WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[phantomo88]

WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#1

Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:19pm

Phantom will replace wicked LA at the Pantages!


Phantom tour schedule:



25-Feb-08 2-Mar-08 San Antonio, TX 954 Majestic Theatre
3-Mar-08 10-Mar-08 " "
11-Mar-08 16-Mar-08 " "
17-Mar-08 23-Mar-08 " "

24-Mar-08 30-Mar-08 Costa Mesa, CA 1,366 Orange County PAC
31-Mar-08 6-Apr-08 " "
7-Apr-08 13-Apr-08 " "
14-Apr-08 20-Apr-08 " "

21-Apr-08 27-Apr-08 Saskatoon, SK 1,766 Sid Buckwold Theatre
28-Apr-08 4-May-08 " "
5-May-08 11-May-08 " "
12-May-08 18-May-08 " "

19-May-08 25-May-08 Sacramento, CA 1,605 Community Center Theatre
26-May-08 1-Jun-08 " "
2-Jun-08 8-Jun-08 " "
9-Jun-08 15-Jun-08 " "

16-Jun-08 22-Jun-08 Tulsa, OK 1,751 Chapman Music Hall
23-Jun-08 29-Jun-08 " "
30-Jun-08 6-Jul-08 " "
7-Jul-08 13-Jul-08 " "

14-Jul-08 20-Jul-08 San Diego, CA 1,475 Civic Center
21-Jul-08 27-Jul-08 " "
28-Jul-08 3-Aug-08 " "
4-Aug-08 10-Aug-08 " "

11-Aug-08 17-Aug-08 Portland, OR 1,115 Keller Auditorium
18-Aug-08 24-Aug-08 " "
25-Aug-08 31-Aug-05 " "
1-Sep-08 7-Sep-08 " "

8-Sep-08 14-Sep-08 Seattle, WA 174 Paramount Theatre
15-Sep-08 21-Sep-08 " "
22-Sep-08 28-Sep-08 " "
29-Sep-08 5-Oct-08 " "

6-Oct-08 12-Oct-08 Spokane, WA 279 INB Performing Arts Center
13-Oct-08 19-Oct-08 " "
20-Oct-08 26-Oct-08 " "

27-Oct-08 2-Nov-08 Tampa, FL 2,923 Carol Morsani Hall
3-Nov-08 9-Nov-08 " "
10-Nov-08 16-Nov-08 " "
17-Nov-08 23-Nov-08 " "

24-Nov-08 30-Nov-08 San Francisco, CA 2,871 The Orpheum Theatre
1-Dec-08 7-Dec-08 " "
8-Dec-08 14-Dec-08 " "
15-Dec-08 21-Dec-08 " "
22-Dec-08 28-Dec-08 " "
29-Dec-08 4-Jan-09 " "


5-Jan-09 11-Jan-09 LAYOFF (possible San Francisco extension)
12-Jan-09 18-Jan-09 LAYOFF


19-Jan-09 25-Jan-09 Los Angeles, CA 388 The Pantages Theatre
26-Jan-09 1-Feb-09 " "
2-Feb-09 8-Feb-09 " "
9-Feb-09 15-Feb-09 " "
16-Feb-09 22-Feb-09" "

23-Feb-09 1-Mar-09 Denver, CO 1,015 Buell Theatre
2-Mar-09 8-Mar-09 " "
9-Mar-09 15-Mar-09 " "
16-Mar-09 22-Mar-09 " "

23-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 Kansas City, MO 603 The Music Hall
30-Mar-09 5-Apr-09 " "
6-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 " "
13-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 " "

20-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 Hartford, CT 1,330 The Bushnell Theatre
27-Apr-09 3-May-09 " "
4-May-09 10-May-09 " "

11-May-09 17-May-09 Minneapolis, MN 1,323 The Orpheum Theatre
18-May-09 24-May-09 " "
25-May-09 31-May-09 " "
1-Jun-09 7-Jun-09 " "

8-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 Charlotte, NC 1,203 Belk Theatre
15-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 " "
22-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 " "
29-Jun-09 5-Jul-09 " "

6-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 Dayton, OH 466 The Schuster Theatre
13-Jul-09 19-Jul-09 " "
20-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 " "
27-Jul-09 2-Aug-09 " "

3-Aug-09 9-Aug-09 Milwaukee, WI 389 Uihlein Hall
10-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 " "
17-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 " "
24-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 " "
Updated On: 3/18/08 at 01:19 PM

[Zeitoujo]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#2

Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:47pm

LIKE OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG MY LIFE IS OVER NOW. OMG WICKED IS LIFE. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO1?!?!?!?!?!??!?

"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening

[BroadwayBound062]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#2

Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:48pm

HAHA o well, its not like there aren't enough productions in the world.

Genius lasts longer than beauty.

[Yankeefan007]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#3

Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:51pm

Okay, so it's March 18, 2008 and Phantom won't be in Los Angeles until January 2009. Hmmmm.

[BrodyFosse123]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#4

Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:53pm

Um, like it was always known that WICKED wasn't going to be a permanent resident production at the Pantages.

Its closing has no reflection on its popularity status or ticket sales at the Pantages.

[legally_popular]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#5

Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:59pm

I heard that it would close by the end of this year and is moving to San Fran, but haven't heard/read any official announcement.

Updated On: 3/18/08 at 01:59 PM

[Brave Sir Robin2]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#6

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:05pm

Oh well, I heard that Legally Blonde will play the Pantages in the summer...

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[broadwayfan7]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#7

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:05pm

It had a great run!

"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."

[mll85]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#8

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:15pm

I heard that it would close by the end of this year and is moving to San Fran, but haven't heard/read any official announcement.

Rumors about that happening have been around for awhile. Supposedly it's already been scheduled to be in SF for atleast a year.

[musicalmaster703]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#9

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:24pm

LIKE OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG MY LIFE IS OVER NOW. OMG WICKED IS LIFE. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO1?!?!?!?!?!??!

lol thank god it is gone

[singtopher]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#10

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:56pm

Will this be the first production of Wicked to close?

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[LizzieCurry]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#11

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:58pm

I don't think it's technically "closing."

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[broadwaybelter]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#12

Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:02pm

Legally Blonde CANNOT be playing at the Pantages in the summer. The show doesn't even go into rehearsals until mid August and the show begins its run in September.

[mll85]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#13

Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:03pm

Will this be the first production of Wicked to close?
No, more like moving.

[jarretSF]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#14

Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:14pm

It had a good run for LA, and will move on to SF and hold on to one of our best touring houses for a year and force all the big touring shows into the Golden Gate.

Some people come into our lives and quietly go, others stay a while, and leave footprints on our heart, and we are never the same.

[tourboi]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#15

Posted: 3/18/08 at 5:44pm

Has this ever been a secret?

And the thought of nearly all the big tours going into the GG ticks me off. Put WICKED at the Gate! Never happen, I know.

[nealb1]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#16

Posted: 3/18/08 at 5:50pm

This has never been a secret. When "Wicked" came back to LA, it was common knowledge that a 2 year run would happen at The Pantages.

Nothing's changed. Not real sure what the "panic" is all about.

[Fosse76]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#17

Posted: 3/18/08 at 6:38pm

"This has never been a secret. When "Wicked" came back to LA, it was common knowledge that a 2 year run would happen at The Pantages.

Nothing's changed. Not real sure what the "panic" is all about."

I am a bit surprised. When the Chicago production opened, they estimated a one year run and then a transfer to L.A. But when it did better than expected, they decided to let it play out. Could they just not get an open-ended agreement with the Pantages? I mean it is strange that they would already have a booking of a show that has defied all expectations well over a year in advance, when the show is still selling strong. Like I said above, they didn't expect it to run longer than a year in Chicago, so why did they determine a hard line for L.A. at 2 years?

And yes, this will be the first production of Wicked to actually close. Since it is technically not a tour, it doesn't
"transfer."

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#18

Posted: 3/18/08 at 6:54pm

I announced this MONTHS ago

Now all I see are cute boys with short haircuts in a maze of their own...

[Khashoggi]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#19

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:22pm

MUST you be so frivolous with your exclamation marks?

"I will join this conversation on the proviso that we stop bitching about people. Wigs, dresses, bust sizes, penises, nightclubs and bloody Kylie!" - Bernadette, Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical

[LizzieCurry]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#20

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:34pm

Yeah. I mean, there are kids in Darfur who live their entire lives without seeing a single exclamation mark.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[phantomo88]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#21

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:49pm

"And yes, this will be the first production of Wicked to actually close. Since it is technically not a tour, it doesn't
"transfer.""


Not true! The LA production of Phantom was considered the 1st national tour, even though it stayed in LA for a few years, and moved to SF for eight more before closing.

[LizzieCurry]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#22

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:51pm

Phantom was NOT in San Francisco for 8 years. It closed about a month after its 5th anniversary.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[Shawk]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#23

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:58pm

It just felt like eight years...

'"Contrairiwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."' ~Lewis Carroll

[LizzieCurry]

re: WICKED LA CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#24

Posted: 3/18/08 at 8:11pm

oh snap

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt