This was such a fun show. I loved every minute of it and was able to see it with the full cast Tony weekend. Glad I got a chance to see it!
www.SideShowOnBroadway.com and www.SideShowTheMusical.com have been registered so I'd check there because the website would be up by the time it's announced, if it is. Updated On: 7/22/14 at 06:48 PM
I really wanted to like the show. I love the idea of big, grand classic-style musical on broadway (perhaps that's a reason why I'm so excited about the new revival of On the Town), but this just couldn't tie the pieces together. With all the previously announced limited engagement shows ending and the others that have closed recently, it does feel like a slam.
I've barely paid attention to this one. Ironic that the thing that finally interests me in seeing it is the costume design in the shot BWW used to announce the closing.
I would love more than anything for Side Show to come in, and I suspect it will, but I think that would be a very, very bad idea monetarily. The St. James hasn't had an open-ended hit since Gypsy, and that was a unanimously well-received production of a beloved musical starring a leading lady who gave the most talked-about performance of the decade.
Well, for a season that had an inordinate amount of new musicals, losing an inordinate amount of them is not surprising. ALADDIN, BEAUTIFUL, GENT'S GUIDE, and IF/THEN beat the surviving count from last year (KINKY, MATILDA and MOTOWN) and if you add the continuing success of CABARET, HEDWIG and LES MIS they also outnumber last year's CINDERELLA and PIPPIN.
Yes, more shows are closing, but that's because more shows were open to close. Life cycle, not a death spiral.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
How does a mediocre show closing have ANYTHING to do with why you (supposedly) don't care about b'way anymore? If you don't care, why do you keep posting to TELL us you don't care.
And for the millionth time: no one's opinion/speculation about the next show to close, has anything to do with what DOES close. We see the grosses, it isn't rocket science.
You have become the most curmudgeony poster on here. (Well, since I blocked the other curmudgeon.)
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.
Glinda -- the costumes were STUNNING, but not enough (IMHO) of a reason to see the show. There were things that worked, and things that didn't. I "liked" it, but could hardly give recommendations to friends to see it.
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.
I saw the original Sideshow and loved it. Prior to this season, I was looking forward to seeing this new version. Not anymore. This will be added to the list of Broadways casualties after it opens. No longer investing time any money in seeing shows that will last a few months and go.
I'll always feel bad about the people who are losing their jobs, but the show itself? Good riddance. A movie I adore, some brilliant cast members, and a cavalcade of wonderful songs turned into a deathly bore that felt like it ran four hours. There were worse shows this past season (I'm looking at you, Soul Doctor), but none that I found so crass in their attempts to cash in or so stunted in their artistic ambition. It was the letdown of the season for me. So bring on anything else! Side Show, if the rumors are true, would be a dream. Adored it in DC. Huge commercial risk, but a stellar, ambitious, lovely piece.
Mr Roxy, why would how long a show runs have any impact on your enjoyment of it? I'd rather be terrifically moved by something that closes way too soon than be moderately entertained by something and have it stuck around way too long. For me, part of the thrill is knowing that I caught something shimmering and lovely in the brief window it was possible to see it. How I feel about the original Side Show, in fact.
"No longer investing time any money in seeing shows that will last a few months and go. "
How do you know which shows these are until they actually announce their closing? Broadway is filled with shows that people thought would last a week and go on and on, and conversely there are tons of shows people thought would be a smash and close quickly.
Let us just say, I am disenchanted with Broadway. After getting involved in high school to now (I am almost 6 I have seen a lot but I am just tired of Broadway now. The spark is gone for many reasons. I will see shows here and there but the interest is no longer there.
After the initial few weeks, Gypsy struggled to fill seats. Side Show will be swallowed by this theatre. Not a good choice.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
I would say (and not to be snarky) if the interest in Broadway isn't there you should also stop visiting the message boards as it will only infuriate and frustrate you. I love Broadway and some of these message board posts make me crazy. I can't imagine what I would feel if I was as disenchanted with Broadway as you are.