Anyone seeing Montego as Rose? — Page 2

Auggie27 said: "Unfortunately, as a once a weekalternate, she's not likely a box office equivalent of Donna Murphy, who brought her own considerable fan base in for one night a week. So the idea of plugging her into Tuesday nights or Wednesday matinees seems noble yet not a real solution. But who knows? It might be longer-rangeprofitable to give McDonald another night off with an extension thruChristmas. (Yet - another point about Montenegro - how do you really grow in a role playing it once a week? Murphy began early, did the Midler vacations, and there were two.) I'm an advocate of role-sharing, and remember after the shutdown it was much discussed here after two actors did it successfully in Hadestown. But it hasn't caught on."

Didn't they already say they are only selling tickets thru October? That's only 4 more months.

east side story said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Thinking of stopping by tonight to see if I can get one of the discounted tickets, if I do I'll write my thoughts tomorrow"

Cannot imagine there being a single, full-priced ticket on sale this week while McDonald is gone. Definitely give it a shot, and let us know your thoughts!"

I'd wouldn't settle for anything less than the price of a rush seat.

Robbie2 said: "I doubt this will makek itafter Labor Day and predict last 4 weeks after her return."

Oh don’t be so doom and gloom.

It has been above $1 mil for all but two weeks in the year 2025.

Now, that still means it could have lost money some weeks (what’s it cost to run, $1.2?) but they’re only on sale through the first week of October anyways. As long as Audra is consistently on 8x a week I doubt we see an early closing.

Whatever happens, investors will not see a dollar.

Updated On: 7/2/25 at 06:06 AM

I have to confess, I left my rear orch aisle seat and snuck out about an hour in this afternoon. Gypsy is my favorite musical. I didn’t need to see anymore of it. I feel for her - it’s not the kind of role you walk into for a week. But she can’t sing it in these keys, “Some People” was truly rough and she is dragging with dialogue cues. I also thought the production, as a whole, was looking quite rough with some inconsistent work on stage than from months ago.

Well, I paid the $25 rush price to sit in an empty theater and watch a very disappointing performance. And I’m not joking here—the last time I felt secondhand embarrassment over an empty house was at Tammy Faye, with maybe 200 people in the orchestra. Producers—paper the house!!

The energy just wasn’t there because, frankly, there was absolutely no one in the mezzanine, and the orchestra looked sparse as well. I can’t help but wonder if, with a fuller house and better energy in the room, there could have been more back-and-forth between the cast and audience and perhaps stronger performances overall.

Montego is a wonderful performer, and I’d love to see her back on Broadway in a different show. She was the best part about Memphis, and i'm glad her incredible performance in that is forever captured in the pro shot. But this just wasn’t it. As the previous poster mentioned, this is a very hard role to take on for just a week. We saw one of her early performances, and it just wasn’t there—except maybe for “Rose’s Turn.” She was far too subtle for what you’d expect from Mama Rose, and the emotions simply never landed.

This is also just a terrible production of a timeless classic, and without a strong Rose, it’s a complete bore to sit through. We didn’t leave out of respect for the cast—and because, without us, the entire third row of the mezzanine would have been empty.

Updated On: 7/2/25 at 04:24 PM

That’s even worse attendance than I imagined, AlmostFamous3.

I sure hope this won’t be the show-up for our new musicals — the non-revivals — this coming season.

iluvtheatertrash said: "I stopped caring about “staying out of respect” A while ago. As long as I am on an aisle seattowards the back, I will sneak out during applause or a blackout. Life’s just too short."

Me too! I also don't understand why they are not heavily papering it. With all the schools and camp groups happening now I would have thought the producers would have taken advantage and bring some of these kids in. A few years ago they would also bring in retirement homes. I remember seeing Jersey Boys with a local Hadassah chapter in attendance. Great audience. But too much perfume.

Why are a lot of y’all so ****ing negative all the time?

Good show, Bad show, Good singing, Bad singing, it doesn’t matter. The point is you take time out of your day to see something you enjoy, and if it doesn’t resonate with you, that’s cool too!! But I’m not getting up to leave during applause or a blackout just because something is bad.

The only time I’ve wanted to walk out of a show was the non eq tour of Chicago, but I stayed since I value the time and money I spent and the time and effort put on by those on stage. I value having the chance to see a show once or twice a month, and I’m extremely grateful whenever it’s more than that. That one month period I saw cabaret 18 times in a month was probably the most grateful I’ve ever felt to be in a theatre that many times,

I know I should be the one being told this, but you guys need to be more grateful about having the resources and money to see all this theatre in the theatre capital. The arts are dying and heavily underfunded and over budgeted in today’s world, it should not cost 1.2 million for a revival of Gypsy or 1.16 million for a production of cabaret. The least you can do is buy your ticket, shut the **** up, and watch and support the damn show.

The negativity is what’s killing shows, it’s putting performers out of jobs, it’s making people say “No, I don’t wanna see this.” When they to form an opinion by their damn selves rather then someone who sees 5 shows a week and complains about most everything they see. It’s that mindset that kills a show and (there’s a lot of other reasons I can admit, but this is a pretty big one.) drives people away from something they might really like.

I’ll probably regret this message later but my sugars crashing in a 100° sushi restaurant parking lot in the middle of Alabama. I’m quite mad atm and need some way to get the anger out while I chug a Mountain Dew.

tacotheatrelover said: "Why are a lot of y’all so ****ing negative all the time?

Good show, Bad show, Good singing, Bad singing, it doesn’t matter. The point is you take time out of your day to see something you enjoy, and if it doesn’t resonate with you, that’s cool too!! But I’m not getting up to leave during applause or a blackout just because something is bad.

The only time I’ve wanted to walk out of a show was the non eq tour of Chicago, but I stayed since I value the time and money I spent and the time and effort put on by those on stage. I value having the chance to see a show once or twice a month, and I’m extremely grateful whenever it’s more than that. That one month period Isaw cabaret 18 times in a month was probably the most grateful I’ve ever felt to be in a theatre that many times,

I know I should be the one being told this, but you guys need to be more grateful about having the resources and money to see all this theatre in the theatre capital. The arts are dying and heavily underfunded and over budgeted in today’s world, it should not cost 1.2 million for a revival of Gypsy or 1.16 million for a production of cabaret. The least you can do is buy your ticket, shut the **** up, and watch and support the damn show.

The negativity is what’s killing shows, it’s putting performers out of jobs, it’s making people say “No, I don’t wanna see this.” When they to form an opinion by their damn selves rather then someone who sees 5 shows a week and complains about most everything they see. It’s that mindset that kills a show and (there’sa lot of other reasons I can admit, but this is a pretty big one.) drives people away from something they might really like.

I’ll probably regret this message later but my sugars crashing in a 100° sushi restaurant parking lot in the middle of Alabama. I’m quite mad atm and need some way to get theanger out while I chug a Mountain Dew."

Frankly, you don’t know my life. You don’t know the health battles I’ve been dealing with you don’t know the fact that I deal with constant issues regarding needed a bathroom because of the treatment for my brain tumor. I don’t wanna sit through a show if I’m uncomfortable and not enjoying it. I’d rather be uncomfortable at home. I’d rather be uncomfortable at home than sitting in a theater where every time I move or need the bathroom, I disturb people.



I spent $25 on my ticket via Rush. I am lucky to live in New York, but I constantly struggle and I don’t go to the theater anywhere near as often as I used to because the majority of my finances go to treating my brain tumor and covering any medical debt.



I understand that your post does not mean harm and I get where you’re coming from to an extent, truly, I do. But at the same time, you don’t know everybody’s story. For me, if I’m not enjoying it, I’d rather go home because at home are my pets and my comfort and a private bathroom and my bed if I’m exhausted. If that makes me a negative or toxic person, I’m sorry, but I’m doing my best