Pirate Queen final performance: Reviews, Pictures, etc... — Page 4

My thanks to Popular for starting this thread and to those who were at the final performance for sharing their thoughts. For someone stuck across the pond with no way of getting back in time, your reports are much appreciated.

I also want to say one thing -- and this is an observation only -- regarding some of the negative comments here. If I don't like a show, movie or whatever, I will say so -- once -- and move on. I won't belabour the point by repeating variations of my comments in other threads, because I don't believe the event in question is worthy of any more of my time after my initial comments. *shrugs* Just the way I am I guess.

I am quite bummed. I hope block gets new work quickly. she's astonishing.

Just to clarify, I was sitting in the right orchestra and there were many many empty seats on the extreme sides. I saw Act 1 from row M and then moved up to row G for Act 2. The center orchestra seemed to be full though.

For those of you who stage doored, did Stephanie ever come out to sign? I know Sebastian came out and told the crowd something...either

A. She wasn't coming out, or
B. She was very upset and would take a long time to come out

I had to leave at 6:30pm to get on line for Broadway Bares...did anyone stick around longer? Thanks.

"well if you aint a little kid your just a nasty queen"

- AMEN!!!

On a real note...I wish the best for the cast and crew! They are all so talented that there is no doubt they will all have work soon! Much love to all of them!

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Yeah, Steph definitely wasn't upset because she thought she would never work again...she was upset because it was the closing performance of a Broadway show in which she was the lead...the first Broadway leading role she ever had...and it was a flop. I would have been upset as well. Plus, she was emotional throughout the performance, as others have mentioned.

I find it kinda cool that people like popular have stood by this show and not been swayed by what everyone says.
Its great that a show what has had a bumpy journey can create such passion in people ,and whilst i may not have liked the show the fact that it moved so many people can only be a good thing.

The show may be gone but on a plus side you got a cast recording what you can treasure and enjoy when you like(one of my fave flop shows is carrie and we didn't get one grr well except all the bootlegs lol)

I have never been a supporter of pirate queen and at first popular and myself had a run in about that (but i really admire popular now).

So best of luck to the cast and crew and you never know , it may pop back up one day in Europe.

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I think that while Stephanie was probably upset that she was leaving the show, she was more upset about the people she would miss. When you've been seeing your cast and crew members consistently for nearly a year and everything's changing, it's hard! It's so difficult to say goodbye to your close friends and I'm sure that's why she would be most upset. And with only two weeks notice no less.

I saw the show once in Chicago and once on Broadway in it's first preview and I loved it. I loved it both times and I'm proud of the cast and crew for all of the hard work they put in. They deserved so much more recognition than they got, and I am definitely sad the show is closing.

Good luck to the cast and crew in their future endeavors and know that some of us really appreicated your hard work.

There were tons of people waiting at the stage door and nearly all the ensemble members signed my playbill, along with the principals, all of which were extremely gracious. The only person who didn't come out was Stephanie, but I left at 6:30pm. She may have emerged sometime after then.

Plus, there was a videocamera there filming the stage door experience for castcom. I was right in the front of the barricades, so I may very well be on the final castcom once it is posted on their website...

I answered that question in one of my previous posts. On page 2, I think. Stephanie never did come out, though I can't say I blame her. There were tons of people there. I was all the way at the end, but I still avoided castcom like the plague. Loved watching it- did not want to be on it. Haha.

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No one connected with this show should be upset. There were improvements made to the show throughout previews, and nothing short of a rehaul could've saved it. Frankly, if Stephanie Block can't save a show, there isn't a power alive that could.

I also feel compelled to mention that Spring Awakening isn't everyone's cup of tea -- lots of people quit on the show as soon as sexuality becomes the topic. However, that is the point of the show: why is sexuality taboo as a topic? If you want ANYTHING to change about sexuality, you have to talk about it openly...I just don't know why there is such shame associated with sex. And if kids are dealing with it, Broadway should be holding up the mirror to that.

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Sebastian did come out, which, while nice, I felt was a little bit counterproductive. Some girls at the stage door felt the need to jump all over him and take pictures with him. I thought it was very inappropriate for that time. I was actually angry people thought it necessary to do that, but that's another story. I hope Stephanie was ok- must have been hard for her to not come out after the last show.

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TheatreDiva90016 - My use of the word "boy" was used as a more endearing than literal term. And thank you for pointing out the grammatical error in the first pull-quote. You should have done PQ's publicity!

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Notice I didn't attack anyone new. I just wanted to address the libel and fascist misquoting brought up about me. Let's cuddle!

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