Why is aida closing??
Why is aida closing??
onetimeposter
Swing Joined: 8/13/04
#0Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 8:46pmhi. after this i will never post here again but i have a question. is there a reason y aida is closing??? jw.
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#1re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 8:46pmbecause it likes to make me mad and sad.
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Updated On: 8/13/04 at 08:46 PM
#2re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 8:47pm
we don't bite (most of us) so don't feel like your bothering anyone
as to why it is closing, i think that la cage aux follies is taking the palace theater, but there are other members who can elaborate on this one...
#3re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 8:47pmbecause Disney hasn't had a major hit movie this year...
#4re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 8:47pmBecause I have never seen it and the world likes to torture me.
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basketcase
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#5re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:20pmActually, All Shook Up is moving into The Palace, but as for why Aida is closing...I have no idea?
#6re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:21pm
i agree with everyone else
but also...
because the world is full of people who will do anything for money. if profits even slightly begin to decrease, thats the end of the show and screw the tons of people who love it
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#7re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:38pm
La Cage Aux Follies will be at the Marquis Theatre.
I DONT WONT IT TO END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#8re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:43pmBecause no one wants to see pop stars like Michelle T. Williams come in and ruin a terriffic musical.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:43pm
AIDA is closing because business at the box office had dropped considerably. It could never sustain the semi-bleak weeks between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
To quote Mama Rose: "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
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aspiringguy715
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/04
#10re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 9:50pm
Also to semi-quote Mama Rose:
"The good lord says" all good musicals should end before they must resort to saddening acts such as stunt casting.
I saw Gypsy at Gateway last night Dolly 
Updated On: 8/13/04 at 09:50 PM
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#11re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 10:54pmYou saw Gypsy at Gateway? I live in near there and really wanted to see it. Can you tell me how it was? Sorry to interupt this thread, only answer if you've seen it and let the main topic continue...
#12re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:35pmThis makes me sad. I guess they really do have no good reason to closing the show except to tick everyone off.
Thou giveth fever.
Broadwayguy62
Understudy Joined: 7/13/04
#13re: Why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/13/04 at 11:44pm
hey everyone
sad to see aida closing as well. Just out of curosity how much u think a ticket would sell for the final show in the balcony.
#14re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 12:51am
the thing is that they managed to milk aida for some cash with the stunt casting but it was hemorrhaging cash.
since they posted a closing notice they've averaged $610k a week on 81% attendance. in the 13 weeks prior to that they were averaging $574k on 76% attendance. in the 13 weeks prior to that it was $592k a week on 70% attendance, but that figure's skewed with the thanksgiving and christmas holidays figured in. without those 3 big weeks it was doing $521k a week on 65% attendance.
they were able to drum up business with some stunt casting and with the closing notice they can milk it for a few months with the "see it before it closes" ads. but this is a big show and has a pretty big weekly to make so looking at another fall of diminishing box office, better to go out on a big note.
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pray to st. jude
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he was the gimmicky sort
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 1:00amyeah, why do you think beauty and the beast brought in christy? it's been running for ten years, come on! although, i liked christy in the role.
#16re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 1:08am
Because you touch yourself at night.
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#17re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 1:20amSumofallthings - indeed - all hail the Family Guy's writers - especially since they changed the meaning of "for" to "from", but I'm confused. On one hand I can understand Aida closing - but I cannot except that someone actually enjoyed Christy Carlson Romano in Beauty and the Beast! just my opinion - let's have some fun with it!
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bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#18re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 1:47amThey're making so much money off THE LION KING that getting rid of AIDA will make their lives easier the minute it stops making a profit.
bogey_LIVE
Featured Actor Joined: 8/11/04
#19re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 5:09amHas anyone actually ever seen AIDA? It is closing cause it needs to go away. Make room for BETTER things...Although I am doubtful 'ALl Shoook Up' will be that show. Don't get me wrong, I love Aida. But it was gettin kind of old...like RENT! *gasp* did he say that? I thnk he did!
Al Dente
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#20re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 10:55amIf I'm not mistaken, La Cage is going in to the Palace, not all shook Up.
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#21re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:49amAccording to ibdb.com, La Cage is taking over for Millie at the Marquis (sp? i dont know lol)
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#22re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:51amyes.. they swaped... la Cage is in the Marquis and Shook Up is taking the Palace.. due to scheduling. The Palace won't be ready for La cage
#23re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 12:40pm
Bogey, those are fightin' words here. 
Thou giveth fever.
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#24re: why is aida closing??
Posted: 8/14/04 at 1:38pmLa Cage was going to be at the Palace but they are doing renevations I think. So La Cage and All Shook Up switched theaters.
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