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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:31pm

I liked it. Just got a ticket for July 1, since it will likely be the last time I'll get hear Paul Nolan sing Gethsemane (live).

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#27

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:46pm

It seems odd that so many shows are closing during the high tourist season. I'm thinking that the extremely high ticket prices are playing a factor in this. I was on line at the GODSPELL box office and a tourist family walked in and when they saw the prices turned around and walked away. I'm betting that this wasn't an isolated case.

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#28

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:50pm

Well both shows are being performed all over the place all the time. Godspell may be on Broadway but hardly delivers at $129.00 worth of theatre (if anything does).

#29

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:54pm

I never thought I would agree with Dolly. It will only get worse as prices continue to soar. Overpriced hotel rooms and overpriced shows.Money only goes so far.

I have seen what Dolly saw on a number of occasions. Win a Tony and jack up your prices. People are starting to get fed up.They are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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#30

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:00pm

And at these prices, a typical family is going to visit 1 show (Lion King, Wicked....) and do something else in New York. The greed will kill the lesser shows. You can't expect expense account execs to keep these shows afloat. Remember the gasps of The Producers 100 dollar ticket?

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Updated On: 6/19/12 at 09:00 PM

#31

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:06pm

I seriously think it was that cast that brought this show under. The show LOOKED fantastic, but Paul Nolan and Josh Young are just so disconnected from the audience to the point of absolute boredom. I mean, we all saw that performance at the Tonys...it just didn't leave us with anything. A friend of mine saw it in Stratford and she said the same thing about the two leads. Yet, they raved over it there. Probably because those actors are regularly casted in their musicals. Perhaps this should not have been on Broadway in the first place.

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#32

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:06pm

Maybe the Adam Lambert rumored version would have been a better idea, LOL

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#33

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:09pm

@ Roxy:

You have these families coming to NYC for a vacation and to expect them to pay Broadway prices for 4 or more tickets is outlandish. How many banks can these people break?

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#34

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:18pm

Can you imagine walking out of either of these terrible shows after shelling out $500? At least if you see a bad movie you can kinda forget about your wasted time and money.

#35

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:20pm

I just think back to the original that played the Hellinger I believe. It was great

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#36

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:32pm

I personally feel that GODSPELL was one of the finest shows I've seen in ages. That said, I think the ticket prices were absurd and no discounts were available for weekend matinees--when I'd be taking my grandchildren.

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#37

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:36pm

"Oh Jesus Christ!" to borrow an original Godspell line from the parable of the speck and the plank. Of COURSE it was the finest show you've seen in ages, Dollypop, it's the ONLY show you've seen in ages.

"Money only goes so far.' Really makes you think. Mr R.

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#38

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:54pm

"At least if you see a bad movie you can kinda forget about your wasted time and money."

Speak for yourself...I just saw ROCK OF AGES for $6.00..I am still furious!

#39

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 10:12pm

"Of COURSE it was the finest show you've seen in ages, Dollypop, it's the ONLY show you've seen in ages."

Damned straight! I'm joining a group from Narberth, PA who are seeing the show tomorrow night.

Long Live God!

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#40

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 10:19pm

I didn't think it was going to last too long, just because it has been overshadowed by other shows this season, however, I am suprised it is closing so soon.

And, btw, why would they think business would "improve" over the next week? Are they doing something special to boost ticket sales?

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#41

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:23pm

I completely agree with Dolly and everyone about the outlandish prices...i think that is going to kill Once come next Summer or even this fall...Disney may charge almost $200 a ticket for premium on holidays and weekends, but a family of 4 can still get good seats for less than $100 a pop.
I honestly loved Lysistrata Jones...but I went for free the first time and paid $25 the second...and both time I was like I loved it...but there is no way in hell I would pay $130 to see it...maybe $75.

#42

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:24pm

In honor of the 4th of July, they'll be distributing hot dogs after the Crucifixion scene.

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#43

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:36pm

AND a Happy Canada Day to the cast who will return to the Land Of The North sans employment as the Stratford season is already cast & running.
Ya plays wit da big boys- ya gets a beat down.

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:51pm

...or scourged.

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#45

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:57pm

Di-scourged more likely!

#46

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:57pm

I think JCS and Godspell cancelled each other out. Godspell was doing ok, not great, until JCS came along. Maybe if JCS opened next year, both would have enjoyed longer runs. Thoughts?

No, they didn't cancel each other out. Both got lackluster to negative reviews. Godspell gets done everywhere all the time and can be seen for quite cheap. JCS has toured the nation almost non stop in one version or another since the 70s, so no one wants to shell out the big bucks to see a lackluster performance on Broadway. When it comes down to it, the productions just weren't good enough to bring in the audiences that were hoped for.

#47

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/20/12 at 12:01am

by announcing their closing date this way it simply makes them look pathetic & desperate. when was the last time a flop announced a closing only to take it back due to high ticket demand??

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Updated On: 6/20/12 at 12:01 AM

#48

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/20/12 at 12:12am

Am I the only one who finds these recent "unless business picks up" qualifiers for Godspell and now JCS... stupid?

"Unless people buy tickets, we're going to close!"

Uh, duh?

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#49

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/20/12 at 12:24am

Congrats to the many Broadway debuts in the cast, and hope to see all of you back in other shows.

My biggest problem with this revival was that it didn't turn up the dial for Bway. It needed to be grander if it was going demand $150 a pop. Same costumes, same sets, sans Tony winner Brent Carver, was just not enough. I also blame whoever ran marketing for them. The video "Superstar" video of Josh running up the ramp, cracking, etc. should not have been used - and they should have done a better number at the Tonys -"Heaven on Their Minds" (to feature Josh) or the Simon song.

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#50

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'

Posted: 6/20/12 at 12:51am

I don't think this and Godspell closing has anything to do with the religious subject matter. From what I hear (didn't see either), they were both sub-par shows.

I know for myself, this revival looked far too similar to the last one (which I hated) for me to get excited about seeing it. I wanted a drastically different production from the last.