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re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News?

Posted by: enoch10 12:26 pm EDT 09/14/14
In reply to: re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News? - ryhog 12:13 pm EDT 09/14/14

so, mr know all and see all - what are you going to say if it comes in? are you somehow the authority on the current state of this show? is there some reason why your opinion should hold more sway than seth rudetsky's in this matter? what access to data do you have that he doesn't?


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re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News?

Posted by: ryhog 02:47 pm EDT 09/14/14
In reply to: re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News? - enoch10 12:26 pm EDT 09/14/14

I've never pretended to know all. If anything, I have frequently pointed out that no one does. I do see an awful lot, but not all. I did see this, and liked it, which is saying a lot since I abhor the venue where I saw it.

If it comes in, I will say what I said in the post above-that someone is likely to lose a lot of money, with no reasonable path to making it back. I've never claimed to be an authority on the current state of the show and no one's opinion should hold more sway than anyone else's-Seth included. His opinion is of course colored by self interest whereas mine is obviously based on my impression of what I saw, which may be different from what the show will be. I respect what he has done, and wish him well, but that does not mean that I can be less than objective in assessing it. There is someone who announces every single day a plan to bring their "baby" to Broadway. They are all optimistic and enthusiastic, as they should be. You can't evaluate a show based on the creator's enthusiasm for it.


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re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News?

Posted by: enoch10 12:58 pm EDT 09/15/14
In reply to: re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News? - ryhog 02:47 pm EDT 09/14/14

i wasn't basing it on his enthusiasm for it i was basing on him saying it was going to happen (actually, allowing creel to say it was going to happen) and i believe he's in a better position to say than you are.


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re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News?

Posted by: NeoAdamite 12:50 pm EDT 09/14/14
In reply to: re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News? - enoch10 12:26 pm EDT 09/14/14

so, mr know all and see all - what are you going to say if it comes in?

He never said it couldn't come in, only that it was unlikely.

Shows are often announced as 'Broadway bound' with this much assurance, and few actually open. Generally I don't have much confidence in such statements (even for shows I like) until a theater has been booked.

I haven't seen this show, and so have no opinion regarding its Broadway prospects.


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re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News?

Posted by: bwaydiva1 01:26 pm EDT 09/14/14
In reply to: re: DISASTER! to Broadway - Is this News? - NeoAdamite 12:50 pm EDT 09/14/14

"...until a theater has been booked"

And even then, it's not a done deal until it begins previews. (Rebecca? Had a theater with a marquee, and look what happened there. I'm sure there are other examples.)

Seth has a lot of influential friends and I'm thinking he'll bring his show to Broadway. I think it could be a lot of fun.


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