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THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#125
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:09am
Interesting that they're doing Monday nights, Tuesdays off, and Thursday matinees.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#126
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:27am
Kad said: "It seems very unlikely they’ve had time to make any major changes. They’re rushing this in to beat the Chavkin-Welch version and it seems likely that strategy could very well backfire."
From everything I've heard, I don't know that this would ever be able to make the changes necessary. It sounds like Great Gatsby by people who fundamentally don't understand Great Gatsby.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#127
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:32am
TaffyDavenport said: "Interesting that they're doing Monday nights, Tuesdays off, and Thursday matinees."
It's not unheard of. That's what most West End show schedules are like.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#128
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:38am
Make that two shows officially opening on April 25 now (joining Mother Play).
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#129
Posted: 1/16/24 at 11:46am
I think this is all just so they can get ahead of the licensing and get this out to regional theaters and high schools before the ART one.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#130
Posted: 1/16/24 at 12:52pm
RippedMan said: "I think this is all just so they can get ahead of the licensing and get this out to regional theaters and high schools before the ART one."
This and the tax write-off they’re going to get when it closes are the only reasons this show is transferring. There are no other reasons. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#131
Posted: 1/16/24 at 1:32pm
Don’t tell the Jordan and Noblezada fans over on Reddit that!
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#132
Posted: 1/16/24 at 2:00pm
BroadwayNYC2 said: "Don’t tell the Jordan and Noblezada fans over on Reddit that!"
Most of them won't be buying tickets to this anyway and will just be watching bootlegs- that's the downside to having young fanbases, they usually can't get to the city or afford tickets on their own.
Understudy Joined: 11/17/17
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#133
Posted: 1/16/24 at 2:21pm
I think we need to stop pretending that good material = long run and bad material = short run. This show is very much a property that people will flock to, regardless of the quality. It's a tourist trap, and one that people will fall for.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#134
Posted: 1/16/24 at 2:49pm
BossBroadway said: "I think we need to stop pretending that good material = long run and bad material = short run. This show is very much a property that people will flock to, regardless of the quality. It's a tourist trap, and one that people will fall for."
It may be true of some properties, but it's hardly true of all (and I'm not sure The Great Gatsby is a property that is something that will automatically be a draw). Broadway history is littered with things that on paper should have been critic-proof and weren't.
Understudy Joined: 11/17/17
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#135
Posted: 1/16/24 at 3:30pm
I won't say this is entirely critic-proof, but I think it is at least through Labor Day, and will pull through the holidays. I expect a January closing at the earliest. The Great Gatsby is a very popular property, literally everyone knows what it is, have read the book, or seen the movie(s). School groups will flock to this show. I'd be more worried about shows like Water For Elephants or Suffs than this.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#136
Posted: 1/16/24 at 4:21pm
TaffyDavenport said: "Interesting that they're doing Monday nights, Tuesdays off, and Thursday matinees."
Good schedule for tourists. Phantom & Chicago made the most of Mondays for a very long time, and Six is taking advantage of it as well now.
$48 tickets aren't bad...I've paid more to sleep through worse.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#137
Posted: 1/16/24 at 4:27pm
As always with any adaptation of popular IP, people must CARE about this version of it, not merely know about it. Everyone knows Groundhog Day and Charlie in the Chocolate Factory and Tootsie and King Kong and Jane Eyre and Tale of Two Cities and Little Women. Those flopped on Broadway.
The good news is Great Gatsby is a very promotable property, and it promises a glamorous & entertaining evening IF people go for it. But you have to get them to care, and the musical must stand separately from the book and the films and the immersive Gatsbys. This show could do big business on the road, with licensing, and internationally, but some of that will depend on how it does in NYC.
This show can succeed, but it's as risky as any other big musical in this climate.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#138
Posted: 1/16/24 at 4:55pm
TaffyDavenport said: "Interesting that they're doing Monday nights, Tuesdays off, and Thursday matinees."
Happy to see more shows starting to vary their schedules like the West End does. I was on the fence about this but the fact it has a Thursday matinee means I'll buy a ticket. Discounted because there's no way this sells out the Broadway but a ticket I wouldn't have bought otherwise.
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews#139
Posted: 1/16/24 at 7:04pm
It's interesting to Austin Colby in the ensemble. I follow him on Instagram and he hasn't talked about this show. I thought he had left the Frozen tour to star in the DDLJ Musical.
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