Slog - Comments on Lone Star Love Not Going to Broadway

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:15:56 -0800

I knew it stinks simply by listeing to those damn stupid ads on AM 1090!!

Christ people, the only musical based in Texas that was good was "Best Little Whorehouse..." and that was because it had the Absolutely Fab Dolly Parton!

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:39:18 -0800

Alpha whore!

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:46:53 -0800

Mr Poe, First did you know you look like your cat? (Not sure if that is a good thing or not) And the Alpha whore prefers to be called a "Madame".

Comment by MyDogBen

MyDogBen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:44:35 -0800

Randy Quaid sued director Ang Lee because "Brokeback Mountain" was a success. Can the producers of "Lone Star Love" sue Randy Quaid because it flopped?

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:19:33 -0800

Cato,

Just for clarification, only film version of "Best Little Whorehouse" had Dolly Parton in it (along with Burt Reynolds and a bunch of his sidekicks), but of course it was a B-way hit long before that.

And "Lone Star Love" doesn't suck - it's not effing brilliant, like say "West Side Story" or "Chicago" or "Cabaret" were in their day.

But then "Young Frankenstein", which was probably going to be its biggest competition this season wasn't exactly effing brilliant either, so go figure.

Comment by Boomer in NYC

Boomer in NYC — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:31:23 -0800

Young Frankenstein was in try-outs; Seattle got the crappy version that needed its kinks worked out, and New York gets the good stuff.

I hope.

Comment by oneway

oneway — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:32:34 -0800

Randy "Hubba Hubba" Quaid? More like "Bubba Bubba"... Methinks you've confused him with DENNIS Quaid, who is several notches higher on the Hubba-mometer.

Comment by Gomez

Gomez — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:28:17 -0800

No shit, even looking at the surface. Can you see Randy Quaid of all people carrying a musical? Hell no IMO.

Comment by onlooker

onlooker — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:44:56 -0800

The inside scoop is that Randy Quaid has way too big of an ego. He's a jerk and his wife is too. Randy (or rather his control freak of a wife/manager) wanted to run the show--everything from what the sheriff's wig looked like to who should be bowing last at the curtain call. Randy and his wife didn't get their way and pulled out of the production before the last week of the run, calling in "sick." They sabatoged the musical from the inside out, going so low as to steal the silent movie flick during the first act of the show. Randy's career (if he ever had one) is surely doomed by his own ego and his mentally ill and socially inept wife. If he ever wants a job again, he'll need to fire/divorce his wife and play like a team player--not some 6-foot plus tall frat boy that doesn't get his every wish.

Comment by onlooker

onlooker — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:55:53 -0800

I forgot to mention that Randy made enemies with everyone in the cast and the cast was so intimidated/scared of him that undercover police were called in.

With or without Randy, the show was a loser before it even started. Who wants to fork out $25 to $75 to see a show calling itself "Lone Star Love"? Don't get me wrong. It was funny. It had GREAT jokes that were actually relevant to today's generation--hitting on everything from President Bush to the acceptance of women's unsubordinated role in society to the acceptance of gay marriage. It had great music. But great jokes and great music wrapped up in cowboy gear just doesn't sell tickets in Seattle. And whoever thinks it would sell tickets in New York on Broadway should go back to producing musicals in Texas.