Oldest Living Confederate Closing?

I just heard they placed a closing notice, is this another Farrah

At least they got in one performance.

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can they do that by equity or iatse rules? i thought that once they opened they had to give unions one week's notice or pay them for those shows.

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Wow. It wasn't that bad... 'course, it wasn't that great, either.

Oh, well. Maybe La Burstyn will have a better vehicle next time.

~Tesse

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Can someone explain something to me?...Do the critics have that much power to close down a show after one performance?....It ran a long time in San Diego.....Can't the producers see that a show is not going to make it on Broadway?...I don't understand...All that money and talent, just gone!!!!!!

I hate to say it, but this always did seem a dubious prospect. Perhaps at the Promenade or other off-b'way house. But Burstyn alone playing a woman in a nursing home, even though based on a much loved book, seemed to a rarified evening in today's B'way climate.

I love Burstyn. I wish she'd turn up iin something worthy of her, i.e. like when Elaine Stritch took on Claire in "Delicate Balance." That's the kind of thing that might draw: a marriage of star and memorable role. One person shows are tricky at best. For every "Shirley Valentine" (which Burstyn played a while) there's ... well, a "Confederate Widow."

But this is another depressing moment in a season with too many.

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Updated On: 11/18/03 at 07:48 PM

I read the book and thought it was good but they woudl have to cut out 80% of it to make it a 2 hour play.