GIGI will close June 21st

[WayTooBroadway]

GIGI will close June 21st#1

Posted: 6/9/15 at 6:41pm

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"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim

[mattporter17]

GIGI will close June 21st#2

Posted: 6/9/15 at 6:44pm

That's #2 on the post-Tonys casualty train.

[dramamama611]

GIGI will close June 21st#2

Posted: 6/9/15 at 6:44pm

May they all find jobs sooner rather than later!

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[Mr Roxy]

GIGI will close June 21st#3

Posted: 6/9/15 at 6:46pm

Not a surprise

I think the producers, much like those for The Last Ship, thought Vanessa's popularity would carry it for awhile. They had not figured on the savage reviews it got.

As far as closings, "The Beat Goes On".

Poster Emeritus

[NewsiesForever]

GIGI will close June 21st#4

Posted: 6/9/15 at 6:55pm

We all saw it coming, they were probobly waiting until after the Tony's, just so they could perform, but they had to see it coming.

 

But let's hope this is the end of Vanessa Hudgens on Broadway. I am sorry but I agree with the reviews "She sounds like a Disney Princess on helium, especially when she sings the "Parisans, and litterally MOOS during the song". 

 

I also found out that the previous production of Gigi was ALSO opened less than three months on Broadway. 

I wish Newsies was still open

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

GIGI will close June 21st#5

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:01pm

Could Victoria Clark end up playing Golde in Fiddler on the Roof this fall?

[Littleshopofcarrie]

GIGI will close June 21st#6

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:08pm

Guess it won't be long until ISBY posts their notice. Such a shame but cannot say that I am surprised.

[skies]

GIGI will close June 21st#7

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:11pm

Vanessa is still quite young (all of 26) and in the right vehicle I think she could do well.  While she wasn't the ideal GIGI she was the least of the show's problems.  Everything about this musical seemed slapped together and the book had serious issues to say the least.

"when I’m on stage I see the abyss and have to overcome it by telling myself it’s only a play." - Helen Mirren

[acekatherineplumber2]

GIGI will close June 21st#8

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:11pm

So unfortunate! I adored the show in DC and I luckily will get to see it days before it closes. 

[ClumsyDude15]

GIGI will close June 21st#9

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:21pm

Sad to see Gigi go - it was a fluffy, bubbly, and fun show. I thought Vanessa was delightful, and I hope she finds her way back to the stage again in the future. 

"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.

[Phillypinto]

GIGI will close June 21st#10

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:21pm

wow the producers must be really nice if they are leaving the show open for 2 more weeks even though they aren't making money. I wonder when On the Town will post closing

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[everythingtaboo]

GIGI will close June 21st#11

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:26pm

ON THE TOWN actually just extended to December 3rd this afternoon.

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

[Jordan Catalano]

GIGI will close June 21st#12

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:27pm

Too bad black people cant afford to go see this. Right, Pinto?

[Phillypinto]

GIGI will close June 21st#13

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:30pm

"ON THE TOWN actually just extended to December 3rd this afternoon."

 WOAH! I wonder what goes on with that show...I don't understand

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[gypsy101]

GIGI will close June 21st#14

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:33pm

Didn't you say it would be gone before the Tony Awards?

"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."

[Phillypinto]

GIGI will close June 21st#15

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:34pm

I don't remember. Im curious what makes the producers want to keep this show open even if they are losing money

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[Mr Roxy]

GIGI will close June 21st#16

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:35pm

I saw the previous version with Alfred Drake

It was better.

Poster Emeritus

[HogansHero]

GIGI will close June 21st#17

Posted: 6/9/15 at 7:58pm

"I wonder what goes on with that show...I don't understand" ---Pinto

Pinto,

I will explain. 

Some people, when confronted with actual facts and numbers, don't pay attention and continue saying and doing stupid things out of some pathological inability to admit they were wrong about something. 

You should be able to understand this. 

[Mr Roxy]

GIGI will close June 21st#18

Posted: 6/9/15 at 8:06pm

The Neil Simon claims its latest musical victim

As Sweeney Todd would say "Next"

 

Consecutive Musical Flops

 

Catch Me If You Can

Scandalous

Big Fish

The Last Ship

Gigi

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Updated On: 6/9/15 at 08:06 PM

[little_sally]

GIGI will close June 21st#19

Posted: 6/9/15 at 8:41pm

That's too bad. I thought it was very cute and enjoyed it.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[Phillypinto]

GIGI will close June 21st#20

Posted: 6/9/15 at 8:45pm

"Pinto,
I will explain. 
Some people, when confronted with actual facts and numbers, don't pay attention and continue saying and doing stupid things out of some pathological inability to admit they were wrong about something. 
You should be able to understand this. "

 Hogan, you obviously have no idea what i was saying when talking about Honeymoon in Vegas. I never denied the fact that they were losing money, but they had things ahead of them. On the Town doesn't really have anything left after the Tonys. 

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[Phantom of London]

GIGI will close June 21st#21

Posted: 6/9/15 at 8:46pm

Anyone really surprised?

Nederlander's were dumb another to ship this into Broadway, even before it got reviewed in Washington, where it got panned, they would of been wiser to of gone with. Brigadoon from  Chicago.

[firebolts]

GIGI will close June 21st#22

Posted: 6/9/15 at 8:56pm

Awe, it was such a cute show. Shame that so many actors are a losing a job, too. I would love to see Victoria as Golde in FIDDLER.

Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

[Monty12112]

GIGI will close June 21st#23

Posted: 6/9/15 at 9:21pm

Sad to see this go so soon.  Really enjoyable cute light show

[GreasedLightning]

GIGI will close June 21st#24

Posted: 6/9/15 at 9:25pm

"ON THE TOWN actually just extended to December 3rd this afternoon."

 It did not "extend," they just released more tickets. That means nothing other than fishing to find out if there is interest in the show past the summer. 

Updated On: 6/9/15 at 09:25 PM