THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#2THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 9:40pmMan, there aren't going to be any shows left for the January slaughter.
showchoirguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
Franciouqu
Chorus Member Joined: 12/1/12
#3THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 9:41pmWhy did Patti just say no.
#4THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 9:44pmPreparing for the End, kids.
"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#5THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:14pm
It's not surprising, but baffling.
This play lay on that stage like a dead fish washed onto the beach.
This had to be clear just by reading it.
How could two dynamic actresses have consented to do it? Did they actually think that a) this was theatrically viable, and b) that this would succeed with the public?
#6THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:19pmIt was in fact pretty awful. Patti gave it her damndest but couldn't save this awfully tedious play.
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#7THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:29pm
Even if it got rave reviews, I imagine many audience members would feel cheated spending top Broadway dollar for a play that's barely over an hour long. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.
Maybe they should've made it a two-act evening and paired it with another, older Mamet piece.
#8THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:37pmWhat did the little kid on Animaniacs used to say? "Ok I love you, bye bye"?
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
#9THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:45pmUgh. I had an audience reward ticket for January. I know it's not a good play, but I don't want to miss Patti in a straight play.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#10THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:46pm
Ghost should have stayed open!
#11THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:49pmDeena Jones , wash your mouth out! Words like that should never been used in public.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#12THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 10:54pm
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Mamet-0
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”
``oscar wilde``
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#13THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 11:05pmSoon to be Broadway-2, Mamet-0, once the Glengarry reviews come out. (Not that the reviews will stop Glengarry at all).
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#14THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 11:26pmHere's hoping Lupone, Winger, and Mamet all come back soon with renewed vigor. A plotz like this should be a good motivator.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#15THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 11:27pm
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/4/12 at 11:35pmThey are dropping llike flies. Three announced in ! Week. Sad about Chaplin.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#18THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 12:36am
This shows that Patti Lupone doesn't sell tix.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#19THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 12:41am^Not really, seeing as she's known primarily for her work in musicals.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#20THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 12:53am
Also the reviews were awful. Her GYPSY, even though it closed early and wasn't exactly a gold mine shows that she can still sell some tickets (particularly considering it was so close to the last revival).....plus the Patti/Mandy run sold a few tickets despite being awful. She doesn't have movie-star power, but I feel her name still means something. She just needs the right vehicle.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 12/5/12 at 12:53 AM
bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#21THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 1:00am
Haven't seen it and I probably won't (even though I generally like Mamet) after reading the reviews.
I find it surprising that Debra Winger would choose to make her Broadway debut in this play.
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#22THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 1:31am
National Tour:
Joan Collins as Cathy and Linda Evans as Ann
#23THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 1:55amSo the angry and hateful neocon has a flop. Pity.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#24THE ANARCHIST to Close on Broadway December 16
Posted: 12/5/12 at 2:02am
Some actresses are not as smart as we might want them to be.
Or playwrights too,
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