WAS BBAJ a really bad musical?

[Iesha]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:35pm

it had a really short run

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:37pm

Iesha said: "it had a really short run"

 

The length of a show's run has nothing to do with the quality of a show, only its ability to sell tickets. Many good shows can't always do it, and many mediocre shows excel at it.

[Huss417]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:40pm

Havent a clue what musical you are even talking about. Is it that difficult to spell out shows or use the whole first word or two?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:41pm

^ Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. I saw a production of the show a few years back and really enjoyed it.

[Iesha]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:50pm

Did it close then because its too small for broadway?

BBAJ= Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

[Iesha]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:50pm

Did it close then because its too small for broadway?

BBAJ= Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 5:57pm

This board was running when the show was on Broadway, so just search and you can go back five years and get lots of info.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 6:00pm

Beauty Bland A Jeast

[tazber]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 6:28pm

you guys, this poster is another screen name for this person (click the name for an example thread)

 

Fbay

 

 

There are a bunch more (including Mr. Smith for one) but he ends up spamming the board posts stating he's only trying to annoy us so the mods keep deleting his various personas.

Updated On: 10/3/15 at 06:28 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 6:31pm

Another Pinto name. 

[lite2shine]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 6:33pm

I think the concept was great: Andrew Jackson was a populist like a rock star. But the execution was bad. I really didn't like the narrator on the wheel chair. If it's rewritten and it could be presented like US history suites: 1776, Hamilton, BBAJ. Three different styles of musical, it'll be a blast.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 6:36pm

Off Broadway, it did great. On Broadway, it died. Same thing happened with The Human Comedy

 

We did not care for it.

 

Updated On: 10/3/15 at 06:36 PM

[Iesha]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 6:39pm

thats what I thought. It just lost its magic on broadway.

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 7:04pm

One source and you know the truth? You looking to work at Fox News in the future?

[tazber]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 7:17pm

Lol, two threads already deleted in the past 5 minutes.

 

 

[Taryn]

Posted: 10/3/15 at 11:30pm

I loved BBAJ both Off-Broadway and on, but it's true it lost a special something it had at the Public when it transferred.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 1:15am

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson had essentially the same concept as Hamilton. American political biography with a modern score. It just didn't maintain its momentum and hype after it transferred. 

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 2:06am

"WAS BBAJ a really bad musical?"

 

As really as really can be. 

 

Which is really bad. 

 

 

Updated On: 10/4/15 at 02:06 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 2:51am

But your opinions don't count because you're stuck in the past which is never coming back. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 8:27am

I loved it at the Public, but the energy was totally different on Broadway.  I still love listening to the recording from time to time.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 10:03am

It's true that length of run isn't always directly linked to quality of show (my poor Ragtime revival,) but in this case I think the run was mercifully short.

I remember very little of the show, except for the fact that it was just awful.

[bdn223]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 7:24pm

I honestly love the show, but think it will never be seen on Broadway again. Let the record show I only saw the show on Broadway, but I can see what those who saw both productions are saying. The show was truly too small for Broadway, which is weird because the show is essentially set in a hipster bar/dive, just like Once, which also played the Jacobs. The show also had an energetic rock/pop/folk score, compared to Once's dreary Irish Folk. I think the production tried to hard to grow the production compared to Once though. The Jacobs was literally turned into a hipster Bar/dive, with  memorabilia hanging everywhere. Right above where i was sitting was the butt of a fully  taxidermied horse, hanging upside down. It was am impresive production, but it was just too big. Honestly I could see this being revived off-broadway with truly immersive production alla Here Lies Love.

[Patash]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 7:59pm

Maybe it failed because they billed it as BBAJ and no one could figure out what it was?

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 8:03pm

One of my favorite new musicals of the last decade. That said, it was doomed to fail on Broadway.

[Kad]

Posted: 10/4/15 at 8:21pm

I loved the show and saw it many times between the Public and Broadway. I think it remains Friedman's best score, and it was anchored by a terrifically funny cast and a breakout performance by Benjamin Walker. 

It wasn't a particularly deep analysis of the themes and history it presented, but didn't need or desire to be. It was just a ****ing funny, smartass show. It was tremendously misplaced on Broadway, in a much-too-large house and with the totally wrong audiences. 

Updated On: 10/4/15 at 08:21 PM