BEACHES Previews — Page 7

Two of my girlfriends went. One had a shirt that said I’m The CeeCee and the other one said Im The Hillary. They were unaware it was Bertie in the book. They felt stupid. And they didn’t like the musical. Seems like the writing is on the wall for this one.

EricMontreal22 said: "Kad said: "The first iteration of the musical back in 2014 didn’t even have “Wind,” so clearly its inclusion now was an acknowledgment of reality.."

Out of curiousity, how many other examples can we think of, of shows based on movies with songs that become attached to them, that do NOT originally have that song in the musical, and then add them in later (and it feels almost inevitable.) Shrek and Zhivago come to mind immediately."

PRETTY WOMAN inserted Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" into its curtain call during its final weeks on Broadway, and it's been a part of the musical ever since.

Updated On: 4/7/26 at 10:43 PM

Leapinlizards said: "Vosk put up a story on IG today that they are changing Wind Beneath My Wings. I’m curious to see what they do with it."

Here it is and it’s quite obvious she’s fully aware the show won’t be around much longer - she’s encouraging people to film it.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/jessicavosk/3870181008532923104?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Updated On: 4/7/26 at 11:35 PM

It was all 3 Cee Cee’s singing it and it was awful. Vosk posting that though, is a real FU to the show.

BrodyFosse123 said: "Leapinlizards said: "Vosk put up a story on IG today that they are changing Wind Beneath My Wings. I’m curious to see what they do with it."

Here it is and it’s quite obvious she’s fully aware the show won’t be around much longer - she’s encouraging people to film it.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/jessicavosk/3870181008532923104?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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I assume they want it to go viral like DBH "that was rude" moment did (?). Anyway, it's a pretty desperate move that feels so forced

Thousands of people have viewed this thread, I think she has told them exactly what needed to change and they ignored her.

quizking101 said: "Honestly, the fact that she’s got enough of a pair to do that is commendable to me. If I wasn’t on 44th St multiple times a week seeing literally everythingelse, I wouldn’t even know BEACHES existed, let alone that it was up and running.

She’s marketing to her fanbase (however niche) and you gotta respect the hustle. I watch enough daytime TV and have yet to see even a commercial for the show."

RippedMan said: "She's posted videos that have gone viral before so I commend her for being a forward thinker and thinking this might help the visibility of the show. At least someone's marketing it!"

I was tempted to, but didn't, respond to BrodyFosse's unkind comment yesterday about how Vosk doesn't sell tickets, but this is the crux of what I was going to say. She may not sell enough to sell out a barn like the Majestic, but I'd hate to see what their ticket sales would be without her, her fanbase (however limited it may be), and her attempts to market it. Because she seems to be the only draw. They have dated, mostly irrelevant material that the audience shows no interest in, lackluster (at best) word of mouth, and poor (the artwork and branding) to nonexistent marketing. It's difficult to imagine what bigger star in the role (who these producers would be willing to pay) would do better (said as someone who hasn't been compelled to buy a ticket myself yet). The sales aren't good, but that's with her and her efforts, not in spite of them.

Updated On: 4/8/26 at 09:50 AM

Jordan Catalano said: "I can't think of a time they've actually used the feedback to their advantage."

Sally’s red dress vs pink dress. The list might end there.

With the time BEACHES has, there’s no meaningful enough change that could be made in previews to salvage the show.

I’m sure the team left Canada with a work list, and maybe they changed 25% and patted themselves on the back (I’ve only seen the NYC version), but it’s astonishing that the show is STILL THIS BAD. And most of these problems were probably identified earlier and ignored.

It is so difficult to implement changes on a show that is already in previews. They have to write them, budget them, stage, re-tech all the light/set cues, if it’s a new song it has to be orchestrated, they have to run it enough so people don’t get hurt…etc. And when there’s no money in the bank, justifying change becomes doubly hard.

The best thing a show ever did to implement changes in New York was SHUFFLE ALONG taking 4 days off during the middle of previews. And I believe they had 6+ weeks of previews, too, unlike most shows nowadays. More shows should budget this, but most have the hubris that “oh our show will be good enough that we won’t need that!”

(Jordan I know you probably know all this, my comment is not addressed to you!)

EricMontreal22 said: "Kad said: "The first iteration of the musical back in 2014 didn’t even have “Wind,” so clearly its inclusion now was an acknowledgment of reality.."

Out of curiousity, how many other examples can we think of, of shows based on movies with songs that become attached to them, that do NOT originally have that song in the musical, and then add them in later (and it feels almost inevitable.) Shrek and Zhivago come to mind immediately.



Kad is wrong, I saw "Beaches" at Signature Theatre in Feb of 2014 and "Wind .... " was in the show.

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Updated On: 4/8/26 at 11:14 AM

EricMontreal22 said: "Kad said: "The first iteration of the musical back in 2014 didn’t even have “Wind,” so clearly its inclusion now was an acknowledgment of reality.."

Out of curiousity, how many other examples can we think of, of shows based on movies with songs that become attached to them, that do NOT originally have that song in the musical, and then add them in later (and it feels almost inevitable.) Shrek and Zhivago come to mind immediately.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had Pure Imagination from the start, but the The Candy Man and the Bricusse/Newley Oompa Loompa songs were absent in London and added for the Broadway transfer, which I thought was interesting. Pure Imagination was also notably moved back to the chocolate room.

George in DC said: "

Kad is wrong, I saw "Beaches" at Signature Theatre in Feb of 2014 and "Wind .... " was in the show.
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Yes, I was indeed wrong- I misread an article about Iris Rainer Dart from before the debut. My apologies.