Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Elton John’s $25m Broadway musical announces closure just five days after opening
The Independent: Elton John’s multimillion-dollar musical Tammy Faye has announced it is to close, just five days after opening night.
The Broadway show, based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, opened on November 14.
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Whenever a large movie or show flops such as this one, I always wonder where along the show’s process did it go wrong. Was this merely poor execution from a director? Was the script and or music non-convincing to begin with? Or were investors too willing to give it the money to bring it to Broadway and it just needed more time to develop elsewhere first (even though it had already been in London)? Nonetheless, it is always disappointing to see projects go this way and always serves as a helpful reminder to always be evaluating your work within the process to determine if you truly do need more time before bringing a piece to the stage or to saying you’re ready to show it to an audience. Finally, I wonder how much flops like these hurt the professional work and resumes of those who made the show - is the Technical Director not receiving as much praise due to the name of the show rather than the work being produced in some cases? Or does this merely work in the other direction where successful shows disproportionately catapult those who are involved into success?
This is honestly hilarious to see. Id like to say that id hate to laugh but i dont. Nobody cares about elton john anymore!! Im so sorry to admit this but broadway executives should have known better based off of how mediocre the elton john movie that came out years ago was. Not to mention i find it a little bit weird how this man is having movies and now musicals come out about him while hes still alive, he must love attention. My mean comments and opinions aside, this all connects to the broader issue of broadway and mainstream media shining the spotlight far too much on older stories rather than newer ones. Nostalgia does sell. Or, should sell? I guess it really didnt with this musical. Nostalgia has stopped selling because something that used to be charmful and fun is now cheap and boring. This is all the more reason to put money into stories from the younger generation’s scripts, stories, music, and designs.
That’s really awkward for Elton John. I do think it’s a little cruel to put Elton John as the main blame of the title of the article because for a show to flop this hard it must’ve been a team effort. To have only 29 regular performances on Broadway is really embarrassing. The article doesn’t fully explain why it failed other than it failed to fill seats. The interest in seeing musicals about real stars I feel had it’s moment with the Beautiful Carole King Musical and Tina Turner Musical but recently is not the most popular genre. I think right now people are looking for shows that explore new topics and stories rather than ones that recount the past. I think Tammy’s story is interesting and simultaneously tragic for the series of events that lead her to being a villain–however I don’t know if I’d want to see a whole musical on it. I also had to look up images of the set and personally I think it is basic and boring.
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