#1
Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:08pm
Has anyone heard that Assassins is coming back in '07?
#2
Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:09pm
Well where did you hear that for starters?
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#3
Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:10pm
I heard it last week at a mixer off broadway.
#4
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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#5
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!
#6
Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:19pm
How exciting! Missing it was a huge mistake.
I hope for a 2nd chance.
I hope for a 2nd chance.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#7
Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:44pm
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???!!!!!!
Someone call Raul Esparza! He needs to be in this if it were to happen!
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
#8
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?
#9
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
#10
Posted: 5/1/05 at 8:58pm
Wasn't it a really small role, though?
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#11
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.
#12
Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:05pm
Booo. He needs a bigger role.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#13
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.
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.
#14
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...
Or maybe it was the Republicans...
#15
Posted: 5/1/05 at 9:39pm
no major sales after group bookings = end of show
that's what happened
that's what happened
#16
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.
#17
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!?"
#18
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.
#19
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.
#20
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!?"
#21
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.
#22
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!
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.
#23
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.
#25
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.
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