THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#2THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:20pm
Surprising, considering the star; not surprising considering the grosses. Word of mouth (that I heard) was ALL over the board.
#3THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:25pm
I wonder if Sally Field would've been a bigger draw in a more conventional production of the play.
Regardless, it feels like everyone washed their hands of this production right after it opened.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#4THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:26pm
Or maybe it was (way) too soon for another revival.
#5THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:27pm
Nooooooo. My tickets were for next month!
#6THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:30pm
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Or maybe it was (way) too soon for another revival.
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My thoughts exactly. We just had a wonderful revival a few years ago. Even with Fields, do the producers expect people to pack the theater for this so soon?
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#7THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:30pm
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Or maybe it was (way) too soon for another revival."
It's never too soon for "Menagerie" but it is too soon for this production which seemed tired and worn on arrival.
#8THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:40pm
Wow, I guess they don't even believe that Fields will win the Tony. I personally think it'll go to Metcalf or Linney, but who knows.
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#9THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:42pm
I thought it was too soon for this revival, which I thought paled so much in comparison to the Jones revival.
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BroadwayRox3588
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
#10THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:43pm
I agree, definitely too soon for another revival. Still a shame, because I do love Sally Field.
Now if only the revival of American Idol could close early 
Miss Jezebel DuPree2
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#11THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 12:56pm
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Or maybe it was (way) too soon for another revival.
"YES!!!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#12THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:00pm
For the most part, the only awards that seem to make a big box office difference are Best Play and Best Musical (and sometimes best revival categories too) Individual acting awards don't seem to have much of an impact.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#13THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:08pm
Glad the "too soon" police have weighed in, and will continue to keep Broadway safe from revivals they deem unnecessary.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#14THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:19pm
Smaxie said: "Glad the "too soon" police have weighed in, and will continue to keep Broadway safe from revivals they deem unnecessary.
If this was a smash hit (like the recent A Raisin in the Sun), nobody would be saying that.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:20pm
1. To be fair, people were saying this before it even opened.
2. What was the original close date? (I'm assuming it was not open ended.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#16THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:21pm
dramamama611 said: "1. To be fair, people were saying this before it even opened.
2. What was the original close date? (I'm assuming it was not open ended.)
July 2
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#17THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:31pm
That's a shame. This production wasn't my favorite thing I've ever seen, but it had some really lovely moments and was certainly riskier than most less interesting fare, even this season.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#18THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:47pm
ACL2006 said: "Even with Fields, do the producers expect people to pack the theater for this so soon?"
Yes.
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#19THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:55pm
To echo wonderfulwizard11, it wasn't my favorite show this season but it did have some moments and I appreciated the different approach.
That said, no real surprise at the notice as the numbers have been nothing short of dreadful.
#20THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:57pm
Her name is Sally FIELD, not FIELDS! God, that drives me crazy!
IMHO, I liked this revival much better than the last one we had on Broadway.Sorry to see it close early.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#21THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 1:57pm
I had linctix to may 30th, gonna have to see how I can change my date now
#22THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 2:19pm
I wonder whether the decision is made by LCT, who might risk the possibility of not being able to seat all its subscribers who have tickets for later dates.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#23THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 2:40pm
I called the member line and was easily able to get a refund and change my tickets to another date. I'm glad I check this board frequently.
#24THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 2:41pm
Dancingthrulife2 said: "I wonder whether the decision is made by LCT, who might risk the possibility of not being able to seat all its subscribers who have tickets for later dates.
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Lincoln Center has members, not subscribers. Members buy their own tickets. The onus is on them.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#25THE GLASS MENAGERIE Sets Early Closing Date
Posted: 5/9/17 at 3:39pm
I'm with you, EthelMae. I preferred this to that last revival, which was praised to the heavens. I went into to the Sam Gold production expecting to hate it, based on what I read about the concept, but it was surprising and quite wonderful. Field and Mantello were terrific. I wish I had the time to see it again, but not now. It deserved a much better fate.
