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Blue Room Reviews:
THE BLUE ROOM - Review #1:"pure
theatrical Viagra"
Entertainment Weekly Oct 22, 1998: "Nicole Kidman
brings a jolt of sex appeal to Broadway"
USA
TODAYNov.17, 1998 : "Nicole
Kidman's Broadway debut in The Blue Room is well on its way to being the event of the
Broadway season and the most intensely sought-after nonmusical ticket of all time.
"There's been nothing even close," says Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman of the
Shubert Organization."
November
19, 1998: KIDMAN IN THE NUDE HUGE DRAW
THE BLUE ROOM - Review Page #2
SHOW TIMES/GENERAL INFORMATION
FIRST KNIGHT HUG : NICOLE ENJOYS A WELL-EARNED CUDDLE
FROM TOM AFTER HER STAGE PERFORMANCE HAD REVIEWERS RAVING; STAGE WORK'S A CRUISE FOR
NICOLE;
1998 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd. Daily Record
September 24, 1998, Thursday ; BYLINE: Sarah Mulford
Movie star Nicole Kidman was last night basking in the glory of rave reviews for her London stage debut. (The show will run In New York City on Broadway for 111 performances only).
The critics had questioned whether the Australian star could be taken seriously in the raunchy drama, The Blue Room.
However, Nicole - who got just pounds 250 a week for her role - was voted a huge hit after the opening night at the 250-seat Donmar Warehouse on Tuesday. Her husband Tom Cruise was also there to give her a supportive hug after the performance.
Nicole was applauded for rising to the challenge of playing five different roles in the play, including a coke- sniffing teenage model, a prostitute and a married woman.
The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer described the play as "pure theatrical Viagra".
He wrote: "The vision of Nicole with a fag in one hand and her knickers in the other will haunt my fantasies for months.
He added: "There is a danger of this review turning into something out of the readers' letters column in Penthouse, not to mention the risk of a row with the wife. So I'd better add that Kidman is also a terrific actress." Order Blue Room Tickets Online
Kidman,
'Blue' proving sex still sells
USA TODAY 11/17/98
David Patrick Stearns
Nicole Kidman's Broadway debut in The Blue Room is well on its way to being the event of the Broadway season and the most intensely sought-after nonmusical ticket of all time. "There's been nothing even close," says Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman of the Shubert Organization.
The show, which opens Dec. 13 and plays for a limited engagement of 111 performances at the Cort Theatre, is approximately 80% sold. All tickets may be gone by the time it begins previews Nov. 27. Though theater ticket sales traditionally slip around the holidays, the episodic play, featuring Kidman in a variety of roles and sexual couplings, is taking in $ 100,000 a day and has already grossed $ 3.2 million. To safeguard against scalpers, each buyer is limited to six tickets.
"The sex is what they're buying -- as well as the hope that Tom Cruise might appear in the audience," says Janet Robinson, vice president of Group Sales Box Office. Contrary to rumor, Kidman will do all the nude scenes here that she did in England.
However, a convergence of circumstances few Broadway producers woud dare dream of is also influencing sales. For many ticket buyers, the show represents a likely respite from a fall theater season that has been, by all accounts, dismal.
"I wouldn't give two cents for most of the shows I've seen this season," said Laura Bader, a Bergdorf Goodman designer who acquired a Jan. 6 ticket. But The Blue Room was extravagantly reviewed in London, where it was performed earlier this year at the Donmar Warehouse.
Many patrons are drawn to anything written by David Hare, the British playwright most recently represented on Broadway by another star vehicle, The Judas Kiss with Liam Neeson. There's also director Sam Mendes, who masterminded the equally hot revival of Cabaret.Even the Kidman factor involves more than just the lure of seeing a film star live on stage. "I'm an actress," said ticket buyer Laura Mayer, "and I'm interested to see what she's got."
But those hoping to snap a picture of Kidman's unclothed form will most likely be stymied. Says Schoenfeld, "Our people are on the alert for anything. We have special security of our own." Order Blue Room Tickets Online
November 19, 1998: KIDMAN IN THE NUDE HUGE DRAW
Nicole Kidman's Broadway debut in The Blue Room is well on its way to being the event of the Broadway season and the most intensely sought-after non-musical ticket of all time.
"There's been nothing even close," said Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman of the Shubert Organization.
The show, which opens Dec. 13 and plays for a limited engagement of 111 performances at the Cort Theatre, is about 80% sold. All tickets might be gone by the time it begins previews Nov. 27.
Though theatre ticket sales traditionally slip around the holidays, the episodic play, featuring Kidman in a variety of roles and sexual couplings, is taking in $ 100,000 a day and has already grossed $ 3.2 million. To safeguard against scalpers, each buyer is limited to six tickets.
"The sex is what they're buying -- as well as the hope that Tom Cruise might appear in the audience," said Janet Robinson, vice-president of Group Sales Box Office. Contrary to rumour, Kidman will do all the nude scenes she did in England.
However, a convergence of circumstances few Broadway producers would dare dream of is also influencing sales. For many ticket buyers, the show represents a likely respite from a dismal fall theatre season.
"I wouldn't give two cents for most of the shows I've seen this season," said Laura Bader, a Bergdorf Goodman designer who acquired a Jan. 6 ticket. But The Blue Room was extravagantly reviewed in London, where it was performed earlier this year at the Donmar Warehouse.
Many patrons are drawn to anything written by David Hare, the British playwright most recently represented on Broadway by another star vehicle, The Judas Kiss with Liam Neeson.
There's also director Sam Mendes, who masterminded the equally hot revival of Cabaret. But those hoping to snap a picture of Kidman's unclothed form will most likely be stymied. Said Schoenfeld, "Our people are on the alert for anything. We have special security of our own." Order Blue Room Tickets Online
- Show Credits
- A new play (drama) by David Hare, based on La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Nicole Kidman and Iain Glen.
- Show Times
Performances November 27 - March 7 Opening: December 13 Tuesday - Saturday @8PM Wednesday and Saturday @2PM Sunday @3PM No performance November 28 @2PM December 2 @2PM December 5 @2PM December 9 @2PM December 12 @2PM December 13 @3PM December 24 @8PM January 3 @3PM Added performance December 27 @7:30PM December 28 @8PM
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