Any way that "Take Me Out" could be extended?

[Rick Yaconis]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 12:50pm

I'm going the week after  it's scheduled to close and would like to see it.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 12:56pm

It was already extended to June 11th so Saturday is the last day to see it. 

[angoradebs]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 12:58pm

No. They aren't going to announce another extension with only 3 days left in the run. Also the theatre has something else coming in that starts performances on July 6

[quizking101]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 1:02pm

Non-profit plays transferring to a commercial run isn’t unheard of (Venus In Fur and Time Stands Still being recent examples I can think of).

I don’t think it’s entirely impossible, but given the lack of small theatres where this could play (since doing the cell phone restriction in a larger theatre could be a logistical nightmare), and the likely unavailability of the cast, I don’t  see it happening 

[bear88]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 1:10pm

I assume it’s a theater/cast availability issue. All I know is that my daughter’s attempts to get a ticket on her NYC trip this week ended in failure. (She doesn’t want to go Friday afternoon.) 

The combination of star power, glowing reviews, and the leaked nudity publicity has made this show one of the toughest tickets in town during its final week.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 1:15pm

It closes in two days. For a myriad of reasons, it would be impossible to extend at this point. 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 5:30pm

I do think that most of this cast has other commitments but there have been instances of a show closing and re-opening at another theater some time later. The original production of EQUUS closed with Douglas Campbell playing Dr Dysart and about a month later it re-opened at another theater with Anthony Perkins returning to the role he'd played for quite some time.

Also, shows like PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, JERSEY BOYS and AVENUE Q closed on Broadway and re-opened at New World Stages. TAKE ME OUT might work nicely in one of the larger auditoriums there but it's not going to happen.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/9/22 at 6:24pm

quizking101 said: "Non-profit plays transferring to a commercial run isn’t unheard of (Venus In Fur and Time Stands Still being recent examples I can think of).

I don’t think it’s entirely impossible,"

 

I agree it's neither unheard of, nor impossible. But those cases are more the exception than the rule. Granted, that's partly because it's rare to see a non-profit Broadway show sell so well, but even if you're just looking at the ones that DID sell well, and DID have commercial prospects: it's still probably more common for it NOT to happen than for it happen. In which case, there's no real use predicting it until we begin to hear rumblings to the contrary (which I feel like probably would've happened by now?)

 

(since doing the cell phone restriction in a larger theatre could be a logistical nightmare)

 

I actually think this is among the least of their worries. It would only be a logistical nightmare if it isn't staffed properly. But otherwise i agree that it's unlikely, for the reasons I mentioned above.