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#2

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 12:53pm

According to BWW, Elaine Paige is not transferring. I hope they find someone better than her. I hated her performance of "I'm Still Here."
#6

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:02pm

Yay to FOLLIES, yay to no Elaine Paige (Can't stand her for anything in the world). Does anyone know if this is a limited engagement? And if it is, when are they thinking about closing? I imagine it'll last at least through the Fall, that's all I need.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#8

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:03pm

Limited engagement. According to Ticketmater, tickets are on sale until December 31.

Updated On: 6/29/11 at 01:03 PM

#10

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:12pm

Broadway World is jumping the gun and assuming Paige isn't transferring because she wasn't announced in this initial press release.

Per usual, I would venture to guess they're wrong. Considering Carlotta hasn't been listed in any of the casting breakdowns, I imagine Paige will be continuing on to Broadway with the show.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 6/29/11 at 01:12 PM

#11

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:14pm

DAMN! I'll be missing this by TWO DAYS!!!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#12

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:14pm

Blah, sad news. But it's FOLLIES after all, even Paige's involvement can't bring me down.
Thanks for the heads up, Ljay, so glad I'll be able to see this in the Fall, was so sad I had to miss the DC engagement.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#13

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:30pm

I'm surprised that the Kenendy Center appears to be the sole producer of the Broadway run.

Question for those who might know...is it possible to recoup $7.3 million in 5 months? Seems like a tough task, unless they completely sell out every performance at full price, which seems doubtful. Does the KC think they're going to make money off of this, or are they doing it more for the prestige?
#14

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:50pm

I agree regarding Elaine Paige and I actually like her! Also was not too thrilled with Linda Lavin's rendition of Broadway Baby.
#15

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:51pm

..and, since my post, Broadway World has removed the information from their article claiming Paige was amongst those not continuing with the show.

Typical.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#16

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:56pm

Ok, I MIGHT be able to see this :)...questionsss:

* What is this audience reward thing? Will you guys be buying tickets with it or waiting until they are on sale officially?

* Where did you find the rear mezz cost of $55?

Thanks!!!
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#17

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:00pm

Price range From Ticketmaster:

US $55.00 - US $135.00
US $55.00 Ticket + US $9.75 Fees =
US $64.75
US $135.00 Ticket + US $9.75 Fees =
US $144.75

Obviously the fees are only for online and phone orders.
#18

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:04pm

Question for those who might know...is it possible to recoup $7.3 million in 5 months? Seems like a tough task, unless they completely sell out every performance at full price, which seems doubtful. Does the KC think they're going to make money off of this, or are they doing it more for the prestige?

According to BWW's grosses, when Wonderland was at the Marquis, the maximum potential weekly gross was $1,432,024, and I'm going to guess it'll be roughly the same when Follies is there. I wouldn't even be able to hazard a guess at the weekly running costs with a cast and orchestra of over 60 people (and some players who garner a pretty sizable salary).

I would guess it'd be nearly impossible to recoup $7 million in five months.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#19

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 2:06pm

What is this audience reward thing? Will you guys be buying tickets with it or waiting until they are on sale officially?

You have to be a member, but it's free to join. At the moment, there is no information about Follies on their website, which is odd, since this presale starts tomorrow.
#22

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:09pm

Part of the presentation on Ticketmaster ! Part of the question about Elaine Paige ? :

"The Kennedy Center's brand-new production of this iconic masterwork was standing room only this summer. Now, this lavish and landmark new staging of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Tony Award-winning Best Musical FOLLIES comes to Broadway for an historic limited engagement, complete with its 28-piece orchestra and a cast of 40 - led by such Broadway babies as two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, four-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell, five-time Olivier Award nominee Elaine Paige, two-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein, and three-time Emmy nominee Ron Raines."


Updated On: 6/29/11 at 05:09 PM

#23

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:17pm

I like the artwork, but I wish they would change the actual Follies logo to something that looks like a little more time and thought went into it.
#25

The official FOLLIES website is up....

Posted: 6/29/11 at 5:50pm

Part of the reason that not all the cast has been announced it that not all the contracts have been finalized and signed by everyone from the Kennedy Center company.

At least as of today.

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