When will they pull the plug on Bullets
When will they pull the plug on Bullets
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#1
Posted: 7/6/14 at 8:45pmThe cast is really upset that they are playing to half the house everynight. Pull the plug on it and make everyone happy. I would like to know everyones opinion on why the show is such a disaster. Be serious. The show is actually entertaining but people are staying away like its got the plauge. Why do you think that is?
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#3
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:20pm
Pull the plug on it and make everyone happy.
I'm sure the whole cast would love not having a job! I'm mean, what could be worse than playing to half houses!
Broadway Star Joined: 3/5/04
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#5
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:28pmWord of mouth is not good...they made the serious mistake of using pastiche music which doesn't work at all- same thing happened to Big Deal. They should have hired composers who could do original music in the style of the period. Zac Braff doesn't sell tickets- and after all of the speculation about who will play the diva- they settled on an actress that the majority of the public doesn't know- they needed a power star name in the role. Also poorly directed. Pretty sets and costumes. Another Stroman flop this season. The cast should be happy to get a paycheck every week. They can always spend their time on stage counting the empty seats. when I saw it, the balcony was closed. Big Big flop.- Gone very soon unless the producers want to flush more millions down the toilet.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#6
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:29pmThat white cast should consider themselves lucky!
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#8
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:43pmIf they don't like playing to half empty houses, just start papering. :)
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#9
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:57pm^That is actually a good point, AntV. I don't understand why they're not.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#10
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:09pmNo one is going to mention the massive white elephant in the room?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#11
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:10pm
Doubt the cast would like losing their jobs.
The critic's were a bit unfair. Woody was pigheaded re using period music instead of going with a new score and it cost him.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#12
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:13pm^ There's the elephant in the room!
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#13
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:15pm
"^ There's the elephant in the room!"
Yep, it's certainly in the ballpark.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#14
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:23pmIt's the Allegations! THE ALLEGATIONS!!
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#15
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:27pmThe lack of a real score really was poisonous for this show. And it's just not nearly as funny as it should be. Gorgeous sets and costumes, though.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#16
Posted: 7/6/14 at 10:32pm
Being serious, I would put much of the blame on the marketing campaign (aside from very mixed reviews.) And by the way, there were enough fantastic pull quotes from some of the major critics that could have been used better in marketing also, but that's not my major point.
This is a big, SEXY show! Lots of pretty girls for straight guys to look at. But you'd never know it from the marketing, which for the most part featured Nick Cordero and the gangsters. It all looked very dark, but the show isn't dark at all, it's very funny.
Also, they couldn't decide whether or not to feature Woody (and even his movies are generally not big box office hits), Stro (and who other than theater geeks buy tickets based on the director) or Zach Braff, who I agree does not sell tickets either.
Woody Allen films are not "big" films. I love many of them, but they are subtle in many ways. They are usually short and often have a darkness to them.
So somewhere, the pitch that this is a big, splashy, sexy, funny show got lost. At least that's how it seemed to me.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#17
Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:36am
The two biggest flaws in this show are the score and the pacing. The plot doesn't really get interesting until midway through the second act, and the lack of an original score makes many scenes read as "Well we really wanted an excuse to use this song here".
Its not necessarily a bad show, in fact I found it moderately entertaining, but it lacks "wow" factor. The atta girls occasional scantily clad appearances are the only thing that particularly kept my attention in the first act.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#18
Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:41amIt is true that the marketing is almost hilariously generic.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#19
Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:47am
"The cast is really upset..."
Where did this piece of information come from?!
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#20
Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:53am
"This is a big, SEXY show! Lots of pretty girls for straight guys to look at."
I don't know about your world, but the straight guys I know just use their iPads to look at sexy girls (wearing less and doing a lot more than the girls in Bullets), and it's free.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#21
Posted: 7/7/14 at 11:56amThe "information" comes from the cast's Mother.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#22
Posted: 7/7/14 at 12:22pm
Seeing people live is far better than anything a crappy Apple product can provide.
I would think they would be bummed out, it's very depressing when a theater is half empty. The score just isn't good. Looks great though.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#23
Posted: 7/7/14 at 12:28pmMy biggest issue when I saw the show was the score. Bland doesn't even begin to describe most of it.
When will they pull the plug on Bullets#24
Posted: 7/7/14 at 12:35pm
"Seeing people live is far better than anything a crappy Apple product can provide."
I don't know about your world, but the straight guys I know would disagree, particularly when it comes to a question of ogling entirely unclad naughty women vs. watching chorus girls dancing in tights.
Updated On: 7/7/14 at 12:35 PM
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