January 2010 closings!!!

[brdwybound04]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 7:19am

I know, just what we need another thread on January closings! Here's my comprehensive list:

Broadway Closings:
*Oleanna
*White Christmas
*Superior Donuts
*Bye Bye Birdie
*Ragtime (as per Reidel)
*The 39 Steps (may transfer to NWS)
*Shrek

Off-Broadway Closings:
*Altar Boyz
*The Toxic Avenger
*Groovaloo
*The Marvelous Wonderettes
*Wintuk

Am I missing anything? Do you guys think Finian's Rainbow will be added to this list before it's all said and done?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 8:00am

Oleanna is now closing tomorrow.

[D2]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 8:43am

"You left me lists.
Everything in lists!
Well, your little lists
Aren't very helpful,
I fear!"

Lyrics from a show that is hopefully not closing in January.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 9:01am

In the Next Room is closing 1/10/10.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 9:53am

WISHFUL DRINKING closes on January 17.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 9:58am

It's so stupid to put limited runs on these lists in order to make the situation seem worse. About a third of the shows on your list were scheduled to close anyway.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 10:30am

Regardless, they are still closing. When eight shows all close on the same day, it still feels sad, whether they were scheduled to close then or not.

I think it's stupid not to include limited runs.

Last year, nine Broadway shows closed on January 3rd. Four were limited runs. One was actually a limited run that had extended to that date. Two of the shows that closed a week or two later were limited runs.

But did people say, "Oh, it's not so bad, it's really only five shows that weren't limited runs"? No, everyone (at least here) was freaking out because OMGNINESHOWSCLOSINGHELPBROADWAYISDEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 10:33am

Well, I think he should at least acknowledge that. It's not brdwybound I'm lashing out at, it's the people who post "BROADWAYISDYING" threads that are half limited runs. I probably shouldn't have brought up my issue in this thread, but it was the first one I saw.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 10:39am

Also, Sessions will close off Broadway on January 3.

[dshnookie]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 11:49am

Dont forget a few limited engagement December closings as well:

Hamlet, A Steady Rain, After Miss Julie, The Royal Family.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 11:55am

Except that this thread is about January closings.

[dshnookie]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 11:58am

Thank you for stating the obvious.

[JacquelineHester]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:13pm

Its a shame so many classic shows with gorgeous music close quickly.. To answer your question I don't think Finian's will close anytime soon. Its' doing well, the music is great and the other show closings should help it. Plus they are getting such great press with the Terri White amazing story! Here is the link if you haven't seen it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8tu7XagFQ

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:14pm

Finian's is doing well??? Are we looking at the same grosses?

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:26pm

I had no idea 39 Steps was thinking of a transfer to New World Stages. It is hands down the funniest evening I've spent in the theatre in a long, long time.

I'm in the same boat with Piragua. I think putting the limited runs in there is an attempt to make the situation seem worse than it actually is. The media ran with it last year making the limited runs looks like failures.

And I can't imagine Finian's, with that cast size and those grosses, is breaking even each week. I have tickets for the first week of January so am selfishly hoping it holds on until then. Looks like Ragtime will already be off my list. Don't want to lose 2 shows. Though maybe Finian's has a small advance to live off of. I do recall them telling the Times that while their Thanksgiving week was slow, they have plenty of seats booked for the Christmas/New Years weeks.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:27pm

About a third of the shows on your list were scheduled to close anyway.

The only two on the original poster's list that were limited runs were White Christmas and Wintuk, so I don't know what "third" you're talking about.

EDIT: I somehow forgot to mention Groovaloo, but yes that's limited too. Updated On: 12/5/09 at 12:27 PM

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 12:50pm

It's almost like January of this year when many shows closed.

[perfectliar]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 1:51pm

bjh - Groovaloo and Birdie are also limited runs.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 2:51pm

"Dont forget a few limited engagement December closings as well:

Hamlet, A Steady Rain, After Miss Julie, The Royal Family"

When are these shows closing? Would you tell me the exact dates?

[legally_popular]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 3:06pm

The Understudy is also closing off-broadway on Jan. 17th.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 3:10pm

Google is your friend, muscle23ftl.

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 3:42pm

Or he could click to his left on this very page! Ugh.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 4:30pm

>I do recall them telling the Times that while their Thanksgiving week was slow, they have plenty of seats booked for the Christmas/New Years weeks.<

Well every show generally has seats booked for Christmas/New Year's weeks. It's what happens the week after January 3 when most shows fall off a cliff.

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 4:32pm

I think my response was more aimed at the implication it would close on January 3rd which I think is doubtful.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 12/5/09 at 6:08pm

bjh - Groovaloo and Birdie are also limited runs.

BIRDIE was originally limited, but then they announced a longer run and were selling tickets through April. Even if the actual closing date is later than the original closing date, once you extend and then un-extend, it counts.