Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
" DOLLY'S done for.
The musical version of "9 to 5," which probably seemed like a good idea way back when, will close around Labor Day, several theater sources say.
It cost something like $14 million, all of which will go right down the sinkhole."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292009/entertainment/theater/feeble_9_to_5_gets_pink_slip_181892.htm
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
I'll wait for a announcement with word from Dolly or one of the producers. I can't see the plug getting pulled so quickly.
Well, if this gets deleted...we'll know.
If this is true: oh no!
Always sad to see a show die young.
I absolutely hope it's not true, but some shows just do better on tour than Broadway, maybe that's what 9 to 5 is bound for?
Oh come on of course it is, the show is doing badly and it cant seem to catch a break. This is a show with a 14 million budget which is playing in the 60 percent capacity range, even with Janney who is huge from The West Wing and Dolly Parton as writer and it been based on a hit film.
The ghastly "White Christmas" could be the next tenant at the Marquis Theatre. It'll open late fall, thereby ruining Christmas for diabetic critics who can't tolerate such a heavy dose of holiday fructose.
Hey, any show that employs Kerry O'Malley, Stephen Bogardus, Meredith Patterson and Jeffry Denman is allright by me.
(I could with a better 'Martha', though. And a different kid. And a zestier book.)
I loved WHITE CHRISTMAS.
it's on perez
http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-29-wicked-whispers
Why couldn't it have waited until October, now I am gonna have to hurt my pocket book to get out there and see it.
Not that he should entirely be to blame (I wouldn't know for sure as this is not a show I would ever see), but maybe now people will stop hiring Joe Mantello.
I can promise you that A) Dolly isnt going down with out a fight. If she has to throw more more its way...she will. and B) Word on the street is that they are frantically looking for a new home and what set pieces to scale down.
So either way it'll make history. One of the biggest flops ever (which saddens me) or one of the quickest moves ever.
Go down swinging dolly!
Ps. Does anyone know FOR SURE what the nut is?
Given the size of the cast and the orchestra as well as sets that would require a lot of stagehands, I cannot imagine that the nut is any lower than $600-625K a week.
Leading Actor Joined: 11/16/06
) Word on the street is that they are frantically looking for a new home and what set pieces to scale down.
- That sounds completely untrue. And if it were true, don't you think Riedel would know about it?
No idea about the nut, but I hope you're right about saving the show by making quick cuts. I'd hate to say goodbye, well goodbye Dolly's Broadway career.
Updated On: 7/29/09 at 09:17 AM
Word on the street is that they are frantically looking for a new home and what set pieces to scale down.
Unless they want to move into the Cort, Circle in the Square or the Longacre after Burn the Floor closes on 10/18, they cannot move into a different theater.
Chorus Member Joined: 5/16/06
That would be a whole lot of money to spend... which is something they don't have unless Dolly were to fund it from her own pocket.
Does this mean Hilty is going to go back into WICKED for the 14th time?
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
Mantello will not stop getting jobs, unfortunately. He's known for his lack of push with the big celebrities. And when you get actors who know how to act around directors, that's okay.
Obviously not in this case.
It could still tour. The title coupled with Dolly's name should guarantee booking in numerous cities nationwide.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
I think this show could make some money back touring. Places like the Fox Theatre in Atlanta would eat this up.
Something I thought was nice in the article is that they encouraged Dolly to keep writing and compared it to Elton John. His first few musicals didn't do so well, and now look, he has a tony award-winning show under his belt.
"Something I thought was nice in the article is that they encouraged Dolly to keep writing and compared it to Elton John. His first few musicals didn't do so well, and now look, he has a tony award-winning show under his belt"
a musical non-deserving of the tony.
what a terrible score!
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