Shows "deserve" to close when they fail to bring in an audience sufficient to pay the bills.
That doesn't always have ANYTHING to do with artistic integrity or quality. Wonderful shows close. Horrid shows stay often. But it is STILL all just a matter of opinion: just because YOU love it doesn't make it more or less worthy of b'way time.
It's the part of Show Business people like to pretend doesn't exist.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
