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Does anyone know why they pulled this from San Francisco?

nophibbing said: "Thoughts on them remounting this for a limited engagement following all the wins last night? The rumor mill is already spinning. I know they're doing the TV series, but I feel like the show still has an audience for a commercial run."

Sorry, cackling remembering the SLAVE PLAY debacle of last year when they planned to announce from the stage and then...no wins.

It just occurred to me I never looked at its grosses because they weren't out when it was running. It grossed more than $800K for 9 weeks of its original run, which is solid (especially at 7 perfs a week) but I just don't know if the wins are enough to bring it back for a third run in NYC. You would definitely need that whole original Bway trio, not just 2/3 like in LA. My instinct would be to let it rest.

i like to keep an open mind but (i) i do not see how this works as series TV, at all: the whole shtick (dont mean that in a bad way!) was the three actors playing all these disparate roles, a gimmick that wouldnt work on TV, and with just a normal cast sweeping story, Im not sure the dramatic arc is there, and (ii) i KNOW this was originally an Italian work, and i actually speak/love the language but very hard to see English-speakers getting used to a story about Jewish immigrants to the US and their progeny being told in such an exotic language