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If it's opening night in New York, the adage goes, you lie your head off; out of town you stick to cold truth. He went on to give a rundown of the problems with the show's storytelling: too much explaining and not enough action; not enough historical context; the dramatic tension that should be present in this or that scene isn't there. A letter like that is all but an invitation to be brought on to the creative team, which is exactly what happened, after the usual salary negotiations. Dendy left two weeks after the Chicago opening. Changes to the production continued during the long, sleepless weeks of rehearsals and previews in New York.
Pentagon officials warned that the test had increased the threat to American satellites. "The principals' best judgment, including the leadership of the intelligence community, was that they were committed to testing the antisatellite weapon." But same experts outside government say that American officials might have been able to discourage the Chinese from launching the missile, had the officials been willing to enter into a broader discussion of ways to regulate the military competition in space. In neither case did the Bush administration complain to the Chinese, a senior official said.
The suggestion, they said, was rejected for several reasons. Ben Brantley, writing in The New York Times, said the show often looked like "the aimless milling of a crowd on a carnival midway." In the end much of the criticism was aimed not at the story, but at the score. The story was much clearer, he said in his Broadway review, but the show had "acquired a frenetic — at times even panicked — sensibility that was not in evidence in Chicago." The producers of "The Pirate Queen" said they had no plans to close, confident that marketing and word-of-mouth would keep the show afloat. The producers have in place an aggressive and wide-ranging (and, it appears, costly) marketing campaign, with television and radio commercials and a fancy Web site (thepiratequeen.com).
It strikes me that I haven't seen one since 1991, when I moved to Rolling Hills, Calif., a gated community about an hour south of Los Angeles. When I called to ask, our Rolling Hills Community Association told me that my laundry had to be completely hidden in an enclosure approved by its board of directors.
I briefly considered hanging our laundry in the front yard, just to see what would happen, but my family vetoed this idea. "Their proposals were always aimed at American space-based systems and always excluded a ground-based, pop-up antisatellite weapon such as theirs. The Bush administration is hoping that the diplomatic protests that it and other nations lodged after the SC-19 test will dissuade the Chinese from conducting additional tests. Nobody expected perfection at that point, but this wasn't the musical they had been working on. Later, audience members would clarify some of the shortcomings in the story, overheard in the lobby asking what was happening in a particular scene or why the main character had done this or that. "In this case it was like I was reading an X-ray." Galati asked the producers to bring in Graciela Daniele to rework the musical staging.
(The producers had initially insisted on keeping the Irish dancing to a minimum, to put off the perception that this was "Riverdance II.") Changes to the production continued during the long, sleepless weeks of rehearsals and previews in New York. It was the first successful demonstration of an antisatellite missile by any country in more than 20 years.
"We did get warning that the test was being prepared," said a senior administration official, who described the administration's thinking in deciding not to ask the Chinese to cancel the test. In the second trial, the missile passed near a satellite, leaving American officials unsure whether the goal had been to hit it, or simply to pass nearby.In neither case did the Bush administration complain to the Chinese, a senior official said. In early January, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which collects and analyzes reconnaissance information, also warned that an SC-19 test was possible that month, American officials said. The suggestion, they said, was rejected for several reasons. McColgan said, "a consensus that the big musical that the people identified with the '80s was no longer fashionable." Advance sales, a production source said, are in the $7 million to $10 million range, a nice amount, though the critically panned "Dance of the Vampires" had similar numbers — in a similar-size theater — and closed within two months.
The producers have in place an aggressive and wide-ranging (and, it appears, costly) marketing campaign, with television and radio commercials and a fancy Web site (thepiratequeen.com). "We know that when you come into town with something large and with the pedigree that this show has, you're setting yourself up to be knocked," Ms. The latter-day treehouse, in other words, is a comforting, inviting place: "It's the opposite in spirit of that members-only enclave, the He-Man Woman Haters Club." I remember this as I'm studying energy-saving tips from Al Gore, who says that when you have time, you should use a clothesline to dry your clothes instead of the dryer.
Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons. "Their proposals were always aimed at American space-based systems and always excluded a ground-based, pop-up antisatellite weapon such as theirs. "Then it goes up on the stage to do technical rehearsal, and there's a period of three weeks for a show like this, and you lose touch entirely. Minutes into the musical, he said, he recognized the disease and had his diagnosis. He went on to give a rundown of the problems with the show's storytelling: too much explaining and not enough action; not enough historical context; the dramatic tension that should be present in this or that scene isn't there.
"I for some reason feel a personal stake in having this show be a success," Mr. "Their proposals were always aimed at American space-based systems and always excluded a ground-based, pop-up antisatellite weapon such as theirs.
Nobody expected perfection at that point, but this wasn't the musical they had been working on. "Then it goes up on the stage to do technical rehearsal, and there's a period of three weeks for a show like this, and you lose touch entirely. Critics would echo their concerns, with The Chicago Tribune calling it "far from ship-shape," though several reviews said it was salvageable with a substantial reworking. Schönberg on "Miss Saigon" and came to opening night in Chicago, not, he insisted, at an invitation to be a show doctor, but as a curious acquaintance who happened to be in town. Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations. "It makes a mockery of China's space weapons diplomacy," he said. "Their proposals were always aimed at American space-based systems and always excluded a ground-based, pop-up antisatellite weapon such as theirs.
Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations. "It makes a mockery of China's space weapons diplomacy," he said. "Then they issued a National Space Policy that talked about freedom of action and denying adversaries access to space.
The Chinese probably concluded that we were in no position to complain about their test." Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations."Their proposals were always aimed at American space-based systems and always excluded a ground-based, pop-up antisatellite weapon such as theirs. I don't think we could have talked them out of testing against a target." General Pace, however, had little luck in discussing China's antisatellite program during a visit to China last month. "There were certain things that they were very open about, but they were not open about that," he said. Critics would echo their concerns, with The Chicago Tribune calling it "far from ship-shape," though several reviews said it was salvageable with a substantial reworking.
If it's opening night in New York, the adage goes, you lie your head off; out of town you stick to cold truth. Galati directed "Ragtime," he had worked closely with Ms. Dendy left two weeks after the Chicago opening. (The producers had initially insisted on keeping the Irish dancing to a minimum, to put off the perception that this was "Riverdance II.")
Changes to the production continued during the long, sleepless weeks of rehearsals and previews in New York. Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons. The Bush administration is hoping that the diplomatic protests that it and other nations lodged after the SC-19 test will dissuade the Chinese from conducting additional tests. The show vanishes for a while, it disappears, and it re-emerges one day before your audience is coming in. Minutes into the musical, he said, he recognized the disease and had his diagnosis.
At the loud, crowded opening-night party at Union Station in Chicago Mr. If it's opening night in New York, the adage goes, you lie your head off; out of town you stick to cold truth.
Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons. Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations. "Then it goes up on the stage to do technical rehearsal, and there's a period of three weeks for a show like this, and you lose touch entirely. At the loud, crowded opening-night party at Union Station in Chicago Mr. Galati directed "Ragtime," he had worked closely with Ms. Acoustic alterations were made to the stage so the Irish dancing sounded just right. The events show that the administration felt constrained in its dealings with China because of its view that it had little leverage to stop an important Chinese military program, and because it did not want to let Beijing know how much the United States knew about its space launching activities.
Dubbed the SC-19 by American intelligence, the Chinese antisatellite weapon consists of a solid-fuel medium-range missile carrying an interceptor that is designed to crash into enemy satellites. The presumed target for the test was an old Chinese weather satellite known as the Feng-Yun-1C. As always when a show is being heavily reworked, predictions of doom were making the rounds in Broadway circles.
'Pirate' Should Walk the Plank," blared the headline in The Journal News of Westchester. Clive Barnes, in The New York Post, called it "repetitive and self-congratulatory," with "banal lyrics
