Closing Night Performances - Page 2

[mc1227]

Posted: 12/31/14 at 2:17pm

I am going to This Is Our Youth's closing this Sunday evening. Saw it early in previews and wanted to see it again before it closes.

I attended Nice Work's closing performance and it was a lot of fun. The stage crew substituted real vodka in the flask that Michael McGrath drank out of and he called them out on it during the show and even shared with Broderick. I also enjoyed the director and writer coming on stage to thank the cast.

I am looking forward to Sunday night because I thought this was a very good production of a very good play.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 1/1/15 at 9:25pm

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

[starcatchers]

Posted: 1/1/15 at 10:17pm

I'll be at the final performance of Once on Sunday.

[mgldan]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 7:27pm

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.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 7:38pm

A tad mean spirited there mate.I have heard of break a leg but it is not meant to be literal.

Updated On: 1/2/15 at 07:38 PM

[ethan231h]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 7:45pm

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

[mgldan]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 8:01pm

Um, could you tell me where in my post I asked for an injury? Maybe I should have said "more spectacular."

I think it would be tremendously exciting if they changed something up for the finale, maybe after the entr'acte, where they have cycled through a few options. I was at Andrea Martin's last Friday night performance (when she left the show the first time) and she brought the house down.

I'm trying to decide between seeing Pippin for the 4th time this weekend, or seeing Side Show for the 1st time.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 8:12pm

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

[ethan231h]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 10:31pm

As much as I love Sideshow, I think Sunday's performance will be extra thrilling but extremely energetic in terms of like clapping and cheering, same with Pippin but if you don't want to miss anything with Sideshow because of the audience, then see Pippin because if you know the show enough and like it then why not be there for the end of it.

[gleek4114]

Posted: 1/2/15 at 11:10pm

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

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 12:24am

Bingo

Never saw the whole thing of seeing a show of over and over and over again even when the passion was there.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 12:27am

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

[lindatnyc2]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 12:43pm

Happy New Year. I have a single ticket to Once's final perf for sale. Front left mezz. Paid $153 after Telecharge fees. Asking $125 firm - cash or paypal accepted.

Message me, if interested. Will update here when sold.

[lindatnyc2]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 1:45pm

Have a buyer.
-L

[Robbie2]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 10:33pm

We are going to SIDE SHOW 3PM on Sunday...saying goodbye to the Freaks

[Tking0012]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 10:38pm

I'll be at Pippin

[delongpre]

Posted: 1/3/15 at 11:27pm

Going to Side Show tomorrow. Had tix for Kidsweek but alas the show didn't make it. Got these through tdf after Telecharge screwed up my refund.

Also attended last show of Drood last year, last of Mary Poppins, last of Sunset Blvd in 95.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 8:12pm

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.

[Marway44]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 9:10pm

Well written Roxy! I was surprised though that there weren't more tears from the cast.

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 9:22pm

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.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 9:30pm

The tears on stage and off could solve California's drought in a heartbeat.

For some levity, we exited through the door actors also came out of. We came out and people were there for autograph's. I said, with a straight face to the crowd, " No Autograph's" and walked away. It brought some levity to a very somber experience.

[mgldan]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 10:11pm

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

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 10:27pm

Mr. Roxy, what an incredible story. I hope to experience something like that one day. I'm so glad you had a great time.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/4/15 at 11:13pm

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.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 1/5/15 at 6:05am

Here is a collection of photos from the "Side Show" closing performance. (via Playbill.com)


Side Show

Updated On: 1/5/15 at 06:05 AM