Rosie Sheds Tears As 'Taboo' Goes Dark

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[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.

[GulliverSwift]

No, Rosie, don't cry! You'll give in to the fascist male chauvanist pigs! Show them you don't cry like a helpless housewife!

It told the story of gender-bending pop star Boy George, but folded after three months of mediocre ticket sales

All the liberal freaks may make a fuss and rave about it, and although they make a lot of noise and get lots of media attention, they still are few in number.

[LisaMalia]

"There's on crying on BROADWAY!!!"

[LisaMalia]

^NO

[barkingdog]

Rosie's an idiot. Boy George is an idiot.

[Viking2002]

You know, if this piece of pop culture sewage couldn't make it in one of the epicenters of societal freakishness, it must have really sucked (no pun intended).

[SamAdams76]

It told the story of gender-bending pop star Boy George

What's to tell? Sissy-boy wears dresses and sings like Michael Bolton's sister while getting hooked on heroin. Is this more than a one-act play?

[FreedomFarmer]

TaBOO-HOO...And broke, too

[Sacajaweau]

Rosie is a cry baby!! Ring around the Rosie! All fall down!

[Johnny_Cipher]

There's a Krispy Kreme donut for every broken heart on Broadway. (A case or two in Rosie's case).

[Leroy S. Mort]

Chin up, Rosie. You could always try starting a magazine.

[Rome2000]

I hear the next remake of the "Producers" will substitute "Springtime for Hitler" with "Taboo".

In a departure from the orignal, Bialystock and Bloom will walk away millionaires after the play closes during the second act.

[Porterville]

First Rosie, then on to Oprah; You know its Oprah's birthday January through March???

[sgtbono2002]

If I lost ten million dollars I would cry too.

[GulliverSwift]

You mean "chins up," don't you?

[GulliverSwift]

But the reason why she was crying was because she had to skip a few meals to finance it.

[LADY J]

Perfect example of someone with more money than brains.

[blackdog]

GFR!

[hattend]

The former talk show host vowed that someday the show would return.

Good, hope you blow another $10 million. The less money you have, the less chance "show bidness" people will pay any attention to you.

[al baby]

[blackdog]

Funny stuff though! The thought that Janet Jackson's nipple stretching apparatus and boob drew more audience in one second than Rosie's dopey exploit drew in six months.

[blackdog]

Dan Akroyd really does deserve a real beating for that movie. What was he thinking?

[theFIRMbss]

> The $10 million production was funded entirely by O'Donnell

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."

[perfect stranger]

IIRC Akroyd's a lefty.

[GulliverSwift]

Moderator, please remove extremely unpleasant picture! LOL

[reagan_fanatic]

"Rosie Sheds Tears As 'Taboo' Goes Dark"

Sigh. Somebody's muffin's all a-twitter.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

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.

[IonInsights]

Although Oprah is a liberal, she's far too smart to make any of these kind of mistakes.

[ChadGore]

"There's on crying on BROADWAY!!!"

ROFL . . perhaps the finniest line I've read today. :) Thank you

[11Bush]

IIRC Akroyd's a lefty.

Much worse, he is canadian.

[Inspectorette]

Oh, I don't know - didn't she lose a bundle on that bomb movie "Beloved"?

[river rat]

A fool and their money, SHOULD be parted..
I just can't work up a tear for the silly &^*(&^.

Semper Fi

[ChadGore]

HA HA(c)Nelson

[GeronL]

Rosie and Boy George look alike...

[GeronL]

Thats a lot of money down a rathole

[JOE6PAK]

The show was CRAP and Rosie is NUTS!

Oh well. Guess its back to hangin out with the DYKES on BIKES....