WOW: GYPSY's 2-page Times ad- Page 2

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 3:20pm

1. The NYTimes is read by everyone, but not everyone reads the A&L section. I would hazard a guess that those who do, could understand the add.

2. I don't think anyone in a major Broadway revival of Gypsy would be suprised to see an add with only Mama Rose.

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 3:22pm

I think the title will be noticed. It's right next to her.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 4:06pm

Pal Joey, that was beautiful.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 4:32pm

Dang. I really wanna see "Wow Wow Wow" starring Patti LuPone as Momma Rose.

Don't you mean you wanna see "WOW WOW WOW PATTI LUPONE GYSPY"? 'Cuz that's what all my dumb friends think it's called after seeing this ad and the marquee.

But really, I think people will understand that this is an ad for Gypsy. If you're the ad's intended audience (i.e. any human being from anywhere, theater-savvy or not, who might be interested in seeing this show) you're guaranteed to read past the WOW WOW WOW and look at some of the quotes--the most prominent of which mention the show by name. So even if you're still too dumb to find the title in the bottom center next to the star of the show, I think it's safe to say you'll find it elsewhere. Sheesh.

Updated On: 4/5/08 at 04:32 PM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 4:35pm

If you are that stupid and can't figure out what the show is called, you probably shouldn't be seeing any show because you wouldn't understand them.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 5:58pm

People like BrodyFosse and A Director/BertAndrew like to practice "Facile Cynicism" or "Knee-Jerk Negativity."

You simply log onto an Internet chat board, enter a thread in which posters are sharing their enthusiasm and proceed to post negative opinions as if they were facts.

The Facile Cynic THINKS that these negative opinions are "smarter" than everyone else's, which of course is not at all true, and that it's fun to deflate the enthusiasm that was being shared.

Inevitably what happens is that the Facile Cynic is simply thought of as a "creep" or an "asShole."

This generally extends into real life, as the Facile Cynic enters conversations at cocktail parties or dinners and proceeds to deliver his or her knee-jerk negative pronouncements, always expecting to be thought of as "brilliant," which, sadly, never occurs.

Facile Cynics tend to be chronically friendless and prematurely bitter.

They are, in the words of the old song, more to be pitied than censured.

Updated On: 4/5/08 at 05:58 PM

[alastor]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 6:09pm

lol folkyboy "that's what she said." Can't wait for the Office to come back on Thursday!

And WOW, is Gypsy really that good? I thought people were liking South Pacific as a better revival.

[bertandrew2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 6:14pm

WOW WOW WOW I didn't even say anything and I got mentioned! For the record, I think its a great ad. I just wish the photo was of Patti eating the live lobster.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 6:51pm

That's what I mean, A Director. You think people think you're clever because you repeat Musto's lobster comment as a negative when he said it as a positive, but it just makes you seem bitter, nasty and really really creepy.

[bertandrew2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 6:55pm

Zzzzz Zzzzz I am not A DIRECTOR.

And...I KNOW that Musto mean that in a positive way. Geeze!

I remain, the role of Rose should NOT be played as though one is eating a live lobster.

Evita has NO HEART as Rose. She is just eating live lobsters.

[noodles2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 7:40pm

i couldnt have said it better. THIS is broadway!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 7:48pm

Bert--can I ask you a favor? A personal favor?

Could you please STOP posting your same boring negative feelings over and over and over and over again in these celebratory threads?

We KNOW how you feel and we'd all appreciate it if you would just stop posting in our threads?

Could you do that for us, Bert?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 7:54pm

Hey! Hey! Back to ME, please!

Its all about BrodyFosse123.

Got that?!

[bertandrew2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 8:03pm

Joey...can I ask you a personal favor?

Can you please resolve that I am not A DIRECTOR? I have said that a million times, but
you continue to associate me to the person who posts under that name. Could you do that please?

Also, could you please let me have my opinion without call me names?

Finally, could you understand that not everyone likes the same things that you like and that these boards are created to for EVERYONE to voice opinions? When you say OUR threads, you mean OUR threads.. Its for everyone, not just for you and Evita fans.

Can you do that for me? At the VERY least, please do not associate me with A DIRECTOR . Its not me.

Thank you

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 8:07pm

Updated On: 5/7/09 at 08:07 PM

[PrettyBoy]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 8:13pm

"A Director," I love seeing naysayers like you pathetically scrambling to sneer at this undeniable triumph.

It's fabulous that there are only quotes about Patti - GYPSY is not an ensemble show like COMPANY or even SWEENEY TODD. A production only succeeds or fails on the merits of its Rose.

A 2 page NYT ad is most certainly not for Patti's ego. Producers don't shell out that kind of money for any reason other than to sell tickets. The point of this ad is to display the plethora of good press this production has received, mostly for its most important element, Patti's performance.

What did you think? That Patti paid for this herself? LOL

[A Director]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 8:58pm

Joey - Why is it so difficult for you to understand that bretandrew2 and I are TWO different people? We keep telling you over and over, but for some reason you are unable to grasp this simple idea. Even for someone like you, the number 2 shouldn't be that difficult for you to wrap your mind around. To be generous, I assume you have a bit more intelligence than a turnip. On the other hand, if you fail to understand that bretandrew2 and I are different people, I begin to think the turnip is smarter.

I am aware that without a good Rose, a production of GYPSY will suffer. Nevertheless, in the reviews I've read, critics have also praised Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti. I think it's telling that the producers couldn't find the space in a two page ad to mention Ms LuPone's co-stars.

Ads for August: Osage County include pictures of the entire cast. Ads for Xanadu feature pictures of Kerry Butler and Cheyenne Jackson.

To save money, the producers could fire the rest of the cast and GYPSY could take place in Ms.LuPone's mind!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 9:01pm

AUGUST is an ensemble piece.

XANADU is has two co-stars.

GYPSY is written with one star.

[bertandrew2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 9:44pm

Ah ha! A DIRECTOR likes Benanti in the role. She was good. I preferred Crista Moore

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:15pm

It's always such fun to watch sock puppets talk to themselves.

[bertandrew2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:32pm

No matter what I say, you will go on thinking what you want.

No matter what you say, I'll keep posting what I want.

Oh and Pal, did you happen to notice that live lobster truck pulling up to the stage door at the St. James? Its there every night!

[Alphadog2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:33pm

I have no particular feelings about this production or Patti LuPone, but Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti's reviews were at least as good as those received by LuPone. It just seems to me to be bad form that they weren't given at least one quote each, given the praise they both received.

OTOH, I've seen agents require by contract that their client get a quote in a quote ad if any other performer gets a quote. I guess Gaines and Benanti's agents didn't do that, so sucks to be them, I guess.

[Midnight Radio]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:34pm

Oh Bert, you just don't give up, do you?

Do us all a favor and hang it up.
Updated On: 4/5/08 at 11:34 PM

[bertandrew2]

Posted: 4/5/08 at 11:36pm

No thank you.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 4/6/08 at 12:19am

The ad is gorgeous.