'13' closing night...
'13' closing night...
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#1'13' closing night...
Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:55pm
As other posters have said "each show deserves there own closing thread" and '13' should be no exception, no matter how much certain people may have disliked it.
I was there today, the show was very moving, by the end the whole cast was crying and Jason Robert Brown gave a great speech at the end, and cried himself. I really am at a lost of words after today, who ever else was there please feel free to add stuff.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#2re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:56pm
I enjoyed the show very much :)
hope to be seeing Allie back on broadway sometime soon!!
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/4/09 at 9:00pmI liked this show a lot and hope that they all go on to have great Broadway careers.
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Sleeper2
Leading Actor Joined: 2/8/06
#3re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:22amThe creative team behind 13 had a lot of nerve demanding more than $100 per ticket for this show. They let down the talented young cast and the theater-going public. Choreography, direction, music -- all formulaic and boring. They should be ashamed of themselves.
#4re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:27am
The creative team behind 13 had a lot of nerve demanding more than $100 per ticket for this show.
Thank you.
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#5re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 3:49pm
"The creative team behind 13 had a lot of nerve demanding more than $100 per ticket for this show. They let down the talented young cast and the theater-going public. Choreography, direction, music -- all formulaic and boring. They should be ashamed of themselves."
This is a forum on a website called "Broadwayworld.com." We are all supporters of Broadway and live theater. How dare you come into this thread and nay say a show that, yes, maybe mediocre by saying that the creative team should be ashamed of themselves. In a time of economic distress when in one day alone nine shows closed. Do you have any knowledge of the specifics of the finances for producing a Broadway musical? I saw '13' and can admit that it was no masterpiece, but one has to realize that Broadway is still a business whether the cast is of thirteen-year-olds or a cast of Broadway veterans.
To blame the creators for this show's misfortune is a disgrace and unforgivable. And god-forbid the kids in this show should have only missed several months of School and regular life instead of over a year or however long it could have run for had its run been in a better time and circumstance. The show was no West Side Story, but it was well done and good for what it was.
Your comments were simply rude and untrue.
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Updated On: 1/5/09 at 03:49 PM
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#6re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 5:18pmI wish these kids long healthy careers.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#7re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 6:53pm
"The creative team behind 13 had a lot of nerve demanding more than $100 per ticket for this show. They let down the talented young cast and the theater-going public. Choreography, direction, music -- all formulaic and boring. They should be ashamed of themselves."
They did not let down the cast - the show ran over 100 performances and hopefully helped launch the career of a group of talented youth. As short as the run was, I am sure much of the cast will find success in the future.
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#8re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:01pmI thought the show had some potential. The songs were fairly catchy and the story - though sort of lame - made sense with the whole world of a thirteen year old. However, most of the technical aspects were awful, and the show might have worked better in a smaller house with a smaller cast. I think it will do wonders regionally though.
#9re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 8:01pm
I saw lots of people yesterday there with $122 tickets.
Stupid people don't know about discounts or student rush, but either way, they paid full price.
#10re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 8:11pm
"I saw lots of people yesterday there with $122 tickets.
Stupid people don't know about discounts or student rush, but either way, they paid full price."
As far as I know, there were no discounts for the final performance of 13.
#11re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 8:18pm
Really?
Then ... that explains why I saw lots of full priced tickets.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#12re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 8:28pm
I SO don't understand the posters reference to the kids missing school. WHAT has that got to do with ANYTHING? They either STILL went to school or were tutored AT rehearsal. THAT is a reqauirement of working underage actors.
And the poster has every right to THINK whatever they was about the creative team. Doesn't make it true....but it doesn't make the opposite true by you berating him/her.
Opinions have nothing to do with supporting or NOT supporting B'way. If a poster thinks something is NOT worthy of B'way or his/her own standards so be it.
If I have a choice between drek on B'way or very little on B'way: I'd rather have very little. This is not in reference to 13 as I have no opinion about the show...I just have opinions about opinions.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#13re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 8:57pm
And god-forbid the kids in this show should have only missed several months of School and regular life instead of over a year or however long it could have run for had its run been in a better time and circumstance.
It would be against the law for the children to miss several months of school. The cast either continued to attend school (usually a private school, which is more forgiving with taking Wednesdays off) in the area, or they were tutored by a qualified teacher hired by the producers. Its a stipulation of employing child actors.
I don't have my Playbill handy, but I would guess the tutoring services were provided by On Location Education, the agency that handles most theatrical productions with students in them.
#14re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:11pm
They did not perform Wednesday matinees, but Sunday evenings instead.
And their weeknight shows were at 7, so I'm sure they were able to be home, and get a decent sleep, too.
#15re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:12pmFor the majority of the run, 13 had matinees on Saturdays and Sundays (and evening shows both days too). This way, during the week, they went to school during the day, and did the show in the evening. I'm sure the ones that already lived in New York still attended school during the run of the show.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#16re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:23pmAl, Delaney, Eric and Malik went to regular school, the rest did online schooling.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#17re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:36pmYour knowledge about the personal lives of underage children is creepy.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#18re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:43pmNo, it's called 13fans.com and Al goes to school with my cousin, but nice try hun.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#19re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:05pmIt's still creepy that you know this much about underage actors in an awful show, hon.
#20re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:13pm
That is correct. The kids in the show who did not go to their regular schools did online schooling. And many of the kids in the show were from Florida and the West coast, my point being they weren't at home. I wasn't referring to the kids' normal schools and lives, not their temporary ones. Of course education is legally a must. I know plenty of people who've been on tours and who work on Broadway shows (including '13') and it's a heck of a lot of work and running around. And especially when these kids are at the age that they're at, it's not the end of the world that the show didn't run a long time.
P.S.-- To whoever defended opinions- that's all true what you said, but the creative team simply does not control ticket pricing. And the post criticizing the creative team was genuinely obnoxious, especially since we've heard so many negative things about '13' on this forum.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#21re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:14pmAwful show is an opinion, I loved it. The stuff about them I know is only because the cast members themselves told me, I didn't go looking for information. Would they really tell a creepy adult things? Think.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#22re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:17pm
I know nothing about your candy carrying, 13 wooing van that you drive down 45th St.
#23re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:33pm
"Would they really tell a creepy adult things?"
So are you admitting that you are a creepy adult?
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#24re: '13' closing night...
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:40pm
No, I'm not. I was at the teen night.
Now you can guess my age.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
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