Begging for RED to be Extended!

[PauloFanClem]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:10am

PLEASE!

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:11am

I am sure it will happen.

[PauloFanClem]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:13am

Well, better be quick, since I will be in NYC in July, and I want to see the original cast. :P

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:14am

It won the Tony like less than three hours ago.

I'm sure it will extend. Relax!
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 12:14 AM

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:26am

I need it to extend to at least the 15th August.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:28am

It closes June 27, as scheduled.

[singtopher]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 8:08am

Unless Alfred and Eddie have previous engagements, I don't see why not. As far as re-casting goes, I don't think the producers would go for it.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 8:13am

No extension. It closes June 27.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:17pm

Just noticed the orchestra went up to $126.50 on Telecharge. All the $25 tickets are predictably gone.

[PauloFanClem]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:42pm

"All the $25 tickets are predictably gone."

Well there are still $25 dollar tickets. Just that I hope they will not be gone in the future.

[mina3]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:09pm

Chiming in with Smaxie: there is no possibility of extension. Red will close June 27 as scheduled.

[Parks]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:13pm

Why are you guys saying it's going to close for sure and there's no hope of an extension?

[mina3]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:25pm

Because the actors aren't available past the 27th and the producers have chosen not to recast.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:32pm

Bugger

[KChenowethfan]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:01pm

I've been meaning to see this and thankfully snagged a $25 ticket for the final weekend. It took me a few tries to get a performance that had tickets still available at this price.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:17pm

Consolation prize:

Red is a two-hander, granted with a busy set and a lot of props that have to be built for every performance, but that set also doesn't move and nothing flies.

Not next season, but the 2011-2012 season, Red will be the play-most-produced-in-regional-theatres in the world.

[jaxel614]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:36pm

I find it extremely hard to believe the producers will choose not to extend RED.

Does anyone remember how long it was before they announced the God of Carnage hiatus/reopening last year? This seems like much the same type of situation, a cast with prior engagements, but with the win last night I'm pretty sure they'll be able to work it out.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:44pm

How many times does this need to be said? No. They won't. It closes June 27. The end.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:55pm

Just got back from the box office. The $25 rear mezzanine tickets are completely sold out and the show is not extending.

Just because it seems logical to extend the show does not mean it's feasible.

[averagebwaynut]

Posted: 6/15/10 at 3:04am

The show wasn't selling out before and Best Play win notwithstanding, I think it's a stretch to suggest it would enjoy a sold-out extension even if it could extend with the current cast (which it can't). Maybe by a couple of weeks, but not months.

Also, it's not a comedy like "God of Carnage" which is markedly easiee to re-cast than this very intense and technically complicated drama.

Add to that the fact that director Michael Grandage is booked solid for the rest of this year -- and he would need/want to rehearse any name replacement actors -- and the fact that the Golden is a much sought-after house that the Shuberts would not want to keep dark for any length of time and I think we can rely on those posters who have stated definitively that the show cannot extend and will not close and re-open at some future date.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 6/15/10 at 3:22am

Anyone else think it's possible for Red to extend past June 27? There hasn't been a clear answer in this thread.

[angelplays]

Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:34am

As much as I'd love for it to extend, I think frogs_fan85 did in fact give a definitive answer. He'd just been to the box office and reported that it is NOT extending.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:41am

Arielle Tepper Madover said in the Times that the production will close as scheduled on June 27 (because of Molina's and Redmayne's film schedules), will have turned a profit, and that she has no interest in recasting in order to keep it open. There it is, straight from the horse's mouth.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/10 at 11:40am

For those who care, apparently orchestra seats are also almost sold out for the rest of the run.

Edit: Actually, that's not completely true. There's not much left anyway, but much of it has gone up to premium pricing.

Updated On: 6/15/10 at 11:40 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/15/10 at 11:46am

I have decided to extend it. You're welcome.