Begging for RED to be Extended!
Begging for RED to be Extended!
#2Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:13amWell, better be quick, since I will be in NYC in July, and I want to see the original cast. :P
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3Begging for RED to be Extended!
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
#4Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:26amI need it to extend to at least the 15th August.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#5Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:28amIt closes June 27, as scheduled.
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#6Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 8:08amUnless 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.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#7Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 8:13amNo extension. It closes June 27.
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Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#8Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:17pmJust noticed the orchestra went up to $126.50 on Telecharge. All the $25 tickets are predictably gone.
#9Begging for RED to be Extended!
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
Stand-by Joined: 5/3/09
#10Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:09pmChiming in with Smaxie: there is no possibility of extension. Red will close June 27 as scheduled.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#11Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:13pmWhy are you guys saying it's going to close for sure and there's no hope of an extension?
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mina3
Stand-by Joined: 5/3/09
#12Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:25pmBecause the actors aren't available past the 27th and the producers have chosen not to recast.
#13Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:32pmBugger
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#14Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:01pmI'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.
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WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#15Begging for RED to be Extended!
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.
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jaxel614
Featured Actor Joined: 4/12/09
#16Begging for RED to be Extended!
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#17Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/14/10 at 7:44pmHow many times does this need to be said? No. They won't. It closes June 27. The end.
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#18Begging for RED to be Extended!
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.
#19Begging for RED to be Extended!
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.
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#20Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 3:22amAnyone else think it's possible for Red to extend past June 27? There hasn't been a clear answer in this thread.
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Stand-by Joined: 3/11/10
#21Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:34amAs 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.
#22Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:41amArielle 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.
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#23Begging for RED to be Extended!
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.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#24Begging for RED to be Extended!
Posted: 6/15/10 at 11:46amI have decided to extend it. You're welcome.
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