Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT- Page 3
Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
kmpellicone
Swing Joined: 5/11/12
#50Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/15/24 at 8:16pm
Has anyone heard anything more about this concert? First rehearsal to come? Are they rehearsing as a company?
GottaGetAGimmick420
Stand-by Joined: 12/9/23
#51Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/15/24 at 8:20pm
Met with a producer for this concert a few weeks ago that hung their head low admitting tickets were not moving for this like they expected. I tried explaining at those ticket prices with no specific audience in mind with a lack of marketing… they agreed but it seemed like they were already resigned to losing their money on this. Which is crazy, because it wasn’t cheap.
I'm just here so I don't get fined
#52Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/16/24 at 7:01am
I don't remember the last time we had a major Sondheim event in NYC flop so hard on arrival. They might have gotten away with it if they budgeted for one night only but there just isn't the demand at these prices for several performances. The mediocre reaction on this forum to it also probably is a good litmus test for lack of interest.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#53Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/16/24 at 7:18am
Wow that’s nearly as bad as someone at the Palace, the Saturday 1pm is sadly sold.
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#54Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/16/24 at 9:17am
It didn’t help that the Follies concert was announced for the week before, but had a genuinely star-studded cast and was substantially more affordable.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#55Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/16/24 at 10:09am
I don’t think anyone is rushing to the box office to see A Little Night Music led by Susan Graham, Marsha Mason, and a 74-year-old Ron Raines. Talk about a misfire of casting. I don’t think Miles and Erivo in smaller roles is enough for some.
kmpellicone
Swing Joined: 5/11/12
#56Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/16/24 at 2:58pm
I really thought this was going to be HUGE, but now, to me, I can hardly believe it's even going to happen. Just going to be a lot of people seated in the partial view spots: the only ones affordable enough.
Sytwix
Understudy Joined: 4/30/14
#57Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/18/24 at 7:24am
Looks like prices were reduced (I just checked Sat matinee) - the second tier front section which were originally priced at $199 are now $129. Also looks like orchestra section seats that were going for $300-$450 are now $218.
GottaGetAGimmick420
Stand-by Joined: 12/9/23
#58Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/23/24 at 10:30am
Cynthia Erivo was on Colbert last night promoting the show… someone finally called in the big PR guns
I'm just here so I don't get fined
thirtythirtyninety
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#59Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/23/24 at 2:47pm
I would’ve moved heaven and earth to see this with a good, exciting, age appropriate cast, but this is not it.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#60Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/23/24 at 6:24pm
I'd probably check it out of I could get a half decent seat for $35 or under. But the lowest I've seen are TDF prices. They'd be wise to do a digital lottery/rush or put a few hundred seats per night on papering services –– sooner than later –– so the house doesn't look so empty. They've barely sold anything beyond Orchestra Row M for the two Saturday shows. Pouring advertising dollars into this is not going to help. The cast is the cast, and they'll be staring into a mostly empty house most nights.
Also, if I may get petty for a moment:
- it's 2024, why are 8/8 people on your principal creative team white men?
- why are there multiple website errors including no bio for Sondheim, spelling/capitalization errors, and title discrepancies for artists involved?
- was no press announcement made noting that Marc Bruni would be replacing John Doyle as director after tickets went on sale? (Doyle is still credited with 'concert adaptation.')
#61Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/23/24 at 6:44pm
The powers that be of this production are a nightmare from what I’ve heard. Hopefully the concert is still a special night, I regret buying a full price ticket when they went on sale.
#62Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/23/24 at 7:55pm
They literally chose the worst time to do this concert. I absolutely love the show, I’d want to see it too. I saw they papered Uncle Vanya and Mary Jane, I’m wandering if their stars were out
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#63Erivo, Graham, Gotay, and more to lead A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT
Posted: 6/23/24 at 9:36pm
TotallyEffed said: "The powers that be ofthis production are a nightmare from what I’ve heard"
When the producer has never done anything on this level before yet puts their name on the advertising image (but not credits for the principal actors, director, choreographer, Orchestra of St. Luke's, or conductor), that kind of goes without saying :)
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