DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Scottsacto
Stand-by Joined: 4/3/05
#2DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 7:16pmColor Me Surprised-----NOT!! After all that has been posted about this show.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#2DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 7:25pm
A tremendous waste of talent.
I hope the entire cast finds better material in short order.
#3DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 7:45pmIm still shocked Katie Holmes wasn't a bigger draw. I hope she comes back to Broadway soon!
Rodgerdodger
Chorus Member Joined: 8/17/12
#5DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 7:56pmI went the first week of previews before I went away for thanksgiving since I thought the run would be pretty much sold out by the time I got back to NYC.
#6DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 8:17pmMaybe now they'll stop producing Rebeck's crap.
Rodgerdodger
Chorus Member Joined: 8/17/12
#7DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 9:25pmFrom your voice to God's ears, little_sally.
zamedy
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
#8DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/27/12 at 9:31pmI heart the Avi's on this thread.
Mtdewelite2010
Swing Joined: 9/17/10
#9DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 12:03amGood thing Norbert is going to Big Fish! Excited for that!
#10DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 3:09am
When was it scheduled to close originally?
I have never seen Katie on Broadway, but I didn't enjoy her on Dawson's Creek, and don't really think she is a big star, apart from being on cover of gossip magazines. And Leo, although a Tony winner, doesn't sell tickets either.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 7:34am
I agree^. She seems a competent enough actress whose biggest claim to fame was marrying Tom Cruise and Dawson's Creek (which was 20 years ago?). I don't think she was ever a draw at the movie box office, so I wouldn't have expected that people would have cared all that much about her being on b'way in a play they never heard anything about.
And Norbert - as much as the bway community might love him, no one else knows him.
#12DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 7:40am
Norbert is like Boyd Gaines. Lots of respect and Tonys, but not a box office draw on his own.
And Katie isn't a big TV star or movie star like the second Mrs. Cruise, who can and does sell tickets on name alone.
Katie's a tabloid star now. She would do better to go back to TV where people who are curious about her can tune in for free instead of shelling out $100 to see her in a bad play.
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wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#13DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 1:22pmLove Norbert, mildly negative on Holmes, but let's pin this failure where it belongs - Rebeck. Surely there are talented women playwrights out there who deserve to be produced?
#14DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 1:37pmSomeone said in the preview thread that Rebeck's stuff is just easy to license, which is why it gets produced, and I am starting to believe that's the reason.
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#15DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 2:10pm
I think Katie Holmes isn't the "I'll pay to see her!" star that producers anticipated. I know All My Sons recouped, but that's a famous play and Holmes starred alongside three other name actors.
On her own in an unknown property she's just not much of a draw. And then, of course, there's the fact that the play is terrible. That trumps anything else in my book.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#16DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 2:22pmThere aren't too many playwrights whose work is hard to license -- especially new work. So that doesn't fly (with me) as that being a reason.
#17DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 2:25pmAt the time that she did All My Sons, I think she was more of a curiosity. People wanted to see how Mrs Tom Cruise fared. Also, as others have mentioned, Katie hasn't had a hit movie in ages and she's off TV. People seem to respect her as an actress, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll pay top dollar to see her. I admire her for doing plays and I hope she does more; maybe next time she'll do something smaller, Off-Broadway, and hopefully good.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#19DEAD ACCOUNTS to Close on Broadway on January 6
Posted: 12/28/12 at 7:30pm
"Norbert is like Boyd Gaines. Lots of respect and Tonys, but not a box office draw on his own."
I'll agree with that 100%.
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