is the Cort cursed?- Page 2

[CJR]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:36pm

Laugh Whore was a hit, but it was a limited engagement.

There has been no long running hit at the Cort.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:47pm

Well, that's not entirely true. The Magic Show played almost 2,000 performances at the Cort.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:54pm

Right. I just looked it up on ibdb though and the Cort has had 3 shows that have closed IN PREVIEWS, bless it.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:56pm

Face Value, Bobbi Boland and...?

EDIT: and the third is the LEGENDARY Leda Had a Little Swan, a play about bestiality, that has an amazing chapter to itself in William Goldman's The Season.

Updated On: 2/18/06 at 01:56 PM

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:59pm

Leda Had A Little Swan, a play by Bamber Gascoine in March of 1968.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 2:06pm

I agree with the location being crappy, but it really is a beauty once you're inside. We sat in the first balcony FAR over to house right and the sightlines were great.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 2:07pm

Yes, it popped into my head after I posted. Goldman writes hysterically about the audience storming out at various points throughout the performance of Leda Had a Little Swan.

If ever anyone says we're having a bad season on Broadway, just direct them to pick up The Season. 1967-1968, the season that Goldman wrote about, was loaded with disasters, culminating in four of the most lackluster Best Musical nominees ever: Hallelujah, Baby!, The Happy Time, Illya Darling and How Now, Dow Jones (although I rather like all four of them).

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 3:54pm

What was so bad bout the "Swan" play?


I think with a renovation to the outside of the Cort, it could be very popular. I Think the marquee needs to be updated and changed. and like someoen said, they should at a marquee like the Walter-Kerr or like the theater that had Wonderful Town.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:28pm

The plot of Leda Had a Little Swan had something to do with giving animals to children to have sex with. And I'm serious.

[focusingonmoviesmatt]

Posted: 2/18/06 at 8:38pm

John leguziamo's freak ran there for a while back in 98, it was extended several times and was nominated for a few tonys. i would consider that a hit.