Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

#1

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/21/10 at 7:39pm

I'm surprised the show will close at this time. I thought it would ren much longer and at least make it to mid fall. What do you all think of this?

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139763-Broadway-Revival-of-Lend-Me-a-Tenor-to-Close-in-August

#2

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/21/10 at 7:43pm

Glad I'm seeing it in July before it closes!

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#3

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 2:26pm

If everyone in the cast was at the level of Tony Shaloub it would never close.

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#4

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 3:46pm

This is one play that I have really wanted to see. Same thing with the other play that was at The Music Box Theatre prior, Superior Donuts. However, I missed that one as well due to procrastination. Hopefully, that is not something that I will do with Lend Me A Tenor.

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#5

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 4:33pm

Saw this show last week and I thought the entire cast was incredible, not just Tony. Really loved it. Think it will go on tour?

#6

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 5:06pm

Wasn't this a limited engagement?

#7

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 6:07pm

No, but that's what the producers want you to think. ALL ABOUT ME did the same thing, when they decided to close after just two weeks.

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#8

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 7:51pm

It says a lot when a quality production like this cannot make it.

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#9

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/22/10 at 8:13pm

Yeah, what happened here? Starry cast, starry director, a production that matches the quality of the stars, and the undeniable force that is Jan Maxwell, who apparently keeps Tony Awards in her bag.

~Steven

#10

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/23/10 at 1:22am

Not. Soon. Enough.

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#11

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/23/10 at 1:31am

If any play is going to tour, it would be Fences.

#12

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/23/10 at 3:59am

The reviews were not good for the most part. And as much as I was looking forward to it, I wasn't "wowed" by it either. I liked it well enough, but something didn't quite work. A woman next to me with whom I'd been chatting left at intermission...I don't think she laughed a single time.

Still....a shame. Methinks there will be a sad amount of closings come the end of the summer.

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#13

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/23/10 at 4:18am

"And as much as I was looking forward to it, I wasn't "wowed" by it either. I liked it well enough, but something didn't quite work. A woman next to me with whom I'd been chatting left at intermission...I don't think she laughed a single time"

I agree, I saw many people in the audience that didn't seem to be enjoying it either the night I saw it.

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#14

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/23/10 at 11:02am

this was ALWAYS intended to be a limited engagement with this cast.
if the show had been an absolute runaway hit, then maybe, just possibly , they could have re-cast...Yet these are the same producers of A View from the Bridge and they decided not to recast that after its phenomenal limited run...
so...no surprises here.

Updated On: 5/24/10 at 11:02 AM

#15

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 4:55am

'Lend Me A Tenor- The Musical' opens in the UK this summer!?!
Why?

The original play only barely got to 10 months when first staged in the West End.

Updated On: 5/24/10 at 04:55 AM

#16

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 9:35am

Although this revival couldn't compare to the original for sheer brilliance, I still enjoyed it very much. It's too bad Bartha was just cute and fine, rather than amazing. If they had focused more on finding the star actor for Max (rather than Saunders and Tito), they would have had a stronger show.

But it was worlds better than that awful Noises Off revival...

#17

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 9:47am

I enjoyed this play very much. Tony Shalhoub was the best. I also liked Anthony LaPaglia. I really didn't think that Brooke Adams was all that good and she flubbed on her lines twice, which was excruciating for me.

#18

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 9:53am

newintown, to underscore your point, in the original production Max was played by Victor Garber. Enough said.

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#19

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:17am

Exactly, mallardo - he was stunning (and robbed of the Tony that year, in my opinion).

#20

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 3:10pm

Thank you!! NOT. SOON. ENOUGH!!! (One wonders if any of these other folks actually saw it!)

#21

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 3:19pm

I saw it and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

~Steven

#22

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 5:26pm

There are people in the cast LIGHT YEARS better than Tony Shaloub (on stage) and it's closing. Do the math...

#23

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:40pm

Is this show selling programs?

#24

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:43pm

Yup; I think they're going for $10.

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#25

Lend Me a Tenor to close August 15

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:46pm

Thanks!