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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?
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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#1
Posted: 5/7/18 at 3:54pm

They just posted another week grossing less than $700K, and the newest Carole King has a pretty short two-month run through August 4. Do we think it might close up shop thereafter?

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#2
Posted: 5/7/18 at 3:56pm
Please almighty. Let the Stephen Sondheim open up so roundabout can keep producing musicals
And I remember this musical I remember their brilliance And I might never sleep again...
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Posted: 5/7/18 at 3:58pm

I don't know but I so wish Carole King would join the show! I know she has to be younger in the beginning of the show but a lot of wigs and costumes would help,  and who would care? It would go through the roof, I think.

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Posted: 5/7/18 at 4:00pm

I feel like it might be gone by the New year.

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#5
Posted: 5/7/18 at 4:40pm
January. Kiss Me Kate will take the Sondheim for the spring
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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#6
Posted: 5/7/18 at 11:12pm

EthelMae said: "I don't know but I so wish Carole King would join the show! I know she has to be younger in the beginning of the show buta lot of wigs and costumes wouldhelp, and who would care? It would go through the roof, I think."

As who?! 

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Posted: 5/7/18 at 11:24pm

JVJ93 said: "January. Kiss Me Kate will take the Sondheim for the spring"

 

^ This.

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#8
Posted: 5/7/18 at 11:29pm

EthelMae said: "I don't know but I so wish Carole King would join the show! I know she has to be younger in the beginning of the show buta lot of wigs and costumes wouldhelp, and who would care? It would go through the roof, I think."

I don't think reliving this period of her life every night would be good for her mental health.

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Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:05am

Some comedian, I forget who, described frequent collaborators James Taylor and Carole King as "either the mellowest crazy people, or the craziest mellow people, in rock and roll history." I agree- King probably looks at this part of her life as glad it's over, not something she wants to step back into.

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#10
Posted: 5/8/18 at 4:36pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Please almighty. Let the Stephen Sondheim open up so roundabout can keep producing musicals"

And so we can finally get a Sondheim musical at the Sondheim theatre! 

I don't think it will last any more than another year on Broadway. Though I did see the show a week or two ago and it's still a really fun time at the theatre!

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#11
Posted: 5/8/18 at 7:42pm

I think KMK is going into Studio 54, btw.

But a new show will probably be opening at the Sondheim in the spring.

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Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:04pm

This might sound weird, and/or misinformed, but I feel like the Sondheim Theatre would be too large for KISS ME KATE. As much as I like the show, it doesn't have the same kind of "timeless fun" that ANYTHING GOES offers. It's more of a "period piece," if you'll pardon the expression.

I think it would be smarter for Roundabout to pull a SHE LOVES ME and put this production in a smaller house.

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#13
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:10pm
I’d love for Kiss Me Kate to be in the American Airlines. Loved On the Twentieth Century in there, but I’d say Studio 54 is likely.
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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#14
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:18pm

As of Sweat's closing last summer the plan was for Kiss Me, Kate to be the next RTC show at Studio 54 once they worked it out with Kelli's schedule. Not to say they couldn't change that, especially if Beautiful does close and free up the Sondheim, but that was the plan 9 months ago.

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#15
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:26pm

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "This might sound weird, and/or misinformed, but I feel like the Sondheim Theatre would be too large for KISS ME KATE. As much as I like the show, it doesn't have the same kind of "timeless fun" that ANYTHING GOES offers. It's more of a "period piece," if you'll pardon the expression.

I think it would be smarter for Roundabout to pull a SHE LOVES ME and put this production in a smaller house."

I don t actually like KMK (hate the Taming of the Shrew numbers), but I would point out that it was last at the Martin Beck, which is larger than the Sondheim (I think quite a bit), and seemed to fit fine.  

Does anyone know: is this intended as a limited engagement or is it open-ended?  I was surprised that the last revival was as successful as it was (which admittedly reflects my bias -- I just can't see it attracting huge audiences this time out).

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#16
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:53pm

Kiss Me Kate is a limited engagement, ending on June 30. This hasn't been officially announced, but it was on the casting call.

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How Much Longer Does BEAUTIFUL Have?#17
Posted: 5/8/18 at 9:21pm

LesWickedly said: "I’d love for Kiss Me Kate to be in the American Airlines. Loved On the Twentieth Century in there, but I’d say Studio 54 is likely."

True West opens January 24 at the American Airlines, so it would likely overlap with Kiss Me Kate previews- so my guess is Studio 54



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