NY POST On "Fela!" Transfer
NY POST On "Fela!" Transfer
#1NY POST On "Fela!" Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 8:27am
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/theater/
Sorry if already posted ! VERY exciting !!!
Its going to take an amazing performance to beat Sahr for the Tony- Still really surprised he didnt win the Drama Desk-
Cant wait for this !!
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 8:59amI forget, did crowds really "flock" to the show ar 37 Arts?
#2re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 9:25am
I know it extended at least once, but I remember it being fairly easy to get tickets to.
Updated On: 5/22/09 at 09:25 AM
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 9:59amHow is it an $11 million dollar production?
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Attendthetale331
Featured Actor Joined: 1/8/06
#5re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 10:00am
Fela actually sold out the entire run plus the extension after it opened.
"Listen to the song that I sing and trust me..."
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#6re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 12:51pm$11? What makes the production so big? He said it had a pretty hefty weekly running cost. How so? Was there a big set or something?
barcelona20
Broadway Star Joined: 1/19/08
#7re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 12:56pmNo big set, just some projections. $11 million seems a little high, but it's probably due to the large size of the cast, and the typical costs of running a broadway show these days.
#8re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 12:57pmyesyesyes!
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#10re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 4:27pm
Tickets were extemely hard to come by for the last few weeks of the run. I just hope that they plug a lot of money into the marketing of the show. As amazing as it is, its going to be tough sell on Broadway.
I just hope they keep the "audience participation" part in !! Seeing that (dont want to "Spoil") in a larger house would be incredible !
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#11re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 11:30pmHuh. Wonder why it didn't transfer this season.
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WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 11:31pm
The Post article blames the recession.
#13re: NY POST On 'Fela!' Transfer
Posted: 5/22/09 at 11:55pmthe projections are very costly due to the complexity of them
