Will Side Show transfer???

I don't think this is the kind of Off-Broadway production that usually fosters Broadway development. With only a handful of performances over one week, it seems like a special event. Who knows, though? I don't know a lot about the production. Maybe someone who does can shed some light on the subject further.

I'm in the production.

The cast is absolutely first-rate, particularly our Jake, who has a set of pipes on him that would make Fort Knox crumble. (He's also incredibly handsome...)

However...

I really don't think a transfer is even remotely feasible, as much as it would be fantastic. It's an extremely limited production, in a very, very small house, and the public opinion about this show is such that it would NEVER be a Broadway success. I don't think the first time failure was a fluke...people just don't want to see a musical about conjoined twins being humiliated that is just ultimately depressing. (Particularly if you know anything about the real Violet and Daisy, who died alone and poor of the flu after being abandoned at a drive-in movie theatre with no money or transportation, and they had to take jobs at a nearby grocery store.

God, it makes me want to cry just typing it.

(Interesting note: The sisters' birth mother's name? Kate Skinner.)

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Updated On: 8/31/06 at 02:56 PM

No, Jaily plays the flute.


And the clarinet.

And the piccolo.

And the soprano saxophone.

And the alto saxophone.

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it's not off-bway if it's non-eq...

I'll be seeing this saturday and I am thrilled. Unfortunately, this type of a production is nothing that would transfer to bway. In years to come, a revival might take place, but this particular production? I do not think so. But I am so looking forward to seeing it!

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Yes it can.

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Even though we loved it, it failed once so why would people invest to revive it ? The main problem is how do you sell a show about Siamese twins to tourists. Solve that & than talk of reviving it

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