SUFFS To Play Final Broadway Performance January 5, 2025

National tour will launch in Seattle in September.

24 previews, 301 regular performances at the Music Box Theatre.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/theater/suffs-broadway-closing.html#:~:text=But%20the%20show%20has%20struggled,previews%20and%20301%20regular%20performances.

Updated On: 10/11/24 at 08:15 PM

As expected.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Or someone will do it in rep with 1776 so the boys can have a show and the girls can have a show!"

This is such a fun idea!

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Heading into Broadway previews, I doubt many of us were expecting this to last 301 performances after its poor reception at the Public and issues that didn't seem fixable. Not every problem got fixed, but it's a heck of a lot better now.

This will have a great life in regional & community theatres and maybe even some progressive all-girls high schools. Or someone will do it in rep with 1776 so the boys can have a show and the girls can have a show!"

When I saw Suff’s off-broadway I was seriously disappointed. Returning for the Broadway version, it made me cry. The music is just so great, and it really became a show about how these women pulled it off despite their many different philosophies. I wish it could last longer, because I really think it’s important and inspiring for young people to see that conflict, argument, and disagreement are healthy and can still work towards a common goal. I guess they will on the tour!

Dang, 301 shows! 301 performances is no joke though.

Did the show pay any of the $19 million back - or is a total loss?

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Heading into Broadway previews, I doubt many of us were expecting this to last 301 performances after its poor reception at the Public and issues that didn't seem fixable. Not every problem got fixed, but it's a heck of a lot better now.

This will have a great life in regional & community theatres and maybe even some progressive all-girls high schools. Or someone will do it in rep with 1776 so the boys can have a show and the girls can have a show!"

Absolutely agree with your first statement. To your second point, Shaina Taub has said that the cast featuring no men is actually a directorial choice and not something that will be expected for future productions. IDK if that'll actually come to fruition.

Friday they added A LOT of dates to Audience Rewards - right through X-mas. 500 points & $72 or 6500 points for Orchestra Seats.

Silverman was key to making the show work. She fixed Taub's book over many years (and should be credited as co-writer), characters etc. She made the choice to cast all women. Keeping that directorial idea for Broadway or losing Silverman and director concept.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I saw someone on social saying that maybe this show's full potential will be realized in a revival that'snotdirected by Leigh Silverman. I think that could be true."

That might've been me. I made a tweet to that effect that's gained some traction (although I doubt I'm the only person who feels that way).

I absolutley don't want to discount Silverman's role in shaping the book. I do think this script had very few requirements for or dependency on the physical production and that led to Silverman not knowing what to do with it and giving us a very boring production. There's nothing in this physical production that would feel out of place in a regional theatre producing this without enhancement. It's not much beyond a High School production. I just expect something more interesting to experience for Broadway. There are many other directors who have a much more distinct sense of style who could do a lot more with the show. Maybe someone like Marianne Elliott. I'd be curious to see what Jessica Stone could do with it. I think she did some interesting and under discussed things with Kimberly Akimbo and the integration of the circus performers and animals in Water for Elephants was brilliant. If we're talking Broadway revival, we might be talking about someone who's an actual child right now or maybe not even born though, lol!

Who’s heading to today’s final Broadway performance?