What Shows Do You Think Closed Before It's Prime- Page 2

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 6:48pm

Ditto on The Civil War

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 6:56pm

The world is always a happier place when TWHM is playing on Broadway (besides, it keeps me off the streets on weekends!)

Other shows that closed prematurely:

DEAR WORLD
MACK AND MABEL
THE FULL MONTY

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 6:57pm

Agree with all 3 just posted by Dollypop

[Phantom05]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 6:58pm

Oh I completely agree with everyone who mentioned Frank Wildhorn's Civil War! I saw the Broadway National Touring Company, and thought that it was amazing...Definitely an emotional piece of musical theatre!

Phantom05

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 7:02pm

Uhm,,,Roxy....I posted FOUR shows!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 7:04pm

Yes you did but my post would still be the same. Old age is not a pretty thing. Getting old - there's no future in it

For bashing The Civil War, critics should be placed in front of military firing squad - composed of cast members of TCW

Updated On: 10/21/03 at 07:04 PM

Posted: 10/21/03 at 7:06pm

Witches of Eastwick is one of those cds that I listen to all the time. It is a happy show that I enjoy. I love "Another Night at Darryl's" that Lucie Arnez sang.

[King Stevos]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 7:10pm

I love you youre perfect Now Change.;D
On a real note, I think that Urban Cowboy might have closed a bit early, or gone through the Scarlet Pimp ordeals. And maybe Dance of the Vampire's opened to soon.

STEVOS

Posted: 10/21/03 at 7:27pm

DOTV could have been saved if it had done a 'pimpernel'

Also Urban Cowboy, I heard was just not what the world wanted or needed right now, I guess. BUT I would have liked to have heard a cast recording.

[DofB5]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 7:48pm

I have to agree with DOTV. It closed way before it's time.

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[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 8:07pm

CATS and LES MIS.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 8:13pm

I thought it best when SEUSSICAL closed, but then when I saw the tour with the re-working of the show, I was astounded. I wish they would have brought the tour to Broadway, it was SO much better and would have been a success.

[Benzy92]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 8:28pm

I think I'm just about the only person who loved The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I thoght the music was very good and the physical production was amazing!

[Benzy92]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 8:28pm

I think I'm just about the only person who loved The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I thoght the music was very good and the physical production was amazing!

[sharon1]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 8:35pm

I know it was not a musical but I really enjoyed The Play What I Wrote. It had the audience and me in the aisle with laughter.
Don't get it.

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 10/21/03 at 9:39pm

I thought that Zanna, Don't! would move on to bigger better things.

[Corine2]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 10:06am

I loved Zanna and agree it should have been around longer.
I heard that it might tour soon.

[magruder]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 10:46am

God, the headline on this thread is driving me crazy. Grammar police again, I know, but I flinch every time I look at it.

Posted: 10/22/03 at 10:57am

Lippa's "The Wild Party"

[Auggie27]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 11:03am

I'm fascinated by all the support given to Witches of Eastwick. To be fair, when I saw it, the original ladies were gone, except for J. Riding. But the score didn't land for me in the theatre. Seemed very faux Hamlisch and too ballad-driven. Reading all these posts, I'm tempted to buy the CD and give it a shot. Sometimes, our ears and hearts fail us, no? The night I saw it, the audience barely acknowledged it. But the same week I saw A.L.W's Beautiful Game, which I still think a much underappreciated piece. That CD I did buy. I think the internecine warfare vis a vis the Troubles in Ireland make it a hard sell in this country, but it's a very ambitious piece, and its one year only in London startled me. I think if anyone besides Andrew had written it, it might've been given more respect. And GAME admirers here? A couple of the songs go poignant exposure after 9/11.

[Kicks8567]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 5:00pm

Zanna Don't
Titanic
Les Miz
Miss Saigon
Flower Drum Song
Dance of the Vampires

[The8re phan]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 6:43pm

I agree with earlier choices like Side Show & Zanna Don't. Would also add Carrie & Radiant Baby.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 6:55pm

Into the Woods! I was hoping it would run and they would keep getting big names to be The Witch. It could have been fun. I love that show with all my heart and the revival was spectacular (I preferred this production to the original, but the original cast was better). Why, oh why?!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 9:32pm

Closer Than Ever...it only lasted nine months.

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 10/22/03 at 9:42pm

YES! Into The Woods. I didn't get a chance to see it, but I definitely wanted to, because I loved the original on tape, and I liked the new recording. I was very upset when it closed. I think big names for the Witch could have been really, really fun.