The problem is the main attraction is the ape and we've already seen it in promo videos and pictures. If Phantom was only about the chandelier and the material wasn't good (Which sure, debatable, but it has its place) then it wouldn't be as successful as it is, if Les Miz were JUST about the turn table or Miss Saigon the helicopter well that wouldn't keep people going back.
I think this is a big mistake as a show, because there's only one reason to see it
CJ14 doesn't know what they're talking about. I'd love to see this on HBO as an original movie or maybe even a one camera tv series???? I could also see this fitting in perfectly with other Netflix original movies...
Correct me if i'm wrong but most shows billed as PRE-BROADWAY as in, plans are set to come in....don't have the NY critics come out for the shows. Same thing with CHER etc....Sometimes the producers request it but often when they "know" they're coming in when they're out of town they don't get a Times review.
Also last night was an Opening Gala for the colonial and not the official press night.....
Really crossing my fingers. I want them to AT LEAST get good decent reviews, even if their advertising and sales suck. Hopefully the critics review it as it is and not what they would rather it be.
I'm plus sized and I would have to agree with the OP. Is the criticism really important? Probably not, she could have said something like the costume designer doesn't know how to costume a wide range of performers. But was she Fat Shaming??? We're so quick to want to have some pulpit to be on that we overreact. I'm glad Alysha's getting her 30 seconds of fame from this....
Posted this on another thread, but figured I'd put it herre to.....My friend works at the bar West 48 and says she saw Diane Paulus and a group of people outside the Cort last week
For what it's worth my friend works at 48 Lounge (across the street from the Cort) and said she saw Diane Paulus and a group outside the Cort last week....
When oh when do you think we'll get a REAL trailer for this??? Is D23 happening? I figured it would be attached to Incredibles 2 or Ant Man....but nothing. Mamma Mia maybe? Winnie The Pooh?
What are some other big musicals on the horizon? Moulin Rouge, Crazy for You, and Beetlejuice?
I think the Imperial will also be availble around the same time, it just doesn't seem like there are enough big musicals ready for this year.....ATP will NOT be going into a Nederlander house.
RippedMan said: "I have mixed emotions. I went to happy before, and was in good spirits - they have frose - and enjoyed it for the most part. But it didn't have any oomph. I wanted an exhilarating moment, and that never came. I'd be curious to see the original show at Oregon Shakes. I mean, with a cast of Bonnie M. Rachel York, and Rachel Iman, and yet none of them screlt it to the roof?! Like, c'mon. It was campy, but not campy enough. The ending was too he
