Saturday, September 20, 2008
[title of show] to Close On Broadway in October
Playbill News: "[title of show] — the new musical that would rather be nine people's favorite thing than 100 people's ninth favorite thing — will play its final performance at the Lyceum Theatre Oct. 12, the producers announced Sept. 19."
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I thought we just read an article about this show opening two weeks ago.... I don't understand if they are doing well, but may not be someone's NUMBER ONE FAVORITE!, why they would close. So much work has been put into it and it had the potential of going longer, so why not?
Pretty much because people aren't going. A lot of shows that have small, but extremely loyal, fanbases end up closing early because these fanbases cannot afford to see the show that often. The show simply does not have the mainstream appeal or award recognition that other shows have. It's lack of stars also does not help its chances. I really was not at all surprised with reading that the show was closing, regardless of how good it may be.
It's so sad to knwo this show is closing. It seemed like a great show from all the articles I have read on it. To bad the fan base isn't bigger or that it isn't more mainstream. Maybe this will add a new layer to the show and some more plit like when it made its jump from Off-Broadway to Broadway. Best of luck to the cast and crew!
It saddens me that this show, is closing simply because i heard good things about it and I would have really liked to have the opportunity to see it. Unfortunately these things happen and we all move on there will be many more shows out there for us to go see.
I agree with Katherine, it is sad that some really good, original shows are forced to close because their fanbase is too small and the play isn't mainstream enough. However, I have no idea what solution to propose to this problem. You could monitor how much money shows spend on publicity and limit them so that the industry is more equal but that doesn't seem fair at all.
It's sad to see a show like this close, but the fact is, it happens. I just personally wish it would happen to shows such as "Legally Blonde," which has little-to-no plot or meaningful substance. It does show, once again, how theatre that takes risks does not always stay up for too long; but, it's definitely worth doing. Best of luck to the cast and creative team!
The fact that a show is closing after two weeks makes me quite sad. I'm honestly fairly shocked that they would let a show end that quickly. The possible for financial returns on this has gotta be pretty close to zilch. Beyond the fact that I feel bad for the actors who are out of a job after two weeks, the technical side has to be distraught since on some levels they just got done building and installing the set just to have to take it down.
I would echo andrew's comments to a T. It bugs me that shows which are appealing to the "MTV" generation are doing better than shows which take risks artistically. {title of show} was something I was looking forward to seeing and now it seems as If I will not get a chance. I hope that fewer shows meet the sad end as {title of show}
It's the market nowadays. Everyone is looking for something they know. When a family decides to take a trip to New York, their first show in mind isn't a story about two 'nobody's in New York' - but rather a show about that one character who Reese Witherspoon played in that one movie with Luke Wilson.
It's sad to see producers force a family of five to pay 500+ just to see a stupid movie they've already seen before, but live!
I'm so upset about this! [Title of Show] was such an underdog story, and I was realy hoping it would succeed!
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