Rialto Chatter- Beetlejuice and Mockingbird get new homes? — Page 2

CT2NYC said: "Since Mockingbird currently has tickets on sale through July, I'm assuming they'll hold off any move until then."

I would assume that's how long Ed Harris is contracted, too. Financially, it would make more sense to shut down after Labor Day and miss 2-3 weeks of the September Slump, but I don't know when Cindy is planning to open. If Rudin/Webber want to start Cindy previews in September then TKAMB would have to vacate the Shubert in July.

The show could be made to work at almost any of the Shubert playhouses. It'll just come down to what's available at that time.

magictodo123 said: "So I’d say this is more speculation than there actually being something coming...right?"

Sure, nothing's official until there's a press release. But it also matches with other rumors (on here and elsewhere), that Rudin was going to move TKAMB and put Cinderella at the Shubert.

DoTheDood said: "But wasn't the rumors that The Music Man would go to the Shubert, or was that just speculation? Plus isn't Cinderella opening in the West End first before Broadway? I know ALW has mentioned he wants to bring it over, but that feels like very far away as we don't even know any information on it on the West End. Then again, Music Man is also far away, but it feels close because of the announcement already."

The rumor since the Tonys has been that MUSIC MAN would play the Winter Garden. There was simply speculation about the Shubert because of Dolly and Mockingbird. The Winter Garden also has 350 more orchestra seats and no Balcony, so the average ticket price can be much higher.

With Rudin's involvement, it seems likely that Cinderella will open on Broadway first. He really doesn't do out-of-town tryouts because he can't micro-manage from 3,000 miles away. (The months-ago article about Cinderella had also speculated that Cindy could become Netflix film first, or play the West End, but that doesn't seem to be happening now.)

Updated On: 8/30/19 at 11:46 AM

Jordan Catalano said: "This would be the first time ever that an ALW show didn’t premiere on the West End first, wouldn’t it?"

Well... school of rock and Jesus Christ superstar

Updated On: 8/31/19 at 01:39 PM