Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
PastorErnst
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#1Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 1:21pm
The Toronto Star is reporting that Garth Drabinsky is orchestrating a sensational comeback as a theatrical producer, even though by the time his new productions open he could be living in a jail cell.
The Toronto Star: Embattled Drabinsky attempts a comeback as producer
Phyllis Rogers Stone
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#2re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 1:52pmI don't know how successful his comeback will be. I don't think I would want to go and see a show that is being produced by a guy who is either in or should be in jail. His projects do sound interesting, but I don't think he should be trusted.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#3re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 1:53pmI think whatever shows he produces, he should try to get James Barbour in them!
#4re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 2:10pm
Good for him be damned. There were numerous people actually harmed by his actions (and the ones he was convicted of were probably just the tip of the iceberg.) He should be barred from the industry for life. (Although I'm sure some of the "legends" of this business are looking up at him from Satan's griddle with admiration.)
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
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#6re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 3:25pmShouldn't he at least pick some projects that have hope of making money?
Roscoe
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#7re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 3:47pmThat Drabinsky bastard destroyed movie-going in NYC in the 1980s with his obscene Cineplex Odeon chain. Let him rot in an unlit cell, sealed in a pit of his own filth.
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WOSQ
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#8re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 4:16pmIts not a 'comeback', its a return...
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Josh Freilich
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#9re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 4:59pmAll in favor of protesting his return, say aye!
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#10re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 5:51pmOk, the article says that Parade won Best Musical and Brent Carver won the Tony. As much as I would like that to be true, that is, of course, highly inaccurate.
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#11re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 5:53pm
even though by the time his new productions open he could be living in a jail cell
Did anyone else read this article and immediately think of Prisoners of Love?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 6:28pmI did also.
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#13re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 6:42pmA black version of Spider Woman sounds like a terrible idea. Just my opinion.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#14re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 7:48pm
Good things Drabinsky did
1.Showboat
2.Ragtime
3.Dancin
4.Kiss
5.Sweet Smell Of Success
6.Renovation of Oriental Theater in Chicago
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#15re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/4/09 at 7:57pm
"Ok, the article says that Parade won Best Musical and Brent Carver won the Tony. As much as I would like that to be true, that is, of course, highly inaccurate."
I think you may have misread that, or they have made a correction since you have, because it is talking about Kiss of the Spider Woman winning Best Musical and Brent Carver winning his Tony for that, not for Parade.
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Tag
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#17re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:05amI think this is great news. It means many theatre jobs will be created in Toronto (and possibly beyond).
Phyllis Rogers Stone
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#19re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:52pm
The man has an insane ego but I do like a lot of what he did--without him there wouldn't have been a Parade, Ragtime, Prince's Showboat, probably Kiss of the Spider Woman in its current form, Fosse, Sweet Smell of Success, Seussical (ok, not sure if I'd care if this never existed...)... He built a gorgeous much needed theatre in Vancouver and for a brief time made that city a viable musical theatre market...
I reallyu don't get an all black Kiss of the Spiderwoman (which was often cast with blacks anyway wasn'tit?)
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#20re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/5/09 at 1:19pm
It makes as much sense as an all white Raisin In the Sun
What is the theater in vancouver if I may ask?
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ThankstoPhantom
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#21re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/5/09 at 1:41pm
He also refurbished the Pantages Theatre (now the Canon) in Toronto, and produced there what many consider one of the finest productions of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which helped create a huge theatrical tourism market in that city.
Obviously, PHANTOM is relatively the same everywhere, but the execution of the Toronto production was particularly sumptuous.
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
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#22re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 10/26/10 at 10:58pm
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#23re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/21/14 at 7:38pm
Well every few years we get an article (by the same journalist, no less) that re-iterates basically the same thing.
Drabinsky Prepares for Act 3
Alan Henry
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#24re: Drabinsky Attempts a Comeback As Producer
Posted: 12/22/14 at 12:35am
Drabinsky ruined tons of lives with his creative accounting scam. People lost huge savings investing in his shows which, according to the books, were doing so well.
He created lavish productions with money that didn't exist. People didn't get paid.
He should stay as far away from the industry as possible. We don't need crooks stealing money in an industry where financing is already so hard to come by, and hurting our local theatres.
