BAT OUT OF HELL Will Play 8 Weeks At NY City Center In 2019

[WldKingdomHM]

The rent is due on Monday. Then we will find out. Calm everyone

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

WldKingdomHM said: "The rent is due on Monday. Then we will find out. Calm everyone"

Rent?  Do you mean at City Center?  Please clarify.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

I wonder how this will go, considering rumors I'm hearing in the pipeline that an un-credited contributor is contemplating legal action...

[leftyloveshuskies]

Jukebox Hero The Musical - was cancelled in March

[SmoothLover]

I spoke with someone who works at City Center and they said that a large staff meeting was held recently and they were told that Bat Out Of Hell was not dead in the water and they were told to prepare for the 8 week run.

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

SmoothLover said: "I spoke with someone who works at City Center and they said that a large staff meeting was held recently and they were told that Bat Out Of Hell was not dead in the water and they were told to prepare for the 8 week run."

As WldKingdomHM posted above, Monday morning should tell the tale.  As always, looks like it all comes down to the dough-re-me.

[SmoothLover]

Oh I see. I thought that was just an expression.

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

WldKingdomHM has informed me that the City Center engagement will not be happening...at least not in the late summer.  Rent was not paid on April 1.

Anyone else have any deets re the future or lack thereof of this sad, sad BOOH saga?

[Kad]

This... should not shock anybody. You don’t abruptly cancel a national tour and then do a sit down production.

[EllieRose2]

This was expected due to the lack of interest, I just feel terrible for the company and everyone who was working so hard on the tour. 

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

EllieRose2 said: "This was expected due to the lack of interest, I just feel terrible for the company and everyone who was working so hard on the tour."

Indeed.  Perhaps back to square one now and a Broadway house?  So much baggageslashillwill that the knives would be out and it would be an uphill climb, but miracles do happen once or twice in an eon.

[dramamama611]

I'm guessing this will never see the light of day. After all the financial problems the show has had, who's going to risk booking them into their theater? I dont know about a lack of interest, but not being able to pay rent in advance is a lack of financial backing or money mismanagement.

[Lot666]

I'm very disappointed. While I wasn't expecting "great theatre", I thought this show looked quite fun and I was really looking forward to seeing it.

[RippedMan]

Did it not do well in London and Toronto? Maybe it's a "We Will Rock You" situation, and American audiences just aren't into it. 

[haterobics]

RippedMan said: "Did it not do well in London and Toronto? Maybe it's a "We Will Rock You" situation, and American audiences just aren't into it."

http://www.msg.com/wewillrockyou

[devonian.t]

"What's so wrong about speculation. None of us think Famebroadway2 has second sight.

Seems a pretty fair prognosis though.

The likelihood is chances are slim they will undertake the massive amount of work needed to cast, rehearse and handle the physical production and everything else, just for a 9 week run."

Hey the mystic Famebroadway2 must have had a premonition.

[SmoothLover]

When are tickets going on sale for the general public? 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

...did you read the rest of the thread? They're not, dude. They didn't pay the rent for their slot at City Center at the beginning of this month. Game over.

[SmoothLover]

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "...did you read the rest of the thread? They're not, dude. They didn't pay the rent for their slot at City Center at the beginning of this month. Game over."

 

Dude, where are you getting your information? There has been no announcement by City Center that the production has been cancelled. Have you not read the other threads or did you just read your own? Lordy!

 

[Kad]

I have it on incredibly good authority they are still planning on at least starting the rehearsal process. 

But, as we have seen before, that is no guarantee the show will actually happen. Frankly, I don't know why anyone would even buy a ticket before this thing was actually in performance. 

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

My spy has also mentioned that an announcement is forthcoming.  NYC or another city prior-to-Broadway?  Anybody's guess.

[RippedMan]

They haven’t event had auditions which is an Equity requirement.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Lord knows they can't have coaxed any of the last cast back. They terminated their contract and didn't even give them bus tickets home.

[Impossible2]

This show is so horrendously bad, I can't believe anyone is disappointed to not see it.

It's a disaster from start to finish.

[SmoothLover]

I would think there will be a final announcement by May. One has to wonder if the producer was taking money from ticket sales for scheduled performances that were then cancelled and investing it, thus returning money to ticketholders after announcing cancellations. After reading this thread I would guess that the  production will not happen in NYC.

On a side note, perhaps the cast would be comprised of the European cast that finished in December. But again I do not think the production is going to happen. I do think there will be some sort of formal announcement.