I just came back from Wonderland...
I just came back from Wonderland...
#1I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 6:13pm
and all I can say is...WTF!
It had some good songs and great singers, but too campy and I'm in shock anyone thought this could be a hit on B'way.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#2I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:17pm
Yeah. This one looks like it'll be gone way before the Tony Awards. 
#3I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:20pmI'm not going to lie... I'm kinda shocked you didn't love it.
#4I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:25pm
Too bad for those investors...they could have put their money into a much better show:
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#5I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:26pmWith all of that color and movement and everything...
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#6I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:28pmMy friend texted me during the show and raved about the colors. Made me want to see it really badly.
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#7I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:53pmSide note- check out Spidey's cameltoe.
#8I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 8:59pmLooks like Julie was playing dress-up again.
#9I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 10:32pm
I love this comment on YouTube posted 2 weeks ago:
"I think this musical will surprise everyone and become huge. Like wicked it got mixed reviews but it already? seems to be building up a fanbase :)"
sad.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#10I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 10:39pm
^ that is sad 
I would take Wonderland over Wicked any day though. But I personally would take ANYTHING over Wicked.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#11I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 11:06pmThere's now a "Save Wonderland" Facebook page.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#12I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/11/11 at 11:09pmThey should all be buying premium tickets for their extended family instead of wasting time on facebook :P.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#13I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 12:31am
I will admit it has a good(ish) score going for it. They need to trim down some of the stupid ballads for the lead, and get rid of the awful plot. Just streamline it. We don't need to meet Lewis Carroll. That was an awful idea and slowed down the play totally. We don't want to be hit over the head with "THIS IS A LESSON" - just show us some pretty colors and sound pretty.
Also, let's talk about the direction. Why did the main door to the apartment open right into the little girls bedroom? That's stupid. I cannot suspend my disbelief for that.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#14I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 12:40am
R.I.P. muscle23ftl's last brain cell.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#15I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 2:19amblaxx, stop picking on me! Leave me alone. Get a life. I never did anything to you, what's your problem?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#16I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 2:23amI went to see it because I wanted to see it before it closes...
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#17I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 3:31amI wish I could see it. I love a good bad show every once in a while, and after listening to the music and seeing the clips, I know I would have LOVED this. Eh. Maybe there will be a bootleg soon...
Moneyspider
Stand-by Joined: 12/16/10
#18I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 2:46pmI think it'll probably do better touring and overseas- I think it's a good fit for Taranzuka.
#19I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 5:34pm
What? Hasn't it been announced that the show is closing this weekend? Or did someone tell me wrong.
I saw it the night after Catch Me If You Can. I found CMIYC quite a big yawn. I found much of Wonderland bordering on spellbinding. As usual Wildhorn tries to make every number the big showstopper, but several really could be, unlike Catch Me, which I found only one number that was a real wow.
I'm a little confused about the comment regarding not being able to get over the door to the apartment being in the girl's bedroom. The whole show is about falling through an elevator which is a rabbit hole into another universe. Once you suspend disbelief, why draw the limit on such a minor non realistic point in a totally non realistic show?
#20I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 8:36pmAnyone have any idea as to whether this'll be on TKTS this weekend? I may try & see it before it closes. Not that I think it'll be any good. But mostly to say that I had...
#21I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 8:45pmIt has been on there all week, and the theater was about half empty when I saw it saw it. Have fun, it's too bad I think if the show had been a little sharper it could have had a nice run.
#22I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/12/11 at 8:52pmThanks! I knew it had been on the boards forever (and was mostly empty). Just was mostly curious if the producers might pull it from the boards now that the world knows what a big stinking flop it truly is. Yay! This makes me excited!
#23I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/13/11 at 12:47am
Maybe there will be a bootleg soon...
Maybe two...
#24I just came back from Wonderland...
Posted: 5/13/11 at 1:42am
A bootleg would be only chance of seeing this show. I'm still upset I won't get to see it
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
