Wow, THIRTEEN Shows Are Starting In March!

#1

Wow, THIRTEEN Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:33am

1st - Jesus Christ Superstar
6th - The Best Man
12th - Evita
15th - Ghost
15th - Newsies
19th - End of the Rainbow
21st - Magic/Bird
27th - Rebecca
28th - Peter and the Starcatcher
29th - Nice Work If You Can Get It
30th - Don't Dress for Dinner

And Clybourne Park and Streetcar Named Desire are still scheduled to start in March as well. Is this too much for one month? What I mean is, with such a huge influx of shows in such a short period of time, could they swallow each other up?

Updated On: 1/19/12 at 11:33 AM

#2

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:36am

End of the Rainbow you have listed twice. 3/19 & 3/27 Trying to think what you wanted to put in the spot instead.

LOL, I just found Rebecca. It was bugging me what the other show was. :)

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"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter." Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.

Updated On: 1/19/12 at 11:36 AM

#3

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:37am

Fixed. Sorry 'bout that!

#4

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:38am

Is A Streetcar Named Desire still happening this season, for sure? An article about Daphne Rubin-Vega posted on Broadway.com yesterday made it seem like less than a sure thing.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#5

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:40am

Last I read it was still starting previews in March but who knows.

#6

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:51am

It just doesn't seem like there's a theatre for it at the moment. Maybe it could take the Cort if Stick Fly closes--that is, if they could put an entire brand-new production together that quickly.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#7

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:57am

Make it 13.

Magic/Bird starts the 21st.

#8

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 12:02pm

That starts on February 27th.

#9

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 12:04pm

It was moved to the 21st of March a few weeks ago.

#10

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 12:37pm

You're right, I never even noticed that. Thanks!

#11

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:37pm

I know it doesn't open until 6th April but One Man, Two Guvnors opens, which can be regarded as part of this spring season.

What shows do you think will tank?

Updated On: 1/19/12 at 01:37 PM

#12

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:40pm

What shows do you think will tank?

Probably the easiest one to call is REBECCA, since those Euro-rock musicals that have decade-plus runs in Vienna and Stuttgart have never really clicked on Broadway. But you never know.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#13

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:40pm

According to their facebook, STREETCAR will be announcing details shortly.

#14

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:51pm

Magic/Bird TANK

#15

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:53pm

^ LOMBARDI ran for nine months. You never know.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#16

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:56pm

Yeah but LOMBARI was in a SMALL theater and had theater fans going for Judith Light as well as sports fans.

MAGIC/BIRD is going into a huge house with nothing to bring in the show queens.

#17

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:00pm

Jordan, no offense but do they really need to bring in the 'show queens'. I mean both of the players chronicled in the show have acheivied larger than life staus in the sports community, with their popularity spreading across generations. There rivalry was fairly well known and actually sounds like good play material. Plus it's a chance to get people to broadway that wouldn't normally think to go and see a play. The show manily needs the promotion and some good reviews. It'll do alright.

Updated On: 1/19/12 at 02:00 PM

#18

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:03pm

Is MAGIC/BIRD getting any sports money, as LOMBARDI did? That could easily keep the show open.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#19

Wow, TWELVE Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:04pm

I'm interested in seeing:
1st - Jesus Christ Superstar
12th - Evita
15th - Ghost
15th - Newsies
19th - End of the Rainbow
27th - Rebecca
28th - Peter and the Starcatcher
29th - Nice Work If You Can Get It

This is going to be a great year for musical theatre, I think :)

#20

Wow, 13 Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:04pm

is 9 months good?

I'm sure their last few months were because of the Super Bowl win.

I just hope the ladies who watch Basketball Wives will be able to persuade their husbands to come to the theatre. And all of the people who are watching stick fly too.


How about Nice Work? ? ? ? Will Matthew B. be able to hold it up for a few months.

#21

Wow, 13 Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:06pm

is 9 months good?

Considering the average commercial play on Broadway without rave reviews or majorly bankable stars runs about ten minutes, I'd say it's good, yeah.

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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

Updated On: 1/19/12 at 02:06 PM

#22

Wow, 13 Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:07pm

A straight play that's good. Moreover i think they just need to see if they can get any ads or do any promotion with ESPN. If they try that i'll think they'll be able ot stick it out. As for Nice Work i have a feeling it'll go the way promises went.

#23

Wow, 13 Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:10pm

"it's a chance to get people to broadway that wouldn't normally think to go and see a play.

if it's good. If it's bad, they'll never come back.

#24

Wow, 13 Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:21pm

Poparia, if it's even half as good as the source material of the rivalry it'll do good. And yes that's a chance but i'm hopeful. It's a interesting enough idea at least.

#25

Wow, 13 Shows Are Starting In March!

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:23pm

I'm curious to see what they do with the design for Magic/Bird. It makes sense to do it in the round so you can have the court atmosphere, but in a traditional theater, I'm not sure the show will work so well. Has it even had an out-of-town tryout or anything? Are we even sure the show is dramatically entertaining? I thought Lombardi was actually pretty good, and I loved the design/direction of it, and I'm a "theater queen."

And Rebecca needs a better marquee. That poster is BORING.