How long will The Visit last?
How long will The Visit last?
tombomb31
Stand-by Joined: 3/17/15
#1How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 1:55pm
I have tickets to see it on June 7...based on the numbers I've been seeing, I'm starting to get nervous!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 2:14pm
It all depends on the Tonys & if it gets a bump from any wins it might get
It might get the sentimental vote - even though Chita deserves it on performance alone. It might also get score as it is K/E last work . I do not think it is the best they ever wrote but it is still a solid one
If it does well with its performance on the Tonys and the awards themselves, it should get some bump. Tourists do not care about the K/E 's last score or that Chita is a living legend. It is still a dark piece and a tough sell no matter what. I would love for it to win Best Musical but doubt that will happen.
If it does not win any, hopefully it can run through the summer. I do not think anyone ever thought this would get a long run no matter what.
I think it will stay open until June 7 no matter what so you should be OK.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 2:16pm
You should see Fun Home.
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#3How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 2:24pm
June 7th? That is the day of the Tony's! I assume that is a matinee you are seeing?
The show will almost surely last until June 7th. Thereafter? It depends on whether it wins anything.
#4How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 2:36pm
See THE VISIT, but see FUN HOME, too. Anyway, I think they'd be foolish to close it before the Tony Awards, but the numbers do look dire. I don't understand why it's doing THIS badly. There were some nice reviews and it's been marketed well enough. Are all the matinee ladies and blue-haireds that want to see Chita dead or something?
#5How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 2:39pm
This makes me sad. I thought it was doing well. 
....but the world goes 'round
brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
#6How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:25pm
I was at the matinee last week via Tdf ticket sat in the mezz. Was able to move a few rows back and sat in a totally empty row center. Mezz was half full.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:28pm
The only other musical in recent memory darker or as dark as this was Sideshow. We know how that turned out.
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Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#9How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:31pm
Side Show is moody at its darkest. The Visit is pitch black.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#10How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:33pm
"The only other musical in recent memory darker or as dark as this was Sideshow. We know how that turned out."
Excellent and thoughtful comparison. By the way, you mentioned you had medical tests yesterday. Hope they went well. I heard they did a brain scan on you and found nothing.
brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
#12How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:36pm
I loved Side Show. I thought the Visit was too dark and mediocre at best. It was good to see Chita. But there was nothing special there.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#13How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:49pm
To brdway to each his own. The Mrs and I saw The Visit because we used to care but no longer do. If a show is a hit great if not we do not care. We would rather see a Broadway legend then some of these shows the elite here decree a masterpiece and call you a baby cannibal if you like anything by Wildhorn and Bubble and Shopenhamer. It is not worth it so we no longer say anything than say something and be attacked.
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#14How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:52pm
The Fisherman made me LOL so hard I started crying.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
#16How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:57pm
FN I agree. I saw Hamilton early in previews and thought it was just okay. I loved In The Heights. There was great stuff in Hamilton (BDJ) but not enough to warrant all the hype. I hope it is tighter on Broadway.
#17How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:19pm
I do think a lot of Chita's fan base must literally be dead.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#18How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:24pm
A tad below the belt?
She still has many fans on and off this board.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#19How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:25pm
But a lot of them are homebound.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#21How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 5:23pm
Had the cast album on pre order. Looking forward to actually getting it.
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brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
#22How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 5:24pm
Can't get enough of the yellow shoe song???
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 5:27pm
They missed a golden opportunity not selling yellow shoes along with the T shirts.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#24How long will The Visit last?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 5:27pm
Probably would have saved the show.
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