JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
mjroberts972
Understudy Joined: 6/13/11
#2JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:10pmWow. I thought it would last a little longer.
#2JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:11pmok? This is a weird closing announcement...
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#3JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:12pmYeah, unless business improves, to what?
It was 6 hours, I don't even like to have sex and eat bacon for 6 hours.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#4JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:13pm
Didnt' we just go thru this with Godspell? Are they hoping for divine intervention?
(Although I love that BWW had to delete the other post about the same thing-- although without any proof -- just to be able to announce!)
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PlayItAgain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
#5JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:15pm
Ha! Godspell gets the last laugh! It might be closing at a lost but lasted 3 times longer! 
#6JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:16pm
I don't understand why they put the qualifier there.
It's closing. There would be no reason to expect that business would somehow dramatically improve over the next 12 days. Besides, even if it somehow miraculously did, no one is buying tickets now for after July 1, and if they suddenly extend, their advance would be horrendous.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
#7JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:17pmI think that goes without saying as to why it is closing, just makes it sound even more embarrassing as to why they are closing.
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#8JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:17pmImproving based on....
ZoeTheGoat
Understudy Joined: 5/9/12
#9JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:23pmRecast the show.
Smoke bomb!
#10JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:24pmI don't get these "threatening" closing notices…"BUY TICKETS OR ELSE!".
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#11JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:24pm
Very telling of our culture to lose. Leap of faith. Godspell and Jesus Christ superstar in one month.
#12JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:25pmYet those damn witches are still singing 8 times a week! Just kidding.
#13JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:29pmIf there's one more Jesus musical next year, can we ban it from getting any Tony nominations? This crop this year pretty much worked themselves out that way but who knows what will happen in the future.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
#14JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:35pmI think JCS and Godspell cancelled each other out. Godspell was doing ok, not great, until JCS came along. Maybe if JCS opened next year, both would have enjoyed longer runs. Thoughts?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#15JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:36pm
Yes, this, GODSPELL, and LEAP OF FAITH all closed at a loss because they have to do with religion. Not because they weren't good productions. Yup. That's it.
And I wasn't aware this show was "competing" with GODSPELL to see who gets the "last laugh." JCS looked like a flawless masterpiece compared to GODSPELL.
#16JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:39pm
^I was being facetious, not sure about everyone else.
I agree with you on all accounts, especially about JCS vs. Godspell.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#17JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:42pm
uh duh.
Did this last as long as the last revival? What a season of epic failures.
#18JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:44pmThe last one lasted 161 performances. A few weeks longer than this one.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
sklabam
Stand-by Joined: 11/27/11
#19JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:54pm
heathens.
that's the problem!
#20JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:05pmOut of curiosity I just compared the cumulative grosses for both shows. Godspell grossed $10,800,419 (which is 39.86% of its potential for the run). and Jesus Christ Superstar grossed $9,699,143 (which is 51.76% of its potential for its run). I think it's interesting we had both of these shows during the same season, and neither did very well. It will probably be a very long time before we see another revival of either show.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#21JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:10pm
Just saying…solution…
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#22JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:14pmClearly the theatre community just loves Mormonism more.
#23JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:22pmOr the productions were just bad.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#24JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Play Final Performance on Broadway July 1 'Unless Business Improves'
Posted: 6/19/12 at 8:25pmNow prepare ye-selves for a deluge of children's musicals.
