Posted: 6/22/16 at 12:12pm
I know this is speculation, but Bright Star is so packed now in its final week, it makes me wonder. Producers usually can sort of know when a show is going to get an upswing in its final closing weeks - that's why Rocky got about 4 weeks closing notice, other shows as well, etc. But then some only get 2 weeks, and some such as Tuck only get 6 days. B Star has a big fan base and a lot of people this week through telecharge are trading in tickets they had for later this summer for right now this week, in a desperate attempt to see the show before closing. I wonder why B. Star did not get 3-4 weeks closing notice, and I wonder maybe if the Shubert company invoked a stop clause provision (a la Side Show in Dec 2014) on it if there was something else they wanted to bring into the Cort. And perhaps the stop clause provision can mandate a show's gotta be out in 2 weeks. Could very well be that if this occurred, the producers (J Parnes and others) did not publicize this in an attempt to quell bad feelings/publicity, future theatre relationships,etc Have no real proof of this of course, just speculation, but do wonder, the closing notice came pretty swift after Tonys Sunday, and the 2 weeks is happening pretty quick. Regardless, if that is what happened, the Shubert organization was well within their rights to exercise this clause if that was their wish.