My 11:30 with Donna Murphy

[DonnaMurphyRocks]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:17am

Doesn't that sound nice, like I just had coffee with her or something?

No really, Donna is on the schedule to defintely star in an NBC sitcom called "My 11:30", which co-stars Jeff Goldblum and in which she plays a psychiatrist. It premieres in September, so I was wondering, does that mean she's leaving Wonderful Town in the summertime, or will the show be closed by then? Does anybody know?

[DAME]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:20am

As far as I know a pilot has been shot. But it is not known if it has been picked up. If it is ; TV season starts production late July early August. And I somehow don't think Wonderful Town will be around that long anyway.

Updated On: 5/12/04 at 12:20 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:25am

She played a therapist on the Joan Cusack show too. I loved that show in the first season, but of course then they had to retool it and move it and cancel it.

[DAME]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:27am

Hussys.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:33am

It's been hovering around 50% capacity and losing money for the last few weeks and it has no advance left, so it doesn't look good. It'll hang around until Tony night, but unless it upsets ASSASSINS (iffy) and Donna snatches her third (possible, but also iffy), it'll be gone shortly afterwards. And news of Donna leaving to do a sitcom long before summer's out is going to lose her a few votes from the Tony folks.

[DonnaMurphyRocks]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 2:55am

Thanks everyone for your info =) I'm surprised she already had time to film a pilot and star in WT at the same time.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 10:14am

That was the main reason why I didn't want Assassins to be deemed a revival, because that would mean curtains for Wonderful Town. If Assassins wins, which I'm sure it will, Wonderful Town won't have the steam to make it through, so it's sure to close, which makes me sad because I adore that show, but alas, it's a fact of life with theatre, right?

[mominator]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 10:17am

If Donna and Jennifer take home the Tony's it may help the show somewhat.
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[pitrepower]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 11:52am

She filmed the pilot on her days off and took two days off, in April, from Wonderful Town to finish it. So the pilot is definitely finished. And as for WT's attendance...I think both Donna and Jennifer getting nominated may have helped ticket sales. The theatre was the most packed I have ever seen for the middle of the week. I was surrounded by Tony voters too!!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:01pm

Well, remember that every Tony voter (all 700+ of them) gets a pair of comps for every nominated show, so while it's nice that they're filling all those normally empty seats, they don't help box office sales.

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:12pm

Namo -- I don't mind being re-tooled

[gypsy#12]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:52pm

I'm going to see WOnderful town on Thursday!! ICAN'T WAIT!!!!

[DAME]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 12:59pm

regis was talking about it this morning. I guess he got comped last night.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 1:00pm

What did Regis have to say about it?

[tpdc]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 1:44pm

Donna performing Conga on the Tonys could really boost the box office.

[pitrepower]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 1:57pm

What did Regis have to say about the show??...I'm curious because he and his wife were actually sitting right behind me in row F.

[Ruffian]

Posted: 5/12/04 at 2:40pm

I saw WONDERFUL TOWN last night & the Mezz was so empty it was SAD