The Official "HIGH FIDELITY CLOSING 12.17" Thread- Page 3

[jasonf]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 7:54pm

If anyone goes and they're still doing a cast album - have those order forms which I stupidly didn't fill out - PLEASE PM me so I can get my hands on an album somehow!!!!

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 7:57pm

The cast recording will be sold on the website, and it's being pre-ordered at the theatre (so says my mother, on the phone right now waiting for the show to start). So hope isn't completely lost.

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 8:00pm

I just hope to God it gets recorded and distributed, not shelved like SOME albums I can think of.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 8:37pm

Has anyone done TDF for High Fidelity lately? Want to tell me where the seats have been? Thanks. I am really looking forward to it.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:35pm

and it's being pre-ordered at the theatre

That doesn't mean a thing. They did pre-orders for the Lestat cast recording its entire run and... well, look how that ended up. *sigh*

[geekgirl06]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:37pm

I really, really hope they do a recording. I heard the songs were the best part, and I liked the sampler enough to buy the CD if they would make one.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:39pm

I knew it. I'm so sad.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:40pm

and it got stuck with a theatre three times the size it should be.

thevolleyballer- So it should be in a 472 seat theater?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 9:53pm

The show was WAY too big for commercial Off-Broadway, where in recent years even plays with casts of less than 5 have routinely flopped. Even if they'd cut half the cast and orchestra, it would have been too expensive to survive in a theatre with less than 500 seats (and you could forget having that set or anything like it). Besides, with those reviews, it would have flopped in no matter what theater it wound up in -- on or off Broadway.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:11pm

That was crazy quick. And I really wanted to see it...
Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:11 PM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:13pm

Margo- Did you see it?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:21pm

how did "in my life" run longer??????

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:21pm

To think I almost went to see it this past weekend. Oh well, I am surprised only 14 shows, but I'm glad that the producers aren't going to drag it out.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:26pm

I saw it last week, the day before it opened. I pretty much agreed with most of the reviews -- though I thought a few were unnecessarily harsh. It struck me as an entirely disposable and forgettable -- a show based on a book and movie that didn't need to be musicalized with characters and situations that didn't "sing" (or at least would never sing that score). While some of Green's lyrics were well-crafted (though many were vulgar), a couple of the tunes were solid (though many were cringe-inducing), and the set design was striking, I was mostly unimpressed by the cast, the pedestrian book and the overall corniness and lack of spark in the presentation of the material. It felt like an assignment from the Lehman-Engel Songwriter's workshop that was probably a decent exercise for the students, but should have never made it out of the classroom. Ultimately, I felt like it was just a mammoth waste of time, talent and money and should have never gone to Broadway to begin with.

Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:26 PM

[perfectliar]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:48pm

Are closing performances usually on TKTS? Or do they usually sell out? Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:48 PM

[AnythingCanHappen]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:51pm

Legally Blonde will be at the Imperial now. I call it.

[showbiz287]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:56pm

I saw the show in its preview in Boston. I didn't particularly care for the show, but I didn't hate it! I thought it would at least run at least until Billy Elliot came to kick it out in the Fall of 07. I hope the set gets nominated for a Tony Award because its a great great set!!!

[showbiz287]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:56pm

...and I'd buy the Cast Album

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 10:58pm

Legally Blonde has already booked The Palace.

Coram Boy will be going into The Imperial.

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:18pm

Just so everyone knows, Will was out tonight too. I noticed as I walked by the theatre.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:30pm

If anyone has suggestions on getting tickets to the closing night performance for at least 50% off, please PM me. I don't care where I sit.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 12/12/06 at 11:58pm

I will be in attandence thanks TDF!

[AnythingCanHappen]

Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:07am

oops. is the imperial or the palace bigger, both in terms of house and stage?

[kasim]

Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:14am

i think its just me :) i jinx shows.

first lestat ... i buy tickets for it about 2 months in advance .... ends up that i see it the weekend they close.

I bought tickets for high fidelity about 2 months ago ... again .. i am coming this weekend to ny to see it.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/13/06 at 12:18am

The Palace is bigger.

Will Coram Boy be able to sell that big barn of a theater, or do the producers even care?

Does this mean the planned tour is scrapped too?