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| the reviews weren’t that good in seattle | |
| Posted by: dramedy 01:14 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Doubt about Mrs. Doubtfire - KingSpeed 12:57 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
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| And those two songs performed at some event were not that good. But few shows don’t transfer after prebroadway tryout. Mambo King didn’t move after tryout in sf (I’m limiting to commercial prebroadway and not regional enhancement show). And I think Minsky’s at la ahmanson was also prebroadway. Little dancer is another one at Kennedy center and Seattle. So I guess the producers are just moving forward and hoping for the best. | |
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| about Seattle tryout | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 05:43 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
| In reply to: the reviews weren’t that good in seattle - dramedy 01:14 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
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| For what it's worth, the show is co-produced by Buena Vista Theatrical, which was a unit of Fox which is now owned by Disney, part of Disney Theatrical Group. Is this promising? There's so little history of Buena Vista Theatrical, who can tell? The co-producer, Kevin McCollum has a mixed history, but which producer does not? | |
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| Kevin McCollum "Mixed History" | |
| Posted by: reed23 07:54 am EST 02/16/20 | |
| In reply to: about Seattle tryout - tmdonahue 05:43 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
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| I wish had a "mixed history" as the producer of The Drowsy Chaperone, Avenue Q, Rent, Damn Yankees (1994 Revival), In The Heights, White Christmas, West Side Story (2009 Revival), Motown, Hand To God, Something Rotten!, The Play That Goes Wrong, Six... But I'm sure you were just being silly. |
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| re: about Seattle tryout | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:11 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
| In reply to: about Seattle tryout - tmdonahue 05:43 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
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| The show is produced by Kevin. Buena Vista merely as "in association with" credit which commonly means that its license was required in order to make things happen, and it will receive points as all or, most likely, part of its remuneration. They are not involved in any aspect of the production that would affect its promise. Kevin's history as a solo producer is, to me at least, less than mixed, but ymmv. | |
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| re: about Seattle tryout | |
| Posted by: mikem 02:05 pm EST 02/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: about Seattle tryout - ryhog 06:11 pm EST 02/15/20 | |
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| Do you mean "less than mixed"=good or "less than mixed"=bad? If I am reading ibdb correctly, he's had 5 shows on Broadway prior to this season as a solo producer. I think two of them recouped (The Play That Goes Wrong and Motown), but neither was a huge hit. But I think all 5 had some worthiness to them from an audience's point of view: the other 3 were Mike Birbiglia's The New One, Something Rotten!, and Hand to God. | |
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| re: about Seattle tryout | |
| Posted by: ryhog 07:14 pm EST 02/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: about Seattle tryout - mikem 02:05 pm EST 02/16/20 | |
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| the latter but as I said ymmv :-) | |
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