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Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
#75re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 4:55am
My thanks to Popular for starting this thread and to those who were at the final performance for sharing their thoughts. For someone stuck across the pond with no way of getting back in time, your reports are much appreciated.
I also want to say one thing -- and this is an observation only -- regarding some of the negative comments here. If I don't like a show, movie or whatever, I will say so -- once -- and move on. I won't belabour the point by repeating variations of my comments in other threads, because I don't believe the event in question is worthy of any more of my time after my initial comments. *shrugs* Just the way I am I guess.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#76re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:55amI'll add my thanks to everyone who's posted about yesterday on here. I SOOOO wanted to be able to go back, but I had to spend the weekend at a family reunion (and had to wait until pay day to have ticket money...and payday was Friday), so I wasn't able to. No, it wasn't perfect, but I really liked the show and will miss it.
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desiree armfeldt
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/07
#77re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:20amI am quite bummed. I hope block gets new work quickly. she's astonishing.
Bwayfan4
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/06
#78re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:59amIn response to an earlier question, from what I saw, yes, the show seemed to be full. (at least the orchestra was...I couldn't see into the mezzanine) Many of the seats around me were empty until the first song had started, which I find incredibly annoying. And yes, having never seen the show until yesterday, the audience seemed to be very energetic, especially during the dancing scenes.
#79re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:18am
Just to clarify, I was sitting in the right orchestra and there were many many empty seats on the extreme sides. I saw Act 1 from row M and then moved up to row G for Act 2. The center orchestra seemed to be full though.
For those of you who stage doored, did Stephanie ever come out to sign? I know Sebastian came out and told the crowd something...either
A. She wasn't coming out, or
B. She was very upset and would take a long time to come out
I had to leave at 6:30pm to get on line for Broadway Bares...did anyone stick around longer? Thanks.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#80re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:46am
"B. She was very upset and would take a long time to come out..."
If that was the case, she shouldn't be! She's extremely talented and will find a job in no time.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#81re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:52am
"well if you aint a little kid your just a nasty queen"
- AMEN!!! 
On a real note...I wish the best for the cast and crew! They are all so talented that there is no doubt they will all have work soon! Much love to all of them!
Jack: For your information, most people who meet me do not know that I am gay.
Will: Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. Dead people know you're gay.
Jack: Grace, when you first met me, did you know I was gay?
Grace: My dog knew.
#82re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:52am
I strongly doubt Stephanie was upset over her prospects for future employment. Although Pirate Queen was a monumental flop everyone knew Steph was carrying it and she got lots of great publicity. Her extremely enthusiastic fan-base is clearly what made it possible for the show to hold on as long as it did. (The way some people post about Steph on this board you would think they were related to her!) She has an amazing career ahead of her, and undoubtedly will get to perform much stronger material in the future.
I'm sure some of the other members of the ensemble along with the musicians and crew would prefer to not be starting out the summer unemployed with two weeks notice.
"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie
#83re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 9:37amYeah, Steph definitely wasn't upset because she thought she would never work again...she was upset because it was the closing performance of a Broadway show in which she was the lead...the first Broadway leading role she ever had...and it was a flop. I would have been upset as well. Plus, she was emotional throughout the performance, as others have mentioned.
amalou
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/07
#84re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 10:17am
(BTW, amalou, were you behind me at the stage door? Comcast?)
Umm...I think. I was wearing my black Pirate Queen t-shirt and a short black skirt. I didn't recognize anyone at the stage door though, so I don't know. Were you wearing a pirate-y hair band thingy?
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#85re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 10:34am
I find it kinda cool that people like popular have stood by this show and not been swayed by what everyone says.
Its great that a show what has had a bumpy journey can create such passion in people ,and whilst i may not have liked the show the fact that it moved so many people can only be a good thing.
The show may be gone but on a plus side you got a cast recording what you can treasure and enjoy when you like(one of my fave flop shows is carrie and we didn't get one grr well except all the bootlegs lol)
I have never been a supporter of pirate queen and at first popular and myself had a run in about that (but i really admire popular now).
So best of luck to the cast and crew and you never know , it may pop back up one day in Europe.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#86re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 10:36amI'll definitely get this cast recording and will (hopefully) be in Barnes and Noble or wherever they are when they do their cast album signing.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#87re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 10:40am
I think that while Stephanie was probably upset that she was leaving the show, she was more upset about the people she would miss. When you've been seeing your cast and crew members consistently for nearly a year and everything's changing, it's hard! It's so difficult to say goodbye to your close friends and I'm sure that's why she would be most upset. And with only two weeks notice no less.
I saw the show once in Chicago and once on Broadway in it's first preview and I loved it. I loved it both times and I'm proud of the cast and crew for all of the hard work they put in. They deserved so much more recognition than they got, and I am definitely sad the show is closing.
Good luck to the cast and crew in their future endeavors and know that some of us really appreicated your hard work.
#88re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 10:55amGetting back to my original question, would SOMEONE tell us how it went at the stage door? Thanks... and wishing you all a "drama free" day... from Roman in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#89re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 10:59am
There were tons of people waiting at the stage door and nearly all the ensemble members signed my playbill, along with the principals, all of which were extremely gracious. The only person who didn't come out was Stephanie, but I left at 6:30pm. She may have emerged sometime after then.
Plus, there was a videocamera there filming the stage door experience for castcom. I was right in the front of the barricades, so I may very well be on the final castcom once it is posted on their website...
#90re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 11:55am
songanddanceman - that was really kind of you to say, thanks. That goes for everyone who posted on this 4th page. A very nice change from the other pages - a pleasure to wake up to!
WAT- from what I understand, Sebastian came out to greet her fans and thank them for her. That must've been one emotionally draining day for her to not come out herself.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#91re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 11:56amI answered that question in one of my previous posts. On page 2, I think. Stephanie never did come out, though I can't say I blame her. There were tons of people there. I was all the way at the end, but I still avoided castcom like the plague. Loved watching it- did not want to be on it. Haha.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#92re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:30pm
Here are a couple of posting from B3TA07 that I found funny.
Posted On: 6/17/07 at 10:01 PM
…and am not a "little kid."
Posted On: 6/17/07 at 11:10 PM
I'm a boy and not into that sort of fetish.
All of the other posts were a waste of board space.
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touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#93re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 12:34pm
No one connected with this show should be upset. There were improvements made to the show throughout previews, and nothing short of a rehaul could've saved it. Frankly, if Stephanie Block can't save a show, there isn't a power alive that could.
I also feel compelled to mention that Spring Awakening isn't everyone's cup of tea -- lots of people quit on the show as soon as sexuality becomes the topic. However, that is the point of the show: why is sexuality taboo as a topic? If you want ANYTHING to change about sexuality, you have to talk about it openly...I just don't know why there is such shame associated with sex. And if kids are dealing with it, Broadway should be holding up the mirror to that.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#94re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:03pm
My biggest regret is that my ticket for the 6/20 show had to be refunded instead of used to see the show for the first time.
I am truly sorry I missed it, as it certainly has had my full attention reading the posts about it since Chicago.
Best of Luck to all associated with the show!
"To love another person is to see the face of God!"
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#95re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 1:23pmSebastian did come out, which, while nice, I felt was a little bit counterproductive. Some girls at the stage door felt the need to jump all over him and take pictures with him. I thought it was very inappropriate for that time. I was actually angry people thought it necessary to do that, but that's another story. I hope Stephanie was ok- must have been hard for her to not come out after the last show.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#96re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:20pmPlease, do not start talking about B3 again, that will just start the drama all over again. Just leave it alone!!
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
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lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#97re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:29pmTheatreDiva90016 - My use of the word "boy" was used as a more endearing than literal term. And thank you for pointing out the grammatical error in the first pull-quote. You should have done PQ's publicity!
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#98re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:39pm*sighs* and here we go again...
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#99re: Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc...
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:44pm
Notice I didn't attack anyone new. I just wanted to address the libel and fascist misquoting brought up about me. 
Let's cuddle!
-Benjamin
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