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#1

Y dd th'original SB close?

Everyone says that it revolutionized musical theatre but if that's so why isn't it still running?

Updated On: 11/20/12 at 09:11 PM

#3

Why did the original Show Boat close?

Don't you mean SB?

Actually letting people know what you're talking about is so 2003.
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#5

Why did the original Show Boat close?

Having seen the show, I can tell you that it didn't have a show curtain. Definitely reason for a short run in my book.
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#8

Why did the original Show Boat close?

The producers got into a big tussle with Jerome Kern over tweet seats, and they just couldn't work it out.
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#11

Why did the original Show Boat close?

I thought it would win 27 Tonys, but alas the Tonys wouldn't be invented for another quarter of a century. Like Chicago, it was ahead of its time.
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#12

Why did the original Show Boat close?

Also, it didn't help that A Chorus Line opened 48 years later.
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#13

Why did the original Show Boat close?

I think that's a false causality. I wouldn't call a falling chandelier revolutionary, but Phantom of the Opera is still running...
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#14

Why did the original Show Boat close?

Truth be told, their show curtain sucked and their SB coffee mugs and tee shirts looked cheap.


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Updated On: 11/20/12 at 10:06 PM

#15

Why did the original Show Boat close?

Someone done frew up on me from the balcuny.
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#16

Why did the original Show Boat close?

Isn't dat where the darkies sit?
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#20

Why did the original Show Boat close?

This is why I hate abbreviations. As it still says SB on the main board I first thought Sunset Boulevard and then Sugar Babies.Why did the original Show Boat close?
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#23

Why did the original Show Boat close?

@morganajames HOW can you f#*k up Show Boat?? I fear musicianship is dead in musical theatre. And acting, for that matter. #horrified

It was pretty much downhill after that.
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