Beanie’s Last Performance 9/25 — Page 13

dramamama611 said: "Obviously they have a lot of tickets available now that aren't selling. They don't want to encourage people to WAIT. Sure, they need ticket buyers now AND then - but if they aren't happy with sales now, "then" doesn't matter as much."

I think the next few weeks will be a struggle. Maybe the run doesn't make it past Beanies engagement?

Dame, with the right woman playing Fanny, I think this could really thrive.

bdn223 said: "Anyone else think that the discount code just release that only covers the remainder of Beanie's run and any performances after seems like a bad move? If anything I would of at least had the discount period active through either the week before or the week after Beanie's final performance to not make this glaring PR nightmare even worse...."

NOTE: Not a dump on Beanie post.

They seem to be making one bad move after another, which happens to all of us at times. My feeling is having Beanie and the rest of the casts make personal appearances and do some numbers from the show. If not the Who Are You Now/People duet with Ramin and Beanie, then, as BrodyFosse suggested, Jane and Jared with Who Taught Her Everything.

The show is a musical - show some of the music. Do the His Love Makes Me Beautiful number. Just having Beanie come on to talk isn't going to cut it anymore. I've never seen someone promote a Musical without them singing a song. I'm old enough to remember Ed Sullivan having Richard Burton and Julie Andrews in full costume singing "What Do the Simple Folk Do?" from Camelot. And Betty Buckley on Johnny Carson singing "Memory."

Beanie has her fan base, but they have either already seen it or have their tickets. They need to appeal to a different audience. People who have no idea who Beanie Feldstein is (or any of the others). I still think the Funny Girl name, without any names attached, is a good marketing tool. I became enamored of the show when it first came out and was very excited about this production - especially with Ramin, which made it extra special, but still didn't affect my desire to see it one way or another. There are a lot of people outside of NYC have no idea who most Broadway stars or younger tv performers are who just want to see a show they are comfortable with. I only came to know who Ramin was through Dancing With the Stars in 2017 - long story I'm sure no one is interested in hearing.

Sounds like they may be in panic mode and could use a new P/R firm.