GLORY DAYS.

[jaystarr]

GLORY DAYS.#1

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:50pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117525.html

The 90-minute pop show opened on Broadway following previews from April 22. The shuttering was one of the fastest in recent memory.

The show received kind but dismissive reviews that largely sought to protect and encourage its 24-year-old-old librettist James Gardiner and 24-year-old songwriter Nick Blaemire. Most critics took the producers and director Eric Schaeffer to task for shepherding a show that was wet behind the ears




Updated On: 5/8/08 at 04:50 PM

[vfd88]

re: GLORY DAYS has closed per playbill.#2

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:53pm

So...what nominations will it get?

[James885]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#3

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:53pm

Wow, it lasted for exactly one performance. That's worse than Carrie! I really sorta feel sorry for the writers. This thing really should have gone to Off-Broadway instead.

"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

[jaystarr]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#4

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:54pm

with 1 performance.

how many previews?

J*
Updated On: 5/7/08 at 04:54 PM

[Dolly_Levi]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#5

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:54pm

Well, now it's official.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing

[acrocksyo]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#6

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:54pm

It really wasn't ready for Broadway, but good job to the writers for getting out there and taking a chance!

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[scaryclowns223]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#7

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:55pm

Wow.

I feel so bad for these guys.

I just bought my opening night playbill from Playbill.com, along with a Cry-Baby playbill (you never know!)

I really hope this doesn't discourage Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner- they have a lot of potential to make a lot of great art in the future.

[jaystarr]

re: GLORY DAYS has closed per playbill#8

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:56pm

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#8

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:56pm

I take it they weren't scheduled for a matinee today. Did they even do Wednesday matinee's during previews?

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[morosco]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#10

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:56pm

16 previews.

EDIT: I'm wrong. It had 17 preview performances Updated On: 5/7/08 at 04:56 PM

[CapnHook]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#11

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:57pm

I really wish I could have seen this. I am most curious about the score - why have these young writers gotten so much support that lead them to a Broadway opening?

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Yankeefan007]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#12

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:57pm

That's unfortunate.

[stagescreen]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#13

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:57pm

Ouch...I can't believe they gave up the ship so soon...and not even try to run the week.

<---- You can see the crazy in her eyes. ;-)

[jaystarr]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#14

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:57pm

Did you see the show? yankeefan.

[Dolly_Levi]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#15

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:58pm

(from another thread, i think was deleted)

At least Andrew Call can go back to his OTHER job:

(from Playbill)
Andrew C. Call ... made his Broadway bow, however briefly, in High Fidelity and is technically on a three-month leave of absence from Cry-Baby where he stands by for title player James Snyder.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing

[musicalman2]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#16

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:58pm

My apologies to all for the previous "linkless" thread. I accept full responsibility for the closing of the thread on closing.

Since this thread won't close, I do want to say again how very sorry I am for the writers, and how really angry I am about the people who should have been giving them good guidance, but instead were really responsible for creating this fiasco. I put the blame squarely on Eric Schaeffer.

To the writers, you definitely showed promise. You have my heartfelt sympathy.

[Calvin]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#17

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:58pm

Dottie, I could have SWORN the matinee was on TDF when I checked earlier today. It was the only date listed and was double-asterisked, meaning there were few or no tickets available, which should have been a big red siren right then. Or perhaps it was tonight's performance that was on there.

[TomMonster]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#18

Posted: 5/7/08 at 4:59pm

If they close opening night the insurance money will kick in. If they run longer, they could lose everything. I was a good choice on the Producer's part...

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#19

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:01pm

This is history in the making. Seriously.

One performance?! Ouch!

[Brandy_Breath]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#20

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:01pm

This sucks.

To all the guys, I hope all the best for you all in the future.

I have other comments about this board and the show closing, but I am so sad and angry that I can't even explain them without getting angrier.

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[CurtainPullDowner]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#21

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:02pm

A new KELLY!

[CapnHook]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#22

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:02pm

So the matinee was canceled this afternoon? Or did it play?

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[markymatt]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#23

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:02pm

May 5-11: Monday @8pm; Tuesday (Opening Night) @6:45pm; Thursday-Saturday @8pm; Saturday @2pm; Sunday @3 and 7pm

According to playbill.com there was no show scheduled today.
Show Listing on Playbill

[musicalmaster703]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#24

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:02pm

wow. will be buying my closing/opening night playbill soon

[nitwit]

re: GLORY DAYS closed per playbill#25

Posted: 5/7/08 at 5:04pm

damn. those guys where cute.