Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 8:18am
As per their full page ad in the Times (touting every single award), "there are only 31 performances left to experience the most acclaimed play of the season."
That brings them to June 10. I give them a lot of credit for hanging on that long.
Updated On: 5/16/07 at 08:18 AM
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#2re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 8:41am
Definitely knew this was coming, but it makes me sad either way.
I will definitely put it on my list to see it once more before Tony time.
#2re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 9:19am
aww that's sad 
i hope Stark and all the other guys find work on Broadway again soon!
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#3re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 9:37amI hope Stark shows up at BROADWAY BARES.
#4re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 9:45am
he can offer body painting with the fake blood on stage 
#5re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 9:47amAww, so very sad. I wish they would stay open even a week past the Tonys so they can enjoy their victories.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
StageFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/07
#6re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 9:47amI saw it coming but it still makes me sad. Such a great show with such fine performances. Just sad.
NJgirl
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/04
#7re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 10:48amI will have to get back and see this show again. One of the best shows I saw this season.
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#8re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 10:50amIt's a shame it never found it's audience. Saw this multiple times and Boyd Gaines broke my heart everytime!
#9re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 10:59amI'm seeing it for my third (and probably last) time this Friday. Hugh Dancy's performance was the most underrated of the season.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#10re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 11:01am
I know I shouldn't be excited about this.
But that probably means it won't randomly close before then.
And therefore I can see it.
Hooray!
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#11re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 11:03amPersonally, I'm just glad that it lasted as long as it did and that I was fortunate enough to see it three times. I hope that the Tony nominations and the impending closing will motivate people to finally get out and see it.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
usmma2010
Understudy Joined: 5/1/07
#12re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 11:31amwell im buying my tickets now, such an amazing show
"and in the end the love you make is equal to the love you take"
#13re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 12:26pmHere's a closing notice I definitely didn't want to see coming, although it's more than inevitable. If only I didn't live 3,000 miles away. If you can see this show once or again, see it. I'll live vicariously through all of you people. Despite the awful box office, it's still closing two weeks before its original limited engagement end date. Almost an accomplishment. I only wish Journey's End could have touched more hearts and affected more people like it did when it was on the West End. I just hope people allow it to go out with dignity.
#14re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 12:38pmI wish that Hugh Dancy had been nominated over Boyd Gaines.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#15re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 12:56pmIn London it's been constantly extended, or has closed and reopened, but in America it can't get an audience. This is sad, because it's a brilliant play and the production is stunning!
NYC Visitor and Broadway Fan
#16re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 2:21pmonce again, i agree with you munkustrap. Hugh Dancy deserved that nomination.
#17re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/16/07 at 7:54pmSorry to hear that. Everyone who I know who saw it enjoyed it a lot.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#18re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/17/07 at 12:54amI think that Boyd Gaines was the emotional anchor of this production, and deserves recognition for that. He is not called "uncle" for no reason - the rest of the cast does play very young.
#19re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/17/07 at 6:03amSo sad but definitely on my must-see again list.
Claire4
Swing Joined: 5/17/07
#20re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/17/07 at 8:25amHere was hoping a Tony nod would help it. Will see it again before it closes.
#21re: Journey's End to Close in 31 Performances
Posted: 5/17/07 at 9:05amLike a whole bunch of people are saying I'm just lucky enough that i saw it and happy enough too. I believe any serious fan of theatre should see this. Especially if you are an actor (the character quality and the performances are unbelievable). But, i am happy it lasted this long with such unfortunately low numbers. I hope it wins a lot of Tonys. Which i wouldn't be surprised by either.
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