ROB LAKE MAGIC WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE MUPPETS Previews- Page 3

[Cheesecake2]

Posted: 11/9/25 at 1:49pm

Paper lol

[EvanstonDad]

Posted: 11/10/25 at 3:57pm

Was this show reviewed? Didn't it officially open?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/10/25 at 4:02pm

EvanstonDad said: "Was this show reviewed? Didn't it officially open?"

I believe reviews are coming out tomorrow. The opening night red carpet / gala was on the 6th. 

[Shubert Alley Cat]

Posted: 11/10/25 at 4:55pm

Saw the Sun matinee.  Muppets were best part with some decent one-liners.  But the magic is pretty boilerplate and boring.

Special guest was Marisha Wallace.  I felt I was the only one there who knew who she was and the special guest participates in a really awkward and boring way.  I felt second-hand embarrassment for her.

This show is not Bway caliber.  I was more wowed by the magic in the current lame Beauty and the Beast tour I saw last week back home.

[EntrActe]

Posted: 11/10/25 at 6:24pm

Are both of the illusions that were in the production photography still in the show?

One is a water levitation illusion that is similar to the Copperfield one (complete with fake rockwork) and one of the Henning water levitations. 



The other is another Copperfield where he tells a very personal story and then makes a car appear on pillars that are similar to the pillars in the Rob Lake publicity photo. (The Copperfield pillars aren't in the photo, but the lighting technique Rob Lake uses around Kermit in the celebrity guest segment are.)

Updated On: 11/10/25 at 06:24 PM

[Shubert Alley Cat]

Posted: 11/10/25 at 7:32pm

Yes both of the illusions in your photos occurred during my performance.
 

 

EntrActe said: "The production photos feature two pictures of illusions, but neither were in the performance I saw.

One is a water levitation illusion that is similar to the Copperfield one (complete with fake rockwork) and one of the Henning water levitations.



The other is another Copperfield where he tells a very personal story and then makes a car appear on pillars that are similar to the pillars in the Rob Lake publicity photo. (The Copperfield pillars aren't in the photo, but the lighting technique Rob Lake uses around Kermit in the celebrity guest segment are.)

Were either of these tricks in the performance you saw? Was extremely disappointed that the ONLY two illusions in the publicity photos weren't in the performance I saw. Wonder if he got a letter from Copperfield?"

 

[ParkerPauly]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:02pm

...and the show is disappearing Sunday, November 16.  Early closing. Email went out a few minutes ago to future show ticket holders. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:13pm

Turns out a Muppet show actually needs the Muppets to succeed. Who knew?

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:13pm

ParkerPauly said: "...and the show is disappearing Sunday, November 16. Early closing. Email went out a few minutes ago to future show ticket holders."

Oh, thank Christ! Now all the hungry vultures on here can feed. Feed, vultures, feed! 

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:15pm

Matt Rogers said: "ParkerPauly said: "...and the show is disappearing Sunday, November 16. Early closing. Email went out a few minutes ago to future show ticket holders."

Oh, thank Christ! Now all the hungry vultures on here can feed. Feed, vultures, feed!"

This was my first thought. I knew some friends excited to take their kids over the upcoming holidays -- but glad everyone on this board got to be right! I hope you all enjoy that feeling! Keep it tight <3 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:16pm

ParkerPauly said: "...and the show is disappearing Sunday, November 16. Early closing. Email went out a few minutes ago to future show ticket holders."

Maybe if he had actually made The Muppets a centerpiece of the show, he would have sold tickets.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:17pm

20 previews and just 4 regular performances. 

Reviews will now drop November 15 at 11 AM. 

Updated On: 11/11/25 at 08:17 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:24pm

Is this the first time in the 2020s a show has announced closing prior to an official opening night and/or the release of reviews?

[Kad]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:30pm

quizking101 said: "Is this the first time in the 2020s a show has announced closing prior to an official opening night and/or the release of reviews?"

It technically “opened.” But I think it’s the first time in decades a show has closed before reviews got published. 

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:48pm

quizking101 said: "Is this the first time in the 2020s a show has announced closing prior to an official opening night and/or the release of reviews?"

 

Nevermind! Went back and read through the thread!

 

Updated On: 11/11/25 at 08:48 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 8:59pm

I just do not for the life of me understand what Disney was thinking with this licensing. They've made a lot of baffling Muppet-related decisions over the years, but especially with the Muppets' own potential stage show having gotten significant development in the past, it feels like the only possible outcome of this was to destroy value and potential. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 9:13pm

You can tell the lead producers are inexperienced in the theatre world when they keep pushing back the press opening without giving any explanation. The Broadway League website had November 6, then the 11th, and now the 14th.

It’s the LEMPICKA cast album all over again, with lesser higher-ups involved.

Updated On: 11/11/25 at 09:13 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 9:26pm

Why are all the creative team members credited as ‘consultants’ ? What is this? McKinsey?

Updated On: 11/11/25 at 09:26 PM

[trentsketch]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 9:47pm

There's a Not Since Carrie joke in here somewhere...

I hope everyone involved in the production finds their next job quickly. It's hard out there for a frog.

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 11/11/25 at 10:50pm

The Muppets will be fine. They have very strong good will, and brand recognition, to weather the storm. And while I don't deny some families will be disappointed that their show was cancelled, they would have been just as disappointed if they showed up to this expecting a true Muppet experience. 

Updated On: 11/11/25 at 10:50 PM

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 12:37am

ParkerPauly said: "...and the show is disappearing Sunday, November 16. Early closing. Email went out a few minutes ago to future show ticket holders."

Both of them?

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 10:56am

Magic so good, it made the show disappear. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 1:32pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "You can tell the lead producers are inexperienced in the theatre world when they keep pushing back the press opening without giving any explanation. The Broadway League website had November 6, then the 11th, and now the 14th.

This entire thing was just a huge mess that had no business being on Broadway, honestly.

 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 3:51pm

Negative review from David Gordon of Theatremania

[BJR]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 7:13pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Why are all the creative team members credited as ‘consultants’ ? What is this? McKinsey?"

I heard it was because Lake is essentially the creator and this was a version of the show he's done all over. And so, he was largely happy with what the show was coming in...