Head Over Heels January Closing!!

[brdwybound04]

http://www.playbill.com/article/go-gos-musical-head-over-heels-will-end-broadway-run-in-january

Sad for those unemployed, but thank God!!!??????

[brdwybound04]

Thoughts on what will play The Hudson next? Dreamgirls? Tina? Crazy For You? Wedt Side Story??

[Jackie Washington]

I understand if this show may have not been your cup of tea. To say that you're sad for those unemployed but thank God is a little harsh. This show employed several friends of mine and told a story differently than anything else that is currently on the boards. Every story (and opinion) is valid, especially those of underserved communities. I hope that this doesn't come off as an attack because it's not. I've just always been interested in how shows personally effect people when I read these boards and they seem glad/thankful that a show is closing.

[OKBroadwayFan]

Thank God??????

Did you see this show?   What did this show ever do to you?

It was a delightful and innovative  production that spotlighted an under represented community.  

I agree that it was not selling well and it needed to close.  But I am hoping for a new life in further productions or in an Off Broadway location.

[ChildofEarth]

If you are truly someone who is “Broadway bound,” i hope you develop some tact.

[nealb1]

Never good news when a show closes and actors, musicians, crew and theatre staff are going to be unemployed.  

[Broadway212]

I love this show! Saw it 12 times! Sad that it’s leaving broadway. It’s the most fun I’ve had at a broadway show! Will be seeing it a few more times before it closes.

[trentsketch]

I actually got excited to see it based on the parade performance. I was on the fence about the concept but the approach clicked when I saw it in context with the lights and staging. I'm going to have to try to catch it next month.

[Jordan Catalano]

The whole thing with needing to preface these announcements with “sad for everyone who’ll be out of work” is old. This is the theater. This is what happens. Of course it’s sad but it’s going to happen to all shows and these people will get other jobs, as has always been the case.

Welcome to the flop you thought would run for years
Welcome to the world of fears and cheers and tears

It’s show business and this show, whatever you think of it (and personally I thought nothing of it), was running to empty houses for longer than it should have. Upper sections of the house were closed off and everyone has been being moved downstairs to a half (or less) filled orchestra.

It’s time for this one to go.

[nasty_khakis]

nealb1 said: "Never good news when a show closes and actors, musicians, crew and theatre staff are going tobe unemployed."

I understand this sentiment, but one show closes so another can open, right? Otherwise we'd just have shows running years and years and years with nothing new ever opening. It's a shame and I'll not celebrate a show closing, but this group being unemployed means a whole new group of people will be employed.

[brdwybound04]

I have plenty of tact... I see almost every show on Broadway and on tour... countless other shows have come before it preaching similar messages about tolerance, injustice, bullying etc., and lost have made their points stronger/better than HoH. Examples would be Kinky Boots, La Cage, Rent, and Avenue Q... I am thankful it’s closing, because the actors/theatre/public deserve better material and a show... I don’t wish anyone unemployment, just a better show more worthy of their time and talents and that would give them more sustainable long term employment!

[HunterK]

brdwybound04 said: "http://www.playbill.com/article/go-gos-musical-head-over-heels-will-end-broadway-run-in-january

Sad for those unemployed, but thank God!!!??????"

I will never understand people that are grateful for a show to close. Especially this one that has brought so much to the Broadway stage and the world! Equality, Transgender rights and so much more! I thank the cast for killing it each night and being a platform for people to see a show that is about everybody! 

[Jordan Catalano]

it’s a show that nobody was going to. What should it do - stay open and continue bleeding money from the anonymous backer who spent millions to keep it open, just because a handful of people liked it?

[everythingtaboo]

It was an enjoyable show in the end, and they gave it a good shot, lasting far longer than a lot of shows with such low grosses, and least they'll get a little holiday bump to end on.

I know it's dreaming, but wouldn't it be so much fun if they figured out a way to bring Company into the Hudson just in time for some competition at the Tonys!

[kelsey1389]

Jordan Catalano said: "it’s a show that nobody was going to. What should it do - stay open and continue bleeding money from the anonymous backer who spent millions to keep it open, just because a handful of people liked it?"

Broadway is a business. At the end of the day, all shows close (except perhaps Phantom, which might outlive all of us). But if someone wants to pump money into a show that people enjoy, that's their choice and they clearly felt comfortable keeping that show open. This show meant a lot to a lot of people from all different groups. I loved it and will certainly be going to see it again, as will a lot of people. (hopefully this will not be interpreted as an attack, because its not)

[Kad]

A show like this makes me wish we had a more viable commercial off-Broadway scene.

[GreeneStreet]

If anything I got to discover Bonnie Millgan through this show. What a voice

[BJR]

Kad said: "A show like this makes me wish we had a more viable commercial off-Broadway scene."

100%. 

[markypoo]

Kad said: "A show like this makes me wish we had a more viable commercial off-Broadway scene."

Which is exactly the way it was for years and years.

I don't know what the hell happened.

[Jordan Catalano]

What happened is that Off-Broadway started charging $100+ for tickets.

[OKBroadwayFan]

Kad said: "A show like this makes me wish we had a more viable commercial off-Broadway scene."

Totally agree!   

 

I agree that it needed to close and I wish they could have been at a place like New World Stages and with a better marketing strategy.   It was a show that I enjoyed.

[BobbyBubby]

Apple and Moses need to eat, too. Think of the children!!!

[Bwayfan292]

I find it funny how people talked sh*t about this show in the grosses thread and claimed how it needs to close and how the show is garbage. But those same people are now saying how its not right to say thank god!

Anyway, the cast album is fun to listen too, and Im happy this show was the introduction to broadway for a-lot of fans. Hopefully the cast and crew finds work fast!

[LuPita2]

Pretty sure God doesn't care about Broadway closings.  As other people have said, it was playing to very small crowds and bleeding money, that's just business.

Off Broadway needs to make money too. Broadway is now nearly 200 dollars per ticket, so it would make sense that Off Broadway houses charge a little over $100 bucks.  It's still New York theater, and can't be beat.  

[ACL2006]

yes it's always sad when a show closes, but this cast needs to be thankful to its producers & investors for keeping it open so long. We've all seen its grosses and know it should have closed by Labor Day. This cast & crew knew this was coming when performing for only a few hundred every night since the show opened.