Aww -- Bye Bye Little Women (on Broadway.com)- Page 4

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 10:51pm

bf, don't disgrace the name of one of my favorite composers by knocking this show. thank you.

[bettyschaefer]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 10:57pm

I have tickets for June 10...what do I have to do to get a refund...this has never happened to me before. Guess it is my Sutton curse. I got her understudy in Millie and now this .AAGH!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 10:59pm

Not exactly a suprise, but I'm disappointed for everyone involved. Sutton will be back soon I hope. It's too bad for her. Never thought it would close before Brooklyn, though.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:00pm

bs, you can probably still go before it closes (just call the box office, i'm sure they'll exchange your tickets for any date)

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:01pm

"Maybe it's a clever move, by way of sympathy votes for Sutton come Tony time."

That would definitely be a genius strategic move.

First of all, I just want to say that my thoughts and prayers are with the cast, the creative crew, the backstage crew and the front of the house employees at the time of this devastating news. I am "Astonish[ing]ed" that they did not let the show hold on until Tony time so that LW could find its audience and then after appearing on the Tonys more tourists would have heard of the show.

I only hope and pray that the entire cast goes on tour, to bring the show to America if America won't come to the show. If the tour is nice and long then Sutton can finally come back to New York in a Millie revival. She is, after all, our generation's Carol Channing.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:03pm

God, I hope Millie is never revived.

[bettyschaefer]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:04pm

darcey, that would be a great idea except i am in Ohio. And actually the tickets are on my mom's redit card so I need to tell her what to do... I guess I will just call...the really cant refund it without you calling can they?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:04pm

i agree foa.

[MyDreamsRecurring]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:05pm

aw thats sad
not surprising though
what will sutton do now? anyone know?

[bettyschaefer]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:06pm

by the way, anyone have any suggestions about what I should see on friday June 10th now that this is a goner? I am already seeing Spelling Bee and DRS later that weekend

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:07pm

bs, i'm sure they'll refund you because it is impossible for you to use your tickets...
but you know what this means, you can go see the light in the piazza. if you don't see that instead i'll be mad at you. here's the website: www.lct.org
seeing as you said with your mom i assume you're a student. you can sign up for studentix, get a $20 ticket to piazza, get your refund from little women and earn money in the process! (you can also get a $20 ticket to dessa rose, but piazza's better)

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:08pm

And somewhere in the world, Betty Buckley is saying:

But I signed a contract to play Marmee! This was the only Broadway company that doesn't know what a horror I am to work with!!!

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:08pm

i amaze myself with my genius in that last post by the way... and can i just say, what a great weekend you'll have if you see drs, bee and piazza all in one weekend. all three were incredible in their own right in my opinion. bs, do it!

[bettyschaefer]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:10pm

darcey, you are very convincing...I may just have to follow your sound advice!

[JSousa]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:11pm

If I found this out yesterday, I would have gone to see it today (if I could have gotten tickets). Now, I will have to wait for the tour.

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:12pm

ap & betty - when I called telecharge, they told me they would not refund my tickets (we have 6 for 05.29) because they "don't know that LW is closing... you need to call them tomorrow, and maybe they'll know by then...

[bettyschaefer]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:15pm

Thanks Aisle, I was thinking about calling tonight...and darcey, I am still bummed about LW but this may turn out to be a pretty kick ass weekend. I just looked at LCT.org and I think I'm gonna do it. Now just comes convincing my mother to invest in a show she has never heard of (Light in the Piazza) I did it with Spelling Bee so I hope I can do it again.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:16pm

Do it, check out the link in another thread to the songs from the show and let her here that. It is a beautiful show, the score is amazing, if you see it with Bee and DRS you are seeing by far the best shows of this season.

[bettyschaefer]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:17pm

You all make me feel so much better!!

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:22pm

piazza in my opinion is the best show of the season. you can tell your mother that drs, bee and piazza are all vying for best musical, score, book and director. now that's pretty prestigious, all four! by the time you go piazza will have won best score, it is beautiful. you do not want to miss the performances by clark, o'hara especially and morrison (all tony nominated) and harelik, beresse and uriarte berry, they are all wonderful. and seeing all three you'll be so happy. little women will be playing great on the road, so try not to be too disappointed, and also, pm for some more on little women if you want! i'm open to talk about it!

[Allison Fine]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:24pm

Come on gang, this is ridiculous. It's a marvelous, charming little show, deseves much better than this. Why not see if we can get them to postpone closing until after the summer. Everybody who's on, let's go to http://www.littlewomenonbroadway.com/ to the blog there and try to get them to keep this wondering show on for a while longer.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:26pm

That's a great idea. We will start a petition and we will urge the producers to keep the show open and we'll guarantee them that we will promote the show for free and we will promise them that our promotions will bring them SRO.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:27pm

although i hold the show near to my heart i think it will play better regionally on tour and in community theatres. broadway is not the right venue for this show, and hopefully with maureen's name (not to mention the title) it will see large audiences on tour, and large audiences will se it.. as someone said, "if america won't come to us, we'll go to america." i also think that the whole cast should go on tour.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:29pm

I said it. I'm the one who said that! Don't you think they should hire me to be their publicity person?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:31pm

namo, that is an excellent phrase. but i only like it for this show. i don't need that feeling for gv, asu or brooklyn.