Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 7:34am
" DOLLY'S done for.
The musical version of "9 to 5," which probably seemed like a good idea way back when, will close around Labor Day, several theater sources say.
It cost something like $14 million, all of which will go right down the sinkhole."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07292009/entertainment/theater/feeble_9_to_5_gets_pink_slip_181892.htm
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#2re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 7:37amI'll wait for a announcement with word from Dolly or one of the producers. I can't see the plug getting pulled so quickly.
#2re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:01am
Well, if this gets deleted...we'll know. 
#3re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:03am
If this is true: oh no!
Always sad to see a show die young.
#4re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:05amI absolutely hope it's not true, but some shows just do better on tour than Broadway, maybe that's what 9 to 5 is bound for?
#5re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:21amOh come on of course it is, the show is doing badly and it cant seem to catch a break. This is a show with a 14 million budget which is playing in the 60 percent capacity range, even with Janney who is huge from The West Wing and Dolly Parton as writer and it been based on a hit film.
TulitaPepsi
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/04
#6re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:27am
The ghastly "White Christmas" could be the next tenant at the Marquis Theatre. It'll open late fall, thereby ruining Christmas for diabetic critics who can't tolerate such a heavy dose of holiday fructose.
Hey, any show that employs Kerry O'Malley, Stephen Bogardus, Meredith Patterson and Jeffry Denman is allright by me.
(I could with a better 'Martha', though. And a different kid. And a zestier book.)
I loved WHITE CHRISTMAS.
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#9re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 8:50am
it's on perez
http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-29-wicked-whispers
#10re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:02amWhy couldn't it have waited until October, now I am gonna have to hurt my pocket book to get out there and see it.
#11re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:10amNot that he should entirely be to blame (I wouldn't know for sure as this is not a show I would ever see), but maybe now people will stop hiring Joe Mantello.
#12re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:11am
I can promise you that A) Dolly isnt going down with out a fight. If she has to throw more more its way...she will. and B) Word on the street is that they are frantically looking for a new home and what set pieces to scale down.
So either way it'll make history. One of the biggest flops ever (which saddens me) or one of the quickest moves ever.
Go down swinging dolly!
#13re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:13amPs. Does anyone know FOR SURE what the nut is?
#14re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:16amGiven the size of the cast and the orchestra as well as sets that would require a lot of stagehands, I cannot imagine that the nut is any lower than $600-625K a week.
NDR
Leading Actor Joined: 11/16/06
#16re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:17am
) Word on the street is that they are frantically looking for a new home and what set pieces to scale down.
- That sounds completely untrue. And if it were true, don't you think Riedel would know about it?
#17re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:17am
No idea about the nut, but I hope you're right about saving the show by making quick cuts. I'd hate to say goodbye, well goodbye Dolly's Broadway career.
Updated On: 7/29/09 at 09:17 AM
#18re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:19am
Word on the street is that they are frantically looking for a new home and what set pieces to scale down.
Unless they want to move into the Cort, Circle in the Square or the Longacre after Burn the Floor closes on 10/18, they cannot move into a different theater.
Conor2
Chorus Member Joined: 5/16/06
#19re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:25am
That would be a whole lot of money to spend... which is something they don't have unless Dolly were to fund it from her own pocket.
Does this mean Hilty is going to go back into WICKED for the 14th time?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#20re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:30am
Mantello will not stop getting jobs, unfortunately. He's known for his lack of push with the big celebrities. And when you get actors who know how to act around directors, that's okay.
Obviously not in this case.
#21re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 9:52amIt could still tour. The title coupled with Dolly's name should guarantee booking in numerous cities nationwide.
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#22re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 10:05amI think this show could make some money back touring. Places like the Fox Theatre in Atlanta would eat this up.
#23re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 10:06amSomething I thought was nice in the article is that they encouraged Dolly to keep writing and compared it to Elton John. His first few musicals didn't do so well, and now look, he has a tony award-winning show under his belt.
#24re: Riedel: 9 to 5 gets fired Labor Day
Posted: 7/29/09 at 10:08am
"Something I thought was nice in the article is that they encouraged Dolly to keep writing and compared it to Elton John. His first few musicals didn't do so well, and now look, he has a tony award-winning show under his belt"
a musical non-deserving of the tony.
what a terrible score!
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