DIANA: THE MUSICAL Closing on December 19th — Page 3

I bet the cast are hugely relieved this is finally closing. What a mess of a show.


click flask click click feckity feckity.

What about A Strange Loop?

Strange Loop absolutely deserves to be on Broadway, with its Pulitzer and its rave reviews here and in DC in tow. But even with all of its brilliance, it remains a risky commercial bet. I could see them waiting until next season when things would hopefully improve in terms of economics and COVID.


Or they could quickly transfer in the spring and pretty much cruise to some major Tony award wins and hope that can sustain them.

The usual chorus of “Won’t somebody think of the unemployed” seems to be missing from this thread.

Everything I’d seen on social media had people saying they loved the show-whether or not they paid for their seats. I know social media doesn’t usually make or break a show. It’s just said that these actors were out of work for over a year, came back and had a few months before they closed. Broadway takes itself WAY too seriously, just FUN shows that make people happy don’t last long It’s disappointing. This is sad.

Kad said: "Strange Loop absolutely deserves to be on Broadway, with its Pulitzer and its rave reviews here and in DC in tow. But even with all of its brilliance, it remains a risky commercial bet. I could see them waiting until next season when things would hopefully improve in terms of economics and COVID.


Or they could quickly transfer in the spring and pretty much cruise to some major Tony award wins and hope that can sustain them."

It’s not about what show deserves to be on Broadway - it’s about what show sells tickets.

Showhopper2 said: "Dolly80 said: "I bet the cast are hugely relieved this is finally closing.."

Congrats on the stupiest comment of the day!!!!!

Well, 'stupiest' makes yours a contender for that crown as well.

hearthemsing22 said: "Everything I’d seen on social media had people saying they loved the show-whether or not they paid for their seats. I know social media doesn’t usually make or break a show. It’s just said that these actors were out of work for over a year, came back and had a few months before they closed. Broadway takes itself WAY too seriously, just FUN shows that make people happy don’t last long It’s disappointing. This is sad."

Yes, fun shows don’t run and aren’t well received. Like Wicked, Book of Mormon, Lion King, Six, Moulin Rouge…

The issue is that this production didn't really seem to realize how "fun" it was until it was too late. And then there's the question of whether the pretty tragic life of Diana- a figure who still looms large in culture despite dying over twenty years ago, and certainly would loom large in the mind of the average Broadway ticketbuyer, who is in their forties- is even good fodder for a "fun" musical.

Updated On: 12/11/21 at 11:26 AM

'Shocked!', I tell you. Just shocked at this news. I thought for sure it would run as long as "Phantom", if not longer.



Seriously, why didn't they consider opening this off-Broadway first, give it a test-run, and then see if it was doable for B'way ? Just wondering...

gibsons2 said: "Dolly80 said: "I bet the cast are hugely relieved this is finally closing. What a mess of a show.


click flask click click feckity feckity."

Cast and crew who were out of work for 18 months and will be unemployed by December 20th are relieved? Are you that dense?"

Nothing more to add!

Meanwhile, the official twitter feed continues to do good work: "One more week to see a pretty pretty girl in 38 pretty pretty dresses."

https://twitter.com/DianaOnBroadway/status/1469733162662215691?s=20

Hairspray0901 said: "I wonder if the Netflix release hurt the show; being the order things happened due to the pandemic. I know I for one had interest but once I saw the first 30 minutes or so of the Netflix show I said “nope. Not paying to see this.”"

NYTimes, in part: "After surviving the pandemic, which forced its closure after nine preview performances, and a widely panned filmed version for Netflix, “Diana, the Musical” announced on Friday that it would end its Broadway run on Dec. 19. It originally had an open run.....The reviews for the musical were mostly negative. In his review for The New York Times, Jesse Green wrote, “If you care about Diana as a human being, or dignity as a concept, you will find this treatment of her life both aesthetically and morally mortifying.” Dec 10, 2021

Apparently, yes Hairspray0901.

This is a chat board where folks discuss the Previews, openings and closings of Broadway shows. And, yes, when a Broadway show closes the artists lose their jobs. That’s been true since at least the 1800’s.

Meanwhile there’s one element of Diana I didn’t notice the critics comment on. The chorus repeatedly tells the audience that they’re the ones exploiting Diana by watching the show. Most pointedly in a servants quartet in Act Two. That meta-ness suggests a self awareness the show otherwise lacks. And seems to predict it’s own closing.

Updated On: 12/12/21 at 12:58 PM