Girl Group Time Travelers is a Debbie Allen revision of the Off-Broadway review, Beehive.
Since when has Movin' Out had low ticket sales? Rarely has it dipped below $500k and has lately been over $600k per week. And how could it not be classified as a Broadway show? Any show that plays a Broadway house whether it is a play, musical, solo performance, magic act, stand-up comedy, opera or anything else is a Broadway show. It's actually a ballet, not a musical, but it certainly deserves to be on Broadway as much as anything else and it obviously has stood the test of time. It was a risky venture that paid off and has turned into a hit. Sounds a bit more deserving of being a Broadway show than some others that have recently run despite nearly unanimous scathing reviews from both critics and audiences. Movin' Out has proven that its place on Broadway is well-deserved.
To say that The Lion King is a circus means you obviously have either never seen The Lion King or never been to the circus. Or perhaps the artistry in its costumes, designs, and choreography were lost on you.
I don't wish any shows to close. Every show closes eventually and every show has its admirers. To wish closure on a show simply because you dislike it is not only selfish and immature, but it shows complete disregard to the hundreds of people who earn their living from each and every performance of that show. If each show closed that someone didn't like, Broadway wouldn't exist.
My only beef are the long-running shows that morph into phoned-in factory performances that have lost virtually every aspect of the original production. If the performances drop, then the price should as well. What I saw of Rent last summer was not worth more than $25 and it was one of my favorite shows.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
