What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
#1What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 1:57pm
So last year Grey Gardens announced its closing in the weeks after the tonys...what shows do you think will announce their closing by the end of the month, or will there be none.
P.S. I LOVE PATTI LUPONE!
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#2re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:00pm
IN THE HEIGHTS, of course.
13 nominations and only 3 awards? Clearly they were NOT the "Spring Awakening" of the Tonys this year. Such a shame. Heh. 
#2re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:01pm
Passing Strange.
C-YA!
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MusicAndPassion
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/05
#3re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:03pmWhatever. Updated On: 6/17/08 at 02:03 PM
MusicAndPassion
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/05
#4re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:03pmWhatever. Updated On: 6/17/08 at 02:03 PM
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#5re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:03pm
I disagree. At least they won Best Book. It won't help but it won't hurt them.
XANADU, I'm sad to say, will probably be the first to close. 
PS has a smaller budget.
kazacalo
Featured Actor Joined: 5/25/04
#8re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:08pm
Passing Strange
Cry-Baby
A Catered Affair
Xanadu (though I have a feeling this will stick around for a while)
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#9re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:08pmCry Baby...followed by Passing Strange, which has been doing consistenly worse than Xanadu. I mean, when's it's 50% vs 60%, it's kind of an apples and oranges thing, but I hope last night's performance sells some tickets.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#10re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:10pm
"I'm hoping A Catered Affair will close by the end of next month"
What a profound statement to make.
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chris d
Broadway Star Joined: 4/21/07
#13re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:15pmWhy would ACA close? I thought the grosses had been pretty good as of recent.
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LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
#15re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:17pm
Passing Strange
A Catered Affair
Cry-Baby
The 39 Steps
Xanadu
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#16re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:23pm
Sadly, I don't think PS will last -- it wasn't my favorite show by any stretch, but it was well-performed and true to its own style of music. Cry-Baby and A Catered Affair probably won't be around for too long, I feel.
IMO, Xanadu's performance on the broadcast will give the box office some kind of lift. Everyone I talked to at work today was commenting on it and Gypsy (favorably). Gypsy's going to run of its own accord, but I'm hoping that Xanadu's will give the (well-deserved) push it needs. Cheyenne, you did some great stuff last night!!!!
BroadwayEd
#17re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:23pm
Cry Baby...followed by Passing Strange, which has been doing consistenly worse than Xanadu. I mean, when's it's 50% vs 60%, it's kind of an apples and oranges thing, but I hope last night's performance sells some tickets.
Actually, Passing Strange has been doing better than Xanadu for the past month or so. Percentage of the potential audience has nothing to do with number of tickets or actual sales. 50% of the Passing Strange house is more people than 60% of the Xanadu house. The only apples/oranges issue would be the weekly nut each show has to cover with relation to their weekly earnings. I'm just hoping the Tony broadcast could inject some life into the Xanadu weekly earnings.
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#18re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:30pmWhen people say they WANT the show to close I think they mean if one show had to close they would choose that one because they liked it the least.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#19re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:30pmProbably CRY-BABY and then PASSING STRANGE...I hope (especially after that really mediocre at best performance on the Tonys) A CATERED AFFAIR will last a while.
#21re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:32pm
LMFAO
24 hours ago everyone is gearing up to celebrate the best of Broadway at the Tonys and cheer the shows on.
24 hrs later people are chatting about which show will close
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
WiCkEDrOcKS
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#24re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:36pm
The shows I think are in danger which I'm sad about are
Xanadu, A Catered Affair, Passing Strange.
#25re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:38pm
"I'm hoping A Catered Affair will close by the end of next month. I have tickets to see it and want to see Gypsy instead."
So go buy a ticket to see Gypsy if you want to see it. What's wrong with seeing both shows? There's no reason to bash A Catered Affair just because you regret buying a ticket for it. Sell it to someone else, or just suck it up and go see it.
Updated On: 6/16/08 at 02:38 PM
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#26re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:38pm
Point taken Matt...I tend to look at the percentages over the money not thinking of operating budgets, theatre size and that stuff.
Which in turn makes "Cry Baby" most likely the first to close.
#27re: What Show Will Announce Its Closing?
Posted: 6/16/08 at 2:41pm
Passing Strange, unless it gets a ticket sales bump in the next couple weeks, will probably close at the end of the summer.
A Catered Affair... probably a few more months.
And lay off. The original poster just meant that it would be convenient for him/her if it closed, because it would allow them to get a refund and buy a ticket to a show they would rather see. No ill intent was present.
Jeez, everyone's so testy around here today!
