Easy broadway survey

[thegoodwitch]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 5:36pm

hi, i am doing a university project about the differences between Broadway and West End musicals. If you could take the time to answer these questions and either post the answers here or, better still email them to me at [e-mail] thanks for your help.

1. how old are you?
2. where are you from?
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work?
4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway?
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many?
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway?
7. And the worst?
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End?
9. And the worst?
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it?
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it?
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway?
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical?
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals?
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities?

[Justice]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:06pm

1. how old are you?
29 and a half
2. where are you from?
NYC
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work?
Yes...and no...By proffesional, I hope you mean getting paid. If that is the case, I do Children's Theatre in Jersey.
4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway?
There's no such thing as an approximate number, as I have seen MANY.
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many?
No. Never been outside of N. America.
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway?
Do I have to choose just one? Ragtime.
7. And the worst?
Dracula
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End?
...
9. And the worst?
...
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it?
Probably not - unless there was a West End Star like Elaine Paige or Linzi Hately, or if I was familiar with the story - otherwise, I probably wouldn't pay it any mind.
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it?
I doubt I will ever be in the West End
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway?
I would say it is equal, unless theatre in the West End is like Hollywood here. But I don't know that, because I do not know how famous Frances Ruffelle, Linzi Hately or Claire Moore is in London.
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical?
Productions in the West End (from what I have heard) are done on a lower scale - such as cheaper. I heard in Starlight Express, they wore pillows as padding, and the many things I heard about Ragtime.
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals?
I don't understand the question, but if it means what I think it reads, then...No.
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities?
4 (Does this include non-musicals?)

[AndiV]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:13pm

1. how old are you?
31
2. where are you from?
Nashville, TN
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work?
I have gotten paid to perform...
4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway?
6
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many?
none...I WANT TO GO TO LONDON!!!
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway?
don't laugh...Wicked affected me like none other...i also loved Urintown
7. And the worst?
Unfortunatly...despite KILLER voacals...Bklyn
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End?
none..
9. And the worst? none...
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it?
yes
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it? when i am in London, yes
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway?
Broadway...but that is still based on commerciality
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical?
have no idea...i would guess that Broadway is more dependant (unfortunatly) on the almighty $$.
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals?
sure...but SHOULD it...
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities?
no idea

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:21pm

I don't get it. What are you trying to prove?

Difference between Broadway and the West End? I don't know - 6,000 miles?

[442namffug]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:24pm

DD MAKES ME LAUGH! Updated On: 11/13/05 at 08:24 PM

[TGIF]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:25pm

1. 19

2. NEW JERSEY

3. NO

4. ABOUT 20-25

5. NONE

6. EITHER CABARET OR LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

7. BROOKLYN

8. ---

9. ---

10. DEPENDS ON THE REVIEWS IT GOT THERE AND THE CAST THAT WILL BE IN NYC.

11. NO. IF I EVER GO THERE, I WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING I COULDN'T SEE HERE.

12. FROM WHAT I HEARD, THERE ARE LESS CRAZY STAGE DOOR FANS THERE. DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD OR BAD THING :)

13. I WOULDN'T KNOW.

14. WELL, IF I AM INTERPTING THIS CORRECTLY, MANY MANY MUSICLAS ARE BASED ON FILMS AND NOVELS, OR OTHER PIECES OF WORK, BEFORE BEING MADE INTO A MUSICAL. I THINK THE PHENOMINA OF JUKEBOX MUSICALS MAY VERY WELL TAKE OVER. PRODUCERS WANT $$$.

15. SIX (SOON TO BE SEVEN)

Updated On: 4/1/05 at 08:25 PM

[hannahshule]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:32pm

1. How old are you?
-fifteen and a half
2. where are you from?
-Boston, MA
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work?
-No ma'am
4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway?
-17
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many?
-3
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway?
-Gypsy/Les Miserables
7. And the worst?
-Brooklyn
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End?
-Kiss Me Kate
9. And the worst?
-Fame
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it?
-depends what show. Generally not though
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it?
- quite probable
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway?
-Broadway, because that's the center of theater!
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical?
-the accents
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals?
-Dear God PLEASE NO!!!!
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities?
-4 and a half

[hannahshule]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:32pm

sorry double post

Updated On: 4/1/05 at 08:32 PM

[442namffug]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:33pm

Capn, you don't get much. I don't want to start any argument but you are so negative. I've looked at like 3 different threads and you are always the one to say "I don't get it", "what's the point", "This isn't fun anymore"...you know you don't HAVE to post if you don't want to??

Just a friendly reminder.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:38pm

442namffug,

Gotta hand it to you - it's rare to find an attack here that isn't offensive. Congratulations, you have impressed me.

My attitude comes from visiting this message board since its beginning in May 2003 and seeing its development. I feel like we're best friends who are sick of each other but can't leave each other's side because we're too good of friends.

I have issues.

In any case, my comments in this thread were to help out: At University education level, this doesn't seem like a good topic to report on. Doesn't mean it doesn't have to be related to theatre - but West End and Broadway? Honestly - a few thousand miles, a different dialect, and a different landscape.

[442namffug]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:43pm

another suggestion: maybe if you are at the "university education level", you should take a break from an online message board...we just don't want you to ruin it for EVERYONE...think happy!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:47pm

See above.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:58pm

1. 18
2. PA
3. Nope High school senior
4. 32
5. Yes! 1
6. Assassins
7. Rent
8. Les Miserables
9. not applicable
10. maybe it depends on the shows content
11. same answer as 11
12. West End
13. The dialouge quality .... British composers feel they must dumb down shows for american audiences
14. Maybe
15. about 10

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:35pm

1. 19 years old
2. Upstate, New York
3. Professional? Not a member of any union, but I've been paid as a performer and I work as a musical director.
4. Hundreds.
5. A few west end shows. Maybe 3 or 4.
6. "Nine" revival with Antonio Banderas
7. "Good Vibrations"
8. "Cats"
9. "We Will Rock You"
10. No. Just as interested as if it didn't.
11. No.
12. Either!
13. Style of performers
14. This question makes no sense.
15. Currently playing in both cities, meaning the same production is in London as in New York? If so, then 2. CHITTY and PHANTOM.

[Yorkie1276]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:32pm

1. 22
2. New Jersey
3. No
4. Between 200 and 300
5. 10
6. Musical: Caroline, or Change; Play: The Invention of Love
7. Good Vibrations, Brooklyn, La Cage Aux Folles Revival
8. Proof with Gwyneth Paltrow
9. Notre Dame de Paris
10. I see shows based on whether I like the story or the people involved. Where or when they started doesn't really play a part in it.
11. Same as #10
12. Either
13. Can't really say; they seem to be similar
14. Don't really get the question.
15. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Phantom of the Opera.

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 11:01pm

Umm, the results from this survey will not provide you with any concrete conclusions whatsoever. I strongly consider you rethink this survey...secondly, question 14 makes no sense:

14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals????

WHAT???

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 11:20pm

eh, I'm bored...

1. how old are you? 15
2. where are you from? chicago
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work? no
4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway? 9-if you are excluding tours. with tours, 35+
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many? 0
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway? Nine(revival)
7. And the worst? none
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End? n/a
9. And the worst? n/a
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it? sure, why not
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it? depends who is in it.
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway? I guess it depends on where you live...
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical? nothing....maybe something to do with costs and everything
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals? it could happen
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities? uhhh... The Lion King, POTO, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mamma Mia, and soon to be The Woman In White

Updated On: 4/2/05 at 11:20 PM

[TGIF]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 11:33pm

Yorkie, you said you have seen "between 200 and 300" yet your three worst musicals have been in this season, "Good Vibrations, Brooklyn, La Cage Aux Folles Revival." While I agree that this season produced some flops, out of 200-300 shows the three worst were from this season?

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/1/05 at 11:58pm

1. how old are you? 19
2. where are you from? South Florida
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work? Nope, student
4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway? app. 40
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many? app. 10
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway? Urinetown
7. And the worst? (least favorite) The Rivals
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End? Our House/ Witches of Eastwick
9. And the worst? Phantom of the Opera/ Lion King/ Mamma Mia
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it? same likely
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it? same likely
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway? Broadway
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical? West End musicals are so sythesized and glazed over and far too bombastic.
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals? Yes.
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities? Broadway- 36? London- app.30?

[TGIF]

Posted: 4/2/05 at 12:38am

I thought the question was which shows are playing both on Broadway and West End (a la Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Producers).

[ShuQ]

Posted: 4/2/05 at 12:40am

1. How old are you? 16
2. Where are you from? Western Kentucky
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work? No
4. Approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway? 7 on Broadway and many national tours
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many? No
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway? Avenue Q
7. And the worst? Fiddler w/ Harvey
8. The best show you have seen in london's West End? N/A
9. And the worst? N/A
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it? Doesn't make a difference to me, a good show is a good show
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it? Nope
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway? Broadway
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical? I wouldn't know
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals? Let's hope not
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities? Lion King, Phantom, Chitty and The Producers

[riv]

Posted: 4/2/05 at 9:49am

1. How old are you? --49
2. Where are you from? --Brooklyn NY
3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work? --No.
4. Approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway? --Well over 300 at least.
5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? If so how many? --Over 10. I'm ashamed not to have seen more.
6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway? --1983's On Your Toes revival.
7. And the worst? --Some abomination with Sid Caesar back in the 80s doing his old stuff from Your Shows of Shows. I forget it's name. As for musicals, possibly Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, but there are many disgraces I've sat through which for some reason folks around here think are good (Is There Life After High School, anyone? The answer is NO!).
8. The best show you have seen in London's West End? --The National Theatre's production of Sunday In The Park With George in 1990 or so. Seeing a different staging of it was incredible. Very impressive.
9. And the worst? --Blood Brothers.
10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadway would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it? --Not necessarily.
11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it? --No.
12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway? --I think it depends upon whether one is British or American.
13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical? --Historically, Broadway shows have more of a life in revival since they were far better written and more universal in approach, although that has changed since the British Invasion. And obviously it costs less to produce an elaborate production over there and you're less likely to lose the shirt off your back.
14. Do you think an 1980's style take over of Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals? --Film-based musicals will be around for a while and I don't think of them as taking Broadway over. They are merely another source of adaptation and nothing to be alarmed about. The jukebox thing will run out of steam fairly quickly.
15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities? --Just a couple. It doesn't really matter.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/2/05 at 10:04am

1. how old are you? 25

2. where are you from? NYC

3. Are you a professional entertainer? if so, in what area do you work? NO

4. approximately how many shows have you seen on Broadway? 130

5. Have you seen any shows in London's West End? IF so how many? 0

6. What was the best show you saw on Broadway? Bernadette Peter's GYPSY, 42nd Street Revival

7. And the worst? DRACULA, the musical

8. The best show you have seen in london's West End?

9. And the worst?

10. If a show transferred from the West End to Broadwayme would you be more likely to be interested and go and see it? I would see it no matter where it came from.

11. If a show was a Broadway transfer to the West End would you be more likely to go and see it? Don't make it there much.

12. Do you think from a performers point of view it is better to be in a musical playing in the West End or on Broadway? Not a performer.

13. What do you think, if any, are the differences between a Broadway or a West End musical? Let me count the ways!

14. Do you think an 1980's style take over a Broadway could happen again with the jukebox and film based musicals? Film Musicals could indeed, Jukebox to me is a passing fancy.

15. Using your own knowledge how many shows do you think are currently playing in both cities? NYC somewhere around 34 - London somewhere around 30.

Oh...I guess I read that last question wrong, or did I? and #14 - WTF? 1980's style? Not hardly! Updated On: 4/2/05 at 10:04 AM

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 4/2/05 at 10:15am

1. 47
2. SE US
3. No. Have done volunteer work for local theater and work as webmaster for a theater company and actors.
4. 3
5. 1
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
7. wouldn't call any the worst, liked them all, in varying degrees.
8. Only show I saw in the West End was Applause, 1972 (or was it '73?)
9. none
10. No, but might have a better opportunity.
11. No, except, see answer to 10.
12. I'd guess B'way, but might think differently if I were a Brit.
13. Other than the geography, etc., not sure.
14. Dunno.
15. Not sure how many jellybeans are in those jars!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/2/05 at 10:24am

1. 34
2. South Jersey
3. No. I've been a volunteer usher before, but that's it.
4. Way too many to count
5. over 40
6. "Sunday in the Park with George" or "Proof"
7. "Prymate"
8. "Into the Woods" or "Sunset Blvd." with LuPone
9. Can't say off the top of my head
10. Doesn't matter
11. Same as 10
12. It depends, I guess
13. There are many differences
14. It's a dumb question that makes no sense, so I'm not going to answer
15. What do you mean? How many shows are playing on Broadway and the West End, or how many shows are playing simultaneously on Broadway and in the West End?