Breaking News: NERDS Postpones Broadway Run

[Rob]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:12pm

Click Here to Read Breaking News: NERDS Postpones Broadway Run

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:14pm

Holy cow, what a disaster. It seemed like a train wreck from the start, but even I began to have hopes for it when the casting announcement came out. Too bad for them all.

[bfreak]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:14pm

Well, it looks like Rebecca has a sequel.

[bfreak]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:15pm

I feel very bad for the cast and crew of this though. What a disappointment it must be for them to not be able to continue with a new Broadway show. Best of luck to them.

[newintown]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:15pm

Not sure I'd call this "news..."

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:15pm

No surprise, but it really is terrible for the cast & crew.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:15pm

[Pootie2]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:16pm

Not terribly surprising. Too bad for the extremely late-hired cast, especially since those names finally piqued interest. But so late.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:17pm

no one is really surprised by this but wow what a bummer to everyone involved, wonder if someone tries to snag the Longacre before the Tony deadline?

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:17pm

I really thought this was an April Fools' Day joke. Sigh.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:18pm

Not surprised by this news...but I do feel bad for the cast. Rory O'Malley and Lindsay Mendez deserve better. 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:21pm

I'm confused as to why people don't find it surprising? Did I miss some key part of the history of its development? I mean, sure, it's a surprise that they decided to go to Broadway in the first place, but considering they were less than 2 months from the first preview, the theatre was booked, and the show was cast, I didn't see any reason to expect this to happen. 

[Tag]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:21pm

You have to wonder what kind of person the investor is - who withdraws from the process at this point (already in rehearsals) knowing that everyone would then be out of work.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:22pm

Maybe he got malaria.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:24pm

JBroadway said: "I'm confused as to why people don't find it surprising? Did I miss some key part of the history of its development? I mean, sure, it's a surprise that they decided to go to Broadway in the first place, but considering they were less than 2 months from the first preview, the theatre was booked, and the show was cast, I didn't see any reason to expect this to happen. "

 

It's just called a gut feeling.

 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:24pm

Raymond Lee was JUST tweeting about costume fittings, too.

https://twitter.com/raymondjlee/status/707203002076102656

[JBroadway]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:25pm

I guessing it's probably too late in the game for something to grab the Longacre before Tony cut-off, right? 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:25pm

It looks like the cast was literally in the middle of a rehearsal when someone stepped in and called the whole thing off. Terrible.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtB5jULSjG/

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:29pm

Every other show that is opening this season is in (at least) rehearsals right now. So yeah, I think it's safe to say it's too late.

Updated On: 3/8/16 at 02:29 PM

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:29pm

Is Rory O'Malley on the phone with his agent?

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:31pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "It looks like the cast was literally in the middle of a rehearsal when someone stepped in and called the whole thing off. Terrible.

 

 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtB5jULSjG/

 

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HOW AWFUL. I feel so bad for the cast and crew. I can't even imagine what that feels like 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:31pm

I wonder if Michael Riedel is gonna be covering this story.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:31pm

I hope Rory O'Malley already fired his agent, honestly.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:35pm

Well that sucks. That investor is a witch

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:36pm

What an awkward time to cancel the time during a rehearsal! So glad to see the cast's closeness in that picture