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gleek4114
#1DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/6/16 at 2:01pm

First performance is on Tuesday! Can't wait to hear how this goes!

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Mr Roxy
#2DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/6/16 at 3:18pm

Finally, the only show that has a chance to beat The Show for Tonys this year

 

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ClydeBarrow
#3DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/6/16 at 3:30pm

Mr Roxy said: "Finally, the only show that has a chance to beat The Show for Tonys this year"

 

Bringing up HAMILTON in a new thread for no reason. What a surprise.

 


"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah

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dramamama611
#4DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/6/16 at 6:02pm

I actually thought his post was fairly humorous.


If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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gleek4114
#5DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 8:11am

Today's the big day! Who will be there tonight?

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Vespertine1228
#6DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 8:49am

Disaster is a super fun show. I could see it crafting an award season campaign like Xanadu's "Yes It Can."

 

Saw the show at St. Luke's. Can't wait to see it on Broadway.

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Baiseur82
#7DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 9:10am

gleek4114 said: "Today's the big day! Who will be there tonight?

 

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I'm going tonigh! Very excited for this!


"I'd rater be nine peoples favorite thing, than a hundred peoples ninth favorite thing"

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BroadwayGuy12
#8DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:23am

Got a rush ticket this morning, so I'll also be there tonight. Looking forward to it!

 

For those wondering about rush, tickets are $30 cash only, and my seat is front row center orchestra.

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jacobsnchz14
#9DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:09am

I know nothing about the show, so I'm looking forward to the first preview reports! :)

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Famebroadway2
#10DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 1:07pm

Going on Friday. I know nothing about the show. That cast though! 

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BroadwayLuv2
#11DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 1:36pm

Anyone try rush today? Curious where the seat locations are.

 

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n2nbaby
#12DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 1:51pm

Someone posted in another thread they got front row center.

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Littleshopofcarrie
#13DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 9:09pm

Glad to hear some posters on this board are going tonight. Can't wait to hear how it is!

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WhizzerMarvin
#14DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:12pm

Disaster is so audaciously and outrageously awful that it has instantly become the camp event of the season, if not the past few seasons. I'm flabbergasted by what I saw on stage at the Nederlander tonight and truly have no clue who would dare invest in a Broadway transfer of this material. The construction of the book (devoid of any wit, parody or satire of the disaster films they were trying to skewer) is so terribly inept and inert that I couldn't help but crack up at every misstep.

 

And make no mistake, I laughed harder tonight than I have in a long while, but always at and never with the show. Faith Prince has managed to find herself in a production number more embarrassing than getting kicked down the stage in Busy Night at Lorraine's. It took her 25 years, but by god, she found it. Seth Rudetsky, always so full of vim and vigor during his Chatterbox interviews, was stiff and wooden; maybe he got some acting tips from Bruce Willis over at Misery.

 

There are no original songs, and worse than that barely any of them are sung in their entirety. We get snippets or maybe a verse and a chorus before an abrupt ending, leaving the audience wondering if it's time to applaud. Rachel York sings I Will Survive for all of 45 seconds. The book isn't good, so why not let these talented performers at least sing the damn numbers for us?

 

The production is cheap as hell, and in fairness they attempt to revel in the cheapness. That tactic might work well at New World Stages (or lower still, The Acorn where this truly belongs), but not on Broadway at Broadway prices.

 

I wish the actors all godspeed finding new jobs (and firing their agents).

 

It's fitting that Disaster is playing at the Nederlander, where it can join company of Raggedy Ann, Wind in the Willows, One Night Stand and Heathen! 


Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
Updated On: 2/9/16 at 10:12 PM

hamiltonboys
#15DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:23pm

Wow... was not expecting that. I heard nothing but good reviews for the Off Broadway run.

Rick Amaro
#16DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:23pm

Re: Disaster Previews

With an almost empty front mezzanine and taking into account this was a first preview i attempted to get last minute rush tickets: don't bother. The box office staff were incredibly rude and dismissive that i almost want to write a letter to the producers that supposedly "limit" the box office to selling 30 rush seats maximum. However, it sounds like they have bigger problems to address? I'm glad that i didn't throw away $30.00....


RickA

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ethan231h
#17DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:25pm

Guess I crossed this off my list!

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Scarywarhol
#18DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:30pm

Whizzer, you've sent me sprinting to the box office while I can. 

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WhizzerMarvin
#19DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:33pm

I hope you have a good 100 yard dash in you because even strictly limited run like this has been known to retract...


Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

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BroadwayConcierge
#20DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:34pm

Whizzer, you've done it again. I'm crying. I live for your reviews.

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Jordan Catalano
#21DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:35pm

I'm even more excited to see this now than I was before. 

stevenycguy
#23DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:47pm

This was one of my favorite off-Broadway shows when I saw it at the St Luke's Theater, so I'm very surprised to read different feedback about the Broadway version.  Seth Rudetsky and Mary Testa, along with the rest of the hard-working cast had me laughing along and loving every minute of it.  Loved the 70s songs and all the disasters that happened - the ship sinking, the shark attack, the bee attack, etc etc.  It was a hilarious super-campy show.  Has anyone seen both the off-Broadway and the Broadway version, who can compare the two?

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ZellMorrowsPledge
#24DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:52pm

I heard nothing but positive reviews on twitter, I'm interested to see for myself next week.


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ebontoyan
#25DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:56pm

Don't care much for some people's reviews on this board (lol), I will be watching this show in my next NYC visit (May)

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Scarywarhol
#27DISASTER Previews
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:35pm

WhizzerMarvin said: "I hope you have a good 100 yard dash in you because even strictly limited run like this has been known to retract...

 

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I'm there Thursday and my flop collector heart is fluttering already.