July 4 week end schedule?
July 4 week end schedule?
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#0July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:28amDoes anyone know where I can find the 4th of July week-end schedule?
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#1re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:33am
Count on shows playing a regular schedule unless there are exceptions advertised.
If a hit show is not going to sell out, this is the weekend that it won't. July 4th is traditionally the worst weekend of the year.
Sluggy
Featured Actor Joined: 7/15/04
#2re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:35amYou mean worst as in low attendance? I would think shows would be packed by the holiday crowds. No?
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#3re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:31am
People go to the beach, fireworks displays, movies, BBQs, to the mall and they leave NY in droves. They do everything except come into the city to go see a show. Yes, there are tourists, but there will still be a lot of empty seats especially Sunday matinee and evening.
A long time ago I worked backstage on a reasonably good-sized hit. July 4th was the only performance we were allowed to ask friends to come in as comps and also the only performance where the house manager invited those upstairs to move downstairs at 7:55.
Musicals do better than plays. Comedies better than dramas. I cannot imagine who is going to be in the Barrymore Theatre this coming weekend for instance.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#4re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 12:20pmJuly 4th is on Monday, and most Broadway shows are dark...with a few exceptions. So with the exception of the shows that perform on Mondays (and "Phantom" is the only one I can think of off the top of my head) there shouldn't be any schedule changes.
NJgirl
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/04
#5re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 12:46pmAltar Boyz is not dark on Monday nights...but on Monday, July 4th the show begins at 7pm instead of the usual 8pm time.
stacey717
Featured Actor Joined: 10/27/04
#6re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 2:37pm
Not quite on Broadway, but....
John Tartaglia's (cabaret) show AD-LIBerty is having its final performance on the 4th at Joe's Pub, 7 pm, and it's phenomenal...
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:20pmI'm going to John's show and staying for Adios Pantalones!
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#8re: July 4 week end schedule?
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:27pm
Ditto stagemom3! 
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