THE GREAT COMET Announces September Broadway Closing; Final Performers for Role of 'Pierre' — Page 7

BroadwayConcierge said: "adamgreer said: "Cynthia Erivo is an immense talent, and her performance in the recent Color Purple revival was absolutely spellbinding and she deserved every accolade she received. I will never take that away from her.

That being said, her behavior on twitter- not even so much her opinion, but her attitude about it- has made me like her a lot less now. She's really let the success she attained with her singular Broadway credit go straight to her head. Miss Keyboard Warrior really should have stayed out of this. "

Perfectly put.

I still can't rationalize the fact that this gorgeous production's demise will forever be at least somewhat attributed to two people who weren't even associated with it in the first place. Truly crazy.



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I 100% agree. Her last few tweets are making me dislike her.

I still don't even understand how this Rafael Casal person even got involved, though? Who IS he? How did his tweets pick up so much steam?

Love the people in here telling others how they should be feeling

Hairspray0901 said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "adamgreer said: "Cynthia Erivo is an immense talent, and her performance in the recent Color Purple revival was absolutely spellbinding and she deserved every accolade she received. I will never take that away from her.

That being said, her behavior on twitter- not even so much her opinion, but her attitude about it- has made me like her a lot less now. She's really let the success she attained with her singular Broadway credit go straight to her head. Miss Keyboard Warrior really should have stayed out of this. "

Perfectly put.

I still can't rationalize the fact that this gorgeous production's demise will forever be at least somewhat attributed to two people who weren't even associated with it in the first place. Truly crazy.



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I 100% agree. Her last few tweets are making me dislike her.

I still don't even understand how this Rafael Casal person even got involved, though? Who IS he? How did his tweets pick up so much steam?



I've been wondering that as well. While I don't think either he or Erivo is the ultimate cause of their closing, they succeeded in turning what should have been a "that's showbiz!" story into a whole tempest.

Ask David Shiner about "vacation" and "stepping aside" some time.

Hairspray0901 said: "I still don't even understand how this Rafael Casal person even got involved, though? Who IS he? How did his tweets pick up so much steam?"

His connection to Oak is no big mystery and easily Googlable. He's Daveed Diggs's best friend. [1] [2] [3]

UMM... "Gutted" "Crying," "in pain," destroyed"...do you folks have a real life? My god...it's a show, not a nuclear war. "

Uhhh...did you read or see today's news. Nuclear war on the way. We have two impulsive children threatening each other with their war toys...i.e, Trump and the dude in No Korea with the bad haircut.).

Perhaps they're ticked too over the closing...(Nahhhh....that would require too much intelligence). Let us weep in private while we can.

Who would have guessed a month or two ago that Great Comet would announce a closing before Groundhog Day, Bandstand, or War Paint. So sad that the actions of a few put so many people out of work and closed an innovative show prematurely.

(Joey is Comet's drummer)

https://twitter.com/JoeyCassata/status/895095727550083073

Also, one of the shadiest tweets I've seen in years (Poison Oak had me ROLLING) https://twitter.com/JoeyCassata/status/895047571500093442

Updated On: 8/9/17 at 12:10 AM

10086Sundays said: "schubox said: "Glad I have tickets on the 19th and 20th. Shame I'll miss Dave but so glad I get to see this a couple more times. May have to stage door, something I rarely if ever do, just to thank the cast."

Can't hurt to call Telecharge and see if you can switch to one of his dates. If they work for you. Worst case, they say no.



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I'm flying in on the 19th and out the 21st, so sadly I can't.

zainmax said: "While people should be free to express themselves, I do think that the whole thing was blown out of proportion. It was all about business, and not about race. Would Mandy have prolonged the life of the show? Probably. Would it still close soon? Yes.

Also, Forbes is saying that the whole mess might not be over. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2017/08/08/great-comet-controversy-could-continue-after-closing/#2667884b2c31



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I hope they leave Mandy alone. I wish he had reconsidered too, but I can completely understand why he backed out

Going after Mandy at this point, tbh, will only wreck what little they have left of the brand and wreck the slim chance we have of a tour.

HogansHEro- just curious- have you seen the Joey Cassata tweet? Is Oak destroying the show still a made up narrative now?

yes, you can't kill a corpse. Cassata (among others) doesn't like Oak. that's the narrative of Riedel's piece. Wanna guess his source?

HogansHero said: "yes, you can't kill a corpse. Cassata (among others) doesn't like Oak. that's the narrative of Riedel's piece. Wanna guess his source?"

Are you in the show? No. NEXT.