ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway- Page 2

[GovernorSlaton]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#25

Posted: 7/18/04 at 7:22pm

"...Abraham Lincoln!"

*Silence*

"Excuse me."

[Unknown User]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#26

Posted: 7/18/04 at 7:33pm

Santa says, All I want for Christmas is my constitutional right to peacably petition my government for the redress of my grievances.

[J.]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#27

Posted: 7/18/04 at 7:38pm

How long was is suppossed to run? Isn't it already in overtime?

[Plum]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#28

Posted: 7/18/04 at 7:41pm

Maybe, but it was extended to September, then unextended again due to poor advance ticket sales. That's sad.

[midtowngym]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#29

Posted: 7/18/04 at 8:04pm

I pass the theater 4 times a week. It's fascinating to see people getting progressively desperate since they posted the closing notice. Young girls almost in tears, confused asian tourists trying to understand why they can't get in, fat american tourists pleading with me to sell my ticket as I walk by (yeah honey, i would sell YOU a seat to this amazing show a week before it closes!)

'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston

[Jamie Hat]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#30

Posted: 7/18/04 at 8:17pm

You should have seen the cancellation line this weekend.
The %attendance for closing week should be good...

[secret-soul]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#31

Posted: 7/18/04 at 8:52pm

I'm so sad it's closing. It's truly an AMAZING show. I'm so happy I've already pre-ordered it at Amazon...

Plince! Plince! Nein! T-Rex!!

[Sumofallthings]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#32

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:17am

Thank God the producers had at least the common sense to at least try to capture the essence of one of the greatest theatrical displays in recent Broadway history.

BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"

[Clarinetbiter135]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#33

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:23am

Think we have a video release to look foward to?

[Sumofallthings]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#34

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:24am

No.

BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"

[Plum]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#35

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:28am

I doubt it, too. Someone would have noticed if they taped a performance professionally- that takes multiple cameras and other equipment. It's too bad, but I guess Assassins wasn't considered as worthy as other recent Sondheim productions of a quality preservation.

[iflitifloat]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#36

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:29am

I was at the final performance tonight, and it was, indeed, sold out. There was a very different feel to tonight's show. When the lights went down, the audience gave an ovation. The audience also broke into applause during numbers (after various actors had solos)...and that tended to throw the timing off a little. But all things being equal, it was nice to see everyone being acknowledged. At the end, a standing ovation was immediate and spontaneous. Unlike other nights, the cast came out for a second curtain call before the house lights were turned up.

This remains my favorite Sondheim show (he was there, too, by the way). I'm sad that it's over, but happy to have had the opportunity to see it several times during the run.

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

[Ericha2]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#37

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:10am

Brand new here on the board. I'm so sad that this amazing musical has closed. I was hoping to make it back East to see it before the September closing. Guess I won't have to make that trip now.

I did Assassins in college. It was the only musical we did in my 5 years there. I played Emma Goldman and I fell in love with the show. Did this production keep the song in the second act after Kennedy's assassination? Can't remember the name of it. It's the one with the housewife and the people from across the centuries mourning.

My favorite line, "SH*T, I shot it!" I just love Moore's whole bit in "The Gun Song".

Anyway, so sorry I missed it. I'll definitely have to pick up the new soundtrack when it comes out.

[iflitifloat]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#38

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:40am

Yes, they did keep "Something Just Broke".

Sueleen Gay: "Here you go, Bitch, now go make some fukcing lemonade." 10/28/10

[Unknown User]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#39

Posted: 7/19/04 at 11:48am

But did Sarah Jane Moore slap a neckbrace-wearing Squeaky Fromme, iflit?

[cabarethed]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#40

Posted: 7/19/04 at 1:31pm

"You are a VERY handsome woman..."
"I am more than great. I am extraordinary. I am to be reckoned with. I am to be the next ambassador to France."

I'm so sad...

[bythesword84]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#41

Posted: 7/19/04 at 1:40pm

Assassins is my favorite Sondheim also, and last nights show was excellent. I don't know if you could see it from the back but Jeffrey Kuhn (Zangara) cried through the whole first number, it was really, really sad.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

[luvtheEmcee]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#42

Posted: 7/19/04 at 1:45pm

Unfortunately I didn't get to see Assassins... I'd been counting on an extension, and then when there wasn't one I just wasn't able to get to the city for it, but just reading these posts makes me really sad. It's such a shame.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[NYadgal]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#43

Posted: 7/19/04 at 3:33pm

I was in Virgin records yesterday, and noticed they had a CD of Assassins for sale - along with the other current Broadway recordings.
Does anyone know - is that this Broadway cast recording, or another recording? I didn't have the chance to look at it closely... it had a blue cover with white markings on it...

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

[TheNPH]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#44

Posted: 7/19/04 at 3:36pm

This was the original off-broadway recording. I prefer the new cast better, but this cd holds me over until August 3rd. The new cast adds more life to the music.

"And it's mean and ugly..." NPH describing the world in 'Take me to the world' from Evening Primrose

[bythesword84]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#45

Posted: 7/19/04 at 3:58pm

I love the OB cast recording, Ive listened to it for years. Its absolutely worth having, in addition to the new cast of course.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

[NYadgal]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#46

Posted: 7/19/04 at 4:08pm

Thanks -

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

[jayem1968]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#47

Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:20am

I was at the final performance.....I have to admit that I shed several tears during the curtain call - not to mention that I had not taken a full breath since I walked into Sondheim getting to my table.

The cast was in top form....everyone was emotional. It was a wonderful and sad experience. I still can't believe it is over!

Everybody goes down well with beer.

[Jamie Hat]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#48

Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:05pm

"Sammy, don't say it, you're my main man, guys like you, you're the backbone of the nation, Sammy. SHUT UP DICK! I'M TALKIN' NOW! ALL RIGHT? I'M TALKING, AND YOU'RE LISTENING!"

[Unknown User]

re: ASSASSINATED: Closing Night on Broadway#49

Posted: 7/20/04 at 4:33pm

i'm very sad about it closing (2 times viewing and was gonna go in august) but i have to say that Venticelli- your picture is SOOOO cool! I LOVE THAT MOVIE!