BONNIE AND CLYDE only selling tickets until Dec. 30...- Page 2

[frankiec]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 4:43pm

God please let there be an OBCR?!

[WOSQ]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 4:48pm

Lousy reviews + bad word of mouth + no advance + depleted reserves = closing. It becomes economics.

Bonnie and Clyde isn't a bad show per se, but it isn't any good either.

[sorano916]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 4:55pm

I wouldn't say that the show had "bad word of mouth," though. Most people that I've talked to and those who posted here enjoyed it...

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:01pm

Everyone I know who has ACTUALLY SEEN IT has liked it.

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:09pm

Thankful that I'm able to catch it before closing. Seeing the show on Saturday.

[CurtisB]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:19pm

"Liked" doesn't cut it anymore.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:24pm

I still think Lysistrata Jones will close before this. It's opening is on Wed.(Dec. 14) and wouldn't be surprised if it closed by the 18th.

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:31pm

I think Lysistrata Jones will close in January.

[fanadu1996]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:36pm

sadly B&C is closing on 12/30-- i know for a fact. Too bad, as I enjoyed the show!

[denali.fire]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 5:37pm

This world will remember us .....
via obcr I hope

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 6:03pm

The critics have another notch on their gun . Barring a miracle, they finally did Frank in. We will now have to content ourselves with cast albums from foreign productions

Those who cannot create must destroy is the motto for most critics these days. Whoever will they kick around now. I hope Frank comes out & blasts these hacks with both barrels. He has nothing to lose now.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 6:15pm

Let's see, Mr Roxy. You regularly make jokes about Wildhorn in thread after thread. Lately you've been on overdrive with the references, whether appropriate or not. Perhaps because "stick a fork in him/it/her/them" is so played out. You always say the critics have it in for Wildhorn, and you always know you're going to find something redeemable in his shows when you go to see them.

So I challenge you to read Michael Feingold's review, since he is the best theater critic writing in New York. Note the points he makes, and how it's not just the weird Brantley blather that passes for theatrical reviews nowadays. What do you say when somebody who knows his stuff writes a review like this? Is it really JUST bullying or are those hack critics you hope Wildhorn blasts not the only hacks involved?
Robbers, Killers, Power Ballads

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 6:46pm

Up until yesterday the local radio station was playing BONNIE AND CLYDE ads several times an hour. It was really becoming annoying. Anyhow, it all stopped as of yesterday.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 7:29pm

Such a shame, they had a really good show, i hope it has a great life elsewhere

[broadway7117]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 7:43pm

^ I can see it doing well regionally, as well as internationally. Already opens in Tokyo next month.
Updated On: 12/6/11 at 07:43 PM

[egghumor]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 8:33pm

It appears two things are likely in play here... First, didn't Reidel tell us that Jeffrey Richards, one of the lead producers of B&C is also the lead producer of the upcoming production of THE BEST MAN, which is vying to obtain the Schoenfeld for its run; and secondly, Jeremy Jordan's agent is probably trying to get him back in NEWSIES, but needs to commit him to the production soon.

It seems the B&C producers decided before opening that if the reviews were again them, then they would not try and make a go of it; would not invest additional funds for advertising and other methods to keep the show running.

I haven't seen the show, but I can imagine how this must feel for those who are fond of it. I assume it will have a healthy post-Bdwy life in regional, community and international theaters.

[broadway7117]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 8:41pm

I agree egg. The show seemed to be in trouble long before the reviews came out. Even with some better reviews..it would have been tough. So sad

[kadu335]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 8:56pm

That's a shame, I liked the show a lot.
At least I got the chance to see it twice while in previews. I hope they do a cast album...

[broadwayfever]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 9:21pm

I will truly miss this show and the amazing music.

[philly03]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 9:41pm

Finding Namo: Actually Mr Roxy is a Wildhorn fan, as far as I know... (awkward)

This could actually be the end of Frank Wildhorn on Broadway, minus a revival(s) of Jekyll & HYDE (which is in the works). He's working on Zelda (formerly "Waiting for the Moon"/the Fitzgerald musical); once again, which will re-premiere in the fall of 2012 (being billed as "Broadway-bound").

Looks like Japan will be the new joke of his productions, where DRACULA played (and was filmed) with a female in the title role, Gold (formerly called Camille Claudel) is playing now, and Bonnie & Clyde in January.

[broadway7117]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 9:47pm

Rudolf will be in Japan in July as well.

[MillieDillmount]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 10:09pm

Is there any other reason why a show will stop selling tickets? Is there ANY hope these tickets could be resold? I just really don't want to see this show close so soon, it's such a special show. I'm completely heartbroken right now, and hoping there might be another explanation for this. If the show already know they are closing the 30th, why haven't they announced it yet? I'm hoping they are waiting for a reason. *sigh*

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 10:26pm

To Philly

I am a Wildhorn fan. To bad NAMo has no sesne of humor. Never has & never will. I wonder if he has even seen B/C. I still have no use for critics. Did all these people learn their craft at the Learning Annex course on being a critic. What qualifies one to do it. When one of these yahoos writes a score than they will be qualified. If people now have any doubt about a vendetta against Wildhorn, I have a bridge I would like to sell them.

6 shows & 6 pans. Even Stevie Wonder could see the bias. They have done their job. They have kept Broadway safe from the scourge of Wildhorn.

[PopAria]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 10:48pm

They need to being in the buttloads of people that Memphis does. Unfortunately, That takes lots of money and time. Two things that are almost gone. If you know someone with a boatload of $$ forward them over to the Bonnie & Clyde producers!

Otherwise this show is this year's Scottsboro Boys.

[rjm516]

Posted: 12/6/11 at 10:54pm

So sad for the cast and crew. It's always depressing when a show closes too early, especially in this environment. And I'm so sad I'm going to miss ever seeing this show! By like a week too!