What has been the worst January for Broadway closures?

Fiddler closing yesterday, Matilda and Something Rotten closing today, Falsettos and The Color Purple closing next week and then Jersey Boys and Holiday Inn closing on the 15th, it has me wondering what January was the worst for closures.

i remember reading about 2009 being bad, but I'm not really sure how many shows closed then.

2015 was

pippin

once

cinderella

rock of ages

motown

side show

this is our youth

the real thing

It was really felt in 2009 because of the recession. It was disappointing seeing Gypsy close two months earlier than March when the leads contracts were to expire.

2009 is the year that jumped into my head as well. Here's more that was missing from the above 2009 closure list.:

‘ALL MY SONS,’

‘DIVIDING THE ESTATE,

IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS,’

‘LIZA’S AT THE PALACE,

‘SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW,’





(I didn't even remember that Slava's Snowshow played ON Broadway!)

@z5 said: "The Humans, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Encounter are all also closing on either the 8th or 15th.

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Falsettos, Holiday Inn, and The Color Purple can be added to the list, however Falsettos and Holiday Inn were advertised as a limited engagements

2009 for sure. Closing after closing due to the recession..I remember how shocking it was. Long running shows closing was crazy. It's not like today where most of the shows that close in January are new / a year or so old.

My apologies, I was reading it on my phone and scrolled through it quick and didn't see them.

Condensed list of all shows closing this month (and scheduled to be open-ended, unless otherwise listed):

January 1, 2017
The Illusionists: Turn of the Century (limited run)
Matilda
Something Rotten!

January 8, 2017
The Color Purple
The Encounter (limited run)
Falsettos (limited run)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (limited run)

January 15, 2017
Holiday Inn (limited run)
The Humans
Jersey Boys

January 22, 2017
Oh, Hello on Broadway (limited run)

January 29, 2017
The Front Page (limited run)

So, 12 total closings I believe, for this month.

Updated On: 1/1/17 at 10:19 PM

January 22, 2017
Oh, Hello on Broadway (limited run)

So, 11 total closings I believe, for this month. And The Front Page closes February 5.



WRONG! FRONT PAGE closes Jan 29.

Yikes again! Looks like you're right, @z5. When did they change their final performance date? Every press release when the production was announced said closing would be February 5, and I don't remember seeing news about date changes...

Oh well, point taken and post edited!

Scarywarhol said: "The early Gypsy closing also robbed us of the ANNOUNCED filming for PBS and DVD.



2009 was a nightmare.



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This upsets me.

Yes, that's the worst part. It coulda been the good one!



I'm actually pretty okay with the Imelda taping, but this production was much better.

Do you guys remember the SNL sketch entitled "Let's Save Broadway" that aired on January 10, 2009? It was about the large number of January closings that year and how the 2008-2009 season in general was suffering due to the recession.

If featured Taylor Swift as Annie and Neil Patrick Harris as Mark from Rent.

In the sketch, the Phantom led a meeting of Broadway characters trying to figure out how to save Broadway, but all of their ideas were useless. Pretty funny and still very accurate: Let's Save Broadway!