Whorehouse Goes Public - Infomerical - Tommy Sent Me!

[WalkOn]

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?

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 1/13/07 at 6:32pm

I 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]

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?

[Michael Bennett]

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]

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]

Posted: 1/13/07 at 7:27pm

SWEET MOTHER MARY!!!!

Why didn't I see this mess when I had the chance!?!?

[jimnysf]

Posted: 1/13/07 at 10:33pm

I 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!

[justme2]

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".

[friedrichVT]

Posted: 1/14/07 at 12:27pm

saw it twice FREE...LOVED every horrible second of it.

[WalkOn]

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.

[Here_I_Go_Again]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 2:26pm

I 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