HAIR TO CLOSE JUNE 27TH- Page 3

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 7:40pm

I would watch your tongue because your precious half-assed WSS revival isn't going to be around much longer.

Yeahhhh, ok. And don't say it's because of Evita. That production is two years away.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 7:54pm

Am I mistaken, but I thought that during the summer shortly after it was open, HAIR was selling out regularly and was the hottest ticket on Broadway? I was aware of it being sold out several weeks in a row. Doesn't that qualify as a hot ticket?

[sundayclothes2]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 8:03pm

I would watch your tongue because your precious half-assed WSS revival isn't going to be around much longer.

Yeahhhh, ok. And don't say it's because of Evita. That production is two years away.

No not cause of EVITA. As of current, plans call for one or two limited engagements (ala Liza at the Palace) before EVITA rolls in.

[ActingIsLovee]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 8:08pm

This is sad :[ I never got to see the replacement cast though I wasn't dying to see them. That being said, they're not to blame for the low grosses. I was there on 3/7 for the original tribe's last performance and the mezz was only about a third of the way filled.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 9:25pm

"it was a good show...till the new cast raped it..."

Sorry to divert topics for a second but could we PLEASE stop using rape as an adjective.

That's not an adjective, that's a verb.

Back on topic, I am sad to see HAIR go, but I am happy it had such a good run. I will definitely be in line on Friday. I'm also trying to figure out what time to get there.

[massofmen]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 9:39pm

south pacific was a hot ticket

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 10:13pm

Unusual? You mean like Chicago and South Pacific?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 10:16pm

My friend texted me about this and my heart sank. I really thought they'd make it through the summer. I will miss this show tremendously.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 10:59pm

I miss what it used to be before the cast change. Very special show.

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 11:45pm

"I'm glad that both London and NYC will be free of HAIR."

This comes off as a mean-spirited, infantile comment. Imagine being happy that two casts of actors and crew will be put of work. As if the existence of this show were somehow a personal affront.

[RKO Legend]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 11:49pm

I was debating what to see tomorrow and this made up my mind for me.

[TimesSquared]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 11:54pm

THANKS, ALICE RIPLEY!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 11:55pm

is it me or did Hair seem like it was so hot for a while and then suddenly died off?? It's a shame it won't last through the summer at least.

And South Pacific was a hot ticket for its first year(at least). Before that, just Chicago & Cabaret and maybe 42nd Street.

[winston89]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 3:40am

I would consider South Pacific to have been a hot ticket. However unlike other shows that fit that category, you really can't judge its success due to the fact that it is a non profit show and has no grosses.

It was a show that was hard to get a ticket to when it first opened. I remember wanting to see it so badly that the only way I could get a ticket was by using graduation gift money to buy a full price single ticket and the closet date I could get from when I ordered was a month away.

Yes, There was a buzz around Hair and people were flocking to it like hot cakes (which is why I feel it recouped as fast as it did). I do not however, feel that the cast change has anything to do with it closing. I think that it is not making money because it was hot for awhile . But, everyone who has seen it has seen it and are moving on to other things.

[TreyKenyon]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 6:58am

While I am a huge fan of the OBC, I don't think the cast change was a huge factor in the fate of the show. I think it simply ran out of steam. Not to play into the narrative presented by the producers, but I feel a large part of HAIR's success came from it's timing, with Obama being elected and all that. And I would definitely say it was a "hot ticket" for Summer 2009. It was consistently at 90% capacity or above and had a stretch of above 100% capacity and above million dollar gross....Pretty damn good if you ask me.

[luvtheEmcee]

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

I think the cast change was part of it, because a significant chunk of the fanbase seems to have disappeared and moved onto a new show. But I don't think the cast change did it entirely. A lot of shows just have a limited audience to whom they appeal, and that will eventually run out. That "limit" isn't necessarily small, but it still puts on an eventual cap.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 10:12am

The cast change had nothing to do with it. Neither did the shows appeal. I think the advertisement campaign sucked. It failed to make the show "the thing to see". No one outside of the two chat boards cares less about the cast.

[luvtheEmcee]

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

I don't think it was the sole cause, at all, but it seems to have chased much of the hardcore fanbase away, and there's a lot of word-of-mouth power there. Again, not THE cause, but a factor.

I liked the old ad campaign, it was nice and simple, but I think the new one sucks and is really cheesy.

[Yankeefan007]

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

I agree with DAME. The TV ads didn't even start advertising Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo until at least 2 months into their run.

[Michael Bennett]

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

Dame I absolutely agree with that. The ad campaign wasn't interesting or compelling - and while every other show has kids out there in costumes or sandwich boards pushing two-fer coupons in Times Square, HAIR never did. I don't feel the problem had anything to do with the new cast, its simply that it fell off the radar and no real compelling solution arose to keep people interested in it after the initial steam wore off.

[Bwaynerd]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 10:30am

yeah!!!! this show needed to close

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 10:40am

Right, especially in the summer when the sandwich boards are really in full-force and you can't walk down a block without encountering them, it's been overshadowed by more aggressive marketing. I did like the old t.v. ad though.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 11:47am

Do those kids with sandwich boards have any real impact? I don't believe they do.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 11:59am

Winston what do you mean when you say SOUTH PACIFIC is "non profit and has bo grosses."

BWW posts the grosses every week so we can see how the show is doing and see that it has been tapering off.

As for HAIR, a look at the historic grosses reveklas that it was at or very near capacity all summer of 2009 and only staretd to taper off after Labour Day. That is why I was always puzzled by Mass's initial prediction that it would close by Labor Day 2009, then by Christmas, then when the cast left in March...and on and on like he was almost wishing the closing into existence. Strange.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 6/10/10 at 12:01pm

Well it probably depends on the person pushing the flyers - but its keeping the shows visable and when people at TKTS have a choice of well - EVERYTHING currently on Broadway, someone talking up the production can't hurt.

The two kids in costume pushing the La Cage flyers I do think have made an impact. They are fun and charming and work the crowd.