CLOSING JULY 20: Passing Strange, Adding Machine, Country Girl & Ult Jew

[EugLoven]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 11:08am

New York says farewell to the following shows on Sunday, July 20:


PASSING STRANGE
Belasco Theatre
* Director Spike Lee films the show live this weekend for an unannounced future TV/movie airing
* Tony Award for Best Book

ADDING MACHINE: THE MUSICAL
Minetta Lane Theatre
* Best reviewed new musical of the year
* Lortel and Outer Critics Awards for Best Musical

THE COUNTRY GIRL
Bernard B Jacobs Theatre

JACKIE MASON: THE ULTIMATE JEW
New World Stages



Anyone planning on attending any of these closing performances? Be sure to report-back!

Updated On: 7/19/08 at 11:08 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 11:23am

Thank God Jackie Mason is FINALLY retiring his tired routine, that has most unfortunately been regurgitated up onto many a stage, all the same 500 year old schtick, but with different titles.

Painfully unfunny.

Go.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 11:36am

The Country Girl is STILL open?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 11:54am

Yep. I saw it on Wednesday night, and Morgan Freeman could not have looked more bored.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 1:54pm

He was on the Today show and discussing Batman, and didn't seem too thrilled when the subject of "The Country Girl" came up. He just seemed over it.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 2:14pm

Myself and a handful of other board members will be at Passing Strange tomorrow.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 2:48pm

Check the Official PS Love Thread for details, tonight, (re the filming, and tomorrow re the last show) !

[mikem]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 3:05pm

July 20 is also the final performance for Laura Bell Bundy, Max Crumm, and Laura Osnes in their respective shows.

[winter_sky]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 3:11pm

It's also the last day for Jacqui Polk in Hairspray and Maia Nkenge Wilson in RENT. Also Charlotte D'Amboise, correct?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 4:37pm

Saw Jackie Mason & his tired 500 year old routine & enjoyed it as did the entire audience.

I guess everything needs to be deadly serious.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 7/19/08 at 5:40pm

You know, I saw Adding Machine the other night...and didn't love it.

The music is very good, and the performances were good as well, but the book seemed sloppy and lacked a clear thru-line. It seemed like a series of scenes- not a single play.

Wish everyone from these shows the best...

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 4:14am

get some last minute tix

[A Director]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 5:04am

How sad that Passing Strange and Adding Machine, musical written with craft and passion about something are closing the same week that a piece of sh-t, TOS, opened on Broadway. Unlike TOS, Passing Strange and Adding Machine will be long remembered.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 9:49am

Wishing everyone involved with these shows the best!

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 12:11pm

we'll be on the unemployment virtual line like everybody else!?!

[twoladies]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 5:39pm

How could Passing Strange possibly be closing? It just opened in February!

The score is amazing, as well.