FAT CAMP coming to NYC in March

[massofmen]

bloggers interfere with shows!?!?!!?!?

[Barney Stinson]

I saw this at the NYMF a couple years ago. It was pretty raw, as would be expected, but I enjoyed it, it definitely had a lot of potential. Very funny. I look forward to checking it out again.

[RippedMan]

Cool. I've never seen a show at ATA, so I guess this will be my first one.

I thought BARE played New World?

[somethingwicked]

RippedMan, BARE ran just over a month at ATA. The Dodgers announced a commercial transfer to New World Stages (then Dodger Stages) shortly thereafter, but it fell apart and never actually happened.

Ironically, one of the several readings Stafford Arima has directed of the show in the past few years was held at New World in 2009. It felt eery seeing it there, knowing what could have been.

[massofmen]

So maybe thats the same plan for Fat Camp? Dodgers trying to do the same thing with fat camp?

[MadonnaMusical]

ooooo I hope so.... New World would be perfect.... will anything be available? What's closing round may or june?

[massofmen]

not ave q, how is rent doing? it would probably go into a 499 seater right? i mean would they move it from a 140 seat into a 140 seat at NEw world? probably not.

but when was the last time the dodgers produced a open ended off bway show? would they waste their time on that when they are making millions from Jersey boys? I am confused

[RippedMan]

If it does well Off-Broadway, I wouldn't doubt they'd move it to a modest house on Broadway. That seems to be the general route for most things.

[MadonnaMusical]

Well, the show was fantastic in cleveland it could be a big hit if they handle it right... the book at the end of the show needed a bit more attention. I hope the dodgers have something up their sleeve here.... maybe they were hoping a Broadway theatre would become open and they'd just open in the Spring... but all the theatres are taken now.....

[welcometothetheater]

MadonnaMusical, I couldn't disagree more. I found Fat Camp absolutely horrendous in Cleveland. Hopefully they've made vast improvements to the script and score.

[massofmen]

absolutely horrendous? wow. thats not good.

[Insider2]

What a shilly little thread.

[BwayKitty]

^ Amen to that!

[welcometothetheater]

Sometimes I find things horrendous that others find enjoyable. For example, George Clooney in The Descendants. Some people passed out over it, while I thought it was his worst performance to date. And I tend to love him in other things.

When I saw Fat Camp here in Cleveland, people we're passing out over it. Someone said to the cast after the performance, "You were hot in Cleveland tonight!" Not to me. I didn't care about the two lead characters at all, and I found the entire thing to be utterly juvenile, a la High School Musical and other Disney channel creations. But there are some who love that kind of stuff. I just don't.

[Vespertine1228]

I'm excited to finally see Fat Camp, even if it means seeing it in one of my less favorite New York venues. Perhaps the lack of publicity means they're intending to use this run as a developmental workshop production before moving the finished, frozen product to a commercial Off-Broadway house?