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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:06pm
Not surprising, given their low grosses and lack of significant nominations.

This about locks up the Tony for Eddie Redmayne, though.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:09pm
Well that was fast. I just told my Economics teacher that it was looking like it would be a front runner for Best Play. I could have not have been more wrong. LOL.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:11pm
I wish I could see this but they still have no rush, right?...anybody know what the price at TKTS has been like?
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:13pm
Yikes. I'm glad I was able to see it this weekend.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:13pm
Another Coram Boy. A highly touted drama goes belly up. A shame as I thought it was an awesome show.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:13pm
And they didn't offer a student rush... why?
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:19pm
Such a shame... enjoyed it very much during its early previews. Glad I got to see it.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:27pm
No! I was looking forward to seeing it so much!
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:33pm
Oh no, what a bummer! I'm so sad that I won't get to see this. They threw in the towel extremely quickly.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:36pm
This flamed out faster than the REAL Enron!
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:39pm
Eeek. I didn't like it, but there are a lot of great people involved and I wish it could've run through the end of June at least. I think the topic just hit too close to home for American audiences.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 6:46pm
Everytime I've worked at TKTS it's been listed as 50%.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:00pm
No! I really wanted to see it. ENRON to close 5/9
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:03pm
I hated the show and am not at all surprised by this news.

Let's hope Norbert and Marin's next shows are able to showcase their talents.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:05pm
Wow- this is incredible. Has there ever been such a disjunction of success between West End and Broadway before?
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:05pm
Wow, that was fast.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:07pm
"Has there ever been such a disjunction of success between West End and Broadway before?"

Yes, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread - CORAM BOY. A hit in London, but played 17 previews and 30 performances in NYC. (another shows I despised by the way)
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:11pm
Huh. That's absolutely amazing... especially given that the source material is American originated. Too bad! The accounting geek in me was looking forward to this in another week!!
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:13pm
Yikes! I guess I am going to have to go later this week.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:16pm
I just remembered another London transfer failure - FESTEN. It lasted 20 previews and 49 performances on Broadway. I kind of liked that show though...save for Ali MacGraw's bad acting.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:18pm
This show really suffered from failing the "tourist test" if nothing else. (And I have not read any reviews or seen any other info on the actual production before today.)

Just hearing the title and description of this show people gave the "Why on earth would I want to see a show about that?" reaction. And, being honest, if Norbert and Marin were not in it, and I didn't desire to see everything, I would have never wanted to see it either. West End schadenfreude about American failures somehow played well there, and didn't play well here. Shocking.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:23pm
Jesus, that run was about as long as Lestat's...

I might be seeing it Saturday. Huzzah!
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:30pm
LESTAT played 39 regular performances - more than double the 15-performance run of ENRON.
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Posted: 5/4/10 at 7:37pm
Although I thought the play was problematical, the performances were first rate and some of the staging was inventive. I am sorry this didn't do better but I am very glad to have seen it.

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