WHOOPS! Break a Leg Jersey Boys
WHOOPS! Break a Leg Jersey Boys
#0WHOOPS! Break a Leg Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 1:54amapparently it's opening tonight! BREAK A LEG!
"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
Updated On: 11/6/05 at 01:54 AM
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#2re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 1:57ami'd love to see 'em! but i'm lost when it comes to finding them online
"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
meast
Swing Joined: 9/7/04
#4re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 9:36amThey're gonna be a hit.
"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
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 10:00am
I agree that this show is a killer . Glad we saw it when we did
The critics may feel that no matter how good it is it is their solemn duty to pan it to save the theatergoing public from the curse of the dreaded jukebox musical. Hopefully, it will be critic proof
Poster Emeritus
Updated On: 11/6/05 at 10:00 AM
#6re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 10:28am
There is obvious proof that it's not necessarily the critics' remarks that dissuade people from seeing a show.
As it has been in previews, Jersey Boys isn't, so far, a huge financial success. While the attendance numbers aren't abysmal, persay, they aren't fantastic either.
And this is before many reviews have come out. I guess that speaks volumes for a majority of the public's lack of interest in jukebox musicals regardless of reviews or word of mouth. Or "Jikebox" musicals if you're Mr. Roxy 
Updated On: 11/6/05 at 10:28 AM
FriedmanFan
Understudy Joined: 10/28/05
#7re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 11:35amThis show is going to do quite well. Juke box musical or not. I think critics are against the typical juke box musical that takes an Artist's greatest hits and jumbles them into a storyline. Critics will not neccessarily pan however a well written bio-musical. This show has great buzz and audiences have loved it. I predict audience attendance will soar after after reviews come out and then of course after John Lloyd Young wins the Tony. *sigh*
#8re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 11:53am
If you didn't have "Friedman" in your user name, I would have completely discounted everything you said in your post.
But I'll give you a little slack...
hypertruffle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/22/05
#9re: Good Luck Jersey Boys
Posted: 11/6/05 at 12:16pm
*GASP*
It's bad luck to say "Good luck" on opening night.
Once you do, I'll tell you
It's certain by the curtain you are through!
"The cynicism you refer to, I acquired the day I discovered I was different from little boys!~All About Eve
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#10Break a leg, JERSEY BOYS
Posted: 11/6/05 at 1:23pm
I hope this shows a hit...and that its a good show as well
TimeSuckage
Stand-by Joined: 10/18/05
#11Break a leg, JERSEY BOYS
Posted: 11/6/05 at 1:54pmI feel so lucky to have seen this in previews. It was terrific. I think it will be critic proof, based on the reaction of the SRO house I saw it with who gave it standing ovations in the middle of the show, and all the people raving on the way out and waiting at the stage door. And yes, it's a still a way to the Tonys, but John Lloyd Young simply has to be nominated! He is amazing, so gifted.
#12Break a leg, JERSEY BOYS
Posted: 11/7/05 at 12:00amSo far, one of the best if not best reviewed show in awhile. Congratulations to Jersey Boys. Here's to a long and healthy run!
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
etoile
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/03
#13Break a leg, JERSEY BOYS
Posted: 11/7/05 at 12:08amWhen someone has so little grasp of the topic of which they speak then perhaps they really should change their avatar and signature to "I'M WRONG" rather than proclaiming something different to others.
Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.
Updated On: 11/7/05 at 12:08 AM
TimeSuckage
Stand-by Joined: 10/18/05
#15Break a leg, JERSEY BOYS
Posted: 11/7/05 at 12:48pmdd, don't waste your breath. Just let 442 rack up the negative karma spewing ineloquent diatribes and resorting to personal attacks employed when the speaker lacks wit or wisdom.
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