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JustAnotherNewYorker
Broadway Star Joined: 12/20/16
#150AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/20/17 at 5:23pm
Last I checked there were still a few Orchestra tickets left to the final performance for about $70 each using the lottery loser code.
#151AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/20/17 at 7:19pm
Curious, as I always am with Short-lived runs, if Philippa ever missed a performance? Does anyone know if her understudies had a chance to go on. I very much liked Alyse Alan Louis when I saw the show in Berkeley - hope she got a chance to go on..
willrolandsframes
Stand-by Joined: 2/26/17
sparklemotion
Swing Joined: 11/13/15
froote
Broadway Star Joined: 2/14/17
#154AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/21/17 at 10:19pm
I'm pretty sure Phillipa never missed a show.
JustAnotherNewYorker
Broadway Star Joined: 12/20/16
#155AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/21/17 at 11:01pm
I was also there. It was lovely. A few people I spoke to had plans to see it later in the summer that were accelerated due to the closing (sometimes going into much less favorable seats--one person I spoke with had orchestra seats for July, got a refund for those, and ended up in the 2nd row balcony). The stagedoor was packed 5 or 6 deep afterward.
Unlike some other final performances I've seen (Matilda and Something Rotten come to mind), no speeches
#156AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/21/17 at 11:44pm
Was there anything left to say in speeches , apart from sorry we wrote such a crappy show?
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
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JustAnotherNewYorker
Broadway Star Joined: 12/20/16
#157AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/22/17 at 12:17am
rosscoe(au) said: "Was there anything left to say in speeches , apart from sorry we wrote such a crappy show? "
I won't claim that it was a great show. It clearly had score and and perhaps casting problems, and did have a tendency to go for a cheap joke or a cutesy character (trying to match the movie). The book was a bit too slavishly copied from the movie, making it less standalone and sometimes confusing for those who haven't seen the film (Danny Rubin did much better on this count in the Groundhog adaptation). I still don't think it deserved to be the first post Tony nomination casualty. I've certainly seen much worse that has survived on Broadway (almost any ALW in my personal view). There's even worse from this season on Broadway now, but I won't name names (cough cough Charlie cough cough)
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#158AMELIE to close on May 21
Posted: 5/22/17 at 10:52am
If you can't lure people into buying tickets, then it "deserves" to close.
It's always disappointing for the cast, crew and even the producers when their show flops....but it IS the nature of the beast.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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