Closing Night Performances — Page 2

There will be 1750 people going to the closing night performance of Cinderella on Saturday night.

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Is no one on the board still excited for Pippin? I wonder if they'll make any of the stunts more extreme for the finale.

I will be at pippin! And according to twitter people are very excited!

Suggest something new as opposed to the same show but that is up to you.

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See Side Show!!! You can always catch Pippin on tour. After Sunday, Side Show is gone for good!

Ask your doctor if Cialis is right for you. Feel the passion - once again.

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Have a buyer.
-L

I'll be at Pippin

The closing of Sideshow was one for the books. We sat in the mezzanine Row M. Walking around up there was Constantine Maroulis & his companion looking for their seats. Sharon Lawrence was also up there. At the intermission, Bill Russell was washing his hands in the mens room and no one said a word to him.

Everytime an actor came out in the opening number, he/she was greeted with thunderous applause. Ditto for the end of each musical number. A number of them got standing ovations.

The audience was into it like nobody's business. At the end , the cast, including standbys,came out to thunderous applause. Kreiger, Russell & Condon came out with Condon doing all the talking. The cast than sang Say Goodbye To The Sideshow. It sounded as if the song was written for that moment.

Without doubt, the best closing performance we have ever been to.

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Very well written, Roxy. I to was there (Mezz, Row L) and it was definitely an afternoon to remember. Who Will Love Me As I Am and I Will Never Leave You have always been powerful yet haunting songs. Today they were captivating with the audience's reactions. The curtain call speech was a wonderful treat and the final Say Goodbye to the Side Show was very moving.

On the way out many ushers and house staff were saying how they were in the balcony (which was closed off) and couldn't believe the show was over. Lots of audience members were returning to visit the show one final time.

Yes, I am glad I picked Side Show over (a fourth viewing of) Pippin. This was my first and last time and last seeing the show and I was in mezz row D.

The speech at the end was incredibly gracious to the audience, investors, and cast, and I was glad that no one sounded a note of bitterness. What an energetic crowd, what an emphatic ending to this really under marketed play. I think anyone could be made to identify with the plight of two people who are restricted by life's circumstances and denied their own chance at defining their own identity.

I came home with the official magnet and significant regret that this work, which deserves to enter the pantheon of great American plays, could not find an audience to sustain it.

I was a little bewildered to see empty seats in the mezz row behind me.

Updated On: 1/4/15 at 10:11 PM

I'll say this about the ONCE final performance. It wasn't one of those crazy closing performances where the audience goes nuts after every number and every punch line. The energy from the cast & audience during the pre-show was amazing. I think they did every possible number for the pre-show as the show itself didn't start until 3:15. The show was just as solid as it was when I saw it in previews almost three years ago. "Gold" gave me chills [again], I laughed for "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy" & "Abandoned in Bandon" & I wept during "The Hill", "Gold [acapella]" & "Falling Slowly [reprise]".

I feel blessed to have been able to see this beautiful, brillant & original piece of art three times. The only disappointment was that their were no speeches after the [numerous] bows. I was hoping for at least an encore of one of their songs, but just like that, the doors to the Jacobs theater were opened and the crew appeared on stage to strike everything & it was over. This little show that could ran for nearly three years, beyond expectations, and brought something new & original to Broadway that, IMO, was much needed.

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