What will close first Lestat or Wedding Singer? — Page 3

My argument over Sweeny isn't about the way it's presented. It is purely about greedy producers. The concept for which Sweeny was developed was to save money and actually be able to produce a show. In London the director was able to create something for stage and save on an orchestra. UNFORTUNATLY the savings have not been passed on to us the consumer. I am not judging the work on sets or anything. I just think there is something wrong when it is blatantly obvious we are being fleeced. Sheesh Off-Broadway even more ridiculous.

Wouldn't it be nice if every NY Tourist could see a show? Wouldn't that help the industry more this classist system? As Carol Brady once said; "You know Jan, sometimes when you lose, you win."

SweenEy. Not Sweeny. Not being rude, but your opinions would make more sense if you spelled the title correctly...

I loved Lestat but sadly it will probably close.

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I'm going to agree with Bree. Why can't there be better shows to "argue" about? It's the old saying, "six in one, half a dozen in the other". Neither is a good show but I will wholeheartedly state Lestat has the far better cast and I don't care how many people want to talk about how amazing Spanger and Finley were. I disagree and before any of you feel the need to "remind" me that they got nominations, save your breath. Do any of you even know who the 7 or so people who nominate the DD's are? Or better still, the OCC's? Nuff' said. It's never a "good" thing for shows to close but perhaps some should never have been brought in to begin with.

Like Mama Mia, The Wedding Singer is a fun audience pleaser. Thats all that counts. People, especially tourists who are visiting NYC, want to have a good time. The audiences who are seeing Weeding Singer make up most of the people visiting the city and are looking for a show that they will have a good time at. The show seems to have a Mama Mia factor that gets audiences coming and coming. In addition, they just released a new batch of tickets for AMEX members till October of 2006. Because of that, I have a feeling that this show will run for a while. If worse comes to worse, the show will close in December, like Sweet Charity (in my opinion).

Lestat will have an ok broadway run in my opinion. I would probably guess that tourists will just want to see anything that mentions the names Elton John and Anne Rice. However, this show is not in the Mama Mia category. However, I do feel sympathy for the company and believe that a six-month run is healthy enough for this show. As any actor will point out, the experience is rewarding. For now, I would say that this show might close in September.

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