Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#1Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 6:30pm
Just saw the BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC Infomerical on the unmentionable website.
Tacky! Tacky! Tacky! Damn! I wish I'd seen the show!
The Cast Recording is one my favorites. Anyone actually see this clunker?
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
#2re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 6:32pmI saw it. It was horrible, but never boring. The most memorable thing about it were two lounge singers stationed in the lobby. I like the score on cd. I never want to see it live ever again.
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#2re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 6:34pm
Michael Bennett was there really a stand-up comic used as greek chorus to move the plot along?
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
#3re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 6:45pm
I just watched part of that sales infommercial - and all I can say, is that announcer's description of the show in the first three minutes is more clear than anything that actually appeared on the stage. He actually makes it sound like a fun idea for a musical.
Part of the problem was that that WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC was almost an attempt to be a satire of the original WHOREHOUSE. That was kind of like how ANNIE 2 in DC was almost a parody of the original - but WHOREHOUSE (like ANNIE) was a show that won over the public because it had unexpected, genuine heart.
WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC felt like one big joke that the audience was never quite in on. You certainly didn't care about any of the characters or stakes in the story - and without that - any show is pretty much doomed.
Yes, there was a stand up comedian who wouldn't have lasted one night at the Comedy Club.
P.S. My favorite part of the video is the sales pitch about the "new seats" - too bad they didn't paint the walls - the theatre was not in good shape during the run of WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC.
Updated On: 1/13/07 at 06:45 PM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#4re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 7:18pm
I saw closing night. It was unbelievably tacky.
Before the show, they piped in the sounds of a casino (slot machines, roulette wheels, etc.) throughout the theatre. LOUDLY.
The stand-up comic in the sequined turquoise tux was there to help explain the ridiculous plot and to basically say to the audience, "Do you believe what you're watching here?"
There was the phone sex dance number that had the girls (scantily clad) inside 4 foot square plexiglass cubes, while fat, balding, middle aged men in suits lusted after them - unable to touch them. The men ended the number dancing with their pants around their ankles.
Actually, the sexiest part of the show was the number when the girls are going to testify before congress. They do a sort of fashion show as they each enter in their "classy" outfits - form-fitting black-and-white Bob Mackie suits.
During the curtain call, Dee Hoty and Scott Holmes made their entrance on a white horse.
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#5re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 7:27pm
SWEET MOTHER MARY!!!!
Why didn't I see this mess when I had the chance!?!?
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#6re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/13/07 at 10:33pmI saw it. Mr. Tune sat in the same aisle. It was a preview day. Simply awful. At the end, Miss Mona became President of the USA!
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
#7re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/14/07 at 3:03am
Despite the horror of the stage production, the cast recording is a gem. One of the best flop musical cd's you could own. I was so dissapointed that this show was not better; I really wanted to see Hoty do well.
Get the cast recording...you can hear lyrics about "hunger just as tough as a three balled tomcat" and " we'll just give them their head" throughout the show.
The music overall is snappy and there's a great ballad Hoty sings called "Piece of the Pie".
"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."
friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#8re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/14/07 at 12:27pmsaw it twice FREE...LOVED every horrible second of it.
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#9re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/14/07 at 5:13pm
I completely agree with you, justme2, PIE OF THE PIECE is a gem. I never get tired of hearing Dee Hoty's warm easy going version of that song.
Why it isn't sung in caberet acts more often is a mystery to me.
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
Here_I_Go_Again
Broadway Star Joined: 9/17/03
#10re: Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!
Posted: 1/23/07 at 2:26pmI love DEEE HOTY, would have love to see her in this FLOP. i agree though the score is very fun and easy to listen too. What is DEE up to these days
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