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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#2
Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:05pm

I don't think it's that surprising. Nobody really cares about the Go-Gos or The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia enough to shell out Broadway ticket money to see a loose adaptation with the Go-Gos songs shoe-horned in. It's like investing in a musical set to the music of Debbie Gibson. I mean yeah, the Go-Go's songs have a bit more staying power, but not much more.

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#3
Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:13pm

This is looking like a Labor Day closing if you ask me.

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Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:22pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: " Nobody really cares about the Go-Gos or The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadiaenough to shell out Broadway ticket money to see a loose adaptation with the Go-Gos songs shoe-horned in."

Well said.

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#5
Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:27pm

Paltrow didn't go to her own opening night?  What?

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#6
Posted: 7/27/18 at 12:50pm
I really route for this show, but I know it will flop so bad. Head over Heels and Gettin The Band Back Together will both flop
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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#7
Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:08pm

“We’ve never been able to figure out how to sell this show,” says a production source.

 

Yeah, that's a little bit of a problem.

At least they admit they had no clue how to market this.

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#8
Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:14pm

It is very strange that Paltrow didn't attend opening. 

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Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:17pm
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Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:38pm

10086sunset said: "“We’ve never been able to figure out how to sell this show,” says a production source.



Yeah, that's a little bit of a problem.

At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

Does anyone know what press agency is in charge of marketing for this show? I’m just curious 

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#11
Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:40pm

Labor Day? My guess is next week....

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#12
Posted: 7/27/18 at 1:44pm

IdinaBellFoster said: "It is very strange that Paltrow didn't attend opening."

I know she has some new Netflix show that is in pre production but I’m sure she could have gotten the time off to attend opening night if she wanted. I actually wasn’t aware she was a part of the production team.

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#13
Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:06pm

10086sunset said: "At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

I'm sure that makes the investors happy...

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Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:34pm

haterobics said: "10086sunset said: "At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

I'm sure that makes the investors happy..."

I would be... kinda really pissed if I was a creative/actor/investor and read in the post that my producers didn't know how to market my show.  Jeff Whitty is getting the last laugh.

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#15
Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:35pm

Whitty isn't exactly a blameless individual.

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#16
Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:39pm

haterobics said: "10086sunset said: "At least they admit they had no clue how to market this."

I'm sure that makes the investors happy..."

 

 

Hello Gweneth Paltrow? I guess she realized that it's a stinker and stayed away!

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#17
Posted: 7/27/18 at 2:44pm

broadwaynerdnewbie said:  Does anyone know what press agency is in charge of marketing for this show? I’m just curious"

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#18
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:00pm

Maybe Gwyneth was really just wedding planning and will be there on a later date.  However....not being at the opening of a show you are producing?  Weird.  

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#19
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:05pm

How long before a B list celebrity mysteriously comes in an replaces a cast member for 3 weeks?

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#20
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:10pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "It's like investing in a musical set to the music of Debbie Gibson. I mean yeah, the Go-Go's songs have a bit more staying power, but not much more."

a musical with the music of Debbie would be heaven!

 

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#21
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:10pm

Didn't Riedel retire??

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#22
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:16pm

little_sally said: "How long before a B list celebrity mysteriously comes in an replaces a cast member for 3 weeks?"

What? Mandy Patinkin is replacing Peppermint? (this is how we start rumors)

 

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(not to imply Mandy is b-list)

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#23
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:19pm

little_sally said: "How long before a B list celebrity mysteriously comes in an replaces a cast member for 3 weeks?"

Would have to be a Go-Go, no?

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#24
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:21pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "I don't think it's that surprising. Nobody really cares about the Go-Gos or The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadiaenough to shell out Broadway ticket money to see a loose adaptation with the Go-Gos songs shoe-horned in. It's like investing in a musical set to the music of Debbie Gibson. I mean yeah, the Go-Go's songs have a bit more staying power, but not much more."

Who's the target audience? I live in NYC and the fans of the Go-Go's are thinking they are getting a review and not what's on stage. A colleague (GO-GO's fan) commented that she Hated the show "story-plot"...and a lot of other things that are being presented on stage that I will refrain from sharing. Personally, Love the GO-Go's but we have no desire in seeing this show!

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Riedel on Head Over Heels being on thin ice#25
Posted: 7/27/18 at 3:24pm

Fordham2015 said: "broadwaynerdnewbie said:Does anyone know what press agency is in charge of marketing for this show? I’m just curious"

Boneau/Bryan-Brown

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Thank you!


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