I have never in my life seen a more bitter, nasty catty group of people on a board!! Complain and bi--- about performers all the time. Unless you have been on Broadway performing 8-9 shows a week you have no reason to judge these performers who give their all when they perform! I very much doubt all of you give your all at work. MY GOD the performers all support eachother and root for eachother but these fans? PATHETIC!!! Reading these posts from all these nasty vicious people ruins Broadway for those who really enjoy it!!
I will say I love the irony that Ben Brantley (and most critics today) are harsh towards the majority of shows, the people on these boards are harsh towards the majority of shows, but if someone like Morgan James tweets she didn't like a production, people go insane about how people don't support the arts.
Well, when they do Actors Fund benefit shows that sometimes makes the show count for the week jump to 9. When I saw the Addams Family Actors Fund performance Jackie Hoffman threw in some very funny business about it being the 9th show. :)
It's always so cute when we get this topic. It reminds me that theatre actors are never catty or back-biting and only say positive things about each other and their shows. It's completely and totally true! Because they work harder than any of us, no matter what we do, they share a single communal positive opinion of everything and are no longer shackled to individual thoughts. As Christian Grey explained to Anastasia Steele, it's actually quite liberating. They no longer have to think or analyze any more because they already all feel the same way about everything. If we could just eliminate freedom of speech, we could all be as blissfully ignorant and delusional as theatre actors. Except Ladyice. She could have found other ways to get her message across without sounding so bi---y and hateful. But it's comforting to know that she's a better human being than any of us. It really is.
I will say I love the irony that Ben Brantley (and most critics today) are harsh towards the majority of shows, the people on these boards are harsh towards the majority of shows.
I disagree that most critics are harsh towards a "majority" of shows. And it's hard to say that people here are as well. It's just that many love the anonymity that allows them to troll with greater frequency and immaturity. If you weed out the attention-seekers, it's not that bad.
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Are Broadway actors their own special cult then? Who's the leader and is it able to compete with Scientology?
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Do you willfully ignore all of the positive posts on here? Because there are boatloads. But positive posts mean nothing if they are not accompanied by negative posts, because then there is no context. Being a fan doesn't mean being supportive of everything; it means being honest and objective. Otherwise it is meaningless and brainless.
"Giving one's all" is not the measure of a Broadway performer: that's for high school. Yes, actors are (usually) supportive of one another but the truth is a director who gives an actor trenchant notes is being a helluva lot more supportive tha a fellow cast member giving you hugs and kisses.
But positive posts mean nothing if they are not accompanied by negative posts, because then there is no context.
You're talking nonsense! Actors work hard enough without having to be burdened with context. Or truth.
Being a fan doesn't mean being supportive of everything.
Can't you read?!?! Ladyice already defined it for us. We have been told what we are allowed to say and you are breaking the law. You now have to watch a community theatre production of Cats starring Susan Anton as Grizabella and then tell us in great detail how much you loved every number and why.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
"Welcome to the theatre, to the magic, to the fun Where painted trees and flowers grow, and laughter rings fortissimo And treachery's neatly done. Now you've entered the asylum, this profession unique actors are children playing hide-and-ego-seek.
So welcome, Miss Eve Harrington, to this business we call show. You're on your way to wealth and fame Unsheathe your claws, enjoy the game You'll be a witch but they'll know your name from New York to Kokomo So welcome to the theatre, my dear, you'll love it so!
Welcome to the dirty concrete hallways Welcome to the friendly roaches, too Welcome to the pinches form the stangehands, it's the only quite thing they do! Welcome to PHiladelphia critics Welcome to Librium and Nembutal Welcome to a life of laryngitis Welcome to dark toilets in the hall
Welcome to the plot you thougth would run for years. Welcome to a world of fears and cheers and tears. So, welcome to the theatre with some luck you'll be a pro. you'll work and lsave and scratch and bite You'll learn to kill with sheer delight You'll only come alive at night, when you're in a show.
So welcome, to the theatre-you fool, you'll love it so!"
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I think we can all agree things do get a little testy at times, with most every thread getting hijacked by some weird bickering for a page or two, but hey, that's a message board. At least a good portion of the time, things stay (relatively) constructive. Maybe the newbie just got caught up in one of those threads...
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Ladydice, it's pretty surprising to me that you joined this board yesterday just to post that dribble. I mean, have you been lurking all this time in order to form your generalization, reading post after post just for the fun of it? Or did you read one post recently that just set your hair on fire.
The truth is that this board contains all sorts of people who post all sorts of things. Some are very well thought out and articulated, some are pitifully stupid and cringe worthy. Some are cruel, as you say, and others are kind. This makes BWW just thte same as pretty much any chat board.
So Ladydice, welcome to BWW. Maybe we'll see you again, as you will continue to be free to post your opinions, hopefully on things that are theater related. But I suspect your tenure here might have ended already.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.