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Why is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
VeraCharles2
Swing Joined: 12/31/09
#100is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 7:37pm
EDIT: Two posters above me already covered it.
Updated On: 1/12/10 at 07:37 PM
#101is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 7:40pm^ That is incorrect.
VeraCharles2
Swing Joined: 12/31/09
#102is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 7:44pmUpdated On: 1/12/10 at 07:44 PM
#103is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 8:25pmugh what a shame. the show deserved a healthier life. does any body have more details from the meeting?
I'll take the wind and soar.
Greatwhiteway3
Stand-by Joined: 7/7/09
#104is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 8:36pmNonsense! They wouldn't give the cast that info prior to the show.
maia3
Swing Joined: 8/9/09
#105is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 8:43pm
unfortunately that is when the cast gets info, has their meetings on stage around 1/2 hour.
Updated On: 1/12/10 at 08:43 PM
#106is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 10:35pmALW never had anything to do with it.
"My name's Lenny. What's yours?"
#107is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/12/10 at 10:53pmcare to elaborate, bestinshow?
I'll take the wind and soar.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#108is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:01am
Riedel's column today talks about Garth Drabinsky having wanted to take the show over - to the horror of some of the people involved.
The most important part:
"We conducted exploratory talks with an investor group about moving our show to the Neil Simon Theatre," producers David Richenthal and Alan Marks said.
"Those talks concluded with no deal being reached. 'Finian's' will play its last performance at the St. James this coming Sunday."
Asked about Drabinsky's involvement with that "investor group," the producers said: "We have no comment."
New York Post on 'Rainbow' end
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#109is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:19amSo no move for Finian. That is a very smart decision.
#110is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:34am
Sad news. I very much enjoyed this show when I saw it last weekend. I certainly hope some aspects are remembered come awards time (hello, Christopher Fitzgerald FTW!), but this potential move was mostly wishful thinking. Ah sir, times is hard. Times is hard!
~Steven
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#111is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:52amEven in more stable financial times, I'm not sure that a Finian move would have been a great idea. (Nothing against the show itself). It got very good reviews but didn't much break out of the $500,000-600,000 b.o. range, which was earning too little of its capitalization back, if anything at all. To then add another $2 million or more for a move, competing for audiences against seven additional musicals/musical revivals that will be opening between March and May just seems irresponsible.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#112is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 8:59amIt's a shame. It's the best musical revival so far this season.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#113is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 10:32am
This is terrible. The best reviewed show of the season just goes down the tubes.
With the exception of a couple of songs, I knew nothing about Finian's Rainbow until I saw it. I fell in love with the show and this production, especially the performances of Kate Baldwin and Christopher Fitzgerald. If only it could have made it to the Tony's. I guess that is the gamble of opening a show early in the season. What a loss for Broadway.
Updated On: 1/13/10 at 10:32 AM
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#114is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 10:34amFinian's Rainbow has a score the equal of Gypsy in my opinion. (And has yielded almost as many standards as Babes in Arms.) What a shame it couldn't find the audience it deserved.
#115is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 11:13amThank goodness there was a cast recording made, though. It's not the same, but I know I'll love having this cast sing that score forever.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#116is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 2:42pm
FR may very well be in the same league as BABES IN ARMS, but it is not in the same league as GYPSY. It just isn't. Sorry.
P
#117is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 2:57pmThank you, Pgenre. I wonder if you think it's on par with Legally Blonde?
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#118is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:10pmHe said the score, Pgenre, not the show as a whole. You don't have to agree, but at least do people the courtesy of reading.
#119is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:24pm
Oh, I read it. The SCORE of FR is not in the same league as GYPSY.
And, no, LB isn't in the same league as GYPSY either (or even FR). That's the best ya got, wickedfan (of all names)?
P
#120is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 3:32pmI don't know if they're in the same league because I don't think they're the same *type* of score. Finian's Rainbow produced so many songs that became standards because they work on their own. The songs from Gypsy, for the most part, don't.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#121is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 4:25pmYes, I was going to say that as well - because of that and the construction of the show (thus the way the scores fit in their respective shows), it's a little bit apples and oranges.
kate2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/05
#122is FINIAN'S extending & moving to the Neil Simon?
Posted: 1/13/10 at 10:30pmIt's really too bad that Finian's has to go. I saw it last night and LOVED it. The house looked full from what I could see and the cast could not have been better. Christopher Fitzgerald cracked up the whole audience when he said "bless you" mid-senence, to an audience member that sneezed so loud it echoed!
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