Wedding Singer to Close 12/31/06 — Page 3

I'm sad for the cast and crew who will be out of work, but we all saw this coming. The show has been losing money for quite some time now, had very little chance of recouping. At least the cast was given plenty of notice, so they can find work before the show closes.

On another note, I'm glad that there's finally a theatre available for Curtains! It's like the Broadway Circle of Life: out with the old and in with the new.

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>>Although this is sad for many of you, think of the positive. Open theatre for new show!<<

Sorry for the threadjack. How long would it take before a new show would move in? On average. Days, weeks, months?

oh, well seeing Matt would be cool, too

:)

The day has come. One of my favorite shows is closing. Some might say to me, "THIS is one of your favorite shows of all Broadway?" I would definitely say yes. It was one of my favorite movies, and I watched it grow and thrive and become a cult Broadway hit. I loved the music, the dancing, the dialogue, the lyrics, the costumes, the sets, the characters, everything. It was one great, energetic, fun, exciting show.

"and a deal was recently made with Music Theatre International for stock and amateur rights."

I like that. :)

Stephen Lynch must do another Broadway show once this closes.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe I came on this site and this was the top thread. Even though I knew it'd happen, I didn't think we'd hear the announcement yet. And it makes it so...final. Does that mean we still have a chance at a WS Thanksgiving Day Parade performance?

In the very least I can console myself with the fact that today I bought a ticket for a bus trip to NY on November 11th. You can bet I'll be at the matinee that day.

EDIT: I forgot I wanted to comment on the linked article. Did it bother anyone else that a ton of words weren't even spelled out? First of all, it makes it look not professional, so the optimist in me wanted to say it was fake, but it's not. Even so, I think the show at least deserves a real article without abbreviated words. It looked lazy.

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Updated On: 10/25/06 at 09:20 PM

Just heard today from someone close to CURTAINS that they go into rehearsal in January and the show will start performances in early March.

liotte, that is insanely awesome!

take me with you.

Good show. Fun. I had a good time. I'll be seeing it on tour.

Do you guys think this'll affect rush in mid-November, or no?

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Now Legally Blonde should rush in that revolving-door theatre/cineplex and Mermaid moves to the Palace.

What a big surprise huh?

Camping out in the freezing cold for THE WEDDING SINGER?

Thank you, but no thanks.

I wish I had had the chance to see this, but what can you do. And there's always the tour to look forward too. It will be going ahead, as it's allready scheduled to be part of the newly formed Broadway in St. Petersburg's innagural season in 2007/2008, along with Sweeney Todd.