Um does the Pirate Queen know...
Um does the Pirate Queen know...
jacobp
Featured Actor Joined: 12/6/05
#1Um does the Pirate Queen know...
Posted: 3/2/07 at 11:59pmI heard from a friend who works at the Hilton that the Grinch has been booked into the theatre for October, what does this mean for The Pirate Queen I mean the Grinch is obviously going to do beter than the Pirate queen....
#2re: Um does the Pirate Queen know...
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:04amHuh?
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#2Anytime you see a thread title that starts with "UM" you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:11am
Nonsense.
Pirate Queen has an open ended run. If it should close before October perhaps the Grinch would take over the Hilton again, but that certainly is not being planned for. What your friend might have heard is that there are plans to mount the Grinch again this year on Broadway somewhere. I've heard it was a great financial success.
"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie
Updated On: 3/3/07 at 12:11 AM
#3Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:23amyou should write for Page 6
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#4Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:25amI believe GRINCH is going to the theatre at Madison Square Garden.
"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
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:38am
Yeah, the Producers of THE PIRATE QUEEN can buy the GRINCH's ass.
THE PIRATE QUEEN will run.
#6Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:47amThe Grinch will most likely be returning to a Broadway house for another season, but which house won't be decided until the summer. It will not be at Madison Square Garden.
#7Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:52amI think Grinch would have no trouble getting the Hilton. I don't see a long future for the troubled Pirate Queen.
#8Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 6:45amSad to say I agree with BobbyBuddy.
....but the world goes 'round
Bwayfan4
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/06
#9Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:04amI think someone needs to learn about punctuation and run-on sentences...
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#10Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:46amI think people should see the new version of THE PIRATE QUEEN before they predict anything.
#11Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:55am
curtainpulldowner--THANK You....
I'm still not positive how well the show will do of course (I'm not miss cleo) but it is really really really getting annoying having to hear EVERYONE (including my friends, who know I loved the show while they hated it) talk **** about it.
It's a completely different show after Chicago! It may OR may not be a hit now....no one can say for sure.
and the funny thing is, half the people that talk **** about this show didn't EVEN see it in Chicago! Seriously...
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#12Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 9:14amStephanie, how is it a "completely different show" than it was in Chicago? I have not been following the changes in the blogs so could you give a rundown on everything that has changed?
PEACE.
#13Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 9:17am
I'm interested to hear as well, Steph.
*puts on listening ears*
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queenbee2
Featured Actor Joined: 7/13/06
#14Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 9:18am
Foolish topic. No one here has any idea how this or any other show is going to do before it opens, let alone begins previews. We are all certainly left to formulate our own opinions, but to talk about shows are "troubled" when they have yet to begin previews is simply uneducated and is an immediate indicator for your lack of knowledge and experience in the theater.
Good luck Pirates! I can't wait to see the improvements you've made since Chicago.
-QB
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#15Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 9:23amI think that by saying it is "troubled" people are taking into account the lukewarm to cool reception it received out of town and the fact that it is apperently being overhauled before the New York premiere. Then yes, I would say that this production is "troubled." Not that it can't be saved, but it is not sailing into the Hilton with the same ease that Curtains is moving into the Hirschfeld.
PEACE.
actor
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/06
#16Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 9:39amI had to read the original post about 5 times before I understood it. Wow.
#17Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 10:36am
alls i knows is that richard maltby jr was hired to help out wit da scrip.
In all seriousness, I'm very much looking forward to checking this one out. I am told there are some drastic as well as subtle changes. I'm seeing a dress rehearsal on Sunday...I'll let ya'll know my reaction (accepting the fact that it might be stop-and-go and 4 hours long...)
"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
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#18Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:06am
Good Luck Captn
Sunday is the day off.
#19Anytime you see a thread title that starts with 'UM' you know it's
Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:07am
You beat me to it Curtain LOL
Anyway, two new castcoms today! Good ones too :)
Updated On: 3/3/07 at 11:07 AM
#20Shiver me timbers!
Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:41am
Be careful CapnHook.
This sounds like a classic pirate trick. They lure you to the theater on a day when it's closed with promises of a "dress rehearsal" and then plunder you for all you're worth.
If you think Peter Pan was tough just wait 'til you meet Grace O'Malley and the pirates of Clew Bay.
"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie
#21Shiver me timbers!
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:31pmI don't think it matters how good or bad it is. I can't see audiences flocking to this. If it gets good reviews, maybe it will pick up a little steam, but Spring Awakening and Grey Gardens got killer reviews and I wouldn't consider either show safe from closing this year. The Hilton needs a big revival again. Pirate Queen, with its title alone, doesn't seem the stuff for the average tourist. I truly believe the british blockbuster days are over. Webber couldn't run Woman in White, and that had at least 2 semi-names involved. Sure, Les Miz had a comeback, but people will always flock to that show. Pirate Queen just seems like a foolish venture. So when I say it probably won't last, I'm not saying the show itself sucks (though I have zero desire to see a musical about this type of stuff...zzz).
#22Shiver me timbers!
Posted: 3/3/07 at 12:56pmAre you sure? I was told Sunday at 3?
"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
bella cantato
Broadway Star Joined: 3/16/04
#23Shiver me timbers!
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:47pm
"Webber couldn't run Woman in White,"
Yeah. Because it sucked. It had nothing to do with the fact that it came from London.
And what about Mary Poppins? That came from London, is not a revival and is doing pretty darn well. Last week it was at 99.8% capacity.
Basically, your theory doesn't make any sense. Shows are going to do well solely depending on how good they are... not where they come from.
"You know, a little orphan girl once told me that the sun would come out tomorrow. Her adopted father was a powerful billionaire, so I supressed the urge to laugh in her face. But now, by gum, I think she might have been on to something!"
--Reefer Madness
Dibbledl01
Stand-by Joined: 1/7/07
#24Shiver me timbers!
Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:52pmhere here. (althout I truly enoyed woman in white :-P )
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