| After reading a bit about Cohl's recent history I can see why ppl would be worried that he's producing BooH. n/m | |
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Nilsson 09:54 am UTC 08/06/14 |
| In reply to: | re: BOOH And JCS - Nilsson 06:55 am UTC 08/06/14 |
> Oh snap, JCS was cancelled in the US? I saw that show last > year and it was brilliant. Really great. I would have seen > it again at one of the extra shows they put on, but they > completely sold out as well! > > As for Johnny Rotten being the only decent star in the > show, I don't know anything about the US cast so I can't > really comment… But I can say that if Johnny Rotten is the > highlight of any given thing then that thing is in deep, > deep trouble. > > As for how all of this relates to BooH musical, this is > all news to me. I can say that I will be pleasantly > surprised if BooH musical does actually happen, tho. > > > In various places on the internet, i have read comments > > from Jim fans who are worried about Michael Cohl producing > > Jim's Bat Out Of Hell show because he had to pull the plug > > on ALW's JCS tour. The two shows are very different. > > Michael was forced to try and promote an arena tour in > > North America which starred the winner of the UK TV talent > > show The Search For Jesus. The only half way decent star > > in the show was Johnny Rotten and the tickets were just > > not selling. And now RUG are suing him. Which is most > > unfair. BOOH will be a very different kind of show > > directed by Kenny Ortega and Michael will not be forced to > > promote a cast that nobody wants to see when BOOH opens on > > Broadway. And BOOH hasn't been done to death theatrically. > > It will be a fresh new show with a splendid script by > > Pirates Of The Caribbean writer Stuart Beattie. There have > > been many JCS productions in recent years and its getting > > stale. It was amazing in the West End in the 70's but the > > TV talent show and now this. I'll stick with the original > > album. | |
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