Aww -- Bye Bye Little Women (on Broadway.com)- Page 5

[Allison Fine]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#100

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:32pm

I don't agree that it should only tour and not be here in NYC. With summer coming and folks coming from all over the country - I just think it's a lovely way to spend your holiday. Please, please join me in urging the producers to kee it open -- let's show them what regular people can do!
Updated On: 5/17/05 at 11:32 PM

[FindingNamo]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#101

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:32pm

I only want to work on Little Women. I spent the night in one of the Alcott houses once. So it's a personal connection thing for me.

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[apdarcey]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#102

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:34pm

namo, did you come to my town!!! did you visit orchard house and fruitlands?

[FindingNamo]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#103

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:37pm

Yes, yes and yes!

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[Rathnait62]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#104

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:39pm

Maureen McGovern isn't exactly a major ticket-selling star. You all know I love her, but let's get real.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[apdarcey]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#105

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:39pm

i wonder where bs went and what her decisions were. i'm glad you liked concord! i love living here!

[James885]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#106

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:40pm

It's so sad that this show is closing. I was thinking about seeing it next month.

At least I'll get to see the tour when it comes to DC

"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

[apdarcey]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#107

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:41pm

apparently she is. she's a very big name to the 40 year old generation, who will all want to see her and want to take their kids to see this show. every adult i talked to about the show suddenly perked up when i said maureen mcgovern. i had never heard of her before and obviously respond more to sutton foster's name! haha... but they all were like "really, maureen mcgovern. she's amazing! the morning after..."

[SillySally]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#108

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:42pm

I'm in a fighting mood. this really pisses me off, when lovely shows get steam rolled by the likes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (ugh!!!!) Let's start a riot as Jo would say!

[SillySally]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#109

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:42pm

I'm in a fighting mood. this really pisses me off, when lovely shows get steam rolled by the likes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (ugh!!!!) Let's start a riot as Jo would say!

[Rathnait62]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#110

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:43pm

I'm in the 40-year-old generation, and I barely heard her name mentioned in the past 20 years. Every adult that you know, is not every adult in America. Having a few hit songs 30 years ago is not going to sell major tickets.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Gothampc]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#111

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:50pm

Quick, call Bernadette Peters to play Marmee and Kristin Chenoweth to play Jo. It's the only way to save this show!

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[apdarcey]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#112

Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:51pm

well, you're probably right rath, but i still feel she's a name that is going to sell tickets, bigger than sutton foster among the general public.

[Unknown User]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#113

Posted: 5/18/05 at 1:35am

What a pity... At least I had the chance to see it on Broadway before it closes. Sutton is wonderful! I agree with most of you guys that thought Brooklyn would close first. But then again, I think the producers of Brooklyn were a little more aggressive with their marketing and publicity than LW. And so I guess, in any business that helps quite a bit.

~Rosalynn

[carlobarlo]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#114

Posted: 5/18/05 at 1:56am

I can't believe it! I just can't believe it... I... I'm so sad Sutton Foster is So Good. It would be so glorious if she would tour with it!

[StephanietheStar]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#115

Posted: 5/18/05 at 2:43am

OMG..now the OBC might tour and I'll be sad cuz I won't be in the country when it comes to Chicago!! so I ONCE AGAIN won't get to meet Sutton...and all my friends will and will rub it in my face...ARHGGG

I can't believe so soon too

and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...

[Practically Perfect]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#116

Posted: 5/18/05 at 5:54am

I'm so surprised. I really thought it would stay open until the Tony's. I won't get to see it now, and I'm loving some of the music on the cast recording. Gutted!

Mary P x

[Katecab99]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#117

Posted: 5/18/05 at 8:12am

i'm so sad for the show, and for sutton.

i definitley thought "brooklyn" would go first. and the fact that it's SUCH short notice is so upsetting!

[baddadnpa]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#118

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:02am

Finding - even if the show stayed open past the Tonys, no one would "hear" the show as it isn't nominated for Best Musical and therefore would not be performing. The only thing they might see (a big might) would be Sutton winning Best Actress, and that might generate sales, but there would be no scene performed. I think the producers realized correctly that Sutton will not be taking home a Tony for her performance. That one is practically a lock for Victoria Clark.

The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.

[Elphaba]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#119

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:53am

well, at least I can see it in San Diego in August

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

[mikewood]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#120

Posted: 5/18/05 at 10:26am

Coming soon to a community theater or college near you....!

As soon as the rights come up, people will pounce.

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[mikewood]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#121

Posted: 5/18/05 at 10:38am

Am I missing something?

Were the fates of Little Women and Brooklyn intertwined somehow?

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[mikewood]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#122

Posted: 5/18/05 at 10:44am

The Concord (MA) Players have done Little Women every ten years since 1952. I wonder if in 2012 they will do the musical?

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[Demitri2]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#123

Posted: 5/18/05 at 10:59am

I feel sorry for any Maureen McGovern fans who attend the show mainly on her name value thinking she has a lot more stage time than is given her. At least I knew beforehand when I saw the show that she had only one big song in the second act. Though most of us know the mother role in "Little Women" is a supporting role, I think they should re-think the tour version, expand her role, give her more songs and rename it "Little Women's Mother".Just kiddding but it would kind of be like touring the recent revival of "Nine" and advertising Chita Rivera as the star.

[apdarcey]

re: THIS IS A SAD DAY FOR ME...#124

Posted: 5/18/05 at 12:44pm

i think maureen's role is perfect as written and she was great in it and she was snubbed of a tony nom. she actually had a lot more stage time than i expected. everyone knows jo is the star, not marmee.