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#26

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 11:42am

Guys, 600+ performances is a damned good run. It might just recoup by the end (although I doubt it). Let's just leave well enough alone. It's sad, but it was fun while it lasted.

#27

re: Save DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS!!

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:59pm

I think it was close to recouping its investment.

However, will the tour & the eventual selling of rights make this a profitable investment?

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#28

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 2:51pm

I think so Pinky.

But what's with this see-it-ONE-more-time crap?

Going tonight for starters.

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#29

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 3:28pm

I saw the show during the last week of previews. I'm surprised it lasted more than two weeks after the opening :)

#30

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 4:24pm

Just thought you guys might like to know...
While driving home, in the middle of the 5th inning of the Yankee-Red Sox game this afternoon, on WCBS-AM radio there was a commercial for DRS, with no mention of a closing, but with a "new cast" plus Sherie R S.

#31

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 4:41pm

It was great with John Lithgow and Norman Leo Butz. I saw it twice. Their replacements paled in comparison.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by moments that take our breath away." "Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain."

#32

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 5:37pm

Norman Leo Butz...

Thanks for giving me a much needed laugh Broadwaylady.

#33

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 5:42pm

I've got to disagree with you re John's replacement. I was certainly expecting it to go down (I thought Lithgow was terrific). I was terrifically surprised to see Jonathan Pryce knock it out of the park with his performance. I can't remember laughing that hard or for that long in a very, very long time.

As for the two guys in there now - I saw them twice, right after they came on board. I saw a lot of improvement with the second performance over the first. In both cases they showed that with a very little bit of time, they would be great.

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#34

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 7:08pm

Ha ha I meant Norbert Leo Butz. I am getting these senior moments more often.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by moments that take our breath away." "Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain."

#35

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 7:32pm

I'm sad to see DRS go but I can't agree it's ALL down to cast changes! I saw it earlier in the year when Jason Gillman was in for Norbert - I heard a few people in line commenting on the 'substitution' and not being aware they were missing out on a Tony-Award-Winning performance; even so, 'Ruprecht' raised HUGE laughs and the whole show went down a storm.

If anything, I think DRS has suffered in comparison by not being based on a particular cult movie or phemenenon (unlike many of its direct competitors). That doesn't make it superior IMHO, it just makes it realistically less likely to ride out the rough times. :-<

Seen some shows in my time....

#36

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 11:03pm

Feel sorry for Keith Carradine

Has not had real success since Will Rogers. Played Will Bill Hickcock in Deadwood ( the only character who did not cuss up a storm ) & was great. Less than half way thru the season, he gets killed. Now he comes back & the run is ending prematurely

Better luck in the future for him

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#37

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 11:13pm

I'm really hoping to get some comps so I can help it stay open by showing my support.

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#38

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Posted: 8/18/06 at 11:20pm

yuk

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#39

re: Save DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS!!

Posted: 8/18/06 at 11:58pm

OK, few words in my mind:

They're closing after 666 performances!! HEHEHEHE!! I think that might be why.

And, Tommy Tune once said it best, "Shows used to come in and do their run, not stay in a theatre for 18 years and make it harder for new shows to come in and start running." We should let the shows go in and out. I mean, c'mon, people have been in the show since day 1, they're tired of it.

And, it's not THAT good.

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#40

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Posted: 8/19/06 at 12:02am

Impossible, but they deserve to have someone try. It wont make a diffrence, but they are good enough that they deserve credit, so send me how to sign.

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#41

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Posted: 8/19/06 at 12:20am

I think its sad this is closing but happy that its coming to the UK and hopefully do well here.

#42

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Posted: 8/19/06 at 12:23am

As much as it saddens me to see DRS go, I don't think there's any saving it. It's had a good run, and will most likely recoup on tour, so I think it's best just to try to catch it on Broadway before it's gone.

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#43

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Posted: 8/19/06 at 12:25am

I've seen it before w/the OBC and saw it tonight cause my friend is a friend of Brian Darcy James - who, by the way, was TERRIFIC.

I actually enjoyed it more than the first time.

And Richard Kind was very funny as well. Sherie, as usual, was terrific too.

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