ENRON to close 5/9
ENRON to close 5/9
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#1ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:01pmhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-NY/Enron-on-Broadway/224342946830
#2ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:06pm
Not surprising, given their low grosses and lack of significant nominations.
This about locks up the Tony for Eddie Redmayne, though.
#2ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:09pmWell that was fast. I just told my Economics teacher that it was looking like it would be a front runner for Best Play. I could have not have been more wrong. LOL.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:11pmI wish I could see this but they still have no rush, right?...anybody know what the price at TKTS has been like?
#4ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:13pmYikes. I'm glad I was able to see it this weekend.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:13pm
Another Coram Boy. A highly touted drama goes belly up. A shame as I thought it was an awesome show.
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Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#6ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:13pmAnd they didn't offer a student rush... why?
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
#7ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:19pmSuch a shame... enjoyed it very much during its early previews. Glad I got to see it.
"Movies will make you famous; television will make you rich; but theatre will make you good." - Terrence Mann.
#9ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:33pmOh no, what a bummer! I'm so sad that I won't get to see this. They threw in the towel extremely quickly.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#10ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:36pmThis flamed out faster than the REAL Enron!
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Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#11ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:39pmEeek. I didn't like it, but there are a lot of great people involved and I wish it could've run through the end of June at least. I think the topic just hit too close to home for American audiences.
#12ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:46pmEverytime I've worked at TKTS it's been listed as 50%.
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#14ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:03pm
I hated the show and am not at all surprised by this news.
Let's hope Norbert and Marin's next shows are able to showcase their talents.
#15ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:05pmWow- this is incredible. Has there ever been such a disjunction of success between West End and Broadway before?
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#16ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:05pmWow, that was fast.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#17ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:07pm
"Has there ever been such a disjunction of success between West End and Broadway before?"
Yes, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread - CORAM BOY. A hit in London, but played 17 previews and 30 performances in NYC. (another shows I despised by the way)
#18ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:11pmHuh. That's absolutely amazing... especially given that the source material is American originated. Too bad! The accounting geek in me was looking forward to this in another week!!
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#19ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:13pmYikes! I guess I am going to have to go later this week.
#20ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:16pmI just remembered another London transfer failure - FESTEN. It lasted 20 previews and 49 performances on Broadway. I kind of liked that show though...save for Ali MacGraw's bad acting.
#21ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:18pm
This show really suffered from failing the "tourist test" if nothing else. (And I have not read any reviews or seen any other info on the actual production before today.)
Just hearing the title and description of this show people gave the "Why on earth would I want to see a show about that?" reaction. And, being honest, if Norbert and Marin were not in it, and I didn't desire to see everything, I would have never wanted to see it either. West End schadenfreude about American failures somehow played well there, and didn't play well here. Shocking.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
romgitsean
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/08
#22ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:23pm
Jesus, that run was about as long as Lestat's...
I might be seeing it Saturday. Huzzah!
Recent Broadway and Off-Broadway:: Carrie, Merrily, Ionescopade
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
#23ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:30pmLESTAT played 39 regular performances - more than double the 15-performance run of ENRON.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#24ENRON to close 5/9
Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:37pmAlthough I thought the play was problematical, the performances were first rate and some of the staging was inventive. I am sorry this didn't do better but I am very glad to have seen it.
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