I am amazed they don't try to stick it out through the end of the year with a return of Ben for the final few months, or at least wait to see how Gaten effects ticket sales to see if they can continue to stunt cast for a little while longer.
I am guessing they are being forced out, but I wonder for what show....
bdn223 said: "I am amazed they don't try to stick it out through the end of the year with a return of Ben for the final few months, or at least wait to see how Gaten effects ticket sales to see if they can continue to stunt cast for a little while longer.
I am guessing they are being forced out, but I wonder for what show...."
I doubt Ben will even mention this show for a decade at least.
ljay889 said: "Wow, did the movie kill this show??"
It was a contributing factor, but not singlehandedly. (I don't know that enough people saw it to make a dent.) The buzz died down and it never regained footing after the pandemic. DEH had a damn good run for a small musical about teen suicide, and I thought the original cast was pretty brilliant.
This probably means something is about to announce for the Music Box this week to go on sale before the Tonys, as we've seen with other recent announcements. This weekend will be big for advertising in the NYT. There's also opportunities to promote an upcoming show at parties to industry folk, on TV, in the Tonys playbill, digital advertising, Tony presenters/red carpet, etc.
Sing Street? The Bedwetter? Lempicka? Suffs? A play?
Not a reason to be sad. This show was a global phenomenon, won the awards, recouped, played all over the world. It gave job security to so many people working in the theatre. Onto the next!
quizking101 said: "Damn. A giant has fallen. Though I kinda figured this would happen soon after the major black eye that god-awful movie gave to the show’s brand…"
It's so funny when people blame the film. Yeah, the film helped put the nail in the coffin, but the story has always been a problem. It won the Tony on hype and a stacked slate of Tony-voting coproducers, not merit.
During the year this and Come From Away opened, it was always debated which one would last longer. Unless CFA also announces a Fall closure, looks like it'll outlast DEH.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Can't wait to see what Michael Greif does next on Broadway - between War Paint, Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens and Rent this man knows what he is doing. What a body of work!
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
I’m not as sad as I thought I would be at this news. The show-as previously mentioned-had a very long run and that’s phenomenal! I do plan on going back to see Gaten, but otherwise I wish them luck in their final months on Broadway.
" almost 6 years after opening" - talk about spinning! Minus nearly 2 years of covid - It ran for 4 years. (And nothing wrong with that)
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binau said: "Can't wait to see what Michael Greif does next on Broadway - between War Paint, Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens and Rent this man knows what he is doing. What a body of work!"
He is co-directing THE NOTEBOOK.
DEH could still outrun CFA, since DEH opened in December '16 and CFA opened in March '17.