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Yeah, it’s easy to read between the lines of the Playbill story –– though there's probably more to it and this simply could have been the last straw.

The York barely had a sustainable audience and donor base to begin with, so it’s not like they’re losing a ton. The York has been tolerated by the larger theatre community for a while; perhaps now it can take steps towards gaining a greater respect.

Morgan's interests were niche and old-fashioned, the York is terrible at developing new work, and Morgan’s curtain speeches were among the most uncomfortable things I’ve ever sat through in a New York theatre.

Change is good. 30 years is a long time for a person to run an institution. 

Bill Snibson said: "Am I wrorng in feeling like they tried to bury this by announcing it on a Friday evening? Not sure what that gains them but it just seems very out of the ordinary vs. a usual Tuesday at 7:30 posting. idk?"

The Friday of a holiday weekend, no less, is certainly a deliberate attempt to bury!

However, there's no "usual" date of the week to post closing (unless they're giving the minimum notice, which would be Tues).

Heading into Broadway previews, I doubt many of us were expecting this to last 301 performances after its poor reception at the Public and issues that didn't seem fixable. Not every problem got fixed, but it's a heck of a lot better now.

This will have a great life in regional & community theatres and maybe even some progressive all-girls high schools. Or someone will do it in rep with 1776 so the boys can have a show and the girls can have a show!

Mark Gatiss will also be a big player for Motive And The Cue (which hasn't been announced but is expected). And who knows what else is in the pipeline for this spring.

EDSOSLO858 said: "Say hello to Tony nomination #2, Jim Parsons."

Eh...it's early in the season and this closes in January. Sometimes even acclaimed performances are forgotten by Tony time, and these aren't LOJ-in-Purlie level reviews.

northlandfan said: "why there were so few of the actors present"

Can't speak to the specifics of this event but if a show is closed, and the actors aren't being paid, and there's no performance attached to the signing, and the entity hosting it is a for-profit company, there's zero incentive for actors to do this sort of thing. (On top of all of them being busy, working actors with other gigs.)

Phillytheatreguy10 said: "I wonder what Tiffany Mann was up to, she would've been sensational."

She's already in it as Sarah's Friend (aka the Till We Reach That Day soloist).

I don't recall her ever demonstrating something close to a soprano or mix + the vulnerability that the role requires.

Merely reading between the lines, and this could be nothing, but:

Warren Leight (one of two credited bookwriters) has tweeted more than a dozen times today, yet nothing about this show. So perhaps he's being credited in name only and Isaac Oliver is the one actively serving as bookwriter now?

Now people are yelling about Ken Page...

^ This just made me more excited about it...thanks!

Not in the press release, but per Timbers' social media, Derek McLane is the scenic designer.

jo said: "He's filming a new movie with Jodie Comer called The Death of Robin Hood starting February 2025, directed by Michael Sarnoski, presumably in England. It will be an action-drama movie -- a retelling of the last battles of RobinHood and his mysterious healing period that could spell his last days on earth. There is an old English legend on his final days."

So another stab at this?



(I do love Comer, Sarnoski, and sometimes Jackman, so I'll be there)