What the hell is bway thinking?

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What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:37am

closing so many shows on one day?

i know this as been posted a lot but i am very UNHAPPY!

stupid eisner

#2

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:41am

Was there a Disney show that closed????

#3

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:42am

Not since September 5th....

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#4

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:43am

*hands Emcee a kleenex as she runs away in tears*

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#5

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:45am

Yeah, I know.

*trys to figure out why Eisner is being blamed for recent closings*

#6

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:46am

no, i just don't know who to blame...

i mean, if he was given the credit of "saving" bway, then i am gonna blame him for ruining today/tomorrow - w/e

i will be seing wicked sadly

#7

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:46am

Thanks Tiff.
*cries* Do you realize that January 4th will be a year for Cabaret, and the day directly following with be 4 months for AIDA? *cries more*

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#8

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:46am

I think BSo is saying that the "Disneyfication" of Broadway is causing lesser known but better quality shows to close.

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#9

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 9:13am

aaaww don't worry BSoBW2, another one will surely open.

:: hands BSoBW2 a Kleenex ::

#10

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 9:23am

You know what is annoying me? I love seeing closing nights, they're usually special. But how the hell can I attend all these closing nights this weekend, not even considering all the cast changes? I'm not a happy bunny.
It's all about organisation, right? Broadway, get your act together!!!

QM

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re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 9:33am

what shows are closing?

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#12

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:01am

Dracula
42nd Street

#13

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:12am

Jan 1st: Bombay Dreams

Jan. 2: 42nd Street
Dracula
Golda
Symphonie Fantastique - Off-Broadway

Jan 3rd: Laugh Whore
Bug - Off-Broadway

Jan 9th: 'night Mother

Jan 16th: The Foreigner - Off-Broadway

Jan 30th: Pacific Overtures
Wonderful Town

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Updated On: 1/2/05 at 10:12 AM

#14

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:15am

There are those who think it is a good thing - out with the old & in with the new. Bottom line is short term you have empty theaters . Long term you may have the same thing if critics continue to rip shows and/or audiences stay away

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#15

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:20am

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Damn, I didn't know Pacific Overtures had posted a closing notice...

Sure, it's a limited engagement, but it only just opened...

#16

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:24am

Unless they decide to extend it, "Pacific Overtures" had always been scheduled to close on January 30th..

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re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 11:32am

Did Pacific Overtures have a limited engagement or something?

(There goes three shows I wanted to see... )

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#18

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 11:44am

EVERY show at Roundabout is a limited engagement. They are a subscription-based non-profit theatre. CABARET was a fluke.

#19

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 11:52am

There's a simple reason why a bunch of shows are closing right now- the tourist-rich Christmas/New Year's holiday has ended, and the dead time of winter is about to begin. If you're going to close, now's the time. Attendance is going to be awful for the next couple of months.

#20

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:15pm

Wait, what? I thought Bug was closing on January 30th and not January 3rd???

#21

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:23pm

Wait, does someone have a link to Pacific Overtures closing? I was just talking to someone today about it. It is one of her favorite shows and she thought it was running until April.

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#22

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:26pm

Doubt is also closing Off-Broadway on January 30th, though it is moving to Broadway sometime in the spring.
Pacific Overtures

#23

re: What the hell is bway thinking?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:32pm

Right. All of the Roundabout stuff starts out as a limited engagement. Many of them do get extension's, but Cabaret was an anomaly. Seven years.

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