Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
#1Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:10pm
I am beyond excited! Even more excited I don't have to trek to Boston to see the show!
#2Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:12pm
WOOHOO!!
A.R.T.'s Pippin to play the Music Box this Spring
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.
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#3Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:14pmCongrats to everyone!....the day AFTER I buy tickets/bus tickets to see this in Boston. lol
#4Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:16pmjust curious, but when/what was the last musical to play the Music Box??
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.
#6Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:17pm
IN MY LIFE, which closed a little over seven years ago.
Updated On: 1/3/13 at 10:17 PM
#7Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:18pmThis better get some buzz and good word of mouth quick or it'll flop hard.
#8Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:18pmWord. I don't see this lasting unless they drum up some serious buzz real fast.
"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:19pmRemember nasty, go to Cambridge, not Boston.
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nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#10Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:20pm
I'm glad they're taking a smaller house. With no big names to sell it, the show has to sell itself by word of mouth. This takes the pressure off having to sell out a giant barn like the Marquis or Neil Simon.
And yes, I'm seeing it in Cambridge, but my bus ticket/friends I'm staying with are in Boston. Please forgive my stupidity.
Updated On: 1/3/13 at 10:20 PM
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#11Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:25pmAny reviews yet from tonight's opening?
#12Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:27pmSongwriter Joseph ("You Light Up My Life") Brooks presented Broadway with a headscratcher of a musical, In My Life, on October 20, 2005. Brooks provided book, music and lyrics for this story of a young man with Tourette's Syndrome, who turns out to be the unwitting lead in a "reality opera" supervised by a pudgy, bike-riding individual named Al, who turns out to be God. For some reason the proceedings were illustrated with pervasive images of lemons, which provided good fun for the critics who put the squeeze on the show. Despite a vigorous advertisting campaign, the show could not overcome cataclysmic reviews and closed after 61 performances. Playbill.com
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#13Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:46pm
I really hope they get Patina Miller to come to Broadway production as well. She's such a talented performer.
Updated On: 1/3/13 at 10:46 PM
#14Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:53pmIf this wins best revival Paluas will have directed 3 of the last 4 revival winners...either she is a genius (which I am not denying) or well she is the only director willing to try and completly reinterpret "semi" classics
#15Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 10:57pmI'm excited for this. Of course its te THIRTEENTH show starting in March, so they better figure out a way to get people in those seats ASAP.
#16Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:01pmI don't wanna be a downer, but this has no hope!
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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lenstersf
Stand-by Joined: 6/14/12
#16Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:01pmVery exciting! The show is very strong. I really hope it does well on Broadway, and that they keep the cast intact.
#18Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:06pmMaybe Whoopi can pull some strings and have them on The View since she's pretty fond of Patina.
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#19Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:10pm
Its a smart move taking a small theatre (860 seats). It's riding on the name of the show and whatever reviews it gets from Boston papers. No real stars unless they re-cast Berthe or Charlemange (which, from all reports here, it doesn't sound like they would.)
Anyone know if Brantley is reviewing?
EDIT: Who ever said Wiki was right in terms of theatre capacity! Still - 1000-ish is not a huge space to fill. Unless, of course, the show is Dead Accounts or In My Life. There were no stars for Hair. It sold because it was good (though Hair is more well known than Pippin)
Updated On: 1/3/13 at 11:10 PM
#20Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:13pmI thought the Music Box was more like a 1000?
#21Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:16pm
If this wins best revival Paluas will have directed 3 of the last 4 revival winners
It'd actually be 3 of the last 5. Both La Cage and Anything Goes came between Hair and Porgy and Bess.
#22Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:16pmYou're right. Going off of DEAD ACCOUNT's grosses it has 997 seats.
#23Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:17pmIBDB had it listed at 1025 which obviously can always change due to show needs.
#24Pippin to Open at the Music Box in March
Posted: 1/3/13 at 11:17pmWell, based on buzz and Andrea Martin it could do well. Hope to see it when I head to NY in May!
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
