BROADWAY CLOSINGS - can you call it? What's next to go?- Page 5
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - can you call it? What's next to go?
Aurelia2
Chorus Member Joined: 6/19/11
#100BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/2/11 at 4:48amSomehow I thought Wonderland had already closed. But I'm on a NEW MUSICALS kick and I hope it hangs on if only because it's not a revival.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#101BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 2:31amWonderland did close. About 6 weeks ago. Where did you get the impression that it hadnt'?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#102BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 2:44am
"The act of going to see Phantom has become synonymous with visiting the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building for a tourist."
Do you know what the word "synonymous" means?
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#103BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 4:19amMemphis has done 850k and 85% most weeks. It's doing really good business and I doubt there has been a week where it hasn't made back it's running costs. It's got some time in it yet!
#104BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 10:58amThis thread is so unsupportive of the community.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#105BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 5:05pm
This thread was more about the business end and speculation based on grosses, sales and receipts. The reality of commercial theatre on Broadway.
NOT about the show, plots, the talent involved, who likes it or not, or wanting to see a show crash and burn.
Never meant to be unsupportive. Hope it goes back to the business end.
But some interesting convos so far.
:)
#106BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 5:06pmYou missed the threads last night, didn't you?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#108BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 9:33pmMy thoughts and prayers are still with her and her family.
#109BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 10:32pmAs are myne.
....but the world goes 'round
#111BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/3/11 at 11:59pmLyk, Wyrd. For Ryl. k
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#113BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/4/11 at 6:48pm
what happened?
i go away for a few days and miss the fun.
:/
#114BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/4/11 at 6:53pm
Some unknown broadway swing/understudy from Priscilla said on twitter that she wishes people here got a virus (computer, or otherwise) for starting/posting in this thread, which she found offensive.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 7/4/11 at 06:53 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#115BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 7/4/11 at 7:12pm
seriously?
wow.
Do they understand that no show will last forever?
That these shows WILL close eventually?
That nothing is guaranteed?
That it was posed as a business question from a producer's standpoint?
More time should be spent working on fixing their show than ragging on these boards. Which is open to all opinions and notions.
Don't ya think?
Updated On: 7/4/11 at 07:12 PM
TheaterBoy7777
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#117BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 6:39pm
yeah you guys are hitting it spot on.
baby and catch me.......so far you're all right.
what's next folks??
I say Priscilla.
based on Ticket sales of the last 3 weeks and weaker marketing tactics.
Once September hits..... it's not gonna hang with the others.
Just a prediction.
#118BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 6:43pm
Well, technically, the next show to close is JERUSALEM next Sunday. 
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#119BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 7:12pmpre-posting closing notices....predict based on sales, tickets, buzz, etc.
#120BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 7:20pmPerdiction: Pricilla will close on September 18th....just a feeling!!!
#122BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 7:40pmI'm saying priscilla. And I think memphis has another good year on it. But nothing more.
addamsfamily#1fan
Chorus Member Joined: 12/9/10
#123BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 10:08pmAddams Family wont close until like 2 years because Jackie Hoffman,Zachary James are leaving the show this month and Adam Riegler is staying until November. If the producers knew that they were gonna close soon they would have told Jackie,Zach and Adam to stay until closing.
#124BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it!
Posted: 8/14/11 at 10:39pmSo because all of those people are leaving in November, The Addams Family is going to run another two years?
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
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