Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#0Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 2:39amHas anyone heard about this? i heard some mention of it.
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"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#1re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:18am
I hope it's not true for the sakes of the very talented cast and crew. However, if it is indeed closing, maybe it'll bring this Broadway-In-Vegas era to an end. It was never that good of a fit (MAMMA MIA aside) and I'm sure a lot of people out there would much prefer a good old-fashioned tour.
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leeinlondon
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/03
#2re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:24am
Closes June 11th !!!
Just a few days left !!!
#3re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:29amI dont' know that there has been any official word, but it has been flowing through the rumor mill. In other news, billboards for THE PRODUCERS have started to pop up throughout town. I also believe that MAMMA MIA! will finish out its contract at the end of the year and close.
#4re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:58amSorry to hear about this, but there is something to be said about condensing the show and not having it be a hit.
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#5re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:02amWow, first Q, now Hairspray. I guess Bway just doesn't work in Vegas. I wonder if POTO will be successful.
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bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#6re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:09am
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Updated On: 6/6/06 at 10:09 AM
#7re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:09am
I wonder if POTO will be successful.
When I first heard about this, I thought, probably not. I'm still feeling the same way.
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DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#8re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:24amI saw this coming. I even posted this would happen when the heavy discount coupons started popping up and some of you came down hard on me. I think Phantom and Spamalot will have similar fates. Vegas is not a theater town.
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#9re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:39amYes, i guess Vegas is not a theatre town. People just want to go to casinos and see Celine Dion, it seems. Broadway is still not a popular thing to do for most Americans.
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#10re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:42ami find it ironic that anyone feels like Broadway in the Desert would BE successful. Las Vegas is all about tacky people with no taste. they should just open up CATS there already...
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#11re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:55amdang I really want to see it there. I just feel bad for all those actors and crew members. I am sure they are all quite sad. good luck to them!
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
TicketMediaGuy
Understudy Joined: 12/13/05
#12re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:56am
"they should just open up CATS there already..."
CATS... topless.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#14re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:16amPhantom might work because of its spectacle. Spectacle obviously fits in well in Vegas. Spamalot may do well too becasue it's more of a "frat boy" type of humor, so that might go over well in Vegas rather than a grown man in a dress like Hairspray.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#15re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:19amPhantom will only attract old people and ardent theater fans. Spamalot has a very limited appeal. I think maybe Jersey Boys would have a chance since Mamma Mia has been a success. Vegas is not a theater town.
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jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#16re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:20am
Sorry to hear this! I wanted to see Austin Miller again as Link Larkin. Maybe now he will get the chance to do it on Broadway.
Vegas is more of a place for "Cats", "Mamma Mia" (the audience probably knows all the songs) or Circus shows. They don't seem to be able to handle good shows.
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DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#17re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:21amIt is not that they can't handle it. I is just not what people are there for.
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Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#18re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:25am
When does Light In The Piazza open in Vegas?
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jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#19re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:27am
"I is just not what people are there for.".
Sounds like you're saying they would support "Mamma Mia" or a circus show with Beatles music, but they aren't there to see Tony Award winning shows? I guess their tastes are worse than I thought.
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
#20re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:32am
Broadway belongs in NYC. To try and replecate it in Vegas is not a good odea. And it seems as if that is proving true.
Because I love PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and THE PRODUCERS so very much, I hope for their sake they get SOMETHING from opening out there... but after all this and the attitudes, I am not expecting much.
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jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#21re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:36am
"When does Light In The Piazza open in Vegas?".
I can see it now. Cut down to 90 minutes with a laser light show included.
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
-------
"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
TicketMediaGuy
Understudy Joined: 12/13/05
#22re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:37am
"When does Light In The Piazza open in Vegas?"
When they add in staging where the daughter gets topless.
Seriously... I don't know if many of you have noticed, but even though the bigger casinos are trying this Broadway thing, the main "shaping" going on in Vegas is going back to their "Sin City" roots. Remember? "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas". There's a reason the tourist commission is using that slogan. More and More blue bar reviews are again popping up in the dessert and for good reason. THAT'S what's making the money again.
Remember when they tried the family atmosphere in Vegas? MGM GRAND had a theme park, and that was when all those rollercoasters and themed hotels were built. That lasted less than a decade. Now they're going back the adult playland.
These broadway shows will stick around as a form of entertainment, but they won't do well on their own. They're there mainly for alternate entertainment choices... and if the show isn't doing particularly well, they'll start offering their frequent players free tickets to see those shows. I don't think they'll close a show until they get to a point of 35% paid capacity.
I predict that Phantom will do well in it's first 6 months because of the large marketing push in existance right now. Within a year it will be part of the Vegas landscape. They'll push the technical aspects of the show and may have a total run of two years - or until the Venetian makes it's money back from the initial inestment.
Updated On: 6/6/06 at 11:37 AM
#23re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:38am
"Sounds like you're saying they would support "Mamma Mia" or a circus show with Beatles music, but they aren't there to see Tony Award winning shows? I guess their tastes are worse than I thought."
Who's this "they"? People come to New York for theater and go to Vegas for gambling and big spectacles with big names. A lot of people have room in their lives for both.
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TicketMediaGuy
Understudy Joined: 12/13/05
#24re: Las Vegas Hairspray Closing?
Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:43am
Let's also not forget that the Vegas WE know isn't the Vegas that the locals know. The Vegas WE know is made of tourists - and they're the ones that would go see these shows.
Vegas locals actually DO have taste. They travel if they want to see something of quality. It's the tourists that don't know any better because they're not going to Vegas for the shows.
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