about BKLYN's saturday eve show. — Page 3

MUNKU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"AYGGH?? Gosh, that's coot!"

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Hugh had a standby and an understudy just in case, but the producers didn't think that the fans would accept anybody else as Peter. So, they scheduled certain days, usually Tuesdays, as vacation days for him.

I think its just sad that BKLYN had to cancel a performance, b/c they don't have enough people covering or knowing the role. There are hundreds of unemployed and talented actors in NYC, why don't they make sure there are enough covers?

I'm glad. My younger cousin, who knows pretty much nothing about Broadway, went to see BKLYN on a field trip, and his words were

"I've seen better singing at the circus...and better costumes. That was the worst thing I have ever sat through...My ears were bleeding..."

And I thought that was funny.

i sure as hell hope that they hired the poor girl that saved their asses on a full time basis- it would be deplorable to only have kept her the 1 day (unless of course they gave her one hell of a paycheck)

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W/e what's done is done...

Running costs, weekly grosses, etc. is all public. Look it up.

I actually believe in what I stand for. I believe that not everyone likes BKLYN, just like not everyone likes sushi ( I can’t stand sushi), but I like BKLYN and I find it horrible how some people will think that they are automatically right and that BKLYN isn’t good for anyone. I know many people who love BKLYN so I know that this is not true. I also get really mad when people disregard and disrespect the many hours that people have put into a show just so one snob can try to ruin it for everyone.

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I didn't like Night Mother, but during the bows I looked over to someone in the third row who was crying, standing, and clap as hard as he could. He was touched by the show and I was happy that all the work of the people putting on the show touched some people. It might not have been me, but it just wasn’t my thing. I don’t go around trying to change other people opinions, and I only post when I didn’t like Night Mother in such boards as “What shows have you fell asleep in”

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Just because someone spends time and effort on something doesn't make it good. That's life.

People must have worked hard and spent hours on Battlefield Earth, and it was a crappy movie. Just because someone spends time and effort on something doesn't mean it is not open to criticism.

The creators open their work up for criticism the minute it opens on Broadway. It is part of the game. To say we can't critique it, and bash it if it is beyond bad, is absurd.

And I am glad you liked Brooklyn. I really am. But, you knwo what, I find the music horrendous and a bad kind of cliche and the lyrics inane. That is my opinion. I have not bashed you for liking the show. I have bashed the producers for what I see as an act of frivolity and amateurness that name back and bit them.
And that, I thought, is what we were arguing over this thread. Not the merit of the show itself.

But, since you seem so set on debating the content of the show, here is my blatant, open opinion, no holds barred opinion on it:
I think that the music and lyrics are an embarrassment to musical theatre. They belong in a Britany Spears musical. It is a crime that this is on Broadway when so many great and struggling THEATRICAL composers are struggling to have their work heard and performed. I think the performers are talented, but it is a shame they have to perform this material. I think the closing of the show will be a benefit for both the performers, who can go on to better things, and to Broadway, for there will be another open house for a more worthy show to move in to.

But, again, I thought this thread was about the actions of the producers.

"so one snob can try to ruin it for everyone"

And I don't see how my disliking the show can "ruin it" for someone who likes it. Unless it calls their attention to the blandness of it all.
And, yes, I am a Sondheim snob and I take pride in that.

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You tell him, Tiff! (just kidding)

My posts were not directed at you. You have your opinion yes. I know what you mean about spending time (Hulk the movie) and I also see your point about the performers. They are happy right where they are and signed to do the show. I like BKLYN you don’t. You like stuff, I don’t. It was just some of those posts were based upon things that the person posting didn’t know. Example: They are too cheap to hire a stand by. They don’t know how much money they have. The odds are slim that something like this would happen. They will learn from mistakes and get a stand by most likely.

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There are other factors too. Donations, loans, they might have money saved in an account for these type of things.

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