Thank the lord! 101 Dalmatians musical to close after Madison Square Gardens!

No disrespect, but GOOD RIDDANCE! This show had some of the worst music. I can't believe my friend actually wanted to go see this. There are better family friendly musicals that have songs that adults and kids would like. Examples are "Beauty & the Beast," "Mary Poppins," "The Lion King," and "Shrek."

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE_101_DALMATIONS_MUSICAL_to_Close_Following_Madison_Square_Garden_Engagement_418_20100319

Updated On: 3/19/10 at 11:32 AM

My heart breaks that this piece of crap and poor excuse of a show will see its demise.

Maybe Emma can now get a part in daddy's new Broadway debacle

Just judging from the press reels...it hardly looked like a masterpiece. But I'm sorry for those kids in the show.

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Oh yes, the stilts/platform shoes were so awkward, terrible idea.
I recently accompanied my husband to a Dennis DeYoung concert. As bizarre as I found him to be, that man has FANS!

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It's too bad this is closing. I saw the show early in the tour and thought it had some great potential. The problem it had going for it was that it was being billed as a "Family Show" (a la Lion King) and trying to entertain adults and kids alike. From the start, it should have been more targeted as a "Kids Show".

^ I never understand this attitude.

Would you similarly want terrible restaurants to remain open just so the waiters don't get fired? Or stores with poor customer service, so that the stock people have jobs?

I personally would wish for the actors to get out of a crappy show so they can fulfill their potential in a good one.

Perhaps you see things one dimensionally as well?

Well I think it's a TERRIBLE thing that it's closing.

Think of the producers who won't make back their money.

They will probably now have to cut their maid service back to 5 days instead of 7.

Where is the compassion. So what is the show sucks and is an affront to theater lovers everywhere. Isn't it our responsibility to help support the people with money who invest in these shows?

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They must have known a while ago. It was part of our season, was dropped about a month or so ago and replaced with 2 shows (Blue Man Group and Cirque Dreams Illumination). It was due here at the end of the summer.

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Woof Woof

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Have you ever heard or seen "the IT Girl" Very Very cute and charming.. BT McNicholl wrote that and it is very Good.
Banned from the theatre?? That is harsh.
It takes an entire team to put up a show.. the blame isn't any one person's fault any more than a success is.

Not so fast... Did you see the reviews from Miami, Dallas, and Detroit? All enthusiastic. And this week in Providence? Take a look. Plus standing ovations at virtually every performance, I hear. In this week's PROVIDENCE PHOENIX:

"The 101 Dalmatians Musical, at Providence Performing Arts Center through March 21, is everything you could expect from the family-friendly story: adorable, adventurous, funny, and hummable in the shower to boot."

And the headline in this week's PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: "Dalmatians HITS THE SPOT"

And, further, the TICKETMASTER reviews -- these are posts from people who actually PAID to see the show and wrote in afterwards -- give it 3 stars out of 4.

SO... apparently, they delivered a certainly more-than-decent family show in the end. So be careful when you make these wide-swath statements -- they may not be entirely true.

"No disrespect,"

You say no disrespect, and then you go on to completely disrespect it!

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