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Rosie Sheds Tears As 'Taboo' Goes Dark
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Posted on 02/09/2004 4:43:51 PM PST by GulliverSwift
Rosie Sheds Tears As 'Taboo' Goes Dark
Show Closes After Dismal Ticket Sales, Reviews
POSTED: 1:24 PM EST February 9, 2004
UPDATED: 2:08 PM EST February 9, 2004
Rosie O'Donnell wiped tears away from her face minutes after the final performance of the Broadway musical "Taboo" over the weekend.
The $10 million production was funded entirely by O'Donnell. It told the story of gender-bending pop star Boy George, but folded after three months of mediocre ticket sales and negative reviews.
Fans shouted "Thank you, Rosie!" and held playbills and posters for her to sign.
The former talk show host vowed that someday the show would return.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fatty; lesbian; porky; taboo; thearts
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To: al baby
Dan Akroyd really does deserve a real beating for that movie. What was he thinking?
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:09:06 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Democrat Party? Democratic Party? Democrat Candidate? Democratic Candidate? Wassup wit dat?)
To: GulliverSwift
> The $10 million production was funded entirely by O'Donnell
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If I had $10 mil
to throw around, I'd produce
Frank Zappa's THING-FISH * . . . |
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*
"Never actually staged (but hey, it's never too late), the play draws music from previous Zappa discs (mostly YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS), along with a stack of numbers that weren't heard elsewhere. And the plot? Well, the evil government's trying to weed out the population through the use of a doctored cologne, a race of mutant "Mammy Nuns" develops in response, Terry Bozzio enters as the ultimate whiny white guy; the whole crew pays a visit to the Mudd Club, and Dale Bozzio, in what may be the height of her career to date, does unspeakable things with her briefcase. Critics who objected to Zappa's sexual/scatological humor had a field day with this one. But the cultists rejoiced; and some even took to showing up at Zappa concerts in their own Thing-Fish outfits."
To: blackdog
IIRC Akroyd's a lefty.
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:13:16 PM PST
by
perfect stranger
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To: al baby
Moderator, please remove extremely unpleasant picture! LOL
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:28:48 PM PST
by
GulliverSwift
(Saddam's WMD were sold/hidden while we were bogged down at the UN.)
To: GulliverSwift
"Rosie Sheds Tears As 'Taboo' Goes Dark"
Sigh. Somebody's muffin's all a-twitter.
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:34:23 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(I'd rather be driving my '57 Chevy)
To: hattend
By vowing "someday the show would return' she means with 100% financing of somebody else's money. Of course tax dollars would also really be great for her.
The Daily Show said Taboo was canceled because it wasn't gay enough for Broadway.
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:35:29 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
To: Porterville
Although Oprah is a liberal, she's far too smart to make any of these kind of mistakes.
To: LisaMalia
"There's on crying on BROADWAY!!!"
ROFL . . perhaps the finniest line I've read today. :) Thank you
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:47:02 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(Viva Bush. He's EARNED a second term.)
To: perfect stranger
IIRC Akroyd's a lefty. Much worse, he is canadian.
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posted on
02/09/2004 5:47:24 PM PST
by
11Bush
To: IonInsights
Oh, I don't know - didn't she lose a bundle on that bomb movie "Beloved"?
To: GulliverSwift
A fool and their money, SHOULD be parted..
I just can't work up a tear for the silly &^*(&^.
Semper Fi
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posted on
02/09/2004 6:27:20 PM PST
by
river rat
(Militant Islam is a cult, flirting with extinction)
To: GulliverSwift
HA HA(c)Nelson
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posted on
02/09/2004 6:31:43 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(Viva Bush. He's EARNED a second term.)
To: GulliverSwift
Rosie and Boy George look alike...
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posted on
02/09/2004 7:03:04 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: sgtbono2002
Thats a lot of money down a rathole
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posted on
02/09/2004 7:04:33 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: GulliverSwift
The show was CRAP and Rosie is NUTS!
Oh well. Guess its back to hangin out with the DYKES on BIKES....
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posted on
02/09/2004 7:11:49 PM PST
by
JOE6PAK
("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)
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