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is the Cort cursed?
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#25re: is the Cort cursed?
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.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#26re: is the Cort cursed?
Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:47pmWell, that's not entirely true. The Magic Show played almost 2,000 performances at the Cort.
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#27re: is the Cort cursed?
Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:54pmRight. I just looked it up on ibdb though and the Cort has had 3 shows that have closed IN PREVIEWS, bless it.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#28re: is the Cort cursed?
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.
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Updated On: 2/18/06 at 01:56 PM
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#29re: is the Cort cursed?
Posted: 2/18/06 at 1:59pmLeda Had A Little Swan, a play by Bamber Gascoine in March of 1968.
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#30re: is the Cort cursed?
Posted: 2/18/06 at 2:06pmI 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.
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#31re: is the Cort cursed?
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).
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#32re: is the Cort cursed?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#33re: is the Cort cursed?
Posted: 2/18/06 at 6:28pmThe plot of Leda Had a Little Swan had something to do with giving animals to children to have sex with. And I'm serious.
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#34re: is the Cort cursed?
Posted: 2/18/06 at 8:38pmJohn 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.
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