DCist: Glory Days' Broadway Shot Ends In One Night

LooLoo

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:56:08 -0500

I did not see this at Signature because the subject (4 guys out of HS?) did not appeal to me whatsoever, but I read a lot of reviews (not just The Post, but City Paper, online ones, etc) & none of them were raves. Most of them were "nice try for new authors - needs work." So I was quite surprised that IT was chosen to send up to NYC very quickly. The problem was that it SHOULD SHOULD SHOULD have been sent to an Off-Broadway or even OFF OFF Broadway theatre to fix up & build up word of mouth - tix would have been MUCH less expensive too. This s what happened to Rent & Spring Awakening - they both opened off-B-way first. "Glory Days" (do they play the Brooce tune?) does not appeal to wealthy midle-aged folks who can afford $80-100 B-way musical tix, but to young folks who may not be able to. Another problem - Signature really crowed about this move publicly this past spring, got cocky. It's bad enough it closed early but after official opening night??? Embarrassing! It came back & bit them on the ass - shows you you should value the bird in your hand & not 2 in the bush, and don't get too big for your britches. Now people are lamenting "Spare criticizing the 2 young authors, it's not all their fault." Well these guys are not babies - they need to learn "the Biz" good & bad. This was a valuable lesson - don't spare them any criticisms or bad news, they were involved in the decision too. In the end - poor choice for a show to send so fast to Broadway, instead of off-B-way, and a little longer after the DC run so they could improve it. Sorry Eric, I have NO idea what you were thinking except you took a huge risk & it backfired. Better luck with a better production - even Kathie Lee's evangelistic musical might have worked better, you would have at least got curious folk to attend...

monkeyrotica

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:01:05 -0500

Couldn't be any less entertaining than One Night in Paris. To quote Rick Deckard, "How can it not know what it is?"

OldNameWontWinUsernameOfTheWeek

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:36:37 -0500

Of course, let's not forget that NYC export that only made it One Night in DC (tm). Of course, her three acts were probably seen by a few more people.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:18 -0500

You're talking to a tourist whose every move's among the purest. I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.

erincarly

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:04 -0500

still, a valiant effort for two young composer/writers! bravo, kids, for making it that far.

iAManugget

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:49:44 -0500

shouldve called it glory holes. wouldve lasted longer than cats.

Missy Frederick

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:53:37 -0500

...and if you're lucky the fetishist's a "she".

monkeyrotica

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:50:19 -0500

Or my tribute to the musical Chess called "One Night in Bang-cock" featuring a serial pedophile shrimping fetishist and ABBA stalker.

timtheviking2

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:38:33 -0500

This does not bode well for "Jack and Diane," my musical about adolescence in the Midwest showcasing the music of John Cougar Mellencamp.

IMGoph

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:54 -0500

ouch, that sucks