another bad week for Chitty

[RYANWOODS]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:26pm

the show grossed 66.6% this week ranking it in the lowest of musicals this week. Poor Chitty, i really dont think its going to last much longer.

Chicago had a good week 100.1%! and Sweet Chairty - 86% i believe.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:28pm

Hear from a source with the production that a closing notice is coming....

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:29pm

Poor Chitty.

[Panacheboy19]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:36pm

I think Chitty will do great on the a national tour. What do you think?

[little_sally]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:39pm

It can't close before the 29th...I have tickets.

Really happy for Charity though.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:40pm

so Marc might not get to go back in the show at all? (since he's doing SWIWS) I guess it depends on when they close.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:43pm

maybe they should change their ad campaign to CHITTY NOW... like RENT is doing...

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:45pm

I think it would be hard for Chitty to tour because of the extravagent sets. If it did tour, I picture A LOT of scaling back.

[MaxOChez]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:46pm

I don't think tour. Not with Spamelot and others going on tour.

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 9:14pm

I dont think it could ever tour, The car would be friggen expensive to ship, none the less, if its having trouble flying at the theatre now, how is it gonna survive on the road

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:04am

Does Cathy Rigby fly on the Peter Pan tour? And isn't there a tour over in England? I think it could def. work. I'm sure people would def. bring their kids to this. I know I would go see it and I'm not a kid.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:06am

siiiiiiiiiiiigh.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:08am

I need to see this before it closes, I was planning on holding out for Marc's return.

Is Rent really using that ad campeign? Rent Now.?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:11am

I saw the new Rent poster art today. I don't know how to describe it accurately, though. They've made a cartoony drawing of what's supposed to be NYC, and a drawing of Cary in the usual pose is sort of floating around. The logo is like what Cats posted. It's very odd... I don't like it. It's in the 42nd Street subway station, for the locals.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:12am

That does not sound good Emcee, I'll try to go down tomorrow and check it out.

[meagan9848]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:14am

I love the drawn ads of Av. Q. I think they're brilliant...I'm curious to see the rent art, but fear I won't like it.

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:16am

"Does Cathy Rigby fly on the Peter Pan tour? And isn't there a tour over in England? I think it could def. work. I'm sure people would def. bring their kids to this. I know I would go see it and I'm not a kid. "

Its alot easier to make someone fly on a harness, and transport it, rather than a multimillion dollar car that doesnt work.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:18am

It looks like they tried to emulate the iPod ad people, or something. It's just weird.

[babykitty_00]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 12:20am

won't chitty at least last thru the holidays? with all the tourists, you'd think at least the ticket sales would be better at that time. And what happens to tickets that have already been sold....refunds?

[GretchaSketh]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 1:13am

I believe it will run through the holidays and then close in Jan. Ticket sales for Nov. and Dec are pretty good. The aren't going to close it before then! I HIGHLY doubt that!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 3:02am

It'll probably close in January unless it does incredibly well during the holidays which I doubt it will. I hope it does, I have not seen it yet but with Raul Esparza, Marc Kudisch, and Chip Zien a show can't be that bad. I just think that when a show relies so much in scenery and when a prop is the highlight of the curtain call, then there's something wrong.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 4:14am

There is to be a UK tour starting in December. Don't forget that the Broadway car is much more advanced than what was at the London Palladium where they had to excavate the stage floor. It's perfectly feasable for something based on the rig at the Hilton to tour, though I don't know how expensive that would be. They might just wait until the UK tour finishes and then use that set.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 5:36am

Judging from the reviews, the show isn't that bad, it's just WAY to expense to run with only a "so-so" audience attendance record.

[WriteInNYC]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 2:55pm

Maybe they can run it in Vegas with all the other shows heading out there.

[JKM2159]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 11:37pm

Chitty is going to tour in 2007. It can play any theatre that "The Phantom of the Opera" plays.