The Pillowman to Play Final Performance on Sept. 18- Page 2

[Plum]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:38pm

Matt- it just looks like they're giving up too easily from my perspective. Obviously, I don't know everything that's going on. But the way some mediocre and even horrible shows seem to go on through week after money-losing week, it's discouraging that a relatively popular and excellent play is closing (seemingly) too soon.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 5:05pm

It is very puzzling and very disappointing.

I just got tickets to see it once again. (This will be my 4th time). I hate to see it go.

[sports620]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 2:39pm

I am finally seeing Pillowman tomorrow night and was wondering how often understudies go on. Being a musical fan, this will be my first straight play. I am under the assumption that play actors call in sick less than musical actors, is that correct?
Does anyone know if the current leads have been going on this week?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 2:41pm

Don't close this show!

[BrookArtsCenter]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:00pm

I saw it front row center last Wednesday night and was impressed by the writing and the performances. Could this be a ploy to drive up ticket sales?

[magruder]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:02pm

No. The theatre has another tenant starting in November. (Lincoln Center Theatre's production of Edward Albee's Seascape).

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:03pm

Off topic, but they FINALLY released the window card for this show! Just as it is closing.

A big deal for me as I collect them for the shows I've seen. I heard that Jeff Goldblum and Billy Crudup wouldn't approve the card images until recently.

[mabel]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:30pm

OMG!!! I must get one! I was wondering about that, and I almost popped into the Booth on Sunday (it was letting out just as I was walking by). Damn! Good to know though. Thanks!! Is it the pic that's on the most recent of the ever-rotating images on the Playbill (their two faces, a black and white photo)??

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:31pm

No, it is the one on the marquee at the theatre. A large Jeff interrogating a small Billy on top an dthen Billy hunched over writing his book.

[magruder]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:32pm

[mabel]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 3:47pm

Very cool! Thanks, baddadnpa. I'll have to pick one up and (hopefully) get it signed next time I'm in the city.

[Teeny Todd]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 5:46pm

That is really bizarre. I genuinely expected it to run for at least a year. It's a huge critical and audience success, and to close it just because the original company is leaving seems too easy. Surely it can't be that hard to find worthy replacements. I was actually looking forward to seeing who they would cast next. "The Pillowman" is one of the most extraordinary plays of the decade so far, and it deserves a much longer run, not an untimely death like this.

[broadway betty]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 6:31pm

I finally saw it a week ago and was just blown away. So disapponited about it's closing. I must see it again.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 11:42am

Latest news- the show is recouping. So I guess the producers are thinking if they made their money back, why risk losses with a new cast? Still, I'd wish they'd been greedy and tried for bigger profits.
Playbill

[mabel]

Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:46pm

Well, good for them! Even though it's a shame that they didn't give a replacement cast a shot, it's nice to they they recouped!