[title of show] going to Broadway?- Page 5

[Nick Plasia]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 12:32am

absence of talent.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 12:35am

I honestly don't give a sh!t about [title of show]. I've never seen it, I don't have the CD, I'm not familar with it at all. So I don't know why you're saying the truth hurts.

[Nick Plasia]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 12:56am

What is this {title of show} everybody keeps
talking about? I keep hearing the most marvelous things!

[jaystarr]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 5:58pm

Can't wait ! I love this show

J*

[jaystarr]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 5:58pm

Can't wait ! I love this show

J*

[wexy]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 8:41pm

(title of show) was one of my favorite things ever...
But is it really a Broadway show, I think that its more intimate in the off setting.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:57pm

I think this is the problem. Commercial Off-Broadway is dead. Gone. That whole Dodger/New World Stages that they created a few years ago with five commercial Off-Broadway spaces? Not one hit has originated there. ALTAR BOYZ is the only show that originated there and has run longer than three months, and it still hasn't made its investment back.

Producers know that if they want to give a show a chance to be seen and make a lasting impression in American theatre history, they're going to have to risk putting it on Broadway. Every single time an Off-Broadway musical begins plans to move to Broadway, everyone starts saying that it's too initmate, too small (this isn't an attack on you, wexy, I'm just speaking in general). This was the case with AVENUE Q, SPELLING BEE, SPRING AWAKENING and GREY GARDENS. Q won critical raves in addition to three Tonys and made its investment back. BEE won raves as well as two Tonys and made its investment back. SA won raves and eight Tonys and is still doing well early in its run. GREY GARDENS won raves, three Tonys, and failed financially. Did GREY GARDENS make a memorable mark in Broadway history? Yes. Ebersole's performance was referred to by the chief NY Times critic as one of the "most gorgeous ever to grace a musical." Those of you who championed the show (not you, "Nick") and discovered new aspects of musical theatre through it: How many of you saw the show at Playwrights Horizons and how many only saw it only on Broadway?

The bottom line here is that as long as there are producers and investors willing to take the risk of giving the show at hand a chance on Broadway, shows that in the past have been typically associated with only being able to survive Off-Broadway will give an opportunity for directors, designers, and marketers to test out their skills and see if they can make the shows work and survive in a Broadway house.

We're very lucky that we have producers and investors who are just as interested in changing the face of Broadway for the better as they are about making a profit.

If you want to put other people down for being excited at the chance of achieving their dreams while you're not doing anything to achieve yours, and that because you're miserable everybody should be miserable, do it with your therapist. Some of us are excited at the prospect of fresh artists and producers nurturing new works and give them a shot at the big time, no matter how skeptical some may be. It's not your money on the line, so sit back and give it a chance. You're not the one who has anything to lose.

Updated On: 8/16/07 at 09:57 PM

[D2]

Posted: 8/16/07 at 10:00pm

Well said, Foster.

[Nick Plasia]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 12:22am

I'm all for people 'realizing their dreams'[however bromidic the
platitude]; that doesn't mean that they do good work.
Updated On: 8/17/07 at 12:22 AM

[bernadetteismylife]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 4:08pm

Baby this is risky! But it might just be crazy enough to ... (insert a million profanities) succeed ! haha I'm so excited!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:12pm

Very very well said, Foster.

What do we think will be featured on the upcoming [tos] shows?

Wouldn't it be funny if they went through Times Square asking people what they thought of Kwamina? And Tenderloin?

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:32am

I.T.F, that's an awesome idea. [tos] takes to the streets!

Sitting here, twiddling my thumbs, waiting for Podcast Episide 2.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 2:33am

So... Spelling Bee is closing.

Circle in the Square is looking wide open now.

Will it happen?!?

[postergirl]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 10:49am

NOOOOOOOOO

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 11:00am

Why would producers of put this fringe, collegiate-level show anywhere near Broadway?





Izzy Baline
Big Mike's

Updated On: 4/29/08 at 11:00 AM

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 11:16am

Well, that is your opinion, but there are a lot of people who enjoy it very much. I think it could do very well in a small theater like Circle in the Square.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 10:53am

Any news? Anyone?

[sweeneytodd2]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 11:05am

At least the score is better than Spelling Bee's.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 1:15pm

I don't even begin to see how the two are comparable, but... okay.

[TheBlonde]

Posted: 11/10/07 at 3:17am

I love this show? But I think it's much better suited for off-broadway.

[theatergrrl88]

Posted: 11/10/07 at 4:32am

[tos] would be awesome on broadway!!

[Horton]

Posted: 11/10/07 at 7:20am

I loved title of show, and i went to the show with my mom and my sister. My mom, likes theatre--she doesnt LOVE it like I do, and she didnt get all the inside jokes. My sister is not a theater person, and she left at intermission, if i remember correctly because she had no idea what was happening, and why the audience was bursting out laughing.

My conclusion is title of show is a great thing, and I love it, but its not for everybody. Which is true of ALL art, for example look at Journey's End last season. I adored it and saw it twice, and they could not find an audience, whereas they were raking them into Wicked, which I walked out thinking ehh.

[postergirl]

Posted: 11/10/07 at 9:47am

title of show had no intermission

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 1:07pm

Is anyone going to the Duplex tonight, to see [title of show] perform as part of New Voices?? Holler!!