Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

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Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 4:50pm

Not suprised, but it is always sad to see a show closing.


https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10738

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Updated On: 7/6/06 at 04:50 PM

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 4:52pm

It is a small theatre and it was about 1/4 full when i saw it. I can't believe it lasted this long to be honest. =(

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 5:39pm

It's probably because nobody know's it's running. I haven't heard anything about it nor have I even seen any review for it.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 6:29pm

if it was good enough...you would have heard about it.

#5

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 8:01pm

It is god-awful.I can normally find something good about any show but this didn't have much going for it.

#6

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 8:07pm

Well that too.

#7

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:54pm

I can't believe it lasted as long as it did. One of the most torturous nights of my theatre-going life.

The night I went, the show was about 30% full and I'm pretty sure everyone was comped. Commercial Off-Broadway is dead.

#8

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:58pm

Yeah, when i saw the show i was wondering how could they get such a great cast for such a terrible play? and the music was way too loud, i stayed till the end to see if it actually made sense, it didn't. But i wanted to greet the talented actors.

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#9

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 1:11am

Too bad....I wanted to see this, for some reason.

#10

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 1:14am

Well, you still have 11 days, they have student rush tix for $20.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 1:21am

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Updated On: 7/7/06 at 01:21 AM

#12

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 1:22am

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is doing pretty well for an Off-Broadway show. Or at least it seems. Grey Gardens did well too. Good shows do well off Broadway. It's just nobody wants to see a bad show.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 7:33am

GREY GARDENS was produced by Playwrights Horizons, a non-for-profit (not commercial) theatre company. JACQUES BREL is the rare exception. Nowadays, however, without a big star, a show off-Broadway can barely make back a tenth of what it cost to put it up.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 9:08am

"It is a small theatre"

Actually, it's one seat away from being categorized as broadway, so it's large for off broadway. Still, it's not a great show....

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 11:27am

yeah the bottom line here is really that it is a bad show. Spelling Bee was a small show off-Broadway, with no "big name" stars but yet I do believe some people may have heard of that one.. lol

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 11:42am

i saw 2 of the actors yesterday on The View and they seemed unenthused about the show too... like they knew they were in a sucky show

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 11:48am

I was thinking the same thing when we left the show last week. It's so bad that you can't help but think that the actors must realize it's pretty awful, too. They can only do so much with the material given - and it is a talented cast.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 12:56pm

Spelling Bee was a small show off-Broadway, with no "big name" stars but yet I do believe some people may have heard of that one..

Again, SPELLING BEE was produced by a NON-FOR-PROFIT theatre company (Second Stage) in its original off-Broadway run. BURLEIGH GRIME$ is presented FOR PROFIT. Companies like Lincoln Center, The Public, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Signature, Roundabout, etc...It doesn't matter how they do financially, because they are all non-for-profit theatre companies. We were having a discussion on the state of COMMERCIAL off-Broadway theatre.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 3:17pm

What are some other commercial shows that opened off-broadway?
I know:
SLUT: The Musical
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Altar Boyz
Sid
The Lieutenant of Inishmore?
Spring Awakening ?

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 3:26pm

Commercial Off-Broadway is anything that is produced for profit and not by a non-for-profit theatre company. SPRING AWAKENING and INISHMORE were both produced by Atlantic Theatre Company, a non-for-profit.

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 4:33pm

well excuuuuuse me bottom line = burleigh grimes didn't cut it b/c of the quality or lack thereof

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 4:41pm

mef, thanks. I'm not sure what is "non-for-profit." It seems like most everything off-broadway is. Except for the shows that go into Dodgers.

#23

re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/7/06 at 11:20pm

I have the urge for a coffee.
LOL. (If you saw the show you will understand)

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:14am

I saw the show and i don't understand? Is it to see the lovely Nancy Anderson pouring coffee or for the fact the show is boring?

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re: Burleigh Grime$ to End Off-Broadway Run July 16

Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:26am

Nancy was the best part of the show. The sad thing about the show is they had some real musical talent. It is sad that they couldn't have some singing, I would have loved to hear Nancy sing instead of pouring coffee. It would have been more interesting if Nancy Anderson sung a song about sexism on Wall Street. As she was pouring coffee you could hear her sing about how she hates these men and her job.
(Singing- that is really what the character is thinking_
It would have made a world of a difference.
They had David Yazbeck, wish they could have incorporated singing. It would have been more interesting.
Grimes was another sitcom wasted with incredible talent.
A shame.