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#26

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:01pm

Amazing that people are happy about others unemployment.

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#27

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:01pm

But in this economy, which is predicted to get worse before it gets better, will "something else hopefully better" sell?

I really wouldn't be surprised to hear that some shows due in next year will be postponed.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 12/3/08 at 05:01 PM

#28

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:02pm

I'm not happy for the unemployment of the cast and crew...I'm happy the show itself is gone. It's a terrible production.

#29

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:02pm

I'm sad when almost every show closes.
But Grease is just a BAD show.
That should of closed months ago!

Rent The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life. April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008 12 years of love "No Day But Today"

#30

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:03pm

Should have.

Not of.

Dammit.

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#31

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:05pm

i'm just wondering if all the people that are elated that this show is closing are actually getting something out of it?

don't get me wrong i felt this production of GREASE left a lot to be desired but that's just my opinion.

why carry on like it's something to celebrate?

#32

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:15pm

This board hated Grease from the first. People have been talking about it closing since it opened. Sad, very sad.

Live long and prosper. Marriage equity now!

#33

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:36pm

i don't know if anyone's posted the link yet...
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123919.html

#34

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:44pm

"Amazing that people are happy about others unemployment."

I get irritated with this kind of rationalization regarding the closing of a Broadway show. Yes, it is sad that these individuals will be uemployed. However, they CHOSE a field that is KNOWN for its instability as far a job prospects go. They are not guaranteed job security...even when the show is a hit like Wicked. There is always a price to pay to do what you love doing. Whether it be long hours at the office...months on the road...an unemployment rate of over 90% in your chosen profession. If you work on Broadway, you shouldn't be planning to be constantly employed, and should always be prepared when for the times you aren't.

#35

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:50pm

Another one bites the dust

Although I had no desire to see it, I wish the cast good luck with their next show.

Poster Emeritus

#36

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:51pm

Fosse76: I understand very well the risks of having chosen this profession.

It was not a rationalization, which is an attempt to explain one's behavior, it is an observation at people who, no matter what show is closing, seem to take great joy in the event.

Everyone in the world wants to make some plans. It goes along with looking at your future and hoping you have one, regardless of your profession.

Live long and prosper. Marriage equity now!

#37

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:54pm

Once again, another thread of mine gets deleted because it wasn't official until a couple of hours after I posted.

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

#38

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 5:55pm

I, for one, couldn't stop crying once I heard the news. Actually, I've been crying since 1929 when the original production of Show Boat closed. All those dead people are STILL out of work!

#39

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:00pm

For a show coolkid hates, he sure posts like he loves it.

#40

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:02pm

I know that White Christmas is only a limited engagement, but it's closing on January 4th as well. Times Square is going to seem so much slower the week of the 5th-11th.

#41

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:10pm

What about shows closing in January in general? Aren't there more than those five closing?

#42

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:13pm

There are more then 5 closing on the 4th alone.

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

Updated On: 12/3/08 at 06:13 PM

#43

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:15pm

To the many people saying that they are happy Grease is closing...shame on you. How can it be a good/positive thing that these hard-working performers will be out of jobs? Despite your personal opinions on the show may be, I think it is a terrible thing to wish a show to close.

"The good news is I have an excellent Tony speech. The bad news is I've had it for forty-five years."-Elaine Stritch

#44

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:18pm

This is something like a deathrow watch

One by one the prisoners are taken & executed. I wonder which one is next. There are going to be a ton of empty theaters before everything settles down

Maybe this will start to put a damper on yearly price increases. This is a wake up call or should be for poducers & theater owners.

Poster Emeritus

#45

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:22pm

"I'm not happy for the unemployment of the cast and crew...I'm happy the show itself is gone. It's a terrible production."

How can you say this with a username of "Wicked Rocks".

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

#46

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:24pm

Wicked is a GOOD production of a NOT so great show. Grease is a BAD production of a NOT so great show.

Shows: Cats- ?/??/97 & 3/16/04, 42nd St.- 1/3/06, The Producers- 12/13/06, Hairspray- 3/6/07, Phantom- 4/18/07, Gypsy- 10/21/07, Annie- 11/28/07, Chicago- 1/6/08, Dirty Rotten ...- 2/24/08, Legally Blonde- 4/23/08, Wicked- 10/29/08, Mamma Mia!- 11/12/08

Future Shows
Hairspray- 1/22/09, Drowsy Chaperone- 2/15/09, Sweeney Todd- 4/19/09, Ain't Misbehavin'- 5/17/09

Updated On: 12/3/08 at 06:24 PM

#47

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:26pm

this has to be a record! have this many shows closed all on the same day before??

#48

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:26pm

I saw the original Grease.

It was & still is a mindless piece of fluff - entertaining & nothing more . It is not worthy of a revival every 5 years or so.

Did not think much of Wicked @ all.

Poster Emeritus

#49

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:33pm

the version of GREASE that's now playing on Broadway bears little resemblance to the original stage production that premiered in 1972.

#50

re: GREASE closing January 4th

Posted: 12/3/08 at 6:34pm

To those asking things like how can it be a good thing that these performers will be out of jobs?
My only answer is that while I do feel bad for anyone out of a job right now, (a) they knew what this job was like before they signed up for, but more importantly (b) it is a good thing because in my opinion the travesty that was Grease was not at all indicitive of what Broadway is really like. It represented the worst things of Broadway (overdone show, reality casting, horrible sets, insipid choreography, etc.) and for that reason alone I am happy to see it close. Some people only see one Broadway show in their entire lives. And although many shows are representative of the truly splendid nature of the Great White Way, if it had been this lackluster production of Grease, I would truly feel sorry for that person. Just my thoughts on the issue.

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