FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway's St. James in the fall

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway's St. James in the fall#1

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:35pm

http://www.broadway.com/Finian-s-Rainbow-to-Play-Broadway-s-St-James-Theatre/broadway_news/5024606
Updated On: 4/2/09 at 04:35 PM

[Kad]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#2

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:35pm

Huh! Who saw that coming?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#2

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:36pm

Nice to see Cheyenne Jackson working again.

But...really?

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[ColorTheHours048]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#4

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:37pm

Shocker.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#8

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:41pm

They're taking a huge risk moving into the St. James; it's a pretty big theater. I wish them nothing but the best though.

[BobbyBubby]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#9

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:43pm

Finally, ah Broadway revival. I wonder how this one will sell.

[ACL2006]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#10

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:45pm

thanks!! yeah, the St. James is way too big for this. I don't see it selling all that well.

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.

[MiracleElixir]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#11

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:47pm

Ew.

[WithoutATrace]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#12

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:49pm

LOVED this show at Encores. I hope it gets a new recording! (and maybe a few cast changes)

[Yankeefan007]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#13

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:50pm

Least it's not DAMN YANKEES.

[givesmevoice]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#14

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:52pm

well this is a pleasant surprise!

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[Elke]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#15

Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:58pm

Wonderful news! So no Minsky's at the St. James after all...

[WhizzerMarvin]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#16

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:01pm

I am personally very excited for this. How wonderful to have such an amazing score sung nightly on Broadway again! What a pleasant and welcome surprise.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[scaryclowns2232]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#17

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:04pm

How about that...

[YipHarburg]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#15

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:11pm

Yay!!!!!!

[Play Esq.]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#16

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:17pm

Wait...were the reviews really that good?


So effervescent productions of Follies and On the Town do not transfer...but this does?


...after some quick research: I guess the reviews were pretty good. Who knew? Updated On: 4/2/09 at 05:17 PM

[twogaab2]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#17

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:17pm

Great news!!!

TWOGAAB "A Class Act" will never die!

[WithoutATrace]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#18

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:21pm

FOLLIES really should have transferred...

[MiracleElixir]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#19

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:29pm

I seriously can't imagine any NON-theatre-queens-who've-listened-to-this-cast-album-over-and-over-again-and-eagerly-awaited-a-new-production having much interest in seeing this, and/or seeing it and feeling it's something they're thrilled they saw and must recommend to friends.

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#20

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:32pm

Who knows. Kiss Me, Kate was a hit, and that show was basically forgotten and then made new again.

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[jewishboy]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#21

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:33pm

Made my day! Here's hoping that Baldwin, Norton, Jackson and Bobb (unless they get Leo Butz) stay with the production.

[WithoutATrace]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#22

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:34pm

While I did love the show at Encores!, I do not think it will sell well at the St. James.

[MiracleElixir]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#23

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:35pm

"Kiss Me Kate" was a fun, accessible, escapist harkening back to a former era, with relevant-if-generic themes.

This is about a leprechaun who turns an old racist man into a gospel-singing negro. And there's a mute girl who dances her feelings. I really doubt this will strike a chord with anyone who's not a theatre diehard familiar with the show.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#24

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:36pm

jewishboy, Butz is doing CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.

[Play Esq.]

re: FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway in the fall...#25

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:40pm

Whatever ever happened with the planned "Fela!" transfer?

Kind of OT, but still in the vein of this thread.