GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement

[WayTooBroadway]

How is this not "BREAKING" to you, BroadwayWorld? It seems like every other casting announcement has been branded as such.

Asking and wondering.

[BroadwayConcierge]

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Mitchell-Jarvis-Jay-Klaitz-Paul-Whitty-and-Sawyer-Nunes-Lead-Cast-of-GETTIN-THE-BAND-BACK-TOGETHER-20180302

While I think the announcement is “breaking news” for sure, there are zero names. Nobody even close to reaching the radar of anybody caring on here.

This will be a massive flop.

[LizzieCurry]

Also, what a weird way of saying "Please help us cast this one role!"

[newintown]

Reading this, I kept thinking, "this sounds absolutely ridiculous," and then I saw the name Ken Davenport and it all made sense.

[newintown]

I also like that this sentence: "An earlier, developmental staging of Gettin' The Band Back Together opened at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse in 2013, this is what the critics had to say:" is followed by cast bios, not reviews. Also that there's no info on the composer/lyricist, other then his name.

[JSquared2]

WayTooBroadway said: "How is this not "BREAKING" to you, BroadwayWorld? It seems like every other casting announcement has been branded as such.

Asking and wondering."

 

Probably because no one gives a s**t?

 

[newintown]

Has the Belasco, a noted prestige house, ever had a less prestigious-sounding tenant?

[JSquared2]

newintown said: "Has the Belasco, a noted prestige house, ever had a less prestigious-sounding tenant?"

 

Well, I don't know if Kathy Griffin would ever be considered "prestigious" --- but at least her show was entertaining and funny as hell!

 

[scripps]

If this actually happens, I will purchase rush/lotto tix for Mitch Jarvis. Love him.

[WayTooBroadway]

It's the "BREAKING" aspect of it. Casting announcements are never "BREAKING" news. 

[10086sunset]

Waiting for the "What's next at the Belasco?" thread

[Elegance101]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCHneBkxy1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6zl9hUjpy0

Footage from a rehearsal.

[EllieRose2]

It's not news if no one cares about it.  

[BroadwayNYC2]

I...didn’t hate that? Could be fun evening.

[HogansHero]

I did. 

This is the stuff that gives muscials a bad name.

[BroadwayConcierge]

I predict this will be a short-lived flop of historic proportions.

[freewilma]

Marilu Henner???  Is she playing the mother?  

[VotePeron]

Why isn't this just called "Mediocre White Men: The Musical"?

[VintageSnarker]

I'm confused. Why were some of these actors in the press preview performance and this photo but not in the casting announcement? Are they being replaced?

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FREEZE-FRAME-Meet-the-Cast-of-GETTIN-THE-BAND-BACK-TOGETHER-20180504

I didn't enjoy watching the videos but then the audio was terrible. I don't think the show will be any good but I do think that footage doesn't show off their singing well at all.

[Mildred Plotka]

Yikes at that press preview. This makes Glory Days and First Date look like high art.

[Mark69]

Well 'Grown Ups 2" took about $250 million with about 2.5 on IMDB so underestimating the public's taste isn't necessarily a problem.

[Stage Door Sally]

I love Mitch Jarvis but am cringing at that preview clip. The music is dull as dishwater and uncreative. Sad.

[msmp]

Makes me wish Forbidden Broadway was still around. Their parody would be better than whatever this is shaping up to be.