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

absence of talent.

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

Can't wait ! I love this show

J*

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.

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

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

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?

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So... Spelling Bee is closing.

Circle in the Square is looking wide open now.

Will it happen?!?

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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

Any news? Anyone?

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

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[tos] would be awesome on broadway!!

title of show had no intermission