Posted: 11/1/22 at 6:53pm
Final Performance is November 20th @ 7pm per their Facebook page
Updated On: 11/1/22 at 06:53 PM
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:11pm
Man, I thought this would run for years off Broadway like Avenue Q. Did it even last six months? Damn.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:12pm
It wasn't selling well at all.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:14pm
ACL2006 said: "It wasn't selling well at all."
You think?
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:16pm
Sad, but I hope Cyndi now puts all her effort into making the Working Girl musical happen.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:18pm
mememe said: "ACL2006 said: "It wasn't selling well at all."
You think?"
Just makes you think why it was brought back.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:57pm
ACL2006 said: "mememe said: "ACL2006 said: "It wasn't selling well at all."
You think?"
Just makes you think why it was brought back."
This show has been everywhere. Regional and amateur. It has played out.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 7:58pm
Well damn. Had tickets for January 8. What else has a Sunday night performance??
Posted: 11/1/22 at 8:10pm
amiyagi said: "Well damn. Had tickets for January 8. What else has a Sunday night performance??"
Jan 8 evening shows: Hamilton, Wicked, Lion King, Six, Book of Mormon, Chicago, A Strange Loop, Little Shop, Play That Goes Wrong, Mike Birbiglia (Plus Beetlejuice, but it's the closing show and sold out)
Posted: 11/1/22 at 8:55pm
The material isn’t as good as Avenue Q or Little Shop. But I would have put money this would run for awhile.
Who would have thought the Yiddish Fiddler would run longer.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 9:03pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Sad, but I hope Cyndi now puts all her effort into making the Working Girl musical happen."
One doesn't really have anything to do with the other. The only effort it was taking for KINKY BOOTS was endorsing the royalty checks for deposit.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 9:17pm
I adore Kinky Boots, saw it multiple times on Broadway…and I just realized I have yet to see it off-Broadway.
This revival was just too soon. It’s being played regionally, they filmed and released the West End production, I think people are just Boots’ed out.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 10:00pm
What’s next for the Stage 42 theatre?
Posted: 11/1/22 at 10:36pm
ACL2006 said: "mememe said: "ACL2006 said: "It wasn't selling well at all."
You think?"
Just makes you think why it was brought back."
The hubris of Daryl Roth, Hal Luftig, and their investors. They thought their show could find a sustainable audience at ~500 people per night, but evidently not. Hal produced Yiddish Fiddler, and while that was never a sellout hit, he probably felt Kinky Boots had some more life left --- when in reality we know it struggled for its final year on Bway, buoyed by stunt casting. Sometimes momentum is just lost.
Updated On: 11/1/22 at 10:36 PM
Posted: 11/1/22 at 10:37pm
Isn't there talk of putting Waitress into Stage 42?
Posted: 11/1/22 at 10:43pm
BCfitasafiddle said: "Isn't there talk of putting Waitress into Stage 42?"
Waitress was just on Broadway last year. Isn't that too soon?
Posted: 11/1/22 at 10:54pm
DAME said: "
This show has been everywhere. Regional and amateur. It has played out."
I think thats right, and this clearly was a misfire of an idea from the start. But feels so unfair to Callum Francis, who is so phenomenal in the role, and who only got to do it on Bway for a month or two. If you haven't seen him, go. Hes worth it.
Posted: 11/1/22 at 11:57pm
I was planning to go see it in January with a friend visiting NYC 
Posted: 11/2/22 at 12:34am
There was a random post a while back that the stripped down phantom was going to stage 42 after KB left
Posted: 11/2/22 at 10:29am
I think the Phantom thing was just a rumor. I don't see them not reopening it on Broadway.
Waitress might do well, but with the regional rights going up in the next year, I'd think everywhere will be doing it.
I wish Stage 42 could have a hit though. I think it's a fantastic little space.
Posted: 11/2/22 at 11:32am
Sales must have been really dismal for them to close right before one of the most lucrative times of the year.
Posted: 11/2/22 at 11:58am
Call_me_jorge said: "What’s next for the Stage 42 theatre?"
could A STRANGE LOOP transfer there and make a go of it ??
Posted: 11/2/22 at 12:34pm
PipingHotPiccolo said: "But feels so unfair to Callum Francis, who is so phenomenal in the role, and who only got to do it on Bway for a month or two. If you haven't seen him, go. Hes worth it."
True, but he also led both the West End and Australian tour casts, so he’s been able to get out in front of more audiences than your usual replacement.
Posted: 11/2/22 at 4:18pm
hak5 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "What’s next for the Stage 42 theatre?"
could A STRANGE LOOP transfer there and make a go of it ??"
Think about that. Kinky Boots, Strange Loop. Do you think it'd have an audience at Stage 42? Or would it just open there, and then lose money as it has been ON Broadway?
Posted: 11/2/22 at 5:37pm
I thought it was a big mistake opening the show so soon after closing on B'way. IT was too soon, and will probably result in a delayed revival that may have occurred in 15 or so years. 'Why would I invest in a show that was a flop off-Broadway the last time it was around? I think it is one thing to move to off-Broadway...it is another thing to open off-Broadway and flop.
