In Response to "Where is Black Broadway"
In Response to "Where is Black Broadway"
ORPHAN
Understudy Joined: 10/17/03
#1In Response to "Where is Black Broadway"
Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:55amWe must remember that many Blacks attend Broadway shows. However, most who do are affluent. The shows are an expensive form of entertainment. Black America and Black New York is still low to middle income. There is so much to do and watch on TV and movies that Broadway is just very low on the list. Producers produce for many reasons but the two most prominent reasons are 1. They believe the show is good and will make money 2.They are passionate about the show and have been attached to it financially or emotionally for so long. It takes 5-10 years to get a show to Broadway and that's the truth. Black themes were produced back in the 70s during a time when the average Broadway musical cost 2.5-4 milion. That has gone up to 10-20 million. Now can anyone imagine spending that much money to produce a purely Black themed show in the current internet post 911 paradigm? Broadway is only for shows with mass appeal now. Not a place to experiment. Times have changed. With that said... There is a show coming to Broadway that will surprise and delight everyone and has mass appeal that no one thought of but will be causing everyone on this board to say... Damn that's a great idea why didn't anyone think of that up til now!!! It's coming....
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#2re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 4:05amhttp://cctc2.commnet.edu/sensen/part3/sixteen/techniques_making.html
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#2re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 5:21amHAHA! I had so much to say, and want to bounce ideas off of the previous comment, but after going to the link... my thought-provoking comments are now gone...
#3re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 7:04am
>> There is a show coming to Broadway that will surprise and delight everyone and has mass appeal that no one thought of but will be causing everyone on this board to say... Damn that's a great idea why didn't anyone think of that up til now!!! It's coming....
And of course, in typical BWW.com fashion, we dare not actually name this wonder of theatre, for fear our expectations for it be dashed like so many cheap china plates in a second-rate vaudeville act.
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#4re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:13amResponses to all your points are in the original thread. Why did you start a new one?
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#5re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:21am
"With that said... There is a show coming to Broadway that will surprise and delight everyone and has mass appeal that no one thought of but will be causing everyone on this board to say... Damn that's a great idea why didn't anyone think of that up til now!!! It's coming...."
We know! THE LITTLE MERMAID!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
ORPHAN
Understudy Joined: 10/17/03
#6re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 2:00pmOK... I'LL TELL WHAT I HEARD... THE NEW SHOW IS CALLED......IT'S CALLED...........BROADWAY WORLD.COM!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#7re: In Response to 'Where is Black Broadway'
Posted: 2/24/07 at 2:02pmWTF
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
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