Pirate Queen to close June 17

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:16pm

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1410794

Producers Moya Doherty and John McColgan said, "We are proud of THE PIRATE QUEEN and the talented cast and creative team that has brought this epic musical to Broadway. It is a joy working with Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg who have created a timeless, classic score for a great theatre piece. We are also pleased to report that there is international interest in PIRATE QUEEN productions. Plans for a European English-language production are underway and will be announced in the near future."

Masterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s epic new musical THE PIRATE QUEEN nationwide on July 3, 2007. That same day, Hal Leonard will release THE PIRATE QUEEN songbook.
Updated On: 6/5/07 at 07:16 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:20pm

A shame it is closing & glad we saw it

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:20pm

Duplicate post

Updated On: 6/5/07 at 07:20 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:22pm

It's all Mel's fault!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:23pm

It's GWB fault

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:23pm

Yankee, you beat me to it by a few minutes.

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:26pm

I wonder how things would have turned out if they had done this in the West End first..

[jv92]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:26pm

Yes! Thank you! It's too bad for the actors, but the show was just awful.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:26pm

An opinion not shared by all

[p.s.]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:27pm

I am glad I got to see it.


p.s. I'm also glad that my full-priced July 4th tickets will be refunded.

[TapTapTapioca]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:27pm

I could say I was very sorry and sad that this was closing and it was unexpected, but that would be a lie.

[broadwayboy1017]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:29pm

knew it

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:35pm

I guess I could bring up my collection of "This show will never close/best thing ever/ No way YF will take over/It's sold out every night, so I can't see why you think it will close" posts, but it would be too cruel

Updated On: 6/5/07 at 07:35 PM

[myManCape]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:38pm

I heard they were going to try and stick it out until July 1. I guess they couldn’t make it those two extra weeks.

Shame. It was enjoyable.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:42pm

That really is a shame. I hope that they do a tour, because I loved the show. Such a talented cast too. Granted, the book was lacking, but just about everything else about the show was great. The score was amazing, as was the lighting, choreography, set, and actors.

Half of the people that insulted it probably haven't even seen it, it would be great if people could have just given it a chance... At least I have the OBCR and sheet music to look forward to.

Oh well.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:42pm

Sad.

[SamIAm]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:45pm

I hate to see any show close. But, maybe now we can all move on and stop talking about how it is all Stro and Mel's fault.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:45pm

Looking forward to YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Good luck to the cast on their future endeavors.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:46pm

It is Davey Jones locker for the PQ

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:46pm

I'm not sorry to see the show go, but good luck to the very talented cast.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:48pm

haha is it hell all mel's fault , that show was going to close anyway.

I didn't like the show but i wish all the cast and crew the best in their next projects .

[Popular]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:49pm

Blaxx - NOW you're worried about being cruel? You've made your true colors pretty apparant - you may as well have baked a cake and ordered the balloons. The list of people who will jump in to make snide comments is as predictable as the notice is.

I was hoping it would at least hold on until the end of the summer. I guess the one thing I have to say to this show is THANK YOU!! Thank you for being the first show I've actually been fortunate enough to follow from it's very beginnings up until it's end (which by the way, isn't really it's end. I think it'll have a life overseas).

And Thank YOU to the cast for displaying class and resiliance when others around them were acting very ugly. I know they will, and should, go out just as proud of the show and of what they are doing up there on stage as they did when they first started

I only wish I could be there for the last performance. I too am glad I got a chance to see it!

[NDR]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:49pm

So sad to hear this news, especially since I just booked a plane flight to NYC for July to see it again!
Such a shame, I know many didn't like the show, but I was happy to see another B&S show on Broadway.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:51pm

You'd think they'd just suck it up and put it on TDF for every performance. Since opening, it's generally only up for Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Stupid.

[broadwayboy1017]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 7:54pm

i feel bad for steph block
shes so amazing