PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
VotePeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
#3PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:04pmSad for the company, and hope they all find new work soon. Not sad for the audiences who will be spared this dreadful show.
Kitsune
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/06
#4PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:09pm
I'm in the camp who thought it was a lot of fun. I like artsy, serious stuff, and I'm also down for a guilty pleasure movie musical.
Best wishes to the cast and crew - they're a really talented bunch.
SpookyFish13
Understudy Joined: 6/27/19
#5PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:12pmDaaaaamn. This summer has proven to be BRUTAL for shows being axed. Granted, this season was a bit weak in my opinion, but still! I wonder if Tootsie or Beetlejuice will be next?
#6PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:14pm
I feel like come August, Broadway is going to feel so empty.
Has there ever been a season where so many close at one time? Or is this nothing unusual?
#7PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:16pm
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#8PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:23pm
Good luck to the talented cast. This show was a failure in LYRICS - man, Bryan Adams can write a hook but those lyrics were dreadful. Ms. Banks deserved better than this for her Broadway debut.
#9PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:24pm@YvanEthtNioj The 2016 season only had Hamilton and Waitress make it out alive.
#10PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:28pmThis cast was so strong for the show they were given. I enjoyed myself however, how could you not with this cast? Glad it had a nice run, but happy something new can head in there.
#11PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:35pm
Well, it ran for over a year so there's nothing for anyone involved with it to be ashamed of. With the name recognition of the original property, this will probably tour and run in stock and community theaters for years. The lack of any Tony nominations was the clincher for this show so there's really no surprise this is happening.
LuPita2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/11/18
#12PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:35pmIt was a true pleasure seeing Andy Karl once again on Broadway. What a class act.
MannPhan24601
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/15
#13PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:44pm
Brennin Hunt gets 3 weeks? Poor guy...
Rainah
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/16
#14PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 7:50pm
Marlothom said: "Good luck to the talented cast. This show was a failure in LYRICS - man, Bryan Adams can write a hook but those lyrics were dreadful. Ms. Banks deserved better than this for her Broadway debut."
Which is strange, because as a kid my favourite movie was Spirit, which Bryan did the songs for, and it rocks. Catchy, moves the plot along. Each song distinct. Not the genius of Hamilton, but superior to most of what I've heard on broadway lately. I was super excited to hear he was writing a bway score, and I am a fan of Pretty Woman. But this? Was just kinda bad. No idea where it went wrong.
#15PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 8:04pmNo surprise considering their grosses. Just adding it to the pile now. There's going to be a lot of empty theaters after August 18.
#16PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 8:04pmNo surprise considering their grosses. Just adding it to the pile now. There's going to be a lot of empty theaters after August 18.
#17PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 8:04pmNo surprise considering their grosses. Just adding it to the pile now. There's going to be a lot of empty theaters after August 18.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#18PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 8:23pm
Prob one of the worst shows I’ve seen from direction to choreography to design to lyrics/music. It was just awful. Jerry Mitchell’s Pretty Woman sounded like it would be so much fun but oof.
I do feel bad for Hunt only getting 3 weeks.
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#19PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 8:32pm
AADA81 said: "Well, it ran for over a year so there's nothing for anyone involved with it to be ashamed of. With the name recognitionof the original property, this will probably tour and run in stock and community theaters for years. The lack of any Tony nominations was the clincher for this show so there's really no surprise this is happening."
Well, the investors are probably not so happy, but...
#20PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 8:56pm
RippedMan said: "Prob one of the worst shows I’ve seen from direction to choreography to design to lyrics/music. It was just awful. Jerry Mitchell’s Pretty Woman sounded like it would be so much fun but oof.
I do feel bad for Hunt only getting 3 weeks."
If it's losing money, why not just end it with Andy Karl and the other original cast?!
SpookyFish13
Understudy Joined: 6/27/19
#21PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 9:23pm
Which is strange, because as a kid my favourite movie was Spirit, which Bryan did the songs for, and it rocks. Catchy, moves the plot along. Each song distinct. Not the genius of Hamilton, but superior to most of what I've heard on broadway lately. I was super excited to hear he was writing a bway score, and I am a fan of Pretty Woman. But this? Was just kinda bad. No idea where it went wrong."
Yeah, Spirit was a pretty incredible movie. The music was stellar too. I would LOVE to see a War Horse-esque stage adaptation. I’m not too sure that it would translate well to the stage but I would still be 1st in like for tickets haha
#22PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 10:27pmMaybe Brennin will do the tour?
RWPrincess
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/18
#23PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 10:59pmI also enjoyed this show though the only number that was memorable to me was the opening Welcome to Hollywood song. Terrific cast I wish them all well. Lots of out of work actors from the Spring closings and now these Summer closings. I hope everyone lands somewhere great.
#24PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/3/19 at 10:59pm
They couldn’t get the original stars to stay an extra few weeks to close it? Yeah, I know they may have other gigs lined up, but I’m surprised something couldn’t have been arranged.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#25PRETTY WOMAN sets August closing date
Posted: 7/4/19 at 12:23am
YvanEhtNioj said: "I feel like come August, Broadway is going to feel so empty.
Has there ever been a season where so many close at one time? Or is this nothing unusual?"
Based on very little, I'm going to say that recent seasons have had more shows with predetermined closing dates and/or closing announcements were more spread out.
I think the plays (King Lear, Gary, Hillary and Clinton, Ferryman, Ink, probably Frankie and Johnny) are making this seem like more of a pile up too.
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