Jekyll & Hyde (Broadway Previews!) — Page 13

I was sitting in the front row. It was filled. So I don't know when you looked. I was not roaming around the back, hunting for empty seats. And I also took a picture. It was pretty damn full. Oh, and I also went to see the afternoon matinee of Newsies. OMG. There were some empty seats! I bet it's going to close!

Again, deborahfan, the show has been filling about 60% of its capacity. 4 out of ten seats are empty. And those that are sold have most likely been done so at a discount. If they weren't comped.

That isn't rumor mill stuff. That's box office data released by the production.

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Well, that was awful. This was probably the worst thing I have ever seen on a professional stage, and the only show I have ever left at intermission. I rushed the 7pm show last night after having seen Orphans at 3pm, and honestly, there's no other word to describe this production but bad, or horrendous, comical, pathetic and the like, concerning everything from the set to the direction.

I mean, Constantine Maroulis may have an impressive voice, but he was doing some of the cheesiest, awfully melodramatic acting I have ever seen in my life. Deborah Cox couldn't handle the singing, and her acting, well, let's just say that the terrible, inconsistent Cockney accent was the best part about her performance.

The only redeeming aspect was Teal Wicks, but sadly her too-small role was not enough to keep me in the theatre for the second half of this tripe. Please, don't waste your time.

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Updated On: 4/29/13 at 02:40 PM

Attempting to be balanced (though its hard for some of you to believe I'm sure), but the show is lacking in all aspects of sales other than day-of (TKTS and Rush seats).

That being said... the orchestra fills up (three or four rows in the back of the theatre usually are scarcely filled, but this theatre is huge). The mezz, however, is a ginormous ghost town.


To the person who critiqued Deborah Cox's singing... she has been totally capable the entire run voice-wise, I don't think that's a fair assessment (naturally I have not been at every performance). I still have no idea why there is all the love for Teal Wicks/Emma in this version of the show (fine voice, but nothing to do and her acting skills are just as melodramatic as people claim about the other performers).

Deborah and Constantine deliver the songs incredibly, and get monstrous applause (no, I'm not preaching standing ovations).

Kad, I believe it was in the neighborhood of 25-30% this past week. Ouch.

I believe Wilmington was looking at the gross percentage potential, not the actual attendance percentage. The show had the ability to make $1,557,834 last week. It made $439,586, which is 28% of its potential gross.

But if it was running in Circle in the Square, it would be a massive hit!

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I'll admit that I haven't read all the pages of this thread but wanted to put my feelings out there even though the show is closed.

What a big poopoo stinker that was. I'm a Wildhorn fan (not fanatic) but I think his shows are crap. The books are crap but he does write some really great catchy pop tunes.

Everything about this production was so cheap. I get that it's a tour but I saw ELF and thought that was a fairly good touring set. The way Jekyll changes to Hyde with the dumb neck brace and cuff that I guess is supposed to somehow be injecting into his body was laughable. As was the fact that people couldn't tell they were the same person because he let down his ponytail and took off his glasses.

The projections did not work at all for me. Every time they shined a spot on the projections (which was ALWAYS) you would just see the cheap brick stuff it was on. I couldn't tell where anything was set because it was all just random boards hanging down and junky projections that set up nothing.

Constantine continues to be the WORST. Thankfully when I saw ROA his understudy was on so this was the first (and only) time I've had to sit through his laughable acting. He was doing some weird thing with his mouth the whole time but thankfully I was far enough away not to always notice it. He kept adjusting his mic about every 10 seconds which was a really good character choice.

Deborah Cox was brilliant to me. She might not be the best actor or do accents very well but the singing more than made up for it. "Bring On the Men" was one of the highlights except for the hideously clunky stage design with those dumb cords everywhere.

I'll just listen to the concept album for the few highlights of the show and try to erase the experience from my mind.

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Deborah Cox was brilliant to me. She might not be the best actor or do accents very well but the singing more than made up for it. "Bring On the Men" was one of the highlights except for the hideously clunky stage design with those dumb cords everywhere.

When I saw the show the opening weekend in San Diego. I was almost positive they would have reworked that number by the time it reached broadway. The ropes were definitely awkward. I still really enjoyed the number though. I'm glad they added the dance break with those killer orchestrations for Broadway though.

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>> Cried to hear a song I love performed so terribly.
Weird- the audience gave him a standing ovation.
I thought it was fabulous.

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^ I agree. To each their own though. I really thought that this would at least be able to play through its scheduled engagement, but I guess Constantine couldn't sell the show. I am just so glad I caught this opening weekend in San Diego. By far the best thing I have seen. It was like a two and a half hour thrill ride.

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"Some" people bought tickets.. but they were pretty much through rush or TKTS day of, and with virtually no advance, why bother to keep open with all the discount tickets?