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poochie4
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Chorus Member Joined: 12/4/08

#1Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:38pm

Is anyone else bothered/surprised/saddened/worried about the number of Broadway shows closing in January '09. Eleven shows have posted closing notices so far and several more shows have already closed during the past few months. Do you think it is a sign of the times?

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#2re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:44pm

Yes it's horrible. Previously all shows ran forever. This is just awful.

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DAME

Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04

#2re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:46pm

It is the 70's all over again. And I have heard a rumor that 9 to 5 might not come in.

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#3re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:50pm

I assure you that rumor is false.

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

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Chorus Member Joined: 12/2/08

#4re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:50pm

It BETTER be false.

Shows: Cats- ?/??/97 & 3/16/04, 42nd St.- 1/3/06, The Producers- 12/13/06, Hairspray- 3/6/07, Phantom- 4/18/07, Gypsy- 10/21/07, Annie- 11/28/07, Chicago- 1/6/08, Dirty Rotten ...- 2/24/08, Legally Blonde- 4/23/08, Wicked- 10/29/08, Mamma Mia!- 11/12/08

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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07

#5re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:53pm

I have no info on that rumor...but lets face it: I wouldn't be shocked to hear that at least a FEW shows scheduled to come in get cancelled. Disappointed, but not shocked.

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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08

#6re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:55pm

9 to 5 is coming.

They had time to call it off less than a week ago before tickets went on sale, they didn't.

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

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#7re: Shows Closing
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:55pm

I hope so. But according to breakdown services.. one of the girls is doing a movie which happens to be filming all this May to June in Vancouver. But that does not mean anything. Someone could film for only a day. And Wish.. that means nothing. Times are hard.

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