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Is there a reason this thread keeps getting bumped? OP asked the question in 2004 (and, unless they have a new user name, hasn't posted here since 2007). Yet the thread was dug up again in March, then suddenly again today? (I suspect whatever show the OP wanted to attend in 2004 has closed by now.)

UWS10023 said: "There have been other Encore shows where leads have carried books and it has not faced as much criticism as this production seems to be getting on this board. So it makes me think that this is more about the production in general."

I remember High Spirits earlier this year getting a lot of complaints about the binders, especially when it came to Andrea Martin. A quick check of that thread shows it only takes until the fourth post for a, "They sure like holding their scripts in this production."

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/HIGH-SPIRITS-at-Encores

I'm certainly not expecting a long run for it. I think the best case would be sticking it out through January 3; a show that's set during the holiday season should at least stay open through then. But it also seems foolish to consider packing it in now (Closing Imminent!) considering the bloodbath of closings that are coming. It's not going to be long before there is a lot less competition and a lot more open theaters. Simply by virtue of a lot less options for the (dwindling) num

When a show is up week to week and hits its highest average ticket price in over three months, and you declare "Closing Imminent!" that's not looking at facts. That's doomcasting.

For those doomcasting Two Strangers, they only had 7 shows last week, yet were only down by $17k. That's an average of $82,620 per performance, which is their best in months ($74,442 last week, $81,670 the week before, which was their highest grossing week since February).

The earlier thread (though some may have that OP blocked):

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Jerome-at-PH

 

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