Which show are you saddest to see go?- Page 2
Which show are you saddest to see go?
#25Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 10:53amIn the Heights.
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#26Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 11:26am
When a show has had a healthy run such as, "In the Heights", I'm not too sad. I will be at their final performance though.
Heading up from DC on Saturday to see Scottsboro Boys.
The one show I'm still somewhat sad about is the closing of the revival of "Ragtime" earlier this year.
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#27Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 11:33amThat is so ironic. i was upset about RAGTIME too!
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#28Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 11:43amI don't get the irony in that. I see a coincidence, though.
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#29Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 12:12pm
Hands down, Scottsboro Boys. I don't feel too bad about the shows that had long runs (excepting that it will put a lot of people out of work), but I really grieve when a show that was as brilliant as SB can't find an audience.
And I agree that fall openings are becoming more scarce, although Memphis, which opened last fall, is still with us.
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#30Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 12:18pmScottsboro Boys and Next to Normal. Next to Normal has had a successful run, though. Scottsboro Boys- too soon. It was a true piece of art- something that we don't see much of these days.
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#31Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 12:25pmPersonally, I'm most sad to see In the Heights go. I'm also sad about Next to Normal, but the tour is still to come to my city, so the show isn't completely gone for me when the Broadway production closes. Both had great runs, I do realize that, but both shows mean a tremendous amount to me. In a more general sense, I'm saddest about the Scottsboro Boys. It was an incredible piece of theatre, and I wish many more had seen it/would have the opportunity to see it.
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#33Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 4:39pm
It is sad to see any show close, especially if the theater it is in stays dark for a while.
In order of what I will miss the most:
Next to Normal,
Promises, Promises
A Little Night Music
Glad that I got to see the above more then once and with the exception of one, I am also glad I got to see the others that are closing. (I have not seen Fela yet, will try to before it closes)
Agree Ragtime closed prematurely and believe Scottsboro is as well. Definitely a shame.
#34Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 5:00pmI love In the Heights and Next to Normal and am going to miss them terribly, but it devastates me that Scottsboro Boys is closing.
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#35Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 8:59pmScottsburro because I didn't get the chance to see it. And In The Heights, of course!
#36Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 9:48pm
There are some really great shows closing. I know a lot of people on here weren't fans, but I love Fela and will miss it. And I'm seeing In the Heights again before it closes. I'm still mad at myself for waiting as long as I did to see it. But it and Next to Normal (which I saw three times) had fantastic runs. It's the closing of The Scottsboro Boys that kills me. I saw it off-Broadway and liked but didn't love it. Something about those minimal changes they made before it opened on Broadway just brought all of its strengths to the fore and it became one of the strongest new musicals I've seen in he past few years. That it didn't find an audience quickly enough (or get a stronger Times review) is enormously disappointing because I think it could have been a tremendously moving experience for a lot more people. I'm going to see the show for the fourth and final time on Sunday night. It will be bittersweet, but I'm just really glad I had the opportunity to take in something so deeply felt, thoughtful, and brilliantly performed.
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#37Which show are you saddest to see go?
Posted: 12/7/10 at 11:48pm
Next to Normal
A Little Night Music
In The Heights (When will it ever come to Dalls?!)
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