NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss

[Yankeefan007]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#1

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:45pm

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/next-fall-to-close/?ref=arts

[Jordan Catalano]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#2

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:45pm

SH*T.

[ljay889]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#2

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:46pm

I really wanted to see it a second time.

[TheatreFan4]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#3

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:50pm

That's a shame.

The Helen Hayes would be a good theatre for Hedwig though...

[Jordan Catalano]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#4

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:52pm

Or Andrew Jackson.

We really do need a new small Broadway theater.

[bjh2114]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#5

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:52pm

It makes me sad that the only new play running on Broadway (and the only new play left from last season) will be Race. Now THAT'S tragedy.

[Jordan Catalano]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#6

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:53pm

RACIST!!!!!

[TheatreFan4]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#7

Posted: 6/22/10 at 10:54pm

We really do. Maybe once the Hilton implodes in on itself we can get a small theatre built in its place.

[BwayBoundJoe]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#8

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:01pm

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[perfectlymarvelous]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#9

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:02pm

Ugh no.

[jessica0414]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#10

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:12pm

Nooo!! I can't make it to New York until spring 2011 and I was desperately hoping Next Fall would hold out until then...I had a feeling it would close well before that, though. Wish I could have seen it!

"You don't just stop posting horse s*** on the web!"-The [Title of Show] Show

[bjh2114]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#11

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:14pm

RACIST!!!!!

Haha, indeed. I don't think that joke has ever been more appropriate given the title. Although seeing as it's a Mamet play, it's more sexist than racist I suppose. :-P

[munkustrap178]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#12

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:27pm

Hm. Okay. I just bought a ticket for this Saturday. I've been wanting to see it again anyway.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[matty159]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#13

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:28pm

Well, no shocker. Just got a seat on TDF for next Friday.

[notthatgirl75]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#14

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:33pm

Dang I am going to 3 weeks and that was on our list! Oh well life goes but CRAP!!!

[supportivemom]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#15

Posted: 6/22/10 at 11:36pm

Jordan- my kids saw Andrew Jackson tonight and said it was really good. My daughter said the cast was really nice at the stage door.

[quizking101]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#16

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:21am

Awh, ****. I was so hopening I could have a chance to see this show since it looks like it would be an enjoyable production. Alas, I'm unable to. Oh well, farewel1

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[quizking101]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#17

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:21am

Awh, ****. I was so hopening I could have a chance to see this show since it looks like it would be an enjoyable production. Alas, I'm unable to. Oh well, farewel1

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[sopranobiz]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#18

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:29am

Noooo! I was so upset to hear that Next Fall was closing. Such a brilliant new play. Sadly, not surprising it didn't bring in the tourists tho.

[Bettyboy72]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#19

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:30am

This comes as no surprise. The show never found an audience-it was playing to half empty houses for months.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[munkustrap178]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#20

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:33am

It's just another example of how a new play, given no stars and despite positive reviews, will inevitably fail on Broadway. It's quite sad.

But also, I feel that the tickets were overpriced.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[Bettyboy72]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#21

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:38am

Munk, weren't the reviews mixed and luke warm? I don't recall reading any raves. And yes the tickets were overpriced.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

Updated On: 6/23/10 at 12:38 AM

[munkustrap178]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#22

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:41am

I don't know, actually. You may be right. I remembered the reviews being pretty kind. Not raving raving raves, but generally nice and positive.

But even with raves from every major publication, this show still would have closed at a loss. Unless it starred Keanu Reeves and Jake Gyllenhaal, it was destined to flop.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#23

Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:31am

This is not surprising news but it's definitely sad. Really sad.

I just bought a TDF ticket for the closing. Updated On: 6/23/10 at 01:31 AM

[Mildred Plotka]

NEXT FALL to close July 4 at a total loss#24

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:19am

They should have put Hunter Foster and Jen Cody in the leads.

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"