[tos]sers BE WARNED: THIS POSTING CONTAINS VITRIOLIC, VENOMOUS, AND PROUD VAMPIRE SENTIMENTS.
READ ON AT YOUR DISCRETION.
Too bad ADDING MACHINE isn't around anymore. That show was very untraditional, but one of the most phenomenal theatrical experiences in NYC in a long time.
So, that leaves you with: ALTAR BOYZ and/or I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Closing after several years in New York, so see it soon! It’s great!).
And yup, once again we prove that it is only due to the naïveté and inexperience of [tos]sers that we are stuck with all this unfounded and unnecessary hyperbole about a very mediocre show.
The previous post about [tos] being a great off-Broadway show is completely on track. Like its REAL peers -- FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, ALTAR BOYZ, I LOVE YOU YOU'RE PERFECT NOW CHANGE, THE FANTASTICKS, etc. -- [tos] deserves an extended run in an Off-Broadway house. Nothing more. On Broadway, it's offensive, because it defeats the purpose of the “Great” White Way. I seriously wanted to stick a stake into my own heart and fill my own mouth with garlic when I heard Hunter telling Lin-Miranda that IN THE HEIGHTS was [tos]'s "big brother." Ha! How can he even BEGIN to compare a Tony-winning, 2 1/2 hour, multi-orchestrated, superbly designed and choreographed show with a cast of over 30 here-to-for-unrepresented-on-Broadway Latino and Black professional actors to [tos]?!?!?
The original minimalist, small-cast musical in New York was THE FANTASTICKS. It played for well over ten years downtown, sold-out almost every night. It's beautiful. (Although I can't speak for this latest revival, because I haven't seen it.)
http://www.thefantasticks.com/ But any and all [tos]sers must see this show, at least once, regardless of the quality of the revival, because it might learn you something --
That shows with little design, no orchestration, one keyboard, and 4 to 6 cast members should be Off-Broadway.
Not at the Lyceum.
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"Die, [tos], Die!" -- The Vampires
