Bye Big Fish

#1

Bye Big Fish

Posted: 12/28/13 at 11:30pm

You deserved better . Glad we saw one of the better musicals on Broadway in some time. Liked it and the score much better than the overpraised Wicked.

Hopefully there will be life after Broadway. Good luck to all involved and thankfully we will have the cast album in February.

Norbert, stay away from the Neil Simon . Nothing but bad luck for you.

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#2

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Posted: 12/28/13 at 11:39pm

Norbert, stay away from the Neil Simon . Nothing but bad luck for you.

He won a Tony for one of his performances there. I would hardly call that bad luck.

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#3

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Posted: 12/28/13 at 11:53pm

Bad luck as far as the theater not the role.

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#4

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 1:16am

Saw it for the second time today and I will NEVER understand why this show is closing. I bawled like a baby again. So moving. Such a beautiful score and show.

#5

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 1:23am

I agree. I actually had to sit there and collect myself after the show. And I looked around and a lot of people were affected too. I guess the material just resonates with people. I truly enjoyed it from start to finish.

#6

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 11:57am

I will really miss it so much. It was an amazing price of theatre with heart and soul. Even though the critics bashed they still manged to fight the dragons. I am counting down to the Cast Recording and I hope February comes sooner than later. I really hope this show can tour so many people can be touched by the magic that is Big Fish.

#7

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 11:59am

I am sorry I never got to see this, but I was in the city for the first time in six months this past Monday, but I had tickets to something else.

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#8

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 4:07pm

Also very sad to see this one go so quickly. Reminds me of how fast Hands on a Hardbody came and went. Big Fish was the best new musical this fall. The witch scene is with me forever.

#9

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 4:45pm

Did any one go?

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#10

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 4:47pm

Bad luck as far as the theater not the role.

That still doesn't make sense.

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#11

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 4:58pm

He won for the role Catch could have been any theater. The Simon seems to be jinxed for him having a long run.

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#12

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 5:04pm

Big Fish would have flopped in any theater. There is no point.

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#13

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 5:24pm

Whatever Many people enjoyed it. It was an undeserved flop. IMO

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#14

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 7:46pm

agreed. It was a great show.

#15

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Posted: 12/29/13 at 9:16pm

I really enjoyed it. Bobby, Norbert, Kate, and the entire cast are excellent!

#16

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Posted: 12/30/13 at 12:04am

This production was absolutely breathtaking!! It's in my top 3 shows I've seen this year (beaten only by DROOD). I cannot believe it closed. I was expecting this to run for years!!

#17

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Posted: 12/30/13 at 11:56am

Saw the closing show and it was a truly magical night. Crazy entrance applause for everyone, so much that Norbert kind of signaled "stop." No curtain speeches or anything because the show really spoke for itself, but it was magical seeing the audience standup in the blackout so that the cast would come out to an already standing ovation. I felt so lucky to be there and enjoy that story and score on Broadway for a final time.
Sidenote: ran into Andrew Lippa at intermission! Very cool.

#18

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Posted: 12/30/13 at 5:36pm

Nice article from someone who was there and about theater in general.

http://www.broadwayspotted.com/musings-on-yet-another-night-of-theatre/

#19

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Posted: 12/30/13 at 6:08pm

Such a good article, Sutton. Thanks for the link!

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#20

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Posted: 12/30/13 at 8:21pm

I was there last night and it was incredible. I really don't understand why this show closed so early - it had such a phenomenal emotional center. The audience showed a ton of appreciation, and the cast and orchestra showed it back. No speeches or excessive curtain calls, but the last few scenes spoke volumes themselves.

Also saw Lilla Crawford like 6 times during intermission and after the show - her hair is hard to miss!

#21

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Posted: 1/2/14 at 12:24am

What did Lilla like 6 times at intermission? I'm confused.

#22

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Posted: 1/2/14 at 2:21pm

"I really don't understand why this show closed so early..."

I'm not sure if you're speaking literally or figuratively, but the answer is (answers are) simple:

1) not enough people who saw the show felt the same way about it as you did, and
2) not enough people found the marketing, press, and word of mouth sufficiently compelling to justify buying a ticket.

#23

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Posted: 1/7/14 at 4:10am

Liked it, didn't love it. While it had a stellar cast and I thought they all gave beautiful performances , I just felt like the show itself needed some work, some tweaking. RIP Big Fish.

#24

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Posted: 1/7/14 at 7:13am

Boooo I wanted to see this, always loved the movie. And love Norbert. Well can't wait to see what he's in next.

#25

Bye Big Fish

Posted: 1/7/14 at 3:39pm

You deserved better .

Not really. Surprised it lasted this long. Certainly longer than I could remember any of the tunes.

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