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WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15

WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15

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#2WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:32pm

Wow...


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PiraguaGuy2
#2WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:34pm

I hate to say so, but good riddance. Who's dumb enough to keep giving Wildhorn money to stage these crapfests?

And maybe now the apologists will quit claiming that the show is "doing great" and "audiences are loving it".


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#3WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:38pm

Awww...I was sort of hoping to catch it, despite the negativity towards it.


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#4WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:40pm

I wonder if Janet Dacal will play the final performances, as I believe her understudy was scheduled to go on this weekend.


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#5WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:42pm

^ Me too. Although I do have to wonder if Wildhorn can ever learn from his mistakes. I mean after three out of town try outs, one would think he would have something more to show for it.


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matineeidol2013
#6WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:42pm

I thought the show would at least try to pull through the summer.

No matter the quality of the show, it's always sad to see a piece of Broadway die. WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15


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#7WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:43pm

Well, that went well.


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#8WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:45pm

You can't put the blame for this on Wildhorn. It's the book to this show that's awful, not the music.

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#9WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:46pm

I wonder if the fact that Disney is planning an Alice musical would have anything do put this in motion.

greeny11
#10WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:47pm

Bit of awkward timing with the talkbacks over the next 3 days. Not surprising news though, the reviews were rough which was always going to make it hard, though I'm a tad surprised it's closing this soon.

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steven22
#11WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:49pm

I was really looking forward to seeing it when I got home from school..3 days too late I guess :/

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#12WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:50pm

"I wonder if the fact that Disney is planning an Alice musical would have anything do put this in motion."

Or the fact it was critically derided, ignored by all the award committees, and hasn't been doing terribly well, and probably has a small advance.


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#13WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:53pm

"You can't put the blame for this on Wildhorn. It's the book to this show that's awful, not the music."

The music is equally terrible.

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#14WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:54pm

Ive heard much much worse.

mjroberts93
#15WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:56pm

It wasn't doing terribly gross-wise. Sure the reviews tore it to pieces but that really didn't show that much in the long run. They had a pretty healthy attendance rate. It probably could've lasted a little bit longer.

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#16WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:59pm

$511,446 this past week is not nearly an adequate enough gross to sustain the show at that theatre. And last week wasn't much better.


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#17WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 6:59pm

"It wasn't doing terribly gross-wise. Sure the reviews tore it to pieces but that really didn't show that much in the long run. They had a pretty healthy attendance rate. It probably could've lasted a little bit longer."

You say this, but I would be amazed if the show has been running to a profit at all, if they are losing money on a weekly basis (as I expect) they are better off cutting their loses and ditching it now... other shows may not have such good attendance rate, but that is compensated for in lower running costs!!

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#18WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:00pm

I actually really liked this show, and am upset that it is closing so soon. Janet's final performance will be this Thursday, so it's gonna be an emotional week for everyone at the theater, and Morgan James will be playing the final weekend.

UnitingNations
#19WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:01pm

The show never made a profit.

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#20WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:03pm

Sad for the fact that we were planning to take a group of 35 students, most of whom it was their first Broadway show to it on the 25th.

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#21WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:07pm

I was expecting it to close soon, but not with a less than one week notice. That surprises me a little. I expected it to close Tony Sunday.

KirbyCat
#22WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:10pm

This really saddens me.
I know that many found it to be a bore, but I really had a fun time and found the show to have a ton of heart.
I'll actually miss this one.

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#23WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:14pm

I'm actually a fan of the music, and I think the show has some great songs. It could have been a better show in terms of the book, but it is what it is. I was hoping to see this during the summer, so I'm sad to see t go. I wonder if the national tour will ever actually happen.


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#24WONDERLAND to Close on Broadway; Plays Final Show May 15
Posted: 5/10/11 at 7:16pm

So what's next for the Marquis?


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