From Playbill: Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch May Make Night Music On Broadway
#2
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:30am
Isn't it rich?
#3
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:30am
I think it will close by Labor Day.
#4
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:37am
Phyllis is just bitter because she can't afford a ticket from Tijuana to come to NYC to see the production...
But seriously, if they join, it would surely be a limited engagement - maybe three months and I think it would do just fine at the box office in a 900 seat theatre with those two attached.
But seriously, if they join, it would surely be a limited engagement - maybe three months and I think it would do just fine at the box office in a 900 seat theatre with those two attached.
#5
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:39am
Holy crap. I'd be the in an instant!
#6
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:40am
Why would they announce this when contracts have not been signed? They MAY be taking over? If it's not a done deal why announce it?
If it's true... I am there!!
If it's true... I am there!!
#7
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:42am
well its not announced - that article is reporting the gossip.
#8
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:42am
They'd still be in this steaming turd of a production.
Can't we just get Bartlett Sher to direct it for Lincoln Center, with a full orchestra and real sets, and real actors who play the roles as written, instead of this Nunn-sensical revival?
Can't we just get Bartlett Sher to direct it for Lincoln Center, with a full orchestra and real sets, and real actors who play the roles as written, instead of this Nunn-sensical revival?
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#9
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:48am
Whenever I think of Night Music, I think of Ouiser Boudreaux, albeit slightly paraphrased - I do not see Night Music because I can nap at home for free.
Plus, I had to leave Tijuana after I was named patient zero in that scabies outbreak.
Plus, I had to leave Tijuana after I was named patient zero in that scabies outbreak.
#10
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:50am
this sounds magnificent
they'd have to make several casting adjustments to fit the elaine and bp, no?
they'd have to make several casting adjustments to fit the elaine and bp, no?
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#11
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:50am
I agree that it would be a limited engagement. I would guess something like 3-5 months, probably long enough for the production to recoup its investment and make a small profit.
The box office numbers will certainly dip, but I think that in a 900 seat house, with a discount, Peters and Stritch would sell enough tickets to keep the show profitable.
The box office numbers will certainly dip, but I think that in a 900 seat house, with a discount, Peters and Stritch would sell enough tickets to keep the show profitable.
#12
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:53am
It amuses me when 'news' stories are touted as major exclusives and are just repeats of message board gossip w/ no actual sourcing.
I can't imagine it being able to extend for long or that the definite box-office drop would be a good thing for Bernadette's career, especially if CZJ wins the Tony.
I can't imagine it being able to extend for long or that the definite box-office drop would be a good thing for Bernadette's career, especially if CZJ wins the Tony.
#13
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:53am
Can't we just get Bartlett Sher to direct it for Lincoln Center, with a full orchestra and real sets, and real actors who play the roles as written, instead of this Nunn-sensical revival?
Hear, hear!
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Hear, hear!
~Steven
#14
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:58am
I've been saying Stritch should do it for months!
If it does happen, I bet tickets only go on sale through the original date of August 29. If it sells fine, I'm sure they would open a new block.
If it does happen, I bet tickets only go on sale through the original date of August 29. If it sells fine, I'm sure they would open a new block.
#15
Posted: 5/28/10 at 11:59am
Imagine her wooden ring speak, as delivered by Joanne from Company!
#16
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:00pm
<3 The cute has to really act. I hope she still has it in her.
#17
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:05pm
Come now. Has she played anything but a variation on the same theme for the past 40 years?
Perhaps she'll do "Liaisons" like she did "Broadway Baby," all dry-drunky and ironic!
Perhaps she'll do "Liaisons" like she did "Broadway Baby," all dry-drunky and ironic!
#18
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:08pm
I'm there in a heartbeat.
#19
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:19pm
I've been a fan of Bernadette's since she played the stepmother in Rogers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" and when she voiced Sophie in "Anastasia" and Rita on "Animaniacs." I'd love for her to return to Broadway.
#20
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:26pm
I'll be shocked if there is an official annoumcement today. It's a Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. This is when they dump news that they want no one to pay attention to. It's called "the Friday news dump." If they want to get maximum press from this, they'll wait until Tuesday.
#21
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:37pm
You've seen too many episodes of West Wing 
If Stritch can be 1/8 as good as she was in the extraordinary A DELICATE BALANCE, it will be a masterful performance.
If Stritch can be 1/8 as good as she was in the extraordinary A DELICATE BALANCE, it will be a masterful performance.
#22
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:39pm
Obviously, it wouldn't be her song in the show, but this is just reminding me of how completely transfixed I was during Stritch's reading of "Everyday a Little Death" at the Carlyle.
#23
Posted: 5/28/10 at 12:52pm
If this cast change happens, I hope they release a discount, and maybe change their student rush to actual seats.
Updated On: 5/28/10 at 12:52 PM
#24
Posted: 5/28/10 at 1:26pm
Didn't Elaine Stritch already say at an event that she turned them down?
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Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#25
Posted: 5/28/10 at 1:29pm
She apparently said she "wouldn't want to make her return to Broadway in a wheelchair."
But Stritch is Stritch. Everything she says needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
But Stritch is Stritch. Everything she says needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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