Dylan Smith4 said: "RippedMan said: "...to you, not to the average ticket buyers. He's not a name here."
He would still do great back here on Broadway! That man is one of the best dancers I’ve ever seen! They can put big names in the other lead roles though Carly Anderson should also come over. "
I don’t know much about the differences between London and Broadway, but if a big show was losing money on Broadway, would they not close it instead of having it run on for another four or five months?
I am a little surprised that it’s not doing better in London. The Chichester production produced a rather extraordinary sweep of five star reviews. I guess the London production had no place to go but down from there.
As for Broadway, I did not have high expectations going to see the 25th anniversary production a long 6 1/2 years ago. I think I had seen a pretty flat production of it on PBS. Maybe because it was a one nighter, and maybe because so many of Susan’s friends and colleagues were in the audience (Mel Brooks), the room was packed with energy and there was so much discussion of a Broadway transfer that strangers actually continued conversing with each other after they had hopped on to the subway.
Then too, in its favor is that the original production in 1992 was a really big hit that pulled this reaction from Frank Rich, whom I expected to have little use for a show of such slight book:
When future historians try to find the exact moment at which Broadway finally rose up to grab the musical back from the British, they just may conclude that the revolution began last night. The shot was fired at the Shubert Theater, where a riotously entertaining show called "Crazy for You" uncorked the American musical's classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment and showmanship with a freshness and confidence rarely seen during the "Cats" decade.
