SCHOOL OF ROCK closing January 20
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:34pm
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:36pm
I am sad to see this go and didn't expect it would (I figured ALW would just keep it open.)
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:38pm
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:44pm
Great run, and I'm glad it put ALW back in the black.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:45pm
It's had a great run and I imagine it'll successfully tour and be done in schools for a long time.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:47pm
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:49pm
(Insert Clever Name) said: "Poor PThespian, I’m sad to see this go, probably will pay another visit before it closes"
I thought the exact same thing. PThespain was the first thing that came into my mind.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:51pm
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:51pm
Jonwo said: "It's had a great run and I imagine it'll successfully tour and be done in schools for a long time.
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This might not be as successful as youd think. A stipulation of licencing is (or was) that the students were required to play their own instruments. Aside from some performing arts scgools, this isnt a common thing found in most high schools. (You usually have musicians OR actors, very few ate one in the same.)
Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:58pm
Why re. PThespian?
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Posted: 7/17/18 at 12:59pm
Good run!
To be quite honest, I kind of forgot this was still running. Partly because the theatre is kind of out of the way compared to many of the others.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:03pm
The show was a delight, those kids were insanely talented, and it put Alex Brightman on the map. I expect we'll see many more great things from him in the future.
CRAZY FOR YOU to the Winter Garden? (People on here have claimed MOULIN ROUGE is definitely going to the Hirschfeld this spring, and that it's definitely going to the Shubert next spring, so...I'll believe it when I see it.)
Updated On: 7/17/18 at 01:03 PM
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:03pm
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:05pm
Interesting that the Winter Garden Theatre was completely gutted in 1981 for CATS, which ran 18 years (1982 to 2000). Then it took a year to convert the theatre back to a regular proscenium theatre for MAMMA MIA!’s debut. Now it looks like, after 18 years, the Winter Garden Theatre will once again go thru another re-gutting to accommodate MOULIN ROUGE.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:05pm
SomethingPeculiar said: "it put Alex Brighten on the map."
Not enough that people know how to spell his name, though.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:05pm
zainmax said: "Why re. PThespian?"
PThespian is a Winter Garden usher and great supporter of the show.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:07pm
smidge said: "PThespian is a Winter Garden usher and great supporter of the show."
He's over at Harry Potter anymore.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:10pm
haterobics said: "SomethingPeculiar said: "it put Alex Brighten on the map."
Not enough that people know how to spell his name, though."
Well *I* know how to spell his name, but evidently autocorrect doesn't... :) Thank you for pointing it out! (Though Brightman's performance did indeed brighten that season)
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:15pm
I was there recently and saw a lot of empty seats so this doesn't shock me. It has had a great run though!
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:16pm
Not that I saw the show or anything but 3 years seems like good of a run to me.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:17pm
Oh this is sad...granted it will have run almost 2 and a half years by then but still. I saw it on a moderate whim two years ago, and I didn't see Alex, I saw his 2nd understudy who was making his debut in the role, but I didn't expect to be so jazzed by it as I was. It's a such a blast and a jam of a show and those KIIIIDDSSSS...seeing it once was fine with me, so I can't see that I'll go back, BUT...if they brought back Alex to close it I would totally make a return visit. Alex was so electric in it.
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:28pm
Three years by the time it closes is not too shabby at all, especially considering the other productions of it already up, professional and not. And it'll be nice to make some room for something new.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Posted: 7/17/18 at 1:56pm
First thing I thought of was PThespian, too :) The show had a good solid run—not many shows get 3 years these days and it had a role on Broadway. It helped get Brightman the attention he deserved and it opened doors for a lot of kids. Good run for a show that succeeded at being fun.
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