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samurai7 06:45 pm UTC 09/14/10 |
| In reply to: | re: New Spiderman Song - steven_stuart 06:03 pm UTC 09/14/10 |
| The only changes I was aware of were to the cast, so each of the three performances I've seen have differed slightly due to this. I noticed nothing in the way of rewrites or musical changes, although I might have missed something between the first and second time as there was a gap of a few years. > > revamped in what way? I've seen it three times since it > > opened with very little in the way of change?! > > Maybe revamped as a far as public image goes. I'm not > sure. That's what I was told by someone who was dealing > with the Apollo Victoria. As you know from Jim's blog (and > I think it was Scaramouche who actualy visited the box > office and asked them), a long time ago they thought that > there was very good chance of "Wicked" closing and "BOOH" > going into the Apollo Victoria. All these years later, > "Wicked" is selling out and there is now almost no chance > that "BOOH" will go into that grand theatre. I am not a > "Wicked" expert, so I can't say exactly how they turned > their fortunes around. It's quite possible that there was > no revamp of the actual show but I seem to remember that > the "Wicked" producers gambled on a massive advertising > blitz at about the same time Jim was blogging. I believe > that the blitz paid off and that there are now groups of > fans who go over and over again. It is much much more > healthy than it was when Jim blogged. Which is sad for > "BOOH" because the Apollo Victoria would have been > perfect. Although, more power to "Wicked" for pulling off > something that many industry "experts" thought they > couldn't achieve. BTW, you say that you have noticed > little change. What change have you noticed and do you > think that there has been any change as far as the nature > of the audience goes? Just interested to know what you > think. > | |
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