Kelli is doing LIGHT AT THE PIAZZA. That's why I'm happy this show is ending. Now everyone in the cast can move on to a decent show.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Wasn't it Sept. 11th that brought about Rocky Horror's closing? I think it was doing pretty well right until then, no?
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Not when it cuts into your full price sales to the point that you can't run profitably. Rocky Horror was selling almost everything at a discount, and while it wasn't always losing money, it wasn't exactly making any money either. For the long haul, the show needed to sell more full price tickets to the fans of the film (who can still see it in a movie theatre on Friday and Saturday nights for $10). And they weren't willing to pony up $80/$85 every time to do it in significant enough numbers.
Rocky Horror Show's revival closed due to September 11th, but they did open up again later on... it was during the "guest star" period of time, and they closed again January of 2002.
Got to see it with Penn and Teller as guest narrators. They were no Dick Cavett (whose rapore with the audience was hilarious), but they were very entertaining and had a very funny fire-eating act 2 opener.