#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
FINIAN'S RAINBOW to move to Broadway's St. James 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."
#3
Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:36pm
Nice to see Cheyenne Jackson working again.
But...really?
But...really?
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#5
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.
#6
Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:43pm
Finally, ah Broadway revival. I wonder how this one will sell.
#7
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.
#9
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)
#10
Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:50pm
Least it's not DAMN YANKEES.
#11
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
#12
Posted: 4/2/09 at 4:58pm
Wonderful news! So no Minsky's at the St. James after all...
#13
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!
#14
Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:04pm
How about that...
#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?
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
#17
Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:17pm
Great news!!!
TWOGAAB
"A Class Act" will never die!
#18
Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:21pm
FOLLIES really should have transferred...
#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.
#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.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#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.
#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.
#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.
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.
#24
Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:36pm
jewishboy, Butz is doing CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.
#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.
Kind of OT, but still in the vein of this thread.
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