Maybe this is also a symptom of the get-famous-quick American Idol culture we live in. Back in the day, stars worked their way up through rep etc and learned from the start that being in theatre is a slog. Think of all those old-timers who never missed a show (and of course that is also true of many current stars)- whether it was Ethel Merman or Michael Crawford, they knew it was plain hard work all the time. I congratulate her on her honesty, but Ms Louderman has learned so
This is just another example of ALW treating people like commodities and his own personal property without consideration for the effect his "wheezes" have on them.
Do you have to be a borderline sociopath to become a mega-player in the performing arts?
If younger audiences are astounded by the play surely that is no bad thing? Hopefully it will encourage or consolidate a life-long interest in theatre.
As the years go by, hopefully these young people will develop a mature and wide-ranging appreciation of theatre at its most sophisticated, and will then be able to look back at Slave Play- and possibly form different opinions.
There are many novels I hated as a kid but now love- and vice versa!
That Stanislavski was an idiot. Let's just ban all acting.
From now on I only want to see genuine cannibalistic murderers in 'Sweeney Todd'. Anyone who has not been imprisoned for stealing bread has no right playing Valjean, either!
In my experience it is not helpful to feed the press stories that a show is not selling. And celebrities really don't consider it good for their image.
Clinging to a conspiracy that it's all in Barry's plan is simply foolish.
Those were epic sets- the current generation is unfortunate not to have experienced the beauty of Snark's enormous starcloth and stunning projections or Napier's massive 3-tier globe inside the Prince Edward.
They make "impressive" sets in recent shows seem very small.
