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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017

Patti LuPone FANatic

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#1
Posted: 6/21/17 at 6:05pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Revival-of-CATS-Headed-to-the-Heaviside-Layer-This-Winter-National-Tour-to-Kick-Off-in-Providence-20170621

"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)

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#2
Posted: 6/21/17 at 6:08pm

Shocked it's the end of the year.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#3
Posted: 6/21/17 at 6:12pm

this really should of been just a 6 month limited engagement.

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 will be starting up in Somerville, NJ on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City, MO(May 29-Jun 3) and is now then touring throughout Japan August & September 2018. Japan schedule: Tokyo(Aug 15-21), Kanagawa(Aug 28-29), Shizuoka(Aug 30), Osaka(Aug 31 - Sept 2).

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#4
Posted: 6/21/17 at 6:35pm

ACL2006 said: "this really should of been just a 6 month limited engagement."

How so? They've been profitable nearly every week, and Sir Andrew got his four shows running consecutively.

Updated On: 6/21/17 at 06:35 PM

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#5
Posted: 6/21/17 at 6:56pm

Ouch! Good thing they didn't borrow the original production's slogan: NOW AND FOREVER.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#6
Posted: 6/21/17 at 7:00pm

It seems as though this following Six Degrees in the sense that both were good/average revivals but didn't feel very needed.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#7
Posted: 6/21/17 at 7:09pm

Im just glad I got to see it, having not seen the original, was hoping to see it again

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#8
Posted: 6/21/17 at 7:17pm

Oh too bad. I saw this revival with my mom and she loved it. She's hard of hearing, doesn't understand much English dialogue, and she just adored the dancing Cats. It's a great family show. I don't get the snobbery towards this show.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#9
Posted: 6/21/17 at 8:25pm

Mean Girls/Carousel?

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#10
Posted: 6/21/17 at 8:29pm

Most people didn't expect this to become another "now and forever" run. It was the original revived for what will be a year and a half. Not bad.

BTW - I do think that if Nicole -what'sherlastname - had starred as Grizabella, it might have made this a bigger hit

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#11
Posted: 6/21/17 at 8:56pm

A respectable run, and a smart move to announce this early. I predict they'll do rather well over the next six months.

usn120 said: "Really... REALLY...? It's been 8 years and you thought it was worth bumping to share that you THINK Broadway "Star" Alex Wyse is Jewish?"

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#12
Posted: 6/21/17 at 8:58pm

Kinda strange they aren't just going straight through the new year, though.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#13
Posted: 6/21/17 at 9:21pm

FROZEN into the Neil Simon?

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#14
Posted: 6/21/17 at 9:28pm

bwaylyric said: "FROZEN into the Neil Simon?"

Frozen is already confirmed to take the St. James.

usn120 said: "Really... REALLY...? It's been 8 years and you thought it was worth bumping to share that you THINK Broadway "Star" Alex Wyse is Jewish?"

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#15
Posted: 6/21/17 at 9:34pm

i cant believe after all this time people are still wondering where Frozen is going, the set model in the pics was of the St. James and it has been confirmed for months

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#16
Posted: 6/21/17 at 9:35pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "A respectable run, and a smart move to announce this early. I predict they'll do rather well over the next six months. "

Completely agree with everything BC said.

This season was also crazy with Dolly, Sunset, Saigon, and Falsettos. That's not even counting the new musicals.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#17
Posted: 6/21/17 at 9:59pm

I guess they wll be kicking them self for not doing a cast cd

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#18
Posted: 6/21/17 at 10:43pm

leighmiserables said: "Kinda strange they aren't just going straight through the new year, though."

Not necessarily though. With New Year's going over a Sunday/Monday this year it means that most of the tourists will be back out of the city by Tuesday or Wednesday. So that first week of the year is not going to be the most profitable week for most shows, better to close up on the high of that week between Christmas and New Year's.

Did you know that every day Mexican gays cross our borders and unplug our brain-dead ladies?

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#19
Posted: 6/22/17 at 12:23am

bryan32 said: "I guess they wll be kicking them self for not doing a cast cd"

Not at all. A cast recording would have been a terrible investment to make (there are already countless recordings)... now imagine spending all that money to make a recording and then have the show close shortly after.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#20
Posted: 6/22/17 at 1:23am

I have to admit I am a bit surprised. Cats is such an easy and reliable show to sell to international tourists. Of course it wasn't doing great business, but it ran for years on much less. It looks like they are closing to concentrate on launching the tour. Or maybe Cameron wants the theater for another show?

Updated On: 6/22/17 at 01:23 AM

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#21
Posted: 6/22/17 at 2:16am

CallMeAl2 said: "I have to admit I am a bit surprised. Cats is such an easy and reliable show to sell to international tourists. Of course it wasn't doing great business, but it ran for years on much less. It looks like they are closing to concentrate on launching the tour. Or maybe Cameron wants the theater for another show?

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I'm not sure Cameron has much to do with this production. The London one seemed a pure RUG production - and ALW had said he had little to do with this one (maybe it was one of those "in arrangement with RUG" Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017 and even if Cameron did, I don't think he has a say on the theatre where Cats is.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#22
Posted: 6/22/17 at 2:33am

They didn't make a dime. Send it away

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#23
Posted: 6/22/17 at 10:21am

Its going to tour looks like. I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#24
Posted: 6/22/17 at 10:31am

Sad for those who will be out of work - but this revival was so unnecessary.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

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Revival of CATS closing on December 30, 2017#25
Posted: 6/22/17 at 11:00am

evic said: "They didn't make a dime. Send it away

"

Wow - how fortunate we are that one of the investors of the production chimes in on here...