Spring Awakening to Close January 18- Page 2
Spring Awakening to Close January 18
#25re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:08pmMamasDoin'Fine-Yes for 13, not for Tales. Tales will be here for AT LEAST 6 more months, but I doubt they'd be here for much longer after that.
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
bossbear062
Understudy Joined: 9/5/08
#28re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:09pm
six down 13 wink wink more to go
jk
its is always sad to see a show close
#29re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:10pm
!@#$ 
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#30re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:11pm
^ I think your username sums it up beautifully...
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/23/08 at 06:11 PM
MamasDoin'Fine
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/08
#31re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:17pmI know new shows are lined up for next year but this is a shocking time with so many posting notices so close together. They must be seeing one close and be thinking 'Oh well we may as well close too' -roll on next year! Poor Broadway!
#32re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:19pmI-I am literally devasted and crying, and can barely type.
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#34re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:22pmI'm surprised it's closing however I think it's good that it has recouped before its closing.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#35re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:23pmSeems like the days of the long long run of a show that is universally praised may be over.
Poster Emeritus
#36re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:23pm
*cries*
coincidence that my mom could jsut figure it out once she heard me whimpering and she didn't believe me until I showed her the article on Broadway.com =(
what will i do now... save money and see it more times =D
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#37re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:25pmOuch...I am really scared.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#38re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:30pmthis one stings... SA is one of my favorites and it's going to be missed.
Shannon Bo Dannon
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/08
#39re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:31pm
WOW that is so many closings in such a short amount of time, it's scary.
I never got the chance to see the show but I love the soundtrack and the few clips I've see of it, hopefully I'll be able to catch the tour.
Good luck to the cast and crew. =[
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#40re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:35pmOh My.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#41re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:43pmI do feel bad for the fans of the show and for the cast and crew, but I, too, am not sad to see the show go. I was not a fan.
broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#42re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:47pm
I saw this coming, but i'm still sad
It's weird how man tony award winners are closing:
2003: Hairspray (Closing January 4)
2004: Avenue Q (Hanging in there)
2005: Spamalot (Closing January 11)
2006: Jersey Boys (Safe)
2007: Spring Awakening (Closing January 1
2008: In The Heights (Safe)
Yes, but sometimes people have a third deeper layer thats the same as the first. Like pie. Dr. Horrible
#43re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:48pm
"Seems like the days of the long long run of a show that is universally praised may be over."
a total reactionist statement. we all know that the economy is in the crapper right now, so families just can't afford the "luxury" of a $111 ticket like they did last year.
but once the economy rebounds, and people can afford luxuries, shows will have the usual long runs again.
this statement will only make sense if Wicked, Phantom, Lion King, and Mamma mia announce a closing within the next 5 months. I think all those shows are safe.
let's not all over-react and say that the long run on broadway may never be again.
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#44re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:49pm
this statement will only make sense if Wicked, Phantom, Lion King, and Mamma mia announce a closing within the next 5 months. I think all those shows are safe.
Exactly. And a Tony win doesn't necessarily mean financial win.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
BNN
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#45re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:50pmI was just going to mention that, because I remember they made such a deal on the Tony's about the past couple Best Musicals still being open. I don't forsee Jersey Boys or ITH going anywhere soon, and I forgot Avenue Q was even open! Oops.
Tick Tock
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#46re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:50pm
So much for it being "the next RENT".
I guess we'll soon be seeing bad community theatre productions.
#47re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:51pmIt's touring. It's not completely dead.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#48re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:52pmNot a huge fan of Spring Awakening (though I do love the score) but, shocked and sad to see it go. All these closings...it's getting very depressing.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#49re: Spring Awakening to Close January 18
Posted: 10/23/08 at 6:53pm
My guess is that prior to the economic crisis it would have tried to weather the 3 slow months early next year. Now the feeling appears to be get what you can out of the Holiday season & close it down before heavy losses set in.
I fear you will see a few more announce closings within the next month .
Poster Emeritus
