Could "Frogs" close?

Speculation abounds about Chris Kattan being replaced by Roger Bart in "The Frogs", and that the show might close after opening night. I really enjoyed this show (okay, I'm one of the few, apparently!). Could this happen, if the entire run is practically sold out? Has this kind of thing happened in the recent past?

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Because the buzzword isn't good. I guess. I disagree.

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where did you hear this? I heard about Roger Bart, but not about it closing! I have tickets for the end of July and this was my saving grace if the strike lasts a while ( I have Wicked tickets too) I have been reading that it had some problems during beginning previews but nothing major. My New York trip is slowly falling apart with the possibility of strike and now this...I thought Kristen and Norbert leaving before I got there was bad but I will be happy just seeing a show at this rate!!

If Lincoln Center's Thou Shalt Not managed to play out its limited engagement, then certainly Nathan Lane in The Frogs with a score by Stephen Sondheim would as well, regardless of what the preview bitches are currently saying about it.

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I am going this week. I can't wait.
My mom heard it sucked and is giving me her ticket.
I live for Nathan Lane.

Updated On: 7/11/04 at 07:54 PM

If the rumor about Bart is true it can only help the show and every change they make seems to be for the better. Though there are likely to be people who don't GET the show and don't like it even after it is in shape for opening on 7/22, there were plenty of people at the show I went to who liked it and thought that with a few changes it would be a really good show. Bart can only be a bonus as Kattan was a weak link.

With the subscription sales and the daily sales I doubt there is any danger of it closing. I had a friend who tried to get tickets over the weekend of the 4th which is typically very slow for Broadway and she got the last cancellation ticket available with quite a bit of waiting and luck...so I think they are doing fine at the B.O.

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Ok....I think like a few others, when I saw this subject I thought...what?! Because I have also heard that the show is selling out. In fact, I know for a fact that ticket sales "jumped" after that NY Times interview with Nathan. Maybe there will be a cast change, who knows? Wouldn't be the first time and better to do so earlier rather than later, think about it. Same thing happened in The Producers when Nathan and Matthew left the first time.....Henry Goodman didn't perform they way they expected and they got him out of there real quick.

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I'm going opening night and I'm very excited. I hope they don't delay the opening.

Every institution, including LC, is hurting. Subscription or not, if the production is a goner, they may just want to cut their losses, a la Roundabout and ASSASSINS. Given LC's track record with musicals in the last few years, I hardly think its elderly, rich and powerful subscription base is holding its collective breath for THE FROGS (which is not a comment on the production itself, which I have yet to see).

Did you all see the posting...Roger Bart is a sure thing. Says Kattan "withdrew" from the production.

was doubtless made so he could save face

They have not been happy with him for a long time nor has the audience

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if you go see the show...they are all there -- I saw them with my own little eyes

And they keep coming

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yes, another favorite line: A little wine will get you through a lot of drama

We've got a million of them

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