Someone in a Tree2 said: "I agree with your point. Sounds like from the reviews for BMC I'd be right behind him heading up the aisle at intermission."
OK - this is where it goes a little too far for me. As bad as the show may be, it is INCREDIBLY rude to leave a show halfway through. As an actress myself, no matter how good the show is, I want people to stay and maybe enjoy something else. There might be another factor in the Sondheim case - may
I think the other thing to consider is, who's going to review Ain't Too Proud and Beetlejuice? Will that impact things the way Ben Brantley's review connection to BMC did?
Well, it will be interesting to see their review when it comes out later this week. I could see some favoritism there, too, especially with Kelli's performance. While she's amazing, everything that I've seen says she's wildly miscast - I'm wondering what NYT will say about her.
Laura is one of the most considerate about that. Whenever she knows she has to be out, she lets people know. If someone chooses not to check and then complains, that's on them.
And the sad thing is, I could see them doing that. Between the King Kong fiasco and the Head over Heels drama, NYT hasn't been on their game with reviews lately, and this is one of the first new musicals in a while. If Jesse reviews it, there could be a bit of hope, but I'm legitimately scared for this show. Unlike King Kong, it doesn't have the well-known story on which to fall back.
I guess it depends on what kind of show you guys would want to see. One thing to consider is that Moulin Rouge is part of the next season, so depending on how well it does, it may be around a little longer than Tootsie. Remember, Kinky Boots is closing to make room for it - they're probably going to try to keep the show around for a while, especially with the good reviews it got out-of-town.
Not sure if the sheet music's easily available, but maybe "Not Your Seed" from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals. Its highest note is a high D, and the song is really good.
Scarlet Leigh said: I don't know what topics you are looking in but I see comments like that on EVERY show. You basically described every preview heard we have here. NO show is immune to it but as I said before, if more people tip one way vs the other, you see more of one side of comments then the other.
I'll say it again for the people in the back... just because ONE group of fans like a show does not mean that others from the other side of the aisle CAN'
I know she's doing Moulin Rouge right now, but I would love to see Karen Olivo play Jenna, if only to hear her "She Used To Be Mine."
Also, when I got to see Waitress, we had Tyrone Davis, Jr. as our understudy for Ogie - and he was INCREDIBLE! After Eddie leaves, if they're able to find more stunt casts for the other roles, I would love to see him promoted.
Every show gets constructive criticism - on both the Anastasia and Band's Visit closing threads, I saw people mentioning things that they thought each show could've done better. The thing with this show is that other than people saying which things they think could use improvement, there are a lot of people that are just going, "This is TERRIBLE! The songs are BORING! The script is STUPID!" With Anastasia, there was a very interesting debate over diff
