Beaches reviews — Page 6

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" 🤷‍♂️ 

if i had to guess, i'd say they'll announce sometime tomorrow after the weekly grosses are published

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! 

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.

 

But the musical isn't the movie. it would bomb on tour as well.

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.

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. 

 

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. 

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.

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. 

Barf