Assassins returning????

[japhun]

Assassins returning????#0

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:08pm

Has anyone heard that Assassins is coming back in '07?

[bjivie2]

re: Assassins returning????#1

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:09pm

Well where did you hear that for starters?

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[japhun]

re: Assassins returning????#2

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:10pm

I heard it last week at a mixer off broadway.

[bjivie2]

re: Assassins returning????#3

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:13pm

I just hope it won't turn into another Scarlet Pimpernel. Opening and closing all the time. It was a fabulous production, just let it be. Revive it in 15 years.

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[wickedassassin]

re: Assassins returning????#4

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:17pm

I heard that as well!!! Could it be? If so, I'm sure the critics will be RAVING!

[Glebb]

re: Assassins returning????#5

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:19pm

How exciting! Missing it was a huge mistake.
I hope for a 2nd chance.

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: Assassins returning????#6

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:44pm

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???!!!!!!


Someone call Raul Esparza! He needs to be in this if it were to happen!

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[BroadwayBound06]

re: Assassins returning????#7

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:50pm

Who was Raul going to be in the first place? And who else was supposed to be in it?

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: Assassins returning????#8

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:53pm

I think Raul was supposed to be Zangara.

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Assassins returning????#9

Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:58pm

Wasn't it a really small role, though?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[BroadwayBound06]

re: Assassins returning????#10

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:01pm

Yea, it is, and doesn't sing much either, his entire assassination is people talking about him and him only singing a lil.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Assassins returning????#11

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:05pm

Booo. He needs a bigger role.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

re: Assassins returning????#12

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:11pm

Yes, Raul Esparza was offered the role of Zangara, but turned it down, according to a recent interview. I have one word for him: WHY?

Anyway, I don't think "Assassins" will be coming back to Broadway for a long time. Although the revival was a critical success, it wasn't very successful commercially.

[Plum]

re: Assassins returning????#13

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:30pm

It did alright for itself- I'm pretty sure it got extended but didn't finish out the extension. And I remember being totally puzzled when it closed; I think it was regularly getting capacity in the 80's and above. Maybe I'm remembering wrong.

Or maybe it was the Republicans...

[Chitty]

re: Assassins returning????#14

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:39pm

no major sales after group bookings = end of show

that's what happened

[LouW95]

re: Assassins returning????#15

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:46pm

Unfortunately, Assassains won many awards but did not sell tickets for a longer run. It closed before the end of its brief extension. Give it a rest. We need shows which give us long term jobs --Sondheim revivals dont seem to achieve that goal.

[Sumofallthings]

re: Assassins returning????#16

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:54pm

The advanced sales is what killed it. A I believe 98,000 dollar advance sale is not nearly enough to sustain a show like that in comparison to the previous Studio 54 resident, Cabaret, which had I believe a 1.2 million dollar advance.

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

[bwaysinger]

re: Assassins returning????#17

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:56pm

I knew someone in the cast. According to this person, the show was over its nut each week. True, it had a VERY weak advance but it was making money, just not enough so, despite its Tony win and the actual bump that did give the show, Roundabout decided to close it.

[Michael Bennett]

re: Assassins returning????#18

Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:58pm

I can't imagine the ROUNDABOUT production returning. It was not a box office success. Are you sure some other Off Broadway troup isn't planning on attempting it? The Gallery Players in Brooklyn stage a lot of Sondheim musicals. Maybe they're doing it.

[Sumofallthings]

re: Assassins returning????#19

Posted: 5/1/05 at 10:02pm

That would certainly make much more sense.

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

[BobbyBubby]

re: Assassins returning????#20

Posted: 5/1/05 at 10:24pm

I believe Esparza was officially in the cast before 911 happened and the show was cancelled. As were Douglas Sills and John Dossett.

[smartpenguin78]

re: Assassins returning????#21

Posted: 5/1/05 at 10:27pm

jaohun, is there any way you could get further confirmation. I missed the revival by two days when I moved to town and would love to see that production.
It doesn't seem likely at all though that they would bring back the same production. If it is off-broadway I still really want to see it!

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

[BroadwayBound06]

re: Assassins returning????#22

Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:36am

LouW95 I would prefer to be in the short run of a Sondhiem revival more than anything else.

[Adam Chris]

re: Assassins returning????#23

Posted: 5/2/05 at 10:34am

They should at least tour the show.

[LouW95]

re: Assassins returning????#24

Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:07pm

Bway, I want all of us to have jobs which last. I dont think that is such a bad wish. Sorry if it offends the devout Sondheim fans, but as NPR recently reported, his shows just dont make money or sell tickets on a long term basis. Sure there is a place for short term shows, but I would prefer to see MORE in our community regularly employed.