Fare thee well, THE PIRATE QUEEN. We hardly knew thee...if at all...

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Fare thee well, THE PIRATE QUEEN. We hardly knew thee...if at all...

Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:16am

THE PIRATE QUEEN. 6.17.2007. R.I.P.

*blows whistle*

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--Aristotle

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:18am

T.T.Y.L.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:18am

Totally unfair.
I hear several cast members have already booked new jobs.
Sail on PIRATES.

Updated On: 6/17/07 at 12:18 AM

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:19am

I enjoyed it more than most. I wish I could go tomorrow, but I have to work. I am actually sad to see it go. Best of luck to everyone involved in the future!

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:21am

capn, sumthin blew alright!

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:23am

Was it your avatar who lost his job to a Pirate?

Updated On: 6/17/07 at 12:23 AM

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:25am

LOL. Yes, Tyler is leaving, but i would hardly say that he 'lost' the job.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:41am

I WILL miss the Pirate Queen


I'm wearing my pirate queen shirt tomorrow, and I think I'm gonna toast to them at like, 5:30 NYC time.


lol, cuz I'm a nerd.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:42am

Just a minor plug, but if anyone has bought the sheet music and would send me "I'll Be There" I would be forever grateful. That is one beautiful song.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:45am

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:52am

Well, I'm going to miss it. Hopefully the CD will help with the grieving process.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:03am

Does anyone know when the rights will be released for High Schools? Pirate Queen Jr.? (or would that just be "Pirate Princess?")

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:05am

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's new musical, The Pirate Queen — a large-cast period adventure about a not widely known woman from Irish history — ends its Broadway run June 17.
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Upon closing, it will have played 85 performances and 32 previews, at a loss of most of its reported $16 million investment.
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The Pirate Queen did not receive a single 2007 Tony Award nomination.
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Earlier this spring, when Mel Brooks was reported to be circling the Hilton as a home his forthcoming Young Frankenstein, the writing seemed to be on the wall for The Pirate Queen.
Broadway's Pirate Queen Rolls Up Her Sails June 17

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:15am

I know Foster can't see what I write (ho has me blocked) but, WHAT?

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:16am

and TARZAN is losing a 24 million investment.
Oh well.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:36am

From Munk

"I know Foster can't see what I write (ho has me blocked) but, WHAT?"

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:58am

It was right NEXT to out Hotel (the Weatin) so I passed by it a LOT. Was it really that bad?

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 2:41am

I didn't think so. Some of us liked it. Most did not.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 7:04am

It was hardly the worst show I've ever seen, and I did very much enjoy it while I was there. But it was not without its flaws and they were perhaps more than other shows have to deal with. Oh well. I'm glad I got to see it. ^_^

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 7:09am

i'm so happy i'm seeing the performance today.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 7:44am

wow, i totally forgot it was closing today

it will be missed by myself as well as many who had the privilege to see it
it wasnt as bad as everyone made it out to be at all

Good luck to the cast and crew on further projects

and "sail to the stars", THE PIRATE QUEEN

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 7:45am

I will be there today too!

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 10:21am

Me too. Very much looking forward to what should be an emotionally packed show.
Whatever you think of the piece as a whole, this cast has been through it, and I'm sure they'll be giving their all this afternoon.

-QB

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 11:03am

It was worse than it was made out to be. I've seen hundreds of shows in my life -- this was the first time I left at intermission because I just couldn't put myself through another act. I'm sorry, but THAT many talented people involved should be ashamed of themselves for not recognizing the MANY flaws in the show beforehand. Before you bash, the one part of the show that WASN'T abyssmal WAS the cast - the night I saw it they certainly tried - but when the material stinks that badly, the best they could do was hold their nose and plow on.

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Posted: 6/17/07 at 11:43am

agree with jasonf

they should have closed this on the road , im sure they have learned there lesson though (an expensive one)

good luck to the very talented cast

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