HONEYMOON IN VEGAS to Open on Broadway This Fall- Page 2

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 7:09am

I can't say I'm excited about this, but curious to see how it goes. I could get excited. I enjoyed the movie, and can see that it could work musicalized but.....I just feel sort of "meh" about it. I'll leave a window open though, for optimism.

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 7:36am

Wasn't Nancy Opel in this? Will she still be able to be in it when it comes to broadway or will she still be in Cinderella?

[gleek4114]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 7:53am

^ Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't she only in Cinderella through the first part of September? If Honeymoon opens late fall she can do both.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 7:56am

"Can't we even be given a respite of like two seconds to enjoy the summer?"

Well….you could keep your hands off a keyboard, that might help.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 8:53am

After 8

You make Brantley sound like a sweet teddy bear. What are your favorite musicals?

This should be a laugh

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 9:45am

Mr. roxy,

My favorite musicals are Hello, Dolly! , My Fair Lady, Cinderella (the REAL R&H one), No, No, Nanette, Mlle. Modiste, Babes in Toyland, Dear World, Milk and Honey, Tenderloin, The Happiest Girl in the World, Little Mary Sunshine.... and the list goes on.

In other words, I like musicals with good music!

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 9:52am

Great news. I love JRB.

[Movidude742]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 11:13am

Cannot wait to see this in Previews in January

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 1:14pm

After8

Your list is fine but I totally disagree with you 're Bridges and JRB

You are entitled to your opinion as wrong as it might be

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 1:51pm

Mr. Roxy, I assure you I'm not being snarky but 're doesn't mean anything unless it's attached to the end of another word: we're, they're. It's a contraction for the word ARE.

What you want is re:

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 1:56pm

Blocked!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 2:43pm

Have this problem with kindle. Will resolve in future. I know it is annoying

re:

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 3:11pm

Yay! Another opportunity for a JRB flop!

Will he ever write a commercially successful musical?

[sweetTb'way]

Posted: 6/15/14 at 5:23pm

Liza's Headband - Honeymoon In Vegas will be the one.

[inception]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 2:16am

Unless the songs are out of this world and the show is amazing, I don't see how this can do better than something like Big Fish. From the 2013 preview video included in the article about it, the show looks cheesy and the songs snippets don't seem great. Is Tony Danza a big enough star to don this on Broadway or will they get a bigger name?
As for all the a-holes who jump on A8 - he saw the show? Did you? He was right about both Gentleman's Guide and Bridges. Ya he's got some attitude about him, but as Kander and Ebb wrote for Lauren Bacall: "When You're Right, You're Right," and it's ..."remarkably rare when he's wrong."

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 3:16am

Just because you agree with someone doesn't make their opinion "right".

[tazber]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 6:04am

Of course in inception's mind anyone who enjoyed Bridges is "mentally deficient", so....yea, consider the source.

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 6:45am

"the show looks cheesy and the songs snippets don't seem great."

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. It's junk, really, cheap costume jewelry that some will try to pass off as a string of pearls.

As an example of the wit, taste and judgment of the piece, Danza sang a "comic" song about the skin cancer that killed his wife.

Really.


Updated On: 6/16/14 at 06:45 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 6:48am

Well good for you AE! It looks like you can save some money by not buying a ticket.

Of course, being a class 1 asshole costs you nothing, so unfortunately I guess we'll have to suffer your inane posts and general nastiness.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 7:40am

lol taz, I like your anger.

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 10:15am

"Of course, being a class 1 asshole costs you nothing, so unfortunately I guess we'll have to suffer your inane posts and general nastiness."

Maybe it's how he gets his kicks - some got to find pleasure in one way or another.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 1:37pm

Elvis and Vegas

You were expecting Fiddler. I know it sounds crazy but people do go to musicals for a fun time and not some deep profound message.

[newintown]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 4:12pm

Who knows? It seems improbable, but maybe Brown has learned enough by now to be able to write something that appeals to more than a small minority.

However, look at his track record:

Songs For A New World - 1995, closed after 3 weeks (only 12 performances)
Parade - 1998, closed after 85 performances (won the Tony for score, but against such bottom-of-the barrel competition, background music was one nominee)
The Last Five Years - 2002, closed after 2 months
Urban Cowboy - 2003, closed after 60 performances (purists may not want to include this show, as he only contributed 6 songs)
13 - 2008, closed after 105 performances
The Last Five Years (revival) - 2013, closed after 6 weeks
Bridges of Madison County - 2014, closed after 100 performances

Although fans will like to blame the failure of these shows to run on things other than quality (marketing, direction, etc.), the track record thus far shows an inability to connect with an audience big enough to break even (let alone turn a profit).

It's too bad that the current economics of theatre don't allow a writer to present material more frequently; Lerner and Loewe, for instance, had 3 full flop productions between 1942-45 before they had their first modest success with Brigadoon (one of those three closed out of town, but they still had the benefit of learning from a full commercial production). Brown has had only 4 and 1/4 shows, 1 revival, and a revue in 19 years.

But, as said before - who knows? This one might do it for him!





Updated On: 6/16/14 at 04:12 PM

[goldenboy]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 8:32pm

Jason Robert Brown has done something with Honeymoon in Vegas he has never done before. He has written a hummable, likable score in the style of a sixties musical. I loath what passes for music on Broadway (Violet, If Then, Once, Next to Normal. I am so glad we are getting a traditional yet intelligent and brand new Broadway Score.

Honeymoon in Vegas--(as seen at Papermill) the musical improves on the movie-- something that most movie to Broadway shows don't do. Bullets over Broadway comes to mind about taking an iconic movie and making it mediocre. Conversely, The Producers and Hairspray hit it out of the park and improved on wonderful source material.

The plot is lots of fun. who doesn't like New York, Las Vegas and Hawaii for settings. Never mind the flying Elvises.

I think this show is gonna delight a lot of people as it did me at Papermill.



Updated On: 6/16/14 at 08:32 PM

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 6/16/14 at 8:38pm

^^ This. This so much.