#1
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:32pm
According to the Broadway Show channel on SIRIUS radio, Sweet Charity is closing on June 26. Any confirmation?
Sweeet Charity closing on June 26?
#2
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:35pm
I don't see anything on any of the theatre news sites.
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#3
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:35pm
I wouldn't think so.. That's too quick..
Maybe it's because "Brooklyn", "La Cage aux Folles" and now, possibly, "On Golden Pond" are closing on Sunday..
Maybe it's because "Brooklyn", "La Cage aux Folles" and now, possibly, "On Golden Pond" are closing on Sunday..
#4
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:38pm
Michael Bourne on SIRIUS seems to know his stuff pretty well. He's never been wrong before.
If he says June 26 is the closing date, I believe him.
If he says June 26 is the closing date, I believe him.
#5
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:39pm
I doubt that claim, even I am wrong sometimes (I know it's hard to believe) 
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#6
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:43pm
I have tickets for after that!!! noooooooo. i'm gonna be soo pissed if i can't see it.
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#7
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:45pm
In order to close a show the producers HAVE to post a closing notice at least one week in advance backstage. If that's happened, word of it would have made it to the press by now.
The Weisslers also aren't usually ones to pull the plug on a show so quickly. Charity is still doing business in the 60s weekly (which is probably around its break even). They kept Wonderful Town afloat for MONTHS when it's attendance was in the 40s and 50s every week.
I could be wrong, but I believe Bourne got his shows confused and perhaps meant to say that La Cage is closing this Sunday.
The Weisslers also aren't usually ones to pull the plug on a show so quickly. Charity is still doing business in the 60s weekly (which is probably around its break even). They kept Wonderful Town afloat for MONTHS when it's attendance was in the 40s and 50s every week.
I could be wrong, but I believe Bourne got his shows confused and perhaps meant to say that La Cage is closing this Sunday.
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#8
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:45pm
It would really surprise me if it were closing so soon. I haven't heard/read anything else about it, and TeleCharge is still selling tickets past that date, so I am hesitant to believe it.
#9
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:47pm
What happens to people who have tickets?
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#10
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:48pm
The Weisslers notoriously run shows right into the ground.
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#11
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:48pm
Refunds -- IF it's closing, which I don't think it is.
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#12
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:51pm
Sweet Charity isn't going anywhere until the Weisslers have everyone and her mamma play Charity from Brooke Shields to Rosie O'Donnell...
#13
Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:02pm
No closing notice has been posted at the theatre (as far as I know) so even if it IS closing it certainly isn't closing the 26th.
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#15
Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:26pm
It was probably a slip of the tongue.
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#16
Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:35pm
YIKES! Before the NBCR is released! Poopy! Poopy! Poopy!
I was planning on seeing it next month, hopefully this is WRONG!
I was planning on seeing it next month, hopefully this is WRONG!
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#17
Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:37pm
He probally confused it with La Cage.
#18
Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:40pm
He probably confused it with La Cage.
That's what I think...Charity isn't closing.
That's what I think...Charity isn't closing.
#19
Posted: 6/21/05 at 9:51pm
ah hehe- found memories of Wonderful Town
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#20
Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:00am
i would cry i have tickets for next wensday
#21
Posted: 6/22/05 at 7:28am
"In order to close a show the producers HAVE to post a closing notice at least one week in advance backstage"
Which was not the case with last year's "The Normal Heart" at the Public. It was all set to make its move to Broadway, and according to notices, was playing its final weeks at the Public before making the transition. It was a Tuesday night that I decided at the last minute to see the show, and that same night I had found out that the actor's, right before going onstage, had been told that this would be their last performance. The show ended so abrubptly, not only was it a surprise to audiences, but the actor's as well. And that night, they gave outstanding performances. I consider myself lucky, making a last minute decision to see it on that night.
Which was not the case with last year's "The Normal Heart" at the Public. It was all set to make its move to Broadway, and according to notices, was playing its final weeks at the Public before making the transition. It was a Tuesday night that I decided at the last minute to see the show, and that same night I had found out that the actor's, right before going onstage, had been told that this would be their last performance. The show ended so abrubptly, not only was it a surprise to audiences, but the actor's as well. And that night, they gave outstanding performances. I consider myself lucky, making a last minute decision to see it on that night.
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#22
Posted: 6/22/05 at 7:42am
I would imagine with Normal Heart there were circumstances beyond their control that caused the show to fold that way. Although Prymate posted a retrospective notice, I seem to recall.
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#23
Posted: 6/22/05 at 8:11am
I can tell you, unequivocally, without question, that Sweet Charity is NOT closing on Sunday, nor is it closing any time in the near future. The show is in great shape, word of mouth is very positive, (justifiably, I might add) , and box office for the summer is strong and growing by the day.
The statement was, more than likely, due to the aforementioned faux pas made by the Sirius radio personality.
Just trying to figure out how the Fandango Girls were ever confused with the Cagelles.
The statement was, more than likely, due to the aforementioned faux pas made by the Sirius radio personality.
Just trying to figure out how the Fandango Girls were ever confused with the Cagelles.
#24
Posted: 6/22/05 at 8:15am
Since Telecharge is still selling tickets I'd say they are NOT closing!
I heard the same thing on SIRIUS and quickly checked around to see if it wsa true (I want to see it again).
I heard the same thing on SIRIUS and quickly checked around to see if it wsa true (I want to see it again).
#25
Posted: 6/22/05 at 9:25am
Shows can close like 'that' with or without a notice posted.
But the cast and crew are paid for a week following the posting of the notice. My one and only Bway show (never mind which or when) closed after one performance, and we were paid for a week following the opening/closing.
This is probably what happened to The Normal Heart cast and crew.
And this is also why we have theatrical unions.
But the cast and crew are paid for a week following the posting of the notice. My one and only Bway show (never mind which or when) closed after one performance, and we were paid for a week following the opening/closing.
This is probably what happened to The Normal Heart cast and crew.
And this is also why we have theatrical unions.
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