Because I have never seen it and the world likes to torture me.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
because the world is full of people who will do anything for money. if profits even slightly begin to decrease, thats the end of the show and screw the tons of people who love it
La Cage Aux Follies will be at the Marquis Theatre. I DONT WONT IT TO END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
Because no one wants to see pop stars like Michelle T. Williams come in and ruin a terriffic musical.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
AIDA is closing because business at the box office had dropped considerably. It could never sustain the semi-bleak weeks between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
To quote Mama Rose: "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
You saw Gypsy at Gateway? I live in near there and really wanted to see it. Can you tell me how it was? Sorry to interupt this thread, only answer if you've seen it and let the main topic continue...
the thing is that they managed to milk aida for some cash with the stunt casting but it was hemorrhaging cash.
since they posted a closing notice they've averaged $610k a week on 81% attendance. in the 13 weeks prior to that they were averaging $574k on 76% attendance. in the 13 weeks prior to that it was $592k a week on 70% attendance, but that figure's skewed with the thanksgiving and christmas holidays figured in. without those 3 big weeks it was doing $521k a week on 65% attendance.
they were able to drum up business with some stunt casting and with the closing notice they can milk it for a few months with the "see it before it closes" ads. but this is a big show and has a pretty big weekly to make so looking at another fall of diminishing box office, better to go out on a big note.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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Sumofallthings - indeed - all hail the Family Guy's writers - especially since they changed the meaning of "for" to "from", but I'm confused. On one hand I can understand Aida closing - but I cannot except that someone actually enjoyed Christy Carlson Romano in Beauty and the Beast! just my opinion - let's have some fun with it!
"What could a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate? I am now telling the computer exactly what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate!"
Has anyone actually ever seen AIDA? It is closing cause it needs to go away. Make room for BETTER things...Although I am doubtful 'ALl Shoook Up' will be that show. Don't get me wrong, I love Aida. But it was gettin kind of old...like RENT! *gasp* did he say that? I thnk he did!