Tarzan Times they are a changin' Spelling Bee (it was 'ok' with the OBC, now its bleck IMO) Lestat (Althought it continues to sell out every performance)
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)." -Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!" -E!'s "The Soup"
Blahh..let's not wish ill will on any shows. I have some that aren't my favorites, or I don't care for, but I don't wish unemployment for actors and those who are employed by a show.
Phantom of the Opera- Awful. Awful. Awful. Rent- Past its prime.
Chicago should not close. It's has better writing than half the crap on Broadway now. Just because the casting lately has sucked doesn't mean it deserves to close. Phantom and Rent have been poorly written since day one.
Always with the "but people will lose their jobs" argument. There is a show ready to take it's place in a short time that will employ new actors and new stagehands. And if an actor/actress is that good, they will likely recover and make it into an existing show as a replacement or a new show altogether as a lead. Maybe even win a Tony!
BEAUTY & THE BEAST - bring in LITTLE MERMAID and get rid of this rusty piece.
CHICAGO - the time was then. No longer has a place on Broadway.
TARZAN - trash has no place on Broadway except on the actual street.
THE PRODUCERS - this show is just NOT funny anymore. It's very tiresome.
RENT - good show, but very tired. No longer fresh. It's time...
THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN' - 'nuff said...
"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
Close all juke box musicals, all shows based on films, all shows with game show contestants and there won't be anything left on Broadway!
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.