Posted: 12/12/17 at 1:14pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:08pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:38pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:43pm
On Broadway, the standard performance week ends on Sunday, Jorge. It closes this week.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:46pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Did you know Sunday is beginning of the week? Funny, huh??"
Avram (from Fiddler): He's right. And he's right. They can't both be right.
Tevye: You know, you are also right.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:47pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:50pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 2:54pm
Broadway Joe said: "Ugh, I was trying not to see any more shows until after Jan 1st because I hate how bad traffic is during this time period but now I'll be seeing this Thursday."
Or you could take the continued shortening of its run as a sign that it really, really isn't any good and save yourself the hassle. One of my biggest disappointments of the entire year. And I love the original play. And Clive Owen.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 3:00pm
Sauja said: "Broadway Joe said: "Ugh, I was trying not to see any more shows until after Jan 1st because I hate how bad traffic is during this time period but now I'll be seeing this Thursday."
Or you could take the continued shortening of its run as a sign that it really, really isn't any good and save yourself the hassle. One of my biggest disappointments of the entire year. And I love the original play. And Clive Owen."
lol I hear ya, I try to see every new play or musical that opens (not counting the one man shows/concerts and stuff like home for the holidays) so I was going no matter what, was able to grab a TDF ticket too. I like Clive Owen a lot and I've never seen the play before so I'm still looking forward to it.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 3:36pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 4:09pm
Sauja said: "Or you could take the continued shortening of its run as a sign that it really, really isn't any good and save yourself the hassle. One of my biggest disappointments of the entire year. And I love the original play. And Clive Owen."
I saw it this past Saturday and enjoyed it.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 5:20pm
Call_me_jorge said: "YIKES!https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/M-BUTTERFLY-Will-Now-Play-Final-Broadway-Performance-Next-Week-20171212"
Playbill.com announced this afternoon that it is closing on THURSDAY. I wonder if people who purchased tickets get their money back.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 5:36pm
blaxx said: "Also safe to say that this is the last straight play Taymor directs on Broadway."
not safe at all. This is the theatre. 
Stranger things have happened.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 6:26pm
220Basswood said: "Call_me_jorge said: "YIKES!https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/M-BUTTERFLY-Will-Now-Play-Final-Broadway-Performance-Next-Week-20171212"
Playbill.com announced this afternoon that it is closing on THURSDAY. I wonder if people who purchased tickets get their money back."
It's a typo which they corrected in the next paragraph. It's closing Sunday. Shows don't close on Thursdays. And yes, if you had tickets for shows after Sunday, you get your money refunded.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 6:47pm
I would have liked to have seen Clive Owen on broadway but not in that show. Kind of like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I really like Christian but did not want to see him in that show.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 6:56pm
seeing it thursday evening. we are excited to see it live just in time
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Posted: 12/12/17 at 6:59pm
Posted: 12/12/17 at 7:01pm
UncleCharlie wrote: "Shows don't close on Thursdays."
Four Twelves Are 48, Viva Madison Avenue!, General Seeger and Tricks of the Trade all closed on Thursdays. George C. Scott starred in the last two.
As for this production of M. Butterfly, it was wanting in several respects, but the play still held my interest.
Posted: 12/12/17 at 7:22pm
those shows closed within a day of opening, a long time ago and on a different playing field. I think the post you responded to meant shows [produced by living producers] don't close on Thursdays.
Posted: 12/13/17 at 11:04am
Too bad, I was thinking about going just because I love Miss Saigon.
Posted: 12/13/17 at 1:12pm
Sauja said: "Broadway Joe said: "Ugh, I was trying not to see any more shows until after Jan 1st because I hate how bad traffic is during this time period but now I'll be seeing this Thursday."
Or you could take the continued shortening of its run as a sign that it really, really isn't any good and save yourself the hassle. One of my biggest disappointments of the entire year. And I love the original play. And Clive Owen."
Does this mean Escape to Hell of Boredom deserves a shorter run than Butterfly?
Posted: 12/13/17 at 11:19pm
I have not seen this show (out of town and didn't like the original production), but I am disappointed in its failure, because this is 0 for 2 for Clive Owen, and I can't help thinking that we may not be seeing him on the NY boards for a long, long time. Hope that I am wrong, because I think he is a terrific actor...I have in fact always wondered why he is not a bigger star than he is.
Posted: 12/14/17 at 10:55am
Posted: 12/15/17 at 1:04am
Not exactly a huge star right now. And Taymor has had a bad rep. But I'm sad to see it closing so earily. I hope i get to see it.
Posted: 12/15/17 at 7:23am
