The Cort Curse Continues

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:13pm

Latest victim - Radio Golf

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:14pm

More like a Wilson on Broadway curse -- his shows, most unfortunately, dont last very long (

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:17pm

Th Cort curse is stronger

It also claimed The Little Dog Laughed

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:19pm

And "Freak" !!!!! :))

Actually, I think "Freak" extended a few times..... Updated On: 6/13/07 at 08:19 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:20pm

The list is endless

[retrogirl44]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:28pm

Blue Room with Nicole Kidman..big success !

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:33pm

Well, yeah....she took her clothes off.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:44pm

Nicole Kidman could appear in a phone booth etc. It was also a limited run

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:44pm

THE MAGIC SHOW was a success. Doug Henning didn't take his clothes off--if he did no one would have seen him because he was so skinny.

Updated On: 6/13/07 at 08:44 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:48pm

The Magic Show was a million years ago

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 9:56pm

What about Sarafina! and The Heiress? I think the Longacre has a more deadly track record.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 10:29pm

It is a toss up

[djb]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:45am

But the Longacre had "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and now "Talk Radio," both very well reviewed/received revivals.

[broadwayboy1017]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:10am

no play seems to do well on broadway, ever

[retrogirl44]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:37am

in the "old days" before the internet, it would be exciting going to the NYTimes bldg at 12:30-1 am waiting for the reviews. We are in the age of information overload.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 7:25am

The Cort isn't completely cursed. Bobbi Boland did pretty well!

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 7:45am

No one went to see Virginia Woolf, despite the terrific reviews, and I believe it ended up closing at a loss. No word on recoupment either for Talk Radio, at least as of yet.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 7:55am

Well...it has a week. But it's pretty regularly been up on TKTS from virtually the beginning of previews. And the night I went there were only like 10 of us in the balcony. Not sure about the rest of the place.

[adrian55]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:41am

Let's not forget, the Longacre had Prymate!!!!

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:42am

...And Oldest Living Confederate Widow!

...And One 'Mo Time!

Wow, maybe it IS worse!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:43am

It's sad about RADIO GOLF, I hope I get to see it, but it didn't exactly get rave reviews.

As for LDL, it was a mediocre play with bad marketing, saved only by a phenomenal performance that wasn't enough to keep it going.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:49am

Wish I had seen LDL, though it makes me feel better to hear that the play itself was mediocre. Maybe with her Tony win, and if "Caveman" is a success (I don't want it to be, on principle, but I wish her the best) they'll bring it back for a limited run or do a film version.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 10:04am

The Longacre also housed the Elaine May stink bomb, Taller than a Dwarf.

[mikem]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:43pm

I believe the Belasco wins the prize -- someone posted last year that it has NEVER had a run of more than 250 performances.