that turned out to be not very good. Perhaps that's not what you meant, but other people took issue with that, some more calmly than others. I'm not seeing some vile conspiracy of slander.
Anyway, have fun with calling people out. Just a thought: maybe being calmer and more reasonable will mean that other people will be more calm and reasonable in their responses to you.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#26
Posted: 9/28/05 at 10:50pm
Anyone (behind the scenes, onstage, or in the audience..or on BWW.com) who thinks DOCTOR FREAKING DOOLITTLE is a good idea for an interesting and entertaining piece of theatre must have a severe mental problem.
Oh come on. It can't be worse than a lot of other ideas out there. Think about being pitched an idea for a show about a bunch of cats or Jesus Christ or a spelling bee. You can dispute the resulting success of a show, but it's not like something less appealing than Dr. D hasn't been given the okay before.
Your dismissive and condescending attitude speaks for itself, so I'm not going to address THAT any further...
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#27
Posted: 9/28/05 at 11:53pm
Grow up people...
.... moving on ... I'm really disappointed. I was so excited to catch this in Huntsville, AL in November. I really wanted to see the puppets and the sets and the chance to see a Broadway star on stage in such close proximety. But damn... Did anyone read the article? it said something about how there still might be a chance for ppl in Michigan to see it or something, what does that mean? Are they going to try and put it back on tour after they reshape some things?
Broadway Star Joined: 3/3/04
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#28
Posted: 9/29/05 at 12:02am
442namffug
You wrote I have no sympathy. Your exact words.
No sympathy for a man who just lost a job? That is pretty mean-spirited.
My response was NOT that I hope you lose a job, but that when you do, you get the same LACK of sympathy as you are showing Tom Hewitt. May all the people you know say "I have no sympathy".
Blaming him on not choosing a job wisely is plain wrong.
It is not every day a person gets a bunch of wonderful jobs to choose from. Most are lucky to get one.
Next time display a little bit more of empathy instead of coming off sounding like SCROOGE.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#29
Posted: 9/29/05 at 12:31am
Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to compare the stage adaptation of Dolittle to other movie musical adaptations such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? not Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar... (just my opinion, please don't take any offence... just being careful now...)
given the fact that movie adaptations are so popular at the moment it makes perfect sense to me why someone would think it's a good idea. especially, as I have said, with such a wonderful score to draw upon. I've never even seen the movie, but it's another one of those cases where people know songs from the show without realizing it. for example: "Beautiful Things". it was in a commercial a while back, and I don't even remember what it was advertising, but I sure do remember that song! The world is full of beautiful things, butterfly wings, fairy tale kings...ugh...
also if anyone is in doubt, the CD of the original 1998 London production is available used on Amazon for less than four dollars. it's practically a steal. it's entirely different from the current tour and it's a great recording. worth it just for the Julie Andrews tracks!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000023ZUR/qid%3D1127967587/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-1710489-0513528
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#30
Posted: 9/29/05 at 2:17am
442namffug...if you are going to be such a heartless, critical, jerk who most likely would never have the guts to do what actors do every day and cut down people for getting a huge National Tour of a brand new musical that has a lot of potential... you could at least spell it correctly... it's DOCTOR DOLITTLE, not DOOLITTLE. maybe you should get the facts straight before running your mouth off.
And Tom Hewitt is fabulous... how could anyone turn down being the star of a brand new show... it would be idiotic. what have you done? worked at starbucks or something?
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#31
Posted: 9/29/05 at 2:34am* Applauds swineygrl's post* 100% agree.
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#32
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:09am
Sorry folks, I went to bed. I don't stay up until 2:30 in the morning arguing on a message board.
Furthermore, "Dr. D" is completely different from Cats or anything like it, because those shows are original. Sure they aren't masterpieces and I'm sure they haven't "changed anyone's life". I'm not looking for the next Macbeth or anything, just something of good quality.
And of course, it is always sad to see anyone lose their job. What I was saying (or MEANT to say, since everyone on here has no life and reads into EVERYTHING) was that I have no sympathy for the fact that the SHOW closed because it really was a piece of unoriginal, uninspiring trash.
Have a nice day everyone. 
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#33
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:18amTom was absolutely hilarious in Urinetown as Officer Lockstock. He is extremely talented and he just needs to be in the right place at the right time and then the magic will happen!
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#34
Posted: 9/29/05 at 10:48am
"Furthermore, "Dr. D" is completely different from Cats or anything like it, because those shows are original."
original? really, mr. know-it-all? Ever heard of a book by TS Eliot called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" Yeah... that musical is directly pulled from the pages of that very book, my friend. As is most every single broadway musical... doesn't sound very "original" to me. And quite ironically not far from that book in Barnes and Noble is a copy of Hugh Loftings famous book...(drumroll please...) Doctor DOLITTLE.
maybe you should quit Starbucks and apply to work at a book store, that way you can see where all these "original" shows are coming from...
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#35
Posted: 9/29/05 at 10:52amHewitt's a gem. Wanna do 'im. I don't think he'll be in want for work for a while, though.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#36
Posted: 9/29/05 at 11:14am
44namffug...A pox on your house!!!!!!!!!
LOL
Updated On: 9/29/05 at 11:14 AM
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#37
Posted: 9/29/05 at 12:03pm
Picking a show that is going to be a hit is not always that easy. The public is VERY fickle. A show can be of very high quality and for some reason or the other the public just might not come. A show can be completely mediocre, get very mixed reviews, and have a barely sevicable cast and if the public wants to see it they will flock to it in droves. Try picking a hit or a flop from any upcoming season and you will NEVER be able to tell about the sucess of any given show with any degree of certainty. The comment about having "no sympathy" for someone not being clarvoyant strikes me as a comment that would come from a very young (somewhat green) performer.
Just my opinion, I may be wrong.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#38
Posted: 9/29/05 at 2:24pmhehe. yeah, cats is an original musical. cuz' it says right under the title based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot... can we ignore this person now?
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#39
Posted: 9/29/05 at 3:56pm
Curious to know why why chita33 wants to place a pox on my house.
What have I done to offend you?
I have stated my opinion.
If you say red is the best color and I say that blue is the best color and that you are wrong, should I wish "A pox on your house"?
You are all so immature. If you are seriously trying to anger me in any way, don't waste your time. I was offering an opinion that was not any more or less valid than any of your opinions.
I never claimed to be a "know it all" and never wished any harm or trouble upon Tom Hewitt, or any of you.
You are all being so unreasonable and none of you make any sense. Just because you have no lives and cannot formulate your own opinions, or even recognize somebody else's, you just REPEAT what the poster above you said? All of your arguments have lost major validity.
There is no reason for this hostility toward me and my opinion. Just because I (and clearly A HUGE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC) find Dracula and Dr Dolittle about as entertaining or original as a piece of crap, doesn't mean you should waste your time trying to "prove me wrong".
Plus, who's wrong here? Dracula was a horrible failure critically and financially. And most audiences (that's right, I said MOST) absolutley hated it. Now the same with Dr. Dolittle.
How can you even try to prove to me that either of these shows was successful or "good". Both are now history and just because one or two of you fairies likes the show (God knows why) doesn't mean you can denounce my opinion or the fact of box office records.
Do I really need to say anything else? That should shut you all up. Until you just repeat something that somebody else said using some different words.
Oohhh I'm soOooOOoOOo scared! 
Updated On: 9/29/05 at 03:56 PM
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#40
Posted: 9/29/05 at 4:32pm
Excellent. I've finally knocked some sense into you all. 30 minutes and you finally shut up. I guess you've realized what you have done wrong (and if you haven't, you should) and it's time to move on.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#41
Posted: 9/29/05 at 4:41pm
"Yeah, poor Tom...having starred in six Broadway shows and being a Tony nominee to boot...may I be spared from such a terrible career. "
LOL! While adding yet another "lead role" to his resume racking up the points with casting directors. Having yourself out their working with versitle roles in better or worse projects doesn't exactly hurt a person.
Tom is excellent is eveything he does. We ate him up in Urinetown! Laugh out loud funny.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#42
Posted: 9/29/05 at 4:54pmindeed. tom was a riot in urinetown. I wish him continued success. and I hope they are able to reshape the Dolittle tour and have it back on it's feet, healthy, and on the road by the end of its hiatus ... Updated On: 9/29/05 at 04:54 PM
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#43
Posted: 9/29/05 at 4:59pmI hope it doesn't. It sucks. Theatre should not suck.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#44
Posted: 9/29/05 at 5:11pm
Easier by far, say I,
To steal the sky
From the songbirds
Than to find the words that seem right
How do you describe a dream right?
Rare are the words...
Where are the words?
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#45
Posted: 9/29/05 at 5:23pm
"Sorry folks, I went to bed. I don't stay up until 2:30 in the morning arguing on a message board."
Hmmm. Well, I don't get up at 7am to argue on a message board. To each his own I suppose.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#46
Posted: 9/29/05 at 5:29pm
He waas great in URINETOWN.
Unfortunately, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY was right. This week, at least, it really does suck to be him.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#47
Posted: 9/29/05 at 5:59pm
442namffug...you are absolutely amazing. I have never seen so much contradiction in 3 paragraphs...wow. you are a real winner. . You should read all of your posts in a row... SO funny. For someone who wants people to stop being immature...ending your posts with "clearly, i win" and "I'm so scared" is hysterically ironic. (oh... and don't forget the various levels of OoOoOoo) For your sake, i hope you are under the age of 13...otherwise you have a long road ahead of you, man. May you walk out of your door and be judged and critiqued on every choice and decision YOU make....
I also love that you blame the success of a show on not only the producers and actors but the "people backstage"... what? do you mean the road crew? the stage management team, maybe? or the company manager? you wanna blame the ushers in each city too? awesome. your theatre terminology ROCKS!
and another question...have you even seen Doctor Dolittle? probably not. You haven't been there. have you teched a brand new musical? or even better, have you written one? It does need work. But what doesn't? They did a brand new show on a "revival-esque" schedule...with no time for fixes. I think they will shut-down, re-work, get it going... and running again. Fabulously.
You also have to appreciate certain shows for who and what they are geared toward and for. Certain shows are not my thing, but I can appreciate them for being a part of a certain genre' or type. And reading reviews is not the be all that ends all, my friend. They WANT to hate everything. Maybe the marketing wasn't all together. you never know.
See the show, read a book on theatre 101, get a life, turn 15, and then we'll talk.
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#48
Posted: 9/29/05 at 6:07pm
Oh darling. You are wrong in everything you say. I have no time for your foolish antics and I do not feel the need to correct everything you said in order to defend myself.
However, I have seen Dr. Doolite. Additionally, I realize it was targeted to a younger audience, and never expected it to be a MASTERPIECE. It could have been, however, at least good.
I am sure I know far more about theatre then you, I am far wiser than you are, and for someone who spells their user name of swineygirl as "swiney GRL" must not be much over 15 herself. I however, am.
Furthermore, any o0o0o0o0's or "cleary, I win"'s that I used were to mock and immitate the stupidy on this board. Nice try though.
hugs and kisses xoxoxoxo 442namfugg.
Updated On: 9/29/05 at 06:07 PM
re: Tom Hewitt Can't Catch A Break#49
Posted: 9/29/05 at 6:22pm
You treat people like animals...
It's most unrefined.
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