Which shows will Covid-19 end?- Page 6

[jiaxing_26]

Posted: 3/20/20 at 9:49pm

Damiensta said: "The only one that I regret not seeing before closures is Virginia Woolf. I don’t see how they will reopen with Metcalf Schedule"

iirc she's scheduled for a Death of a Salesman revival?

[BenElliott]

Posted: 3/20/20 at 9:58pm

Damiensta said: "The only one that I regret not seeing before closures is Virginia Woolf. I don’t see how they will reopen with Metcalf Schedule "

I think Metcalf films The Conors in the fall.  They could always open back up around this time 2021.  Just bump it over a year.  Maybe.  I'm hoping.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/20/20 at 10:07pm

I do think Beetlejuice closes up early but still moves into the Barrymore.

[Kimbo]

Posted: 3/20/20 at 10:58pm

ACL2006 said: "I do think Beetlejuice closes up early but still moves into the Barrymore."

I do think Beetlejuice is probably just done. Sadly. (Without the money they could’ve been making from “final weeks” at the Winter Garden, I’m even less certain how the money could be there to justify the scaling down of the production, additional rehearsals, and new ad budget for a move.)

[cortlandmarsh]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 12:54am

ACL2006 said: "I do think Beetlejuice closes up early but still moves into the Barrymore."

Weren't they working on rewrites for the transfer before this happened? Maybe they could add in some coronavirus jokes during the opening monologue for the new version. It is a "show about death" after all, and people will be needing the laugh.

I wonder how Sophia Anne Caruso is feeling right now.

[Dionysus3]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 12:56am

Most of them, probably.

[alogan1814]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 1:43am

Virginia Woolf is closing

Updated On: 3/21/20 at 01:43 AM

[FlyHigh523]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 2:25am

Apologies if this was said, but so far we have: Virginia Woolf, Hangmen, and the National tours of Once On This Island and Miss Saigon closing.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 2:57am

The national tour of Spongebob is also ending.

[MattieIce2018]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 8:46am

The national tours of A Bronx Tale and The Play That Goes Wrong are closing early, too. Plus Aladdin and Hello Dolly, whose tours were scheduled to end soon anyway but that date was pushed up.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 10:30am

^Hello Dolly just closed. I thought Aladdin was going to run for a while. Is there a second run?

 

If Company, Six or/and Mrs. Doubtfire close, that will kill me. What are your thoughts? At least Company should be fine, right? 

[Kad]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 10:40am

None of those shows- save possibly Six due to its low costs-  would be able to weather a closure of several months. The mid-April reopen date was arbitrary and optimistic.

Everyone here needs to wrap their heads around that and accept it now.

When theaters reopen- and that could be as soon as May or as late as September- Broadway will be anemic. And the months following, it will likely remain anemic. The money’s gone, Rose. It takes time to come back.

Updated On: 3/21/20 at 10:40 AM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 10:40am

I think Company and Six come back. Mrs. Doubtfire is probable as they already started previews. I see Flying Over Sunset ppd. until next season. I feel like there will be several vacant theaters when this settles down.

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 10:49am

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "^Hello Dolly just closed. I thought Aladdin was going to run for a while. Is there a second run?"

I think Aladdin is retooling the show before it starts up again. It was posted in one of the national tour threads a while back. So the Aida tour is hopefully happening instead next season. 

 

[MattieIce2018]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 10:49am

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "^Hello Dolly just closed. I thought Aladdin was going to run for a while. Is there a second run?
 

Dolly closed a week early, I think, and the Aladdin tour was scheduled to close in late April and they were going to scale down the tour to relaunch next fall. They pushed the closing up though because of this.

 

[novel idea]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 12:22pm

This is spot on. Exactly. Beetlejuice will not be moving either. Broadway may not return until October

[(Insert Clever Name)]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 12:42pm

honestly, where would beetlejuice get the money to move? i’m sure producers can see the oncoming recession, there is no way a move would be profitable.

[jr88]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 12:53pm

What's the current thinking regarding Ain't too Proud holding on? I planned to see in late June (rescheduled from Apr 3rd). Regardless, hope we're out of this mess by then.

 

Updated On: 3/21/20 at 12:53 PM

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 2:19pm

(Insert Clever Name) said: "honestly, where would beetlejuice get the money to move? i’m sure producers can see the oncoming recession, there is no way a move would be profitable."

Two words: Warner Bros. 

I think people here are quick to forget the massive company behind this production. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 3:00pm

Kad said: "None of those shows- save possibly Six due to its lowcosts- would be able to weather a closure of several months. The mid-April reopen date was arbitrary and optimistic.

Everyone here needs to wrap their heads around that and accept it now.

When theaters reopen- and that could be as soon as May or as late as September- Broadway will be anemic. And the months following, it will likely remain anemic. The money’s gone, Rose. It takes time to come back."

This is crippling the ecconomy as we head deeper in to a RECESSION...BWAY is not comiing back full swing in just a couple of months...it will take a year or 2 once it reopens.

[(Insert Clever Name)]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 3:03pm

GreasedLightning said: "(Insert Clever Name) said: "honestly, where would beetlejuice get the money to move? i’m sure producers can see the oncoming recession, there is no way a move would be profitable."

Two words: Warner Bros.

I think people here are quickto forget the massive company behind this production."

Warner Bros, even though they have money, is unlikely to flush it. there is no way a move would be profitable, & even big corporations are profit driven.

[Kad]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 4:05pm

Talking about whether Beetlejuice is moving is like talking about moving deck chairs on the Titanic. It is missing the bigger picture here.

[MollyJeanneMusic]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 5:05pm

MattieIce2018 said: "The national tours of A Bronx Tale and The Play That Goes Wrong are closing early, too. Plus Aladdin and Hello Dolly, whose tours were scheduled to end soon anyway but that date was pushed up."

Kennedy Caughell just posted that the Beautiful tour also ended early.

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 5:13pm

Idk why folks hate Wicked. It's not my thing but it's a solid musical that makes a lot of people happy. 

[PutonyourWarPaint]

Posted: 3/21/20 at 6:11pm

I've seen it said in other threads that the "way to go" is to cut costs from the weekly budget.

Sorry, but axing the flash paper and the insane amount of haze used in Beetlejuice is not enough to keep a show like that open.  

You'd have to actually BOOK Michael Keaton for a 10 week engagement to get the kind of numbers that even resemble what Bette pulled for Dolly, or Hugh is getting for Music Man

My partner and I were both part of the American lay offs this week. Without knowing when we can afford basic stuff for an extended period of time leaves us with no room on our plate to juggle seeing shows WHEN they flip the light switch "ON" again. It's a nice thought.  But we won't be able to just "bounce back" that quickly. There WILL be a time for us to see shows, in time.