any news on vanities?
any news on vanities?
#1any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 4:37amso any news on vanities? i really hope it gets to open soon...
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#2re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 6:53amIt got postponed.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:06am
And no other news came with that annoucement. Sadly, I wouldn't be suprised if its over and done with. I suspect that once a show "postpones" without dates telling how long....that it's actually dead in the water.
We can hope.
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#3re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:20pmNot over and done yet. Work is still happening on bringing it to Broadway but honestly it may be in the autumn and not in the spring before it surfaces.
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#4re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:26pmI think it's probably better that it waits it out. There's a lot of "big" musicals this season, so I think it might work out better for it if it waits. Also, I think, it would fair better if it opened right before Tony deadlines, but maybe that's just me.
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#5re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:27pmI'm very excited to see this, but I'm sure it'd be better to open either this fall or next spring. They will still have competition but when it comes to Tonys, they won't have to compete with the 3 ladies from 9 to 5.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#6re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 1:35pmI honestly don't know if a three person chamber musical will sell well these days. With bigger musicals like Billy Elliot and 9 to 5 coming along I am dubious that it would do well. I mean, look at The Story Of My Life, there are people out there saying that it wouldn't do well just because it is a two person musical. I guess that time will tell.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:15pmOh winston89, I've been meaning to ask what the "89" in your screen name implies. It's not your IQ, is it?
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#8re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:18pm
Whoa! Unsolicited insults! Now we've got the ball rolling!
Okay, winston, now you call Dolly out on it, and then Dolly can call you "dear" and make a condescending remark that would have been welcome in the Hamptons in 1954.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:23pmPiraquaGuy, you weren't implying that I would say to winston something like, "How sad to learn that when you were born they threw away the baby and kept the bathwater," were you? I can come up with more effective bon mots.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#10re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:30pmI'd love to hear some. Hopefully they'll be better than that mal mot.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:31pmThe only mal mots around here are what you post, sweetheart.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#12re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:33pmOo. Didn't see that one coming.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:34pmThen, dear child, you should get your eyes examined.
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#14re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 10:50pm
Aaaaaaaaand bringing it back to the "Vanities" topic...
I have not heard much either. I'm thinkin' it'd be wiser for them to wait for next year. I just hope that it is able to make its Broadway debut!
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#15re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 1/31/09 at 11:31pmI think it's stupid to say what will sell and what won't sell. Honestly, nothing is a sure bet. This time last year I would have thought "Shrek" would have been a huge hit, but it's not doing that great.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#18re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 1:07amWas supposed to begin on Monday, I believe. Per Lauren Kennedy, its not coming to Broadway.
#19re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:08amlauren told you it definately wasn't going to happen, or are you going by what it says on her website?
#20re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:19am
She announced it at "Sardi's" last night (she was the special guest at James Barbour's concert)
She performed one of the songs from "Vanities", right after she announced that it was supposed to open Monday, but isn't going to happen after all.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#21re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 9:51am
Yes...the announcement that it was POSTPONED came several months ago...not just in the last few days or weeks....so not really news.
She wouldn't be automatically tied to anymore....if indeed there is any shred of hope that it is (eventually) coming.
As said by others: IF it's going to happen next fall would be the earliest I'd see it happening. Godspell was "postponed", Brigadoon was "postponed", Nice Work If You Can Get It was "postponed".
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#22re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/2/09 at 1:11pmi wonder if they're going to release the cast recording or not. the snippets sounded great
#23re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/2/09 at 5:06pm
I wish they would release it! But Lauren will be singing from VANITIES at this benefit:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kennedy_Adams_and_Spina_Join_Heres_to_the_Ladies_who_CARE_Benefit_Feb_9th_20090202
It should be fun!!!
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TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
#24re: any news on vanities?
Posted: 2/2/09 at 5:11pm
Pirag - why do you stick your nose into every single argument/quarrel/nasty comment?
if DollyPop wants to criticize Winston for sounding like a dumbass (which he does 105% of the time), so be it.
What's the point of you getting involved? It's getting old.
