Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March

[wdwfreak]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#1

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:10pm

I am beyond excited! Even more excited I don't have to trek to Boston to see the show!

[ACL2006]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#2

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:12pm

WOOHOO!!


A.R.T.'s Pippin to play the Music Box this Spring

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[MKunkel]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#2

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:14pm

Yes! Very excited for this!

[nasty_khakis]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#3

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:14pm

Congrats to everyone!....the day AFTER I buy tickets/bus tickets to see this in Boston. lol

[ACL2006]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#4

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:16pm

just curious, but when/what was the last musical to play the Music Box??

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[steven22]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#5

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:17pm

Very excited for this!!

[frogs_fan85]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#6

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:17pm

IN MY LIFE, which closed a little over seven years ago.
Updated On: 1/3/13 at 10:17 PM

[ucjrdude902]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#7

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:18pm

This better get some buzz and good word of mouth quick or it'll flop hard.

[Kelly2]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#8

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:18pm

Word. I don't see this lasting unless they drum up some serious buzz real fast.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[FindingNamo]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#9

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:19pm

Remember nasty, go to Cambridge, not Boston.

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[nasty_khakis]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#10

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:20pm

I'm glad they're taking a smaller house. With no big names to sell it, the show has to sell itself by word of mouth. This takes the pressure off having to sell out a giant barn like the Marquis or Neil Simon.

And yes, I'm seeing it in Cambridge, but my bus ticket/friends I'm staying with are in Boston. Please forgive my stupidity.
Updated On: 1/3/13 at 10:20 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#11

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:25pm

Any reviews yet from tonight's opening?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#12

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:27pm

Songwriter Joseph ("You Light Up My Life") Brooks presented Broadway with a headscratcher of a musical, In My Life, on October 20, 2005. Brooks provided book, music and lyrics for this story of a young man with Tourette's Syndrome, who turns out to be the unwitting lead in a "reality opera" supervised by a pudgy, bike-riding individual named Al, who turns out to be God. For some reason the proceedings were illustrated with pervasive images of lemons, which provided good fun for the critics who put the squeeze on the show. Despite a vigorous advertisting campaign, the show could not overcome cataclysmic reviews and closed after 61 performances. Playbill.com

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[beautywickedlover]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#13

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:46pm

I really hope they get Patina Miller to come to Broadway production as well. She's such a talented performer.

Updated On: 1/3/13 at 10:46 PM

[bdn223]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#14

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:53pm

If this wins best revival Paluas will have directed 3 of the last 4 revival winners...either she is a genius (which I am not denying) or well she is the only director willing to try and completly reinterpret "semi" classics

[Jordan Catalano]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#15

Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:57pm

I'm excited for this. Of course its te THIRTEENTH show starting in March, so they better figure out a way to get people in those seats ASAP.

[rosscoe(au)]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#16

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:01pm

I don't wanna be a downer, but this has no hope!

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[lenstersf]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#16

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:01pm

Very exciting! The show is very strong. I really hope it does well on Broadway, and that they keep the cast intact.

[ucjrdude902]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#18

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:06pm

Maybe Whoopi can pull some strings and have them on The View since she's pretty fond of Patina.

[SondheimFan5]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#19

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:10pm

Its a smart move taking a small theatre (860 seats). It's riding on the name of the show and whatever reviews it gets from Boston papers. No real stars unless they re-cast Berthe or Charlemange (which, from all reports here, it doesn't sound like they would.)

Anyone know if Brantley is reviewing?


EDIT: Who ever said Wiki was right in terms of theatre capacity! Still - 1000-ish is not a huge space to fill. Unless, of course, the show is Dead Accounts or In My Life. There were no stars for Hair. It sold because it was good (though Hair is more well known than Pippin) Updated On: 1/3/13 at 11:10 PM

[ucjrdude902]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#20

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:13pm

I thought the Music Box was more like a 1000?

[bjh2114]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#21

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:16pm

If this wins best revival Paluas will have directed 3 of the last 4 revival winners

It'd actually be 3 of the last 5. Both La Cage and Anything Goes came between Hair and Porgy and Bess.

[frogs_fan85]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#22

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:16pm

You're right. Going off of DEAD ACCOUNT's grosses it has 997 seats.

[ucjrdude902]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#23

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:17pm

IBDB had it listed at 1025 which obviously can always change due to show needs.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March#24

Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:17pm

Well, based on buzz and Andrea Martin it could do well. Hope to see it when I head to NY in May!

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop