re: what shows need to close?
re: what shows need to close?
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 8:39pm
Which one's your favorite?
Do a search.
Updated On: 10/30/06 at 08:39 PM
#2re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 8:40pm
something other than Wedding Singer
how 'bout Chicago...i've never really liked it, and it is a revival that's last 10 years now...
#4re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 8:45pm
Tarzan
Times they are a changin'
Spelling Bee (it was 'ok' with the OBC, now its bleck IMO)
Lestat (Althought it continues to sell out every performance)
#5re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 8:55pm
Lestat closed in May....
I hope that was a joke.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#6re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 8:59pmYankee, that cracked me up!!
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
Over_the_Moon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
#7re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:02pm
Not Times.
"what have we learned? Don't smoke... don't do drugs and don't sing 'Defying Gravity'." -CATSNYRevival
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#8re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:04pmJersey Boys! i am so upset that it won "Best Musical" because I don't beleive in the Jukebox...
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
i*heart*fame
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/04
#9re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:23pmIs it just a figment of your imagination? A jukebox, as a music-player, will continue to exist without your belief.
"Don't thank your parents, if you were raised in a nurturing environment you wouldnt be in show business"--Conan O'Brien at the 2006 Emmy Awards
AudreyTwoTwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/06
#10re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:31pm
although I do like RENT a lot, I think it's seen it's day and is time to close. You can all kill me now...
I was disappointed that Jersey Boys won the Tony, but I want to see JLY (who is very hott in my opinion) before he goes. So yeah. :)
The Best of Times is Now!
#11re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:32pm
Lestat closed?!?!
What the hell?
It was amazing.
#12re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:36pm
Blahh..let's not wish ill will on any shows.
I have some that aren't my favorites, or I don't care for, but I don't wish unemployment for actors and those who are employed by a show.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
#13re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:42pm
Phantom of the Opera- Awful. Awful. Awful.
Rent- Past its prime.
Chicago should not close. It's has better writing than half the crap on Broadway now. Just because the casting lately has sucked doesn't mean it deserves to close. Phantom and Rent have been poorly written since day one.
#14re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 9:52pm
"Phantom and Rent have been poorly written since day one."
Harsh.
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#15re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:01pm
Perhaps all with the exception of Chicago, Grey Gardens, A Chorus Line, Company, and ummmmm...........
icantbelive
Featured Actor Joined: 5/5/06
#16re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:11pm
Mamma Mia, it has definitely been way too long that that train wreck has gone on.
Actually now that I think about, I agree with you ashbash, all jukebox musicals need to close. What happened to original scores?
#17re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:25pm
Shows that are losing money should close.
Shows that are not losing money should stay open.
This is not rocket science.
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#18re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:33pm
This is like starting a thread
Shows that you hate so much that you wish everyone involved with it should lose thier jobs.
That said...Mamma Mia
Rotel1026
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/06
#19re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:04pmAlways with the "but people will lose their jobs" argument. There is a show ready to take it's place in a short time that will employ new actors and new stagehands. And if an actor/actress is that good, they will likely recover and make it into an existing show as a replacement or a new show altogether as a lead. Maybe even win a Tony!
#20re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:15pm
BEAUTY & THE BEAST - bring in LITTLE MERMAID and get rid of this rusty piece.
CHICAGO - the time was then. No longer has a place on Broadway.
TARZAN - trash has no place on Broadway except on the actual street.
THE PRODUCERS - this show is just NOT funny anymore. It's very tiresome.
RENT - good show, but very tired. No longer fresh. It's time...
THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN' - 'nuff said...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#21re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:29pmClose all juke box musicals, all shows based on films, all shows with game show contestants and there won't be anything left on Broadway!
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
bryan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#22re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/31/06 at 12:32ampoto show coles because it has been on broadway too long.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#23re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/31/06 at 12:50amThere is no such thing as being on broadway too long.
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#24re: what shows need to close?
Posted: 10/31/06 at 8:10amif all the unoriginal shows closed, they would make room for newer, better, and original shows... I mean, should like legally blond stay on b'way?
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
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