A CHORUS LINE to close August 17 — Page 3

I heard 9 to 5 was eyeing the Palace, seeing as Legally Blonde won't last much longer.

But that's sad about the show. And about Mario being the final Zach. Blech.

It's what I expected- Mario Lopez single-handedly closed the show...

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Is it just me, or does it seem like a bunch of shows seem to be closing up shop right around the same time (within weeks of eachother). I hope that they fill the house again with new shows quickly.

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I'm very upset. A Chorus Line is my favorite show, and it was the 3rd show i've seen on Broadway. I as though it doesn't deserve to close yet, and i'm so shocked. I didnt see this coming at all, and I am so suprised.

The tour is also not coming anywhere near me.

^ I think you cursed the show earlier when you posted that it won't close for another year or something.

Maybe someone will allow a upadated version of the show to be done. I know it totally crapped with RENT REMIX but it may be a neat idea....

Other than the birth dates and the costumes, there's nothing overtly dated in the concept of ACL. And there are other (better) ways to update a show than what was done with Rent.


I'm not surprised it's closing. Despite still being a great show, it didn't have the "magic" of the original; this run wasn't going to last another 15 years. Stooping to cast Mario Lopez was the death knell- it was only a matter of time.

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I'm not as surprised by this one as I was with Cutrains' announcement earlier this year.

But it doesn't appear to have great advance sales for the summer. My dad is thinking about maybe seeing it when he, my mom and my sister come up (I may well end up there with him while my sister and mom go to Wicked, which we found tickets for last night), so I went on to look and for a summer Sunday matinee we found Row B dead center, front row of the mezz and front row of the center mezz section.

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The "stop clause" would be enacted immediately, not 2 months from now.

If Jessica Lee Goldyn extended another month, maybe the rest of the originals will as well.

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If Jessica Lee Goldyn extended another month, maybe the rest of the originals will as well.

I imagine they will all be staying. It's only three extra weeks, so I just don't see getting an entire new cast for that short amount of time.

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Looks like Mario Lopez really did the trick, huh?

In all seriousness, I will be sad to see this show go.

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I am sad to see this go. I thought this would have lasted longer then it is going to.

I feel that the thing about the "re-imagining" of something like A Chorus Line is that there really isn't much you can do re vamp the show and still make it good. Both the revival and the original production pretty much had no set and it wasn't like the costumes were so out of place in todays world that they didn't make sense.

Also, I have seen videos of clips from this show where they use new choreography that was created for that particular local production and not the original Bennett work. I feel that to do the show properly you need to use the Bennett choreography. Anything else just kills it. I have also heard people talk about how this show needs to be changed and they just leave it at that. They never offer any ideas of how they would like to see things done if it were to be changed or how it should be. Just that it should be updated in some way shape or form.

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