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Beaches reviews
Featured Actor Joined: 1/8/24
Beaches reviews#125
Posted: 4/25/26 at 8:58pm
iluvtheatertrash said: "And sweetie darling? You're one of the most repugnant and loathed people on this message board."
u hear that haters?
suddenly im not so bad
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
Beaches reviews#126
Posted: 4/25/26 at 9:04pm
MezzoDiva47 said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "And sweetie darling? You're one of the most repugnant and loathed people on this message board."
u hear that haters?
suddenly im not so bad
"
I mean... if I had to figure out which troll to keep, I admit, I'd probably choose you. If you stopped with the "bow down nonsense" 🤷♂️
Beaches reviews#127
Posted: 4/25/26 at 11:32pm
MezzoDiva47 said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "And sweetie darling? You're one of the most repugnant and loathed people on this message board."
u hear that haters?
suddenly im not so bad
Sorry —but yeah you still are pretty bad.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Beaches reviews#128
Posted: 4/26/26 at 3:45pm
iluvtheatertrash said: "Once again, the folks who "love theatre" have shown just how much they love it by celebrating and mocking the failure of a show, which leads to unemployed artists and tech. So much "love"."
Loving theatre does not mean loving every show. Just because some of us think that the show is a mediocre insult to the artform doesn’t mean we want everyone involved with this specific show to be destitute. They have been very lucky to be employed for 6-10 weeks so far (depending on when their contract began) and each day it continues running is a win for them.
Broadway is not a jobs program. When one show closes, another will open, and it will employ nearly the same number of people—not those exact same people, but different and equally deserving ones.
Beaches reviews#129
Posted: 4/27/26 at 9:55am
Are they posting the closing notice today? Or are the producers going to try a keep this thing on life support?
Beaches reviews#130
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:05am
if i had to guess, i'd say they'll announce sometime tomorrow after the weekly grosses are published
Beaches reviews#131
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:33am
When r the Tony noms ? Maybe holding out till then and poof it will be gone.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
Beaches reviews#132
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:34am
iluvtheatertrash said: "You can discuss a show being bad and its closure without it being gleeful, relentless and cruel.
And sweetie darling? You're one of the most repugnant and loathed people on this message board. Spare me the lesson in message board etiquette."
You can say that again. Amen!
Leading Actor Joined: 9/25/24
Beaches reviews#133
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:44am
The8re phan said: "if i had to guess, i'd say they'll announce sometime tomorrow after the weekly grosses are published"
They won't hold out until next Tuesday when nominations are announced?
Beaches reviews#134
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:50am
witchoftheeast2 said: "The8re phan said: "if i had to guess, i'd say they'll announce sometime tomorrow after the weekly grosses are published"
They won't hold out until next Tuesday when nominations are announced?"
It's hard to imagine the production receiving any nominations, except maybe for Vosk -- and even that is iffy at this point.
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
Beaches reviews#135
Posted: 4/27/26 at 8:48pm
Matthew Hardy on his YouTube channel "Bored and Confused" said he thinks the people behind the show just want it to go on tour to make money for them. Targeting fans of the films. I hate that. He was being very nice about the show but he really went in on it and {nicely} thrashed it.
Beaches reviews#136
Posted: 4/27/26 at 9:17pm
But the musical isn't the movie. it would bomb on tour as well.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Beaches reviews#137
Posted: 4/27/26 at 9:38pm
KarenValentine'sheadband said: "Matthew Hardy on his YouTube channel "Bored and Confused" said he thinks the people behind the show just wantitto go on tour to make money for them."
A tour is not free money. The odds are better on the road than on Broadway, but it’s still a fully separate capitalization. The Broadway entity will get a few percent, but if the Broadway production earns $0 then that’s a huge hole to fill one drip at a time. Same with licensing. The show might actually do okay with licensing, but only if they record a cast album.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Beaches reviews#138
Posted: 4/27/26 at 9:44pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "KarenValentine'sheadband said: "Matthew Hardy on his YouTube channel "Bored and Confused" said he thinks the people behind the show just wantitto go on tour to make money for them."
A tour is not free money. The odds are better on the road than on Broadway, but it’s still a fully separate capitalization. The Broadway entity will get a few percent, but if the Broadway production earns $0 then that’s a huge hole to fill one drip at a time. Same with licensing. The show might actually do okay with licensing, but only if they record a cast album."
The only thing they can be hopeful for is licensing for regional productions. The show has a small cast and would be relatively affordable to put on, but with no cast album it's going to be very tough.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Beaches reviews#139
Posted: 4/27/26 at 9:56pm
ACL2006 said: "But the musical isn't the movie. it would bomb on tour as well."
Not necessarily. The mainstream masses are unfamiliar with Broadway though they have heard the titles, which are basically the huge selling points on touring shows. They are unaware of the gossip and a show’s history, etc. This tour will attract fans of the film, which is enormously loved. Of course, they’re in for a big surprise when none of the songs from the film (aside from THAT one) are in it, but then it’s too late. Same situation happened to those who saw the revival of FUNNY GIRL which had songs not in the film and of course, the omission of “My Man” was the biggest upset both on Broadway and on tour.
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
Beaches reviews#140
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:36pm
ACL2006 said: "But the musical isn't the movie. it would bomb on tour as well."
People in Topeka {and other cities} don't know that.
Featured Actor Joined: 1/26/24
Beaches reviews#141
Posted: 4/27/26 at 10:38pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "KarenValentine'sheadband said: "Matthew Hardy on his YouTube channel "Bored and Confused" said he thinks the people behind the show just wantitto go on tour to make money for them."
A tour is not free money. The odds are better on the road than on Broadway, but it’s still a fully separate capitalization. The Broadway entity will get a few percent, but if the Broadway production earns $0 then that’s a huge hole to fill one drip at a time. Same with licensing. The show might actually do okay with licensing, but only if they record a cast album."
Fully agree.
Beaches reviews#142
Posted: 4/28/26 at 12:20am
BrodyFosse123 said: "ACL2006 said: "But the musical isn't the movie. it would bomb on tour as well."
Not necessarily. The mainstream masses are unfamiliar with Broadway though they have heard the titles, which are basically the huge selling points on touring shows. They are unaware of the gossip and a show’s history, etc. This tour will attract fans of the film, which is enormously loved. Of course, they’re in for a big surprise when none of the songs from the film (aside from THAT one) are in it, but then it’s too late. Same situation happened to those who saw the revival of FUNNY GIRL which had songs not in the film and of course, the omission of “My Man” was the biggest upset both on Broadway and on tour."
The amount of people online who needed it explained that My Man was added for the film and wasn't in the stage version was huge.
In one of her concerts just before she went into FG, Lea made the comment, just before singing My Man, that because she would not be singing this every night on Broadway she would sing it for them then. Some people convinced themselves that because she said she wouldn't be singing it EVERY night she would be singing it some nights not others. It had to be explained to them that Broadway shows don't work like that.
So yes, I think a lot of people will turn up expecting every song from the movie and for Bertie to be called Hillary and be disappointed.
Beaches reviews#143
Posted: 4/28/26 at 12:53am
The fact that this couldn’t sell tickets even before disastrous word of mouth and negative reviews suggests the title is not a sufficient draw alone.
Beaches reviews#144
Posted: 4/28/26 at 4:10am
Kad said: "The fact that this couldn’t sell tickets even before disastrous word of mouth and negative reviews suggests the title is not a sufficient draw alone."
yes you have a point. I was a teenager when the movie came out, it was a hit but that was a long time ago and I've not seen it in high rotation in streaming services in Australia, not sure about the US, so you'd have to mostly see it as nostalgia for ( and i hate to put it like this) women of a certain age.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
Beaches reviews#145
Posted: 4/28/26 at 10:38am
Kad said: "The fact that this couldn’t sell tickets even before disastrous word of mouth and negative reviews suggests the title is not a sufficient draw alone."
This. One million times over.
I adore Beaches. I adore musical theatre. I adore Jessica Vosk.
Do I want to see a Beaches musical featuring Jessica Vosk? Nahhhh.
It just doesn't scream out for a musical adaption. When there are so many amazing movies that DO scream out for a musical adaption I'm not going to waste my time on ones that DON'T (I'm looking at you Karate Kid and Devil Wears Prada)
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Beaches reviews#146
Posted: 4/30/26 at 8:29am
Its quite apparent now that they’re holding on until the Tony Award nominations are announced this coming Tuesday morning: May 5, 2026. Their last attempt at marketing the show on social media was a week ago (6 days ago, to be exact). They’re simply running on fumes right now.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Beaches reviews#147
Posted: 4/30/26 at 9:11am
BrodyFosse123 said: "Their last attempt at marketing the show on social media was a week ago (6 days ago, to be exact)."
They’ve made 4 instagram grid posts in the past 24 hours and I’m served with a “Vosk is mother” or “Beaches is girlhood” ad every time I open Facebook.
Beaches reviews#149
Posted: 4/30/26 at 9:48am
I don't know how there are not calls from inside demanding it close - I find it shocking that they are willing to wait it out to may 4. if they follow a two week notice from there it'll almost be the long weekend
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