#1
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:09am
Discuss!
Which show will be the big hit this season - MERMAID or FRANKENSTEIN.
#2
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:11am
I don't think either.
#3
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:14am
Why don't we wait until both shows actually get the chance to open and get reviewed before we start predicting?
And they can both be big hits.
And they can both be big hits.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#4
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:15am
That really is a terrifying thought, isn't it?
NYC Visitor and Broadway Fan
#5
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:18am
What? Wait until we see a show before passing judgment? Whatchootalkinbout, Wizard?
It's just a message board. Let's not take it too seriously.
#6
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:18am
Both! Its Alive! (Broadway that is) and its open and kicking or swimming in Mermaids case. Doommongers be gone.
#7
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:20am
Those are actually the two shows I'm interested in seeing next spring. I'm going to wait and see how they are received before I get my seats.
#8
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:20am
Since this question is theoretical and just a whim..i'm going to play along and say that Frankenstein will be the bigger hit.
i don't care much for reviewers...and i don't depend on what they say. There's no way someone else can decide for me what to watch and what not to watch.
but my cards are on Frankenstein just because of the magic that Producers created with Brooks/Susan S. and that AMAZING cast !!!!
and the money and etc etc.....
Disney to me is soooo washed out. I hated Disney as a kid..i felt they always destroyed the true stories of the classics of Cinderella, snow white..etc. they fluff everything out and make everything so 'happy'..when in reality its not.
and Tarzan and Mary Poopins have been true 'clunkers' for me..didn't enjoy them at all.
so i'm placing bets on Frankenstein. out of the two.
BUT I DO HOPE there's bETTER coming on its way out there.
i don't care much for reviewers...and i don't depend on what they say. There's no way someone else can decide for me what to watch and what not to watch.
but my cards are on Frankenstein just because of the magic that Producers created with Brooks/Susan S. and that AMAZING cast !!!!
and the money and etc etc.....
Disney to me is soooo washed out. I hated Disney as a kid..i felt they always destroyed the true stories of the classics of Cinderella, snow white..etc. they fluff everything out and make everything so 'happy'..when in reality its not.
and Tarzan and Mary Poopins have been true 'clunkers' for me..didn't enjoy them at all.
so i'm placing bets on Frankenstein. out of the two.
BUT I DO HOPE there's bETTER coming on its way out there.
#9
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:32am
Neither. EQUUS.
...or GREASE
...or GREASE
"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
#10
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:33am
Something else will come in and surprise- be a bigger hit.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#11
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:35am
it's going to be "idol the musical"...........seriously.
#12
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:35am
No brainer, if it's between YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and THE LITTLE MERMAID.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN stands alone.
I think THE LITTLE MERMAID will get the same reception that TARZAN and MARY POPPINS garnered -- lackluster reception.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN stands alone.
I think THE LITTLE MERMAID will get the same reception that TARZAN and MARY POPPINS garnered -- lackluster reception.
#13
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:40am
hey Captn have you done a proper post on the Rosie DVD -fantastic idea and i think it'll get done
#14
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:42am
i also think that FRANKENSTEIN will do better than MERMAID
i have nothing to back it up with, but im just assuming.
MERMAID might do well, but i dont see it selling out or anything.
i have nothing to back it up with, but im just assuming.
MERMAID might do well, but i dont see it selling out or anything.
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
#15
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:51am
Wicked63, the Rosie/DVD petition is years old, and Rosie told me it's happening. Look for Season 1 in 2008 - MAYBE even Fall 2007!!!. 
"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
#16
Posted: 6/29/07 at 11:59am
Sorry i had no idea! but WOOOOOW!
#17
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:08pm
Young Frankenstein. I think Disney On Broadway is on the downswing.
#18
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:32pm
I think Young Frankenstein will be the big hit of this season and will probably get Best Musical at the Tonys.
#19
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:48pm
I just hope for Mel Brooks sake that Young Frankenstein is a hit. For the prices hes charging, he's gonna look like a smacked ass if it isn't!
#20
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:48pm
i'm thinking Sunday In the Park With George
#21
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:50pm
Xanadu
#22
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:51pm
Joke!
#23
Posted: 6/29/07 at 12:53pm
i hope broadway continues what Grey Gardens and Spring Awakening did, and we get more interesting new works that have come from off-b'way.
#24
Posted: 6/29/07 at 1:17pm
What about A Catered Affair?
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#25
Posted: 6/29/07 at 1:27pm
Both will be huge hits. Frankenstein will be THE hit and Little Mermaid will of course do well because of it's commercial/tourist appeal, Disney, etc.
"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George
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