Sunset Boulevard Revival Broadway Thread — Page 4

Or you could wait until the Rush/Lottery policies are announced and see all the big shows, and pay 30-50 dollars per show, as opposed to 300. Rush and Lottery is always the best way to see many shows at more than half of what the top ticket prices are. I've sat many times in the front row/orchestra for shows and paid no more than 40.00 for tickets. Just a tidbit of advice/information. As far as Sunset goes, I can't imagine as slow as sales are going, they won't be offering any sort of rush/lottery, as it is quite rare that any Broadway show running currently doesn't offer any sort of rush/lottery. (I think Waitress may be the only exception)

Glenn will be fine...

No one has ever acted the role better...

To echo chernjam, Close playing Norma Desmond equals an amazing live performance...

Less than a month until previews begin and still no full casting announcement or any word of the marquee being put up?? I know The Illusionists has only just finished their run, but with the Hello Dolly marquee already up at the Shubert just a few days after Matilda closed I can't help but sincerely hope this doesn't end up being canceled due to the low ticket sales.

Updated On: 1/5/17 at 01:18 PM

The actor cast as Joe Gillis had been performing in the D.C. production of The Secret Garden this winter, but seems to now be in New York ostensibly for Sunset rehearsals, per his Instagram. I'd be devastated if this doesn't run its course.

Just because one person mentioned "I can't help but sincerely hope this doesn't end up being canceled due to the low ticket sales" doesn't mean that's actually a possibility...

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Yeah some of the hyper ventilating over ticket sales is probably the figment of chat board imagination. I have to imagine now post-Christmas there's going to be little new going on that Glenn Close returning to this iconic role will start to have a massive campaign. The more I've thought about it, the more it makes sense to wait on any significant advertising till now. Pre-Christmas with all the shows that were opening and closing - there wasn't going to be enough attention

This may just be a problem on my end, although I've tried on several computers and multiple different browsers, but when I go to the home page for the show

http://sunsetboulevardthemusical.com

up at the top right is a little silver box that says "buy tickets." But when I click on it, nothing happens. It works on my phone, but not computer. That's trying in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and Waterfox on a Mac, and IE, Chrome, and Firefox on a PC.

Now, I know enough from years of purchasing Broadway tickets that when I bought my tickets a while back, I just went directly to the Ticketmaster site to purchase.

And I'm not saying this is the sole reason why ticket sales are low. But, if others are going to the official show site and unable to click that silver button to buy tickets, that's a problem.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Updated On: 1/5/17 at 03:53 PM

Eliza2, the button works for me now, but I distinctly remember it not working for me when the website was more sepia than black-and-white a couple months ago. Definitely a big problem, and I hope it's been fixed.

Boy y'all weren't kidding about those slow ticket sales.

I find the decades-long furor over the casting drama sort of hilarious when the role, as Patti has come to (at least publicly) feel in later years, is just not very good. It's one of the greatest roles in all of film. But with those incessantly cringe-worthy Don Black lyrics,...with the comically repetitive score and the complete lack of imagination in composing the final mad scene...

Updated On: 1/7/17 at 10:32 AM

little_sally said: "chernjam said: "Yeah some of the hyper ventilating over ticket sales is probably the figment of chat board imagination. I have to imagine now post-Christmas there's going to be little new going on that Glenn Close returning to this iconic role will start to have a massive campaign. The more I've thought about it, the more it makes sense to wait on any significant advertising till now. Pre-Christmas with all the shows that were opening and closing - there wasn't going to be enough attention


I'm not so sure Close is much of a draw herself these days. I mean, she didn't bring the audience in for A Delicate Balance, and that also had John Lithgow in the cast.

No, she is probably not the same attraction she was 20 years ago; but A Delicate Balance was very heavily attended for the first half of its engagement, due to her presence. Bad word of mouth seriously impacted the second half of the run, just like it did for China Doll last season.

http://www.out.com/theater-dance/2017/1/06/glenn-close-back-sunset-blvd-and-ready-her-close

Glenn talks about her return as Norma Desmond...