I know I was reading something about it possibly closing when Lauren Graham's contract runs up in October. With horrible numbers, will it close even sooner?
Someone wrote that here. Who of us could possibly know?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
GUYS AND DOLLS will close when the producers decide it it costing more to keep open than it is bringing in. Until that announcement is made, why keep raising the question and trying to start rumours.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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I saw it this weekend and i really enjoyed it! There were very, very few empty seats (at least in the orchestra, didn't see the mezzanine). The audience really seemed to be having a good time, and I overheard no complaints during intermission or afterward, everybody had only good things to say.
When I saw it the audience went nuts at the end and loved it (which I was a bit mystified by), so I think it's not getting horrible word of mouth except for places like the boards and the critics. I wouldn't be surprised if it had a healthy run and recouped. It's unlikely, but it could happen.
I think that the name alone will carry the show straight through the summer. It might end up a casualty of the likely Labor Day closing barrage, when shows assess the advances for September-mid November and realize that continuing is probably not worth the effort.
The same is true of WSS. It doesn't REALLY matter if it's good...folks are going to see because of what it is. Which saddens me.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
I'm not in a rush for any shows to close. WAITING FOR GODOT was the final play of the 2009 season with 9 TO 5 the final musical. Nothing new will open on Broadway until October. (No summer openings are scheduled, aside from the Encores limited run of THE WIZ.)
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
FINIAN'S RAINBOW is set to open at the St. James in late summer.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
I feel like it's kinda unfair to say that audiences will flock to HAIR instead of GUYS AND DOLLS. G&D is a much more family-oriented show...you can't exactly take the entire family (unless of course they're old enough) to HAIR. The same audiences going to G&D won't go see HAIR, they're probably more likely to see WEST SIDE. Not to say HAIR won't do well financially, I think it will.
I think we're going to experience deja vu this winter with a crapload of shows closing up shop...I don't know if it will be as bad as last year but the winter usually weeds out a bunch of shows and with the recession not seeming to get much better, I think it'll be another dreary few months on Broadway. And G&D could easily be part of that group...we'll see. Updated On: 5/25/09 at 11:57 AM
GUys and Dolls plays to capacity audiences, I just don't know what its nut is. If it's making pas its nut, there is no reason for it to close.
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas." -Danmeg's 10 year old son.
It's never cool to wish/hope a show closes. The cast and staff, plus the theatre employees depend on a show's continued existence. I get the sense that the original poster gets some sort of satisfaction or makes himself feel important to even start the thread in the first place. Good luck to "Guys and Dolls" (and to other shows which need a boost)! from RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Does anyione know what the weekly nut for G&D is? I haven't seen anything in Variety that indiactes, but these days a big musical - large cast, crew, orchestra - can run $650-700 K. And it hasn't been above that figure very often.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
Has FINIAN'S RAINBOW set an opening date yet? It is not listed on IBDB and Playbill only says it will open "after Labour Day."
IBDB says the first shows of teh new season will be:
After Miss Julie Oct 2, 2009 American Airlines Wishful Drinking Oct 4, 2009 Studio 54 The Royal Family Oct 8, 2009 Samuel J. Friedman Bye Bye Birdie Oct 15, 2009 Henry Miller's Theatre
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com