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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011

Rob

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#1
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:38pm

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#2
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:43pm

Fitting demise for the biggest letdown in musical theatre history.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#2
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:44pm

^ Oh shut up, child.
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This sucks. I was really hoping i'd be able to see the final performance, but I don't think I'll be able to make it. At least I got to see it 6 times.

Updated On: 12/28/10 at 06:44 PM

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#3
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:46pm

Too bad this one did not work out. I was hoping to see it someday.

With Irma you gotta do something!

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#4
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:51pm

That's a shame.

IMHO I see Queenie as being more of a brunette...

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#5
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:53pm

Makes total sense. The show was a mess and selling poorly. If this show hadn't been done by a non-profit, it would have been a bigger financial bloodbath.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#6
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:56pm

NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!NOOOOOOOOOOO! this makes me sad.i wish this musical had a chance.can they revive it with a better book,score and a little casting change in the future?i guess this means no cast album.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#7
Posted: 12/28/10 at 6:56pm

Critics and word of mouth killed this one. Point blank.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#8
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:02pm

Broadwayworld should be ashamed.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#9
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:04pm

Why?

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#10
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:06pm

I was really hoping to see this in January. I am very sad.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#11
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:26pm

I was planning to see this after the holidays. Oh well.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#12
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:32pm

The show really was a prime example of a waste of talent. The cast did what they could, if not adding MORE to what was vacant in the script.

I saw it just less than two weeks ago, and it was a sad sight. A few dozen left at intermission.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#13
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:41pm

The first half of this season has been such a disappointment. Women On the Verge is closing early, Spiderman is a disaster, Scottsboro Boys closed, and Love Never Dies did not transfer. At least we have Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla, Sister Act, and Anything Goes coming up.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#14
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:50pm

According to this blog post on LCT's website (http://www.lct.org/showBlog.htm?id=197&blogEntryId=250), Samantha Shaefer was on for Pepa this Sunday at Women on the Verge. Anyone catch her?

Updated On: 1/9/11 at 07:50 PM

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#15
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:59pm

Bummer. Looks like I'm going to have a shortage of things to see on my trip next week. I was really looking forward to seeing it.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#16
Posted: 12/28/10 at 7:59pm

^ That would have been interesting to see. Shaefer appears a great deal younger than Scott and even Aziza.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#17
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:02pm

I may have been one of the only people who enjoyed this show. It wasn't brilliant by any means but I loved watching all the talent onstage, even if their material was so-so

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#18
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:07pm

I thought the show was fun. It was nothing life altering, but it wasn't trying to be. I had a good time at it and liked it more than I thought it would. Man, January-February will be a dry spell until things start to open up.

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#19
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:24pm

"can they revive it with a better book,score and a little casting change in the future?"

Corine, is that you?

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#20
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:24pm

I wish a cast recording was released so we could hear the music!!

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#21
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:25pm

Albeit it sucks that it's closing, by a stroke of dumb luck, the tickets I got for Christmas just happen to be for the (now) final performance!!

YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE to End Run Early - January 2, 2011#22
Posted: 12/28/10 at 8:25pm

Albeit it sucks that it's closing, by a stroke of dumb luck, the tickets I got for Christmas just happen to be for the (now) final performance!!

YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!