Motown to close January 18th, 2015 — Page 2

Roxy's never been wrong before.

NOT!

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This is strange, very strange indeed.

I think this is a fabulous move. Broadway audiences don't need to "remember" this at all, its for tourists. London will get a good few years run+ out of this show (although possibly not at Dominion but I've heard its postponed to Summer because it wants The Adelphi)

I think the show will easily return to Broadway , probably a touring version or the London show going back - it doesn't matter set wise as the audience just want the songs - and have another successful run.

It could come and go for years, same in London. Let It Be has had three successful runs in London now and will be back again I am sure after this run at Garrick and I am sure.

Motown's weekly nut is unsustainably high.....it is surprising but understandable.

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Ummmm...what? O_o If it's coming back, what's the point of closing?!

The Winter Garden isn't a Nederlander house.

I don't think Motown has anything to worry about. I'm sure something will be open. There are other Nederlander houses-something is bound to turn up.

I still think Finding Neverland should wait-but that's their problem.

The show's nut is high because it has a huge cast AND royalties to all of the artists depicted.
It isnt so far out of the box.. They can not downsize cast size unless they close for six weeks. People go to see the show for the Brand, not because of the musical. They could bring it in any time and that audience will be there is they have no depleated it. They send the physical production, run the show there with lower costs, make a mint, ship it back and reopen.. or they use the tour set if it closes on the road.
It is not a stretch. It ia an innovative idea.
Shows used to close all the time and come back... A summer hiatus, or a tour and a return engagement. This is not very different.. The "tour" just happens to be London.
Cant blame any producer for streamlining their show once they know how they can manage based on knowing how it runs. Kudos to them for not just chopping it up like certain others have.

"This has Weinstein written all over it. We'll hear a Finding Neverland/Lunt announcement any day now. "

100% agree. I have no inside info but I would bet a limb that Weinstein cut McCollum a check because he wanted the theater.

So Finding Neverland (which for some reason I keep singing "Finding Wonderland" from the musical Wonderland) will go to the Lunt. But I doubt Aladdin will close too soon. It is the most popular Disney show since Lion King. It is selling very well.

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Didn't the original West Side Story close, go on tour and then do a return engagement on Broadway?

disneybroadwayfan22, are you being serious? Like, actually? They are most certainly not saving the most elaborate and luxurious theatre on Broadway for one of their most scaled-down shows to date, and they will certainly not close ALADDIN until ticket sales dry up (which probably won't be for another 4-5 years or more). TARZAN (vomit) and THE LITTLE MERMAID both lost a colossal amount of money and closed because they didn't have good enough ticket sales to stay open, while ALADDIN has great reviews, great ticket sales and the death of Robbin Williams, which though tragic will undeniably boost ticket sales. So, no. HUNCHBACK is not going into the New Amsterdam unless ALADDIN takes a nosedive in ticket sales.

GoSmileLaughCryClap, WEST SIDE STORY did that, but that was at a time when Broadway shows actually went on tour with the original cast, not with their own National Tour cast, so this is quite a bit different.

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If you say something absolutely and utterly ridiculous, you'll get that response... Don't act surprised.

By the way, for those who are somehow still confused about this decision, please take the time to read the NY Times article already posted in this thread. It lays out everything. Not very difficult to understand.