How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
westcoastdrama
Chorus Member Joined: 3/16/08
#1How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:42pmBased on the majority of negative reviews, just how long do you think the show can last now?
MarkK
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#2re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:49pmWiked had lost of negative reviews and they are still here.
#2re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:50pmIf they do good marketing, hopefully a decent while.
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WiCkEDrOcKS
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#3re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:51pmProbably until January when most shows start to slump financially...
#4re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:53pmI give it until Labor Day.
#5re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:59pm
(no offense) but the thread is kinda mean-spirited..IMO....
It looks like its not a question? its more of death sentence..hmmmmm....
J*
Updated On: 4/18/08 at 01:59 PM
westcoastdrama
Chorus Member Joined: 3/16/08
#6re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:18pm
J,
Why isn't this a legitimate question? There are always threads on this site discussing why or when a show might close, the consequences of a show having low grosses and/or rumors about shows posting closing notices.
The reality here is A Catered Affair is a small show with a limited audience, which has become even more limited given the fact that the show was essentially panned. It seems reasonable to present the question as to whether or not the show can last even through the summer.
#7re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:21pm
Jay, please don't hold back. This thread isn't kinda mean spirited.....it is mean spirited.
jondouglas
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/07
#8re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:23pmAgreed. What's the point of posting a mean spirited, negative thread?
#9re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:24pmi was thinking the same- not the spirit to put over 24hr after the show opens. Give it a breathing chance - please!
westcoastdrama
Chorus Member Joined: 3/16/08
#10re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:25pmI'm really not trying to be mean spirited. It seems to be a legitimate question even though I know there are a lot of fans of the show.
#11re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:25pmNot having seen it yet, I'll go out on a limb and say longer than Suzanne Somers but not as long as Phantom. But somewhere in that range, definitely.
#12re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:29pm
Who really cares? Does anyone here have any money invested in it?
Oh, and welcome to the boards westcoastdrama. Is this your first thread?
Congrats!
#13re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:30pm
There's a MULTIMEDIA on this link: I thought the song by Leslie Kritzer is beautiful!
https://theater.nytimes.com/pages/theater/index.html
Harvey also explains his 'confirmed' bachelor character. I will see the show the next week.. I kinda know what to expect! (no big production numbers) Well see if I like it or not? 
BTW- In fairness--I just look at the show's box office numbers.. I think Its doing a little better than XANADU & PASSING STRANGE -and these are my two favorites!
J*
Updated On: 4/18/08 at 02:30 PM
#14re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:31pmPeople do actually care you know even if its obvious you dont.
#15re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:33pmI think it will close in 6 hrs and be replace by a revival of Dance Of The Vampires sung in Mandarin and starring Ewoks
#16re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:34pm
For the record: I am not a fan of the show nor its detractor... I have not seen the show.. I will see it next week!
J*
#18re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:34pm
Ken Jennings back on Broadway? Hooray!
(i kid, i kid)
#19re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:35pmSADM2 the weekend has been too long coming for you we can see!
#20re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:36pm
hehehehe im sure i dont know what your talking about wickedboy
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#21re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:36pm6 hours is generous. I give it 6 minutes. Then maybe a show that's actually interesting can use the theater.
#22re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:37pm
"Not having seen it yet, I'll go out on a limb and say longer than Suzanne Somers but not as long as Phantom. But somewhere in that range, definitely."
I love you, Calvin. Thank you for bringing The Blonde in the Thunderbird into this...
#23re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:38pm80% plus attendance over 4 weeks is a lot of interest.
#24re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:39pmBut how much of that was papered?
#25re: How long will A Catered Affair Be Able to Last?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 2:40pmActually, taz, probably not much. I've yet to see a single comp offered for it, and it hasn't even been on TDF. (it might have been early on, as I don't remember, but it certainly hasn't been on there recently)
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