Tammy Faye closing on December 8!- Page 4

[SeanD2]

Posted: 11/20/24 at 10:41am

seaweedjstubbs said: "MadsonMelo said: "Back when ''KPOP'' closed I tried to get all the 2000's musicals that closed ''early'' and that was the Top 15 I found:

1. Glory Days 1P
2. The Story of My Life 5P
3. High Fidelity 14P
4. KPOP 17P / Amour 17P
5. Leap of Faith 19P
6. All About Me 20P
7. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 21P
8. Doctor Zhivago 23P
9. Hands on a Hardbody 28P / The Times They Are a-Changin' 28P
10. Scandalous 29P / Tammy Faye 29P
11. Lysistrata Jones 30P
12. Wonderland 33P
13. Diana 34P
14. Flying Over Sunset 35P
15. Bonnie & Clyde 36P

Don't know if all of them are musicals, but I guess they are."

I wish I could show this list to everyone on social media acting like shows closing early is this brand new thing. Lots of “the sky is falling” rhetoric being tossed around when Broadway has always had a number of super early closings almost every season."

Part of the problem with theater fans who post on social media when it comes to the sky is falling takes is that they disproportionately "stan" flops because it's the flops that 1) have the cheapest tickets so they can afford to see them multiple times 2) comping the influencers in an attempt to turn things around who then praise the show in order to keep getting comps.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/20/24 at 12:41pm

Whatever you two are even arguing about,  I guarantee Tammy Faye isn't worth the effort.

[broadwaybaybee22]

Posted: 11/20/24 at 8:25pm

Which award is more prestigious...a Tony Award or an Olivier Award? 

The Tonys without a doubt. They're bigger, they're splashier, they're glitzier, they mean more. The Tonys are like going into Nieman Marcus and buying a gorgeous high end designer bag.

The Oliviers are like going to Hong Kong and finding a cheap knockoff of a similar looking bag. They may look alike from a distance but one is going to last you a long time and get admiring glances, the other is going to fall apart as soon as you put a lipstick in it and give you a rash on your hand.

It seems the bar is set way lower for The Olivier Awards. This is why some mediocre West End Productions get nominated in the first place.  This would never happen with the Tony Awards Nomination Committee.  

Sorry if this is offensive to our theater going friends. in the UK. It's just an observation I've made especially as a theater goer. It's always seemed odd to me that they can win Awards in UK but tend to not be as warmly welcomed here in the US.  

[JasonC3]

Posted: 11/20/24 at 8:40pm

broadwaybaybee22 said: "Which award is more prestigious...a Tony Award or an Olivier Award?

The Tonys without a doubt. They're bigger, they're splashier, they're glitzier, they mean more. The Tonys are like going into Nieman Marcus and buying a gorgeous high end designerbag.

The Oliviers are like going to Hong Kong and finding a cheap knockoff of a similar looking bag. They may look alike from a distance but one is going to last you a long time and get admiring glances, the other is going to fall apart as soon as you put a lipstick in it and give you a rash on your hand.

It seems the bar is set way lower for The Olivier Awards. This is why some mediocre West End Productions get nominated in the first place. This would never happen with the Tony Awards Nomination Committee.

Sorry if this is offensive to our theater going friends. in the UK. It's just an observation I've made especially as a theater goer. It's always seemed odd to me that they can win Awards in UK but tend to not be as warmly welcomed here in the US."

While I agree with your overall sentiment, I think you undervalue the quality of many Olivier Award winners and suggest a degree of purity and quality for the Tonys that would not always past muster.