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Post by dot on Nov 24, 2024 18:02:49 GMT
The person I feel most for is Katie. She upended her life and family to move to NYC, and now she’s suddenly dealing with this swift closure. Re someone on the production making a statement- it should be the producers, not Elton. Hopefully she was on a tidy sum! I saw this in London and thought it was pretty meh, but thought Katie was sublime as always. Have the reviews been kind to her at least? One of our best performers ❤️ |
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Post by nash16 on Nov 24, 2024 18:25:11 GMT
The person I feel most for is Katie. She upended her life and family to move to NYC, and now she’s suddenly dealing with this swift closure. Re someone on the production making a statement- it should be the producers, not Elton. Yea, poor Katie. It’s the risks though, isn’t it? Many have had similar happen to them, most recently Mr Madge, but at least Katie got to preview and open. Re a statement: I think they’ll send out something on the final day. They know sales are beyond help. But something saying the usual how proud they are, the unstable nature of Broadway, we will return, thanks to everyone, etc will happen then I reckon. |
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Post by max on Nov 24, 2024 18:33:15 GMT
The person I feel most for is Katie. She upended her life and family to move to NYC, and now she’s suddenly dealing with this swift closure. Re someone on the production making a statement- it should be the producers, not Elton. Hopefully she was on a tidy sum! I saw this in London and thought it was pretty meh, but thought Katie was sublime as always. Have the reviews been kind to her at least? One of our best performers ❤️ Yes, loads of praise for her from reviewers; blame on the material. |
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Post by nash16 on Nov 24, 2024 20:49:27 GMT
Hopefully she was on a tidy sum! I saw this in London and thought it was pretty meh, but thought Katie was sublime as always. Have the reviews been kind to her at least? One of our best performers ❤️ Yes, loads of praise for her from reviewers; blame on the material. The material was sub par at the Almeida. People at the time seemed dazzled by Katie, Andrew, and, well, the dazzling lights and set, but I remember leaving it feeling it was weirdly empty. |
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Post by jaggedlittlepie on Nov 24, 2024 21:34:14 GMT
Can anyone remind me if on stage Katie sang this with radio mic, or if Tammy had a hand-held mic as if she was singing it to unburden publicly? In either case ...do that! She begins singing the song through just her radio mic, and then at the bridge she is handed a hand-held mic by an ensemble member to finish the song off. It takes the form of her being off-air, and then going live to her audience once she has the hand-held. I agree with everything you said, the songs used to promote the show, and the way it was done was really not effective. |
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Post by chernjam on Nov 25, 2024 2:32:19 GMT
Probably silence is a better option than insulting the audience as Mr Wainwright did after the Opening night fiasco. I've gone through these pages and still trying to find out what the story was here... |
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Post by jr on Nov 25, 2024 7:07:16 GMT
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Post by theatrelover97 on Nov 25, 2024 16:26:09 GMT
I bet they regret not trying for the west end as the second stop after the Almeida.
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Post by chernjam on Nov 25, 2024 18:05:15 GMT
I bet they regret not trying for the west end as the second stop after the Almeida. Sorry if I've been slow on all of this, but just realized the Almeida had 325 seats compared to the Palace in NY having over 1600. I get it for the creatives - they've poured so much of their hearts and lives into something for so long that any modicum of success is exaggerated in their minds - but to make a leap from London to NY like this, you would hope some of the other professionals around could've helped coach some more modest progression. Its awful for us here in the states that Broadway is becoming so unprofitable and unhospitable for new talents, creatives and things to take off. The arrogance of the theatre industry in NY will lead to it's demise (again) and there doesn't look to be another ALW / Cameron McIntosh waiting to rejuvenate that street when it falls this time. |
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Post by BVM on Nov 26, 2024 10:12:49 GMT
Very sad to see this close so ludicrously soon but of course completely unsurprised having seen the seating plans. I fully agree with chernjam comments about how sad the current situation is on Broadway and it is so true that shows failing quickly and spectacularly is so common. For the vast majority of shows the writing is on the wall before the first preview - literally before anyone has seen it! Which is bonkers. There is either a buzz or there isn't. Things can't seem to open, be good and then gradually get more and more business. (Yes of course I know there are exceptions to this and there is the occasional little show that could that starts small and via some kind of magic develops into a thing - but these are very much the one/two/three per season exception to the rule). It's a shame! Still, like others above I love being the fan of a cult flop and some of the best musicals in history have fallen into this category for me. And like others, I am far more annoyed and frustrated that this might (probably will) mean the lack of a cast recording. I think the music and lyrics are great and I'd love them preserved. Don't really mind an early closure. Do mind not having something to remember it by. The Moby Dick OLC is iconic. Hopefully they'll lick their wounds, give it a year or so, and open in the West End. I think Elton's name alone would do here, in a way it clearly didn't there, to get people through the doors in the first few months and see it's a good show. And whilst I profoundly believe it could and should have done better on Broadway I agree that was a ludicrous decision to take it there (and in such a massive theatre) and not London. Completely disagree that they are Britsplainig to Americans (sorry but 95% of the (small) audience are not "theatre folk" and would not know the nationality of the book writer and director) but the show does feel quite British in it's humour and sensibilities - appreciate that sounds slightly contradictory but hopefully you get the gist! Also, again like most flop musicals, despite the bile and vitriol in the online theatre "community" the people actually there in the theatre when I went seemed to be having the time of their lives. So it seemed to connect with the very small numbers of the general public who bought tickets. |
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