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You Predict: "A Chorus Line Will Run For..."
#25re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:25pm
That's my feeling.
I can't imagine it getting great reviews.
#26re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:25pmI think it will depend a lot on reviews. If the reviews are strong, it will be a runaway smash for a good year or two. If the reviews are luke warm or bad, I don't believe people will shell out the kind of cash they are asking for tickets and it will be a modest success. I think strong and solid reviews are going to be necessary for the prices they are charging with no discounts of any kind.
#27re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:29pmI'm going to say 4 years or about 1,300 performances. I think it'll have a great first year and then things will start to slide.
COOOOLkid
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#28re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 5:48pmI'm guessing however long the revival of 42nd Street ran for.
#29re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 6:06pmI'm hopping on the 2-year bandwagon.
Mr. Tuttle
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#30re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 7:34pm
Also must remember that it is not as expensive to run (although the break even figure for a small show like this is quite high).
They won't have the same budget probs as a LK or B&TB.
But I don't see this as having the lasting power of the original. I think most people have seen enough local community theater productions of it.
Another factor to consider is the "star casting"..although it would be harder for this show than the "Love Boat" known as "Chicago". You would need a star who could really dance (and not Christina Applegate dance). So that limits the possibilities.
Thank gawd we have Ashlee.
#31re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:09pmI am going with 4-5 years. Sorry but I hope it runs longer!
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#32re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:11pm
as long as it is there in the spring with this cast- I'll be happy!
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#33re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:25pm
FYI: The film version didn't win any Academy Awards, but it was nominated for three -- Best Film Editing, Best Original Song, and Best Sound.
I don't think the revival will run as long as the original. Not even close. Whereas CHICAGO's themes have become even more relevant over the decades, A CHORUS LINE doesn't relate to everyone outside of the business. I'll give it two seasons at the most.
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#35re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:31pm
5 years is not only an obscene amount of time for a show that ran 15 years, but something that will never happen. As Munk has said, Mr. Bennet's staging and choreography will get good reviews as it always has and always will and the cast will get mixed reviews. I'd say 600 is the minimum with 900 being the maximum.
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#36re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:35pma year and a half possibly 2.
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#37re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 10:59pm
I also give it the same amount of time as the 42nd Street revival, which was two years, so I'm jumping on that bangwagon.
Even if it gets amazing reviews, the fact remains that the original didn't close that long ago and is still fresh in everyone's minds, so some may feel that they don't need to see it again and will go see something new instead.
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#38re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 11:27pm
What!!!?? A Chorus Line didn't win an Oscar?????
I'm sure Alyson Reed won best Actress that year.
Trish2
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#39re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/26/06 at 11:45pmI would'nt compare this production to the revival of 42nd street in terms of longevity. For one thing 42nd Street was much more of a spectacle which tourists flock to. Also, Randy Skinner bumped up the original choreogrpahy, and the production values were top notch. Plus, it didnt hurt that it played at 42nd & Broadway at that fabulous theatre. I personally give the show a season or two regardless of what the reviews say.
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#40re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 12:14am
I give it possibly 3 months
#41re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 12:22amHaha, Alyson Reed's hair in the movie...gah. It's the best 80s cliche. Hahahaha!
#42re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 12:58am
I also give it the same amount of time as the 42nd Street revival, which was two years, so I'm jumping on that bangwagon.
The 42ND STREET revival ran for 3 3/4, almost 4 years. This revival will not last that long.
And everyone's talking about the ridiculous ticket prices for this revival... Aren't they $111.25 like most every other show on Broadway?
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#43re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 1:08am
I saw the pre-Broadway run here in San Francisco. It is a very good production with a few flaws that can easily be fixed. How long will it run? Who knows? As someone with a great passion for the musical theatre and all the trials and tribulations associated with the "backstage" aspects of it, ACL resonates with me on an extremely deep level (as I am sure it does with all of you).
I find it very sad that some younger kids today do not know about ACL, let alone Showboat, Oklahoma, or any other influential and truly authentic musicals (don't get me wrong, the modern stuff is awesome; but with the older fare, one gets a sense of true Americana and a time when Broadway was really at its highest artistic and dramatic form, you know?). These shows really influenced today's musicals.
ACL epitomizes Broadway; it represents the hopes, dreams, fears and everyday challenges of being a performer. For those working in musical theatre, the show resonates on an extremely deep level; so deep that, at times, it can seem almost too painful to watch. As a "non-performer," a regular spectator, it is a tribute; the ultimate appreciation for those forever-young boys and girls who give us their all day in and day out. In a perfect world, it would be required viewing for anybody going to the city that never sleeps (or anywhere else the shows playing). Jersey Boys; Tarzan; Millie; Hairspray; Wicked; POTO ... the audition process is alwys "basically" the same. And at times, it can be hell. And it is all captured in A Chorus Line. It is the hell which makes it great.
A Chorus Line is more than a musical. Time will tell if audiences concur.
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#44re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 11:16amI hope this whine fest doesn' run too long
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#45re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 11:41amI work as an usher...hope the show runs for a very long time. I've heard the daily sales are excellent. The show, as it is right now (they cleaned it up a bit since last week), is very good. The audience may play a big word of mouth push.
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#46re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 5:11pmat least 1 0r 2 seasons...
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#47re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 7:16pm2 years is what I say, too.
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#48re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 7:16pm
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#49re: You Predict: 'A Chorus Line Will Run For...'
Posted: 9/27/06 at 7:31pmJust about two hours......
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