NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:05pm
I'm guessing the plans fell through? Just saw an ad that said MUST CLOSE JUNE 20TH. And the website now says it's playing it's last performance on the 20th.
I guess we won't be seeing Bernadette and Elaine? Too bad. 
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:07pmI was thinking about that the other day. Rumors are often just that.
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#2NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:10pmThose ads have been up for weeks. If the deals fall through, we will hear about it.
#3NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:15pmAs of today, the decision is still being made.
#4NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:20pmAre they working out the schedule/contractual details? Or still trying to get Peters and Stritch to sign?
#5NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:30pmI don't know what step they are on. I just know that a decision hasn't been made yet. The cast is still waiting to find out the news themselves.
#6NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:34pm
The ads that say "MUST CLOSE" are old, prior to the negotiations with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. Additionally, often those ads are prepaid to contractually end on a certain date. Sometimes it's week-to-week, other times month-to-month, but can really be any designated of length. Even if the show were extended or they canceled the closing date, the ad may not be taken down right away.
That being said, the production as of the date of this posting is still officially set to close on June 20. (Until they announce Bernie/Stritchy because I still have hope that it'll happen!)
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#7NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 9:54pm
I'm worried about how much rehearsal time they're going to have, assuming (and PRAYING!) it's true.
I hope they announce something soon.
#8NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:01pm^The latest round of rumors seems to indicate that there might be a hiatus of 1-2 weeks before the new stars take over.
#9NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:16pmI was under the impression one of them had already signed.
#10NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:20pm
I think a hiatus of at least one week is likely (if because of Peter's concert schedule if anything else) but it should probably be noted that as these things go, hypothetically, I don't have any doubt Peters and Stritch could probably learn the roles in a couple of weeks and be ready to go on the 22nd. Desiree and Madame Armfeldt are actually pretty 'small' roles as far as leading lady roles in musical theatre go. There are huge stretches of the show when neither is on stage and neither sings much. Both Peters and Stritch have had to learn FAR more material in less time for their concert /cabaret careers. Learning the parts in NIGHT MUSIC would be a piece of cake for them.
#11NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:27pmAnd if both have known for some time they were stepping into the roles Im more than sure they've been learning their lines, going over the music and learning the show to ensure minimal actual rehearsal time is needed.
#12NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:30pmAbsolutely. And I bet ten bucks Bernadette already knows 'the song'
#13NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:33pmI'm more concerned with Stritch learning to play solitaire.
#14NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:35pmI'd bet $10.50 that Bernie has been perfecting that song since it was written.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#15NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:36pmShe might throw her cards on the floor a little earlier than Lansbury did. Like on scene two. At Fredrika.
#16NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:38pm"Get your God Damn Tits Off my chair!!"
#17NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 10:43pmA quick google search brings up the fact that Peters once performed "Send in the Clowns" on the tonight show. So she has parts of two other songs to learn and maybe 100 lines. She could totally go on by the 22nd. Just sayin.
#18NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:09pmPeters has DEFINITELY performed the song before. She's in the freakin' Clowns video in Sondheim on Sondheim.
#19NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:13pm
Well, I am hearing the complete opposite. A friend of mine came up to me (in what seemed like a life-or-death situation) and screamed at me..."OMG did you hear, they confirmed...contracts are signed...Stritch and Peters are set for NIGHT MUSIC"...and I trust him very much, cause he has done Broadway for years and has worked all over the world....
But we will see when Press-release's are sent out.
#20NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:25pmif everything was set, why wouldn't they have announced it yet?
#21NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:27pmdon't know...just saying...we will see, I mean I could be completely wrong...but trusting what he said cause he is very respected in the Broadway community and around.
#22NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:29pmWell I sure hope everything is set, so hopefully your friend is right!
#23NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:29pmWell, if they have signed the contracts, the cast doesn't know about it yet. That seems odd to me.
#24NIGHT MUSIC is closing for sure??
Posted: 6/3/10 at 11:32pm^The cast is almost always the last to find out about these things.
