theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
#0theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:34pm
So I have listened top the music which I really liked! I also have read the interviews and was expecting a really awful show. I have to see that it was amazing. Everyone in that cast was extremely talented...even Julie Reiber who understudied for Faith. The cast really pulled together an made a great preformence. The sets and costumes were amazing! Truly something I have not seen in a Broadway show. I feel like many people don not like the show because it is new and not like anything else on Broadway. I feel we should have more shows like Brooklyn. MARK SCHOENFELD was also at the show...it was cool to talk with him. All in all it was a great preformence.
Updated On: 3/6/05 at 09:34 PM
#1re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:35pmglad you liked it. i thought it was... eh... but that's just me. remember this comes from a poster who loved TABOO... lol, campy much? anyway- you're probably gonna get shot down for liking the show. dont ask why...
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#2re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:38pmBrooklyn fans always say, people just don't like it because it's different, new, and are opposed to change. That is completely stupid to say - people are ALWAYS looking for something different and new. But different doesn't mean good - especially in this case. Believe me, I'm always hoping that something new, striking, and different comes along, as I'm sure any theatre fan is. However with BROOKLYN, you're very mistaken. People don't not like it because it's new - people don't like it because it's one of the worst pieces of garbage (no pun intended) to open on the Broadway stage in years.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#3re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:39pmOh yes I figured that one...I have read most of the Brooklyn messages.
#4re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:48pm
You figured what? That there's a difference between new a good?
Not saying you don't have a right to like it, but what were you trying to say?
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
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Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/04
#5re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:51pm
That doesn't explain COC's failure...
#6re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:56pmExactly...COC was the exact opposite - a new, brilliant show that people just didn't have the brains for. It's sad.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:24pm
Brooklyn is a so-so show. I think the plot tries too hard to be dramatic that it kind of borders on cheesy at certain points. I do have to say that the singers are great. Eden Espinosa made the night somewhat salvageable for me.
~Rosalynn
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#9re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:27pmThanks for joining today to share your thoughts on this show.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#10re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:37pmSeriously. Thanks for joining up tonight to tell us about BROOKLYN.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#11re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:46pmMatt? Is this really you?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#12re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:47pm
It's me. I'm just really happy that he joined up to share his review of this show. Geez, it's been over a month since someone's done that.
I fully expect to receive my threatening PM any minute now. (Oh, and Moondrops should show up soon like she always does when I call out a BKLYN shill)
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#13re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:53pmI don't follow what you're saying...are you joking?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#14re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:56pmIf you like something that most other people don't like, they try to diminish your opinion by stating (as if it were a fact and not their own personal opinion) how truly horrible the show was and implying that you lack sufficient judgement or intelligence to recognize your error. Maybe I'm guilty of that too, sometime. "How could you possibly like that piece of trash!!!" But the more I post and read posts here, the more I realize how subjective opionions are. I wish everyone would preface their posts by saying "I think..." or "I believe..." rather than posting their opinions as facts. Nothing is going to change because of this post, but I wanted to say that I'm glad you liked Brooklyn (haven't seen it so I have no opinion myself) and glad you posted your impressions here. Nothing to feel ashamed about, even if you seem to be in the minority. Hey, I LOVED Marcie X (the movie) and am not ashamed to say so!!!
#15re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/6/05 at 11:52pm
Glad you liked it!! 
BKLYN in the Blood!! 
IveGottaBeME
Leading Actor Joined: 1/15/05
#16re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 3:02pmBrookyln is great for what it is... a fun, exciting show, fun catchy music, great performers... i was actually very inspired by the performances of Eden and Cleavant... they sang like they were truly living their dreams up there
#17re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 5:37pmPlease...lets not even mention "CoC" in the same thread as the PSB children's special known as "Brooklyn" !!!
#18re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 5:39pm
Tiny,
You're late... wayyyy too many posts before the now infamous "Glad you liked it". You're slipping. Btw, how are the "Brooklyn" grosses doing?
#19re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:02pm
Its rude to double post...oh yes and it is also rude to make posts that show just how much of an idiot you are.
Oh yes and glad you liked the show!
::Updated to avoid double post::
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
Updated On: 3/7/05 at 08:02 PM
#20re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:17pmEmo, go inject some drano.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#21re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:18pmMunk, go make sense.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
ILoveWicked330
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#22re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:36pmThis is nonsense. Why do you guys waste time reading posts about how someone enjoyed Brooklyn if you didn't like it? Wait this part I love - How many people reading this actuly saw Bklyn? I bet the people bashing it are the ones that read other peoples reviews or just make up their own and say it "sucks"...I LOVED Brooklyn! If you guys don't like a show, it's ridiculous to bash the people that did enjoy it. Everyone has their own opinions. If a thread is started for the happiness of a show, then why start in and go "BKLYN was horrible blah blah blah"...some people make no sense these days... Updated On: 3/7/05 at 08:36 PM
#23re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:44pmI didn't bash anyone for liking BROOKLYN at all. Please find where I did and let me know, although I have a feeling I won't hear back from you.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
ILoveWicked330
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#24re: theaterguy2's review of Brooklyn 3/ 5
Posted: 3/7/05 at 8:47pmI don't mean to start a fight. I just feel it's ridiculous how people come to threads how people are happy with a show and someone comes and says "Bklyn is garbage" Updated On: 3/7/05 at 08:47 PM
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