#1
Posted: 4/5/08 at 8:09am
Haven't seen a 2-pager in a long time. Classy artwork, surrounded by the word WOW three times. Don't have a camera working, sorry!
WOW: GYPSY's 2-page Times ad
#2
Posted: 4/5/08 at 9:55am
Someone please post a picture for us non-NYers.
#4
Posted: 4/5/08 at 10:14am
Yup. Its obviously too large to get scanned so someone just take a photo of the full spread with a digital camera. 
#5
Posted: 4/5/08 at 10:26am
It's in tomorrow's Arts and Leisure section, which isn't on stands until tomorrow (obviously), but whoever has home-delivery gets it a day early.
#6
Posted: 4/5/08 at 10:26am
::Runs to the driveway to get the paper::
#9
Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:13am
I don't use that word unless I mean it.
#11
Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:20am
Someone save me a copy of this!!!
"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
#12
Posted: 4/5/08 at 12:12pm
Great use of the GYPSY title -- you can barely see it in tiny print.
What's this show titled? WOW?! For non-savy theatregoers, who this ad is intended for, will be scratching their heads.
We know its for GYPSY. They don't.
I just showed this to 2 non-Broadway going friends of mine and asked them if they could tell what show this ad was for and both of them thought the title was WOW.
What's this show titled? WOW?! For non-savy theatregoers, who this ad is intended for, will be scratching their heads.
We know its for GYPSY. They don't.
I just showed this to 2 non-Broadway going friends of mine and asked them if they could tell what show this ad was for and both of them thought the title was WOW.
#14
Posted: 4/5/08 at 12:22pm
Brody--you can be such a ninny when you dislike something, as if you have never before had anything to do with the theater in your life.
Listen to me carefully, while I condescend to you, as if you were the idiot child you seem to be playing today:
This. Is. An. Ad. In. The. Sunday. Times. Arts. And. Leisure. Section.
Got that?
The. Sunday. Times. Arts. And. Leisure. Section.
Arts and Leisure is a section read ONLY ONLY ONLY by New Yorkers interested in theater, cinema, opera and concerts.
It is an ad that is designed to BRAG BRAG BRAG about the overwhelmingly positive reviews.
No one reading the NY Times Arts and Leisure section will be at all confused, the way that an ad in the NY Times Sports section with pinstripes and a huge "#1" would clearly be an ad for the Yankees.
But thank you for your concern, dear. That was very (cough, cough) sweet of you.
Listen to me carefully, while I condescend to you, as if you were the idiot child you seem to be playing today:
This. Is. An. Ad. In. The. Sunday. Times. Arts. And. Leisure. Section.
Got that?
The. Sunday. Times. Arts. And. Leisure. Section.
Arts and Leisure is a section read ONLY ONLY ONLY by New Yorkers interested in theater, cinema, opera and concerts.
It is an ad that is designed to BRAG BRAG BRAG about the overwhelmingly positive reviews.
No one reading the NY Times Arts and Leisure section will be at all confused, the way that an ad in the NY Times Sports section with pinstripes and a huge "#1" would clearly be an ad for the Yankees.
But thank you for your concern, dear. That was very (cough, cough) sweet of you.
#15
Posted: 4/5/08 at 12:24pm
Brody, it ain't our fault you have dumb friends.
EDIT:
PS-Just when I thought I couldn't love PJ more...
EDIT:
PS-Just when I thought I couldn't love PJ more...
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Updated On: 4/5/08 at 12:24 PM
#16
Posted: 4/5/08 at 12:53pm
"...sunshine, lollipops and rainbows" - Lesley Gore
#18
Posted: 4/5/08 at 1:04pm
It's OUR party, Brody, and we have no desire to cry.
#19
Posted: 4/5/08 at 1:25pm
"...baby, I'm off and I'm a-running -- just as far as I can go!" - Lesley Gore
#21
Posted: 4/5/08 at 2:13pm
*lovin' PJ & Ray*
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#22
Posted: 4/5/08 at 2:29pm
It's a vanity ad for Ms LuPone. Most ads for shows include quotes about and pictures of the major actors in the production; not this ad! This ad is sending a message to other cast members, "YOU AND YOUR WORK DON'T COUNT! Actors have egos; Ms LuPone's is so big it doesn't allow space for others.
"Arts and Leisure is a section read ONLY ONLY ONLY by New Yorkers interested in theater, cinema, opera and concerts."
pal joey - This comment shows how little you know! The New York Times is available and read by people all over the country. To quote Rose, "New York is the center of New York."
"Arts and Leisure is a section read ONLY ONLY ONLY by New Yorkers interested in theater, cinema, opera and concerts."
pal joey - This comment shows how little you know! The New York Times is available and read by people all over the country. To quote Rose, "New York is the center of New York."
#23
Posted: 4/5/08 at 3:11pm
Such a wondeful ad!! I might have to buy a copy of the Times for that.
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#24
Posted: 4/5/08 at 3:13pm
Dang. I really wanna see "Wow Wow Wow" starring Patti LuPone as Momma Rose.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#25
Posted: 4/5/08 at 3:18pm
ooo, I think I may have to pick this up tomorrow!
my favorite thing about Patti is no matter how many actors talk about how sweet and giving a performer she is, or how many fans talk about having positive experiences either meeting her or talking briefly with her at the stage door...people insist that she's rude and egomaniacal.
my favorite thing about Patti is no matter how many actors talk about how sweet and giving a performer she is, or how many fans talk about having positive experiences either meeting her or talking briefly with her at the stage door...people insist that she's rude and egomaniacal.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
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