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MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31

MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31

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#2MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:13pm

LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? 


"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

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#3MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:15pm

wow I'm surprised it's closing so fast. how long was the "limited run" supposed to be?

also, wasn't hair pretty successful?


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#4MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:15pm

Sooo... Spongebob?


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#5MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:16pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Sooo... Spongebob?

 

The rumor is War Paint has the Nederlander. 

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#6MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:18pm

So will the tour be on hiatus until January? 


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#7MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:19pm

I thought I heard SpongeBob wasn't coming in?


"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."

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#8MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:19pm

Should we anticipate a show moving into the Nederlander for a fall opening then?

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#9MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:21pm

I think that early is a bit of an understatement

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#10MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:24pm

Call_me_jorge said: "So will the tour be on hiatus until January? 

 

Did you read the article? This was the last stop of the tour. 

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#11MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:26pm

Holy crap Batman. Did not see that one coming.


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Updated On: 7/21/16 at 10:26 PM

Harmonium
#12MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:26pm

Updated On: 6/17/17 at 10:26 PM

TerrenceIsTheMann
#13MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:27pm

I'm not surprised. It was very overshadowed by the Cats previews and the cast was pretty unknown except for Chester Gregory.

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#14MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:31pm

I'm not surprised at all. Way too recent and people think it's still not around.

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#15MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:33pm

RE: Hair Broadway tour stop in the summer of 2011. I don't think there is any financial criteria that would suggest that venture was a success:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/HAIR

Playing to half-empty houses on severely discounted or papered tickets for practically every week. 

 


"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

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#16MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:34pm

qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? 
"

"Bring It On" was a limited run that got extended two months after its planned closing date. So.


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#17MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:37pm

CindersGolightly said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? 
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"Bring It On" was a limited run that got extended two months after its planned closing date. So.


 

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Again another show that is hard to believe made any money based on these grosses:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/BRING-IT-ON-THE-MUSICAL

 

 


"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

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#18MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:41pm

qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? 


 

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Could you count mamma mia?


In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound. Signed, Theater Workers for a Ceasefire https://theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/statement

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#19MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:45pm

Call_me_jorge said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? 

 

 

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Could you count mamma mia?


 

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I wouldn't Mamma Mia just transferred theatres within a matter of a week. It had the same cast etc.

10086sunset
#20MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:47pm

It never should have come back.

Who honestly cared to see a stripped down version of the show?

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#21MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:50pm

ethan231h said: "Call_me_jorge said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? 

 

 

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Could you count mamma mia?


 

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I wouldn't Mamma Mia just transferred theatres within a matter of a week. It had the same cast etc.


 

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I'm referring to its pre-Broadway tour, not its transfer to the Broadhurst.


In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound. Signed, Theater Workers for a Ceasefire https://theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/statement

AEA AGMA SM
#22MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:51pm

Since Mamma Mia has not brought in a tour stop since it closed I'm not sure how it could be included in a list of shows (successful or flops) that had a tour stop on Broadway as part of its itinerary. 

10086sunset
#23MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:53pm

Harmonium said: "The tour beginning in January is a different smaller SET contract tiered tour, not a continuation of the current production.  This is a loss of millions of dollars, both for the modifying of the tour set and re-tech to jam it into the Nederlander and the potential millions the tour could have made if it had just been kept on the road for another season as it should have been.

 

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Thanks for the detailed explanation. 

AEA AGMA SM
#24MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:57pm

Call_me_jorge said: "ethan231h said: "Call_me_jorge said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!

It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples?
"

Could you count mamma mia?
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I wouldn't Mamma Mia just transferred theatres within a matter of a week. It had the same cast etc.
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I'm referring to its pre-Broadway tour, not its transfer to the Broadhurst
"

 

Broadway was always meant as the ultimate destination of that pre-Broadway tour of Mamma Mia (which was really only four cities, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago, as I recall). By that token you would include any show that had multiple productions out of town before arriving on Broadway such as The Light in the Piazza (Seattle and Chicago), Ragtime (Toronto and Los Angeles) and a good number of others.

¿Macavity?
#25MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:57pm

Wow! I find this a little funny... Sorry for those involved, I'm sure that the show will have a good life on the road, but it's still a lil' funny...