Twyla to the critics: F**k You.
#2
Posted: 11/1/06 at 11:22pm
Do you have a source?
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#4
Posted: 11/1/06 at 11:24pm
LMAO
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#5
Posted: 11/1/06 at 11:25pm
Is she taking a page from Streisand now?
#6
Posted: 11/1/06 at 11:54pm
Good stuff
"Over at the Brooks Atkinson, that other critics' darling who was dinged last week - Twyla Tharp - is taking a f - - k you attitude. Literally.
The day after her new musical "The Times They Are A-Changin' " opened to the worst reviews of any show this season, Tharp gathered her cast together onstage and said (according to someone who was there): "Look, we didn't get what we were hoping for but f - - k this! We're staying here and we're going to fight!"
Tharp did feel "battered" by the reivews, but she's not one to crawl under the covers feeling sorry for herself. She told the cast she was going to be at the theater every night, prompting Michael Arden, one of the show's stars, to jokingly break down in tears.
The cast adores Tharp, but she's a taskmaster who routinely hits performers with reams of notes.
Jokes an insider: "These kids are sweating their guts out every night, and she'll go backstage and say: 'You should do those splits five seconds faster.' "
Tharp's producers are joining the fight. They've slashed their weekly overhead, rolled out a television commercial and are vowing to keep the struggling show on the boards at least until the end of the year.
"We'll see what happens," says a production source. "But right now, nobody's talking about closing.""
EGOS HAVE LANDED
"Over at the Brooks Atkinson, that other critics' darling who was dinged last week - Twyla Tharp - is taking a f - - k you attitude. Literally.
The day after her new musical "The Times They Are A-Changin' " opened to the worst reviews of any show this season, Tharp gathered her cast together onstage and said (according to someone who was there): "Look, we didn't get what we were hoping for but f - - k this! We're staying here and we're going to fight!"
Tharp did feel "battered" by the reivews, but she's not one to crawl under the covers feeling sorry for herself. She told the cast she was going to be at the theater every night, prompting Michael Arden, one of the show's stars, to jokingly break down in tears.
The cast adores Tharp, but she's a taskmaster who routinely hits performers with reams of notes.
Jokes an insider: "These kids are sweating their guts out every night, and she'll go backstage and say: 'You should do those splits five seconds faster.' "
Tharp's producers are joining the fight. They've slashed their weekly overhead, rolled out a television commercial and are vowing to keep the struggling show on the boards at least until the end of the year.
"We'll see what happens," says a production source. "But right now, nobody's talking about closing.""
EGOS HAVE LANDED
Updated On: 11/1/06 at 11:54 PM
#7
Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:03am
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#8
Posted: 11/2/06 at 12:04am
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#9
Posted: 11/2/06 at 9:57am
This ought to have been titled "Twyla to the audience, "F*ck you."
I try to find something good about a show (the cast is very talented and the songs are good), but Tharp who is Bob Dylan's co-star for Times/Changin', does below sub-standard work. Her staging is mediocre at best.
Close it and save the investors' money. Sad.
I try to find something good about a show (the cast is very talented and the songs are good), but Tharp who is Bob Dylan's co-star for Times/Changin', does below sub-standard work. Her staging is mediocre at best.
Close it and save the investors' money. Sad.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#10
Posted: 11/2/06 at 10:00am
howsz coood teh crreetics sayyy teheez bout timmze?// itz teh bestet show evar!!!!!!111111111111 i ddeeendint no ett goot badreviwz!11111111
#11
Posted: 11/2/06 at 10:11am
Many audience members have enjoyed this show.
Let the producers do what they want.
Let the producers do what they want.
#12
Posted: 11/2/06 at 1:11pm
Tharp is a choreographer and NOT a director. That's problem #1
Unlike "Movin' Out," this show is not only about the dancers. If you saw Arden on The View you could tell he had absolutely no direction (not his fault). He didn't seem to know if he was supposed to move around the stage, pretend the play the guitar, etc...
To make a show like this work, a good director should have been hired. The three lead singers looked lost in this production.
With a good director and better story line, this show could have worked.
Unlike "Movin' Out," this show is not only about the dancers. If you saw Arden on The View you could tell he had absolutely no direction (not his fault). He didn't seem to know if he was supposed to move around the stage, pretend the play the guitar, etc...
To make a show like this work, a good director should have been hired. The three lead singers looked lost in this production.
With a good director and better story line, this show could have worked.
#13
Posted: 11/2/06 at 1:16pm
As odd as this production looked on The View, I'd still go see it. I enjoyed the music I heard on The View, and how the cast performed vocally. The visuals were scary--- I don't enjoy clowns, so clowns freaked me out. But, Micheal and the cast sang the song very well, at the least, it should get a cast recording.
#14
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:36pm
wikkkdd, you're done. Don't speak.
#15
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:38pm
Jason Wooten did an incredible job filling in for Arden the day before opening. Too bad the show wasn't nearly as incredible.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#16
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:47pm
Even though the show is not our cup of tea, I applaud her for something long overdue - F the critics
Poster Emeritus
#17
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:48pm
Well, Barbra F'd the audience.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#18
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:52pm
I will never understand that woman or her taste.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#19
Posted: 11/2/06 at 6:58pm
A little bit of an over reaction.
Didn't MOVIN OUT open to awful reviews? Then it was closed, redone, then reopened?
Didn't MOVIN OUT open to awful reviews? Then it was closed, redone, then reopened?
#20
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:02pm
Plus, is Arden a dancer? At least Jason can shake it baby! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#21
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:04pm
Coyote doesn't do much "shakin" in the show, so it's luckily not an issue...
#22
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:05pm
I recall some rollin' though, I think.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#23
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:22pm
are they planning on recording the show?
#24
Posted: 11/2/06 at 7:43pm
"...Tharp gathered her cast together onstage and said (according to someone who was there): "Look, we didn't get what we were hoping for but f - - k this! We're staying here and we're going to fight!"
Didn't she give that same speech to the cast after the reviews came in for SINGIN' IN THE RAIN?
Didn't she give that same speech to the cast after the reviews came in for SINGIN' IN THE RAIN?
#25
Posted: 11/4/06 at 11:34am
From the begining I felt the whole concept was a bad idea and couldn't understand why anyone would go for it ($$$ money wise)
I know Twyla has a brilliant rep and "Movin' Out " was a success ( Not necc by my standards) but still the songs of Bob Dylan? I hear an ego @ work.
I know Twyla has a brilliant rep and "Movin' Out " was a success ( Not necc by my standards) but still the songs of Bob Dylan? I hear an ego @ work.
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