DIVIDING DAY: The July 29th Closing Stories Thread

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 2:28pm

Goodbye!

GYPSY.

GREY GARDENS.

110 IN THE SHADE.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

[vfd88]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 2:30pm

Why God, Why?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 2:33pm

All shows close, especailly when not doing enough business

The only one that closed due to poor business was GG. A tough sell from the beginning. A good show but tourists support Broadway & this was not a show for tourists

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 2:34pm

Yes, but it is still sad to see them go.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 3:43pm

Erin Davie is probably getting close to singing her last "Daddy's Girl" right about now.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 5:09pm

People should be drifting back in the next hour or so.

Can't wait to hear the stories.

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 5:26pm

Why use a title of a song not connected to any of the shows that are closing?

I'm going to change my screen name in recognition of this dark, dark, day. I will hereby been known as GreyLizzieBelleLee.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 5:32pm

I felt that song title was a rather nice description for the day at hand.

I didn't want to name a song after one show, leaving the other three out.

BUT if I would have, it would have been called DRIFTING AWAY.

But I like DIVIDING DAY better.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:01pm

Stories?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:07pm

God. We have at least one thread for each show, AND at least one other that encompasses all four. Does yours have some special quality that I seem not to have picked up?

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:09pm

I started this one before the other four had popped up, and I thought we could just compile all the fabulous stories into one.

Obviously, emcee, not.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:17pm

There were other threads at 8 o'clock this morning. You started this at 2:28 p.m.

Updated On: 7/29/07 at 07:17 PM

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:23pm

My mistake.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:31pm

and yet with all of these threads I dont think I've seen ONE in depth review and I'm going crazy waiting!!

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:32pm

Well they have to get HOME first.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:33pm

Shouldn't they be home by now?

I'm just itching to know all about the closings.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:36pm

but I was thinking of those who lived in the city...the show ends at four thirty/five ish...an hour to get home. so I'm impatient. I just wish I could be there!

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:37pm

Me too, gust. I so wish I could have been there.

BATB was a six o'clock show, right?

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:40pm

oh really? I just ignorantly assumed they all were 2 PM shows. My bad...I'm just dying to hear about 110!!

[yankees1253]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:44pm

yeah batb last show was at 6 tonight.
It was a shock to me when i heard batb was closing today when they announced it back early this yr end of jan or begininng of feb. it was huge news story from tv to our newspapers. i was watching nbc today show and at the bottom of the screen the marquee said goodbye to batb and gg only. batb was the only tourist show.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:50pm

Odd.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:51pm

Most everyone who saw one closing show this afternoon went to either Gypsy or Beauty. Theater-junkie-ism at it's finest.

According to someone on ATC, the Grey Gardens closing was "a three tissue box performance."

[americanboy99]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:59pm

Oh, I wish I could have been there. I would have been crying as well.

What time was the GYPSY performance?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 8:00pm

They should be up to If Momma Was Married.

[ILoveWicked330]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 8:00pm

Back from Grey Gardens
Don't know how to review it.
Audience was CRAZY
Christine got a standing ovation at the beginning of Act 2
Scott Frankel (sp?) made a speech after & everyone came on stage (Michael Greif, etc)
I'm sure more people will post more details later.
AMAZING show