MRS. DOUBTFIRE To Close 5/29- Page 2

[pagereynolds]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 10:42am

Sutton Ross said: "A fine group of talented folks. I feel like they've been through hell and back for years now and it's time for that to end. I wish them all the luck in the world with their future projects."

Pretty sure that nobody in the cast would describe being in that show as being through hell and back. You might want to work on your phrasing when you post a little!

[OffOnBwayHi]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 10:43am

It’s a cute show and although I think it’s nothing more than that, it’s very well done and didn’t deserve the tumultuous journey it has had. This show and Girl from the North Country really took some unfair beatings. Pre-COVID, I think both would’ve fared a lot better. It’s unfortunate.

Also, Kevin is a very lucky producer that had to make a tough choice. One of his shows is raining money (Six) while the other is bleeding (Doubtfire).
 

He tried very hard to keep it alive and should get a lot of credit for that, but only getting one Tony nom was the nail in the coffin.

And imho, I don’t see this doing well on tour and in London either. From when the show first premiered to now, the world is so different. Cute is not enough. After the past three years, people want something with some serious bite, I believe. Mrs. Doubtfire is not that, unfortunately.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 10:50am

Sutton didn't say anything wrong - the implication was going thru hell and back over everything that's happened with Bway and Covid.   Nothing about the show specifically.  Sheesh.

[OffOnBwayHi]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:02am

Sutton Ross said: "A fine group of talented folks. I feel like they've been through hell and back for years now and it's time for that to end. I wish them all the luck in the world with their future projects."

!!!!!!!!!!

Agree!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:10am

Yes, the lucky thing here is that I bet a lot of the DOUBTFIRE investors have a stake in SIX, too. Which could print money for years to come and softens the blow.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:15am

dramamama611 said: "Sutton didn't say anything wrong - the implication was going thru hell and back over everything that's happened with Bway and Covid. Nothing about the show specifically. Sheesh."

Thanks, dm. No one would ever find that confusing so it's just clearly an attempt to attack me for no reason. Nawp!

 

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:33am

TaffyDavenport said: "dramamama611 said: "everythingtaboo said: "but it's all just so sad the folks in the theatre day to day had be dragged each all of them."

Everythingtaboo - are you ok? This last bit has me concerned for your health."

Add a "to" before "be," and replace "each" with "into.""

What Taffy said. I'm still recovering from Funny Girl, can't find words today. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 2:46pm

I would have expected this to be a big fat hit. Guess I'm wrong. 

I think it suffered from just not being exciting. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 2:57pm

I really wish we had got a chance to see the Harvey Fierstein/Alan Menken/Jack Feldman musical version that was scrapped a few years ago. I don't know how much of it was written, but I bet it would have been a LOT better than what ended up on Bway.

Menken claimed in 2016: "Mrs Doubtfire went through a change of lyricist, and then also a dramaturgical evolution...At the moment, the best thing I could say is that it's on a creative hiatus."

[MattieIce2018]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 7:48pm

Rob wrote a lovely caption for his Instagram post about the closing:

"When I was a kid…
Annually, I would practice for 4 months, 7 hours a day, for a show that we knew we would get to perform 3 times…………….3.
And those 3 performances were heaven.
I have 18 performances left of Mrs. Doubtfire.
That’s 6 heavens.
That kid demands I treat them as such.
See you there."

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cde1r_wsip-/

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 2:49am

MattieIce2018 said: "Rob wrote a lovely caption for his Instagram post about the closing:

"When I was a kid…
Annually, I would practice for 4 months, 7 hours a day, for a show that we knew we would get to perform 3 times…………….3.
And those 3 performances were heaven.
I have 18 performances left of Mrs. Doubtfire.
That’s 6 heavens.
That kid demands I treat them as such.
See you there."

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cde1r_wsip-/"

He's a class act and a true pro in addition to being a fine actor.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:55am

UncleCharlie: He's a class act and a true pro in addition to being a fine actor.

This. His videos during the height of the pandemic were extraordinary.  I also just adored him as the zombie in The Bite.

I am sad this show didn’t make it at least through the summer.  I couldn’t get over his energy in Mrs. Doubtfire.  It is truly worth seeing just for his performance.  

[OMG U Guyz]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 4:47am

I think they were hoping for enough Tony noms to warrant a live performance on the telecast for a box office bump. Im guessing they didn’t get a slot on the strength of Rob’s nomination alone. 

[luvbrdway]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 1:38pm

Shoot. Had tickets for June 8th.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:23pm

Guess the word of mouth wasn't great for this one. I feel like it's a very "meh" show. Like it's not bad, but it's not exciting. Tootsie at least had a great book. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:39pm

RippedMan said: "Guess the word of mouth wasn't great for this one. I feel like it's a very "meh" show. Like it's not bad, but it's not exciting. Tootsie at least had a great book."

I’m with you on this. My thoughts on Mrs. Doubtfire are pretty much the same as when I saw Mean Girls. 
I will gladly give the OBCR a first listen though, as I do this with every Broadway musical that releases one. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:39pm

(double post)

Updated On: 5/14/22 at 03:39 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:45pm

I wonder if general audiences are over the "man in dress" thing even though I thought both this and Tootsie were funny. I wonder if anyone is second guessing Some Like it Hot right now. 

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 4:00pm

''I think they were hoping for enough Tony noms to warrant a live performance on the telecast for a box office bump. Im guessing they didn’t get a slot on the strength of Rob’s nomination alone.''

It would've cost ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' a lotta money to perform at the Tonys. The nail in the coffin was getting only 1 nomination for McClure and getting passed over for the crucial Best Musical category (not to mention book, score, etc.). 

Updated On: 5/14/22 at 04:00 PM

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 4:57pm

I guess I'm in the minority, but I thought this show was awful. There was no need to turn this into a musical. The numbers were forced into the story and made no sense (the number in the kitchen with the internet chefs...embarrassing). I hated this more than Rocky, which is saying something. 

[forfivemoreminutes]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 9:27pm

After not selling well since reopening, the show was almost completely sold out tonight. Only some seats available in the furthest sides of the rear orchestra and mezzanine. The audience seems to be having a good time. (At intermission now.)

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 10:03pm

MattieIce2018 said: "Rob wrote a lovely caption for his Instagram post about the closing:

"When I was a kid…
Annually, I would practice for 4 months, 7 hours a day, for a show that we knew we would get to perform 3 times…………….3.
And those 3 performances were heaven.
I have 18 performances left of Mrs. Doubtfire.
That’s 6 heavens.
That kid demands I treat them as such.
See you there."

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cde1r_wsip-/"

I love this so much. What a great perspective.

[bk]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 11:14pm

Sold out? Or papered to death?

[forfivemoreminutes]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 11:43pm

bk said: "Sold out? Or papered to death?"

It seemed like a lot of seats were sold at a discount (the seats near me on the far side of the left orchestra were mostly rush seats), but there wasn’t a long line at will call like there is for most heavily papered shows. And lots of kids there, which suggests purchased tickets rather than parents who belong to papering sites. It’s possible there was *some* papering, but either way, it seems like they sold a lot more seats today than the last time I saw it. The last time I saw it nearly a third of the centre orchestra (premium seats) was just empty, and much worse at the back and sides.

[MattieIce2018]

Posted: 5/22/22 at 2:44pm

Per Analise Scarpaci's Instagram, Jake Ryan Flynn is back in the show as Christopher for the final week. Mark Evans also posted something about having emergency rehearsals today to keep the show going due to COVID issues. Hopefully they can get through their last week of performances...

Updated On: 5/22/22 at 02:44 PM