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Rae66


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Hi everyone! After such an impressive trip to NYC last year, I've now scheduled for the family to return this year at the end of Sept./Oct.. When I first booked the trip last week, I noticed that Grease was only on sale 'til June 1st, then I read from Max's blog that he's returning to LA in Aug.. Well, tonight, I checked the Ticketmaster site again, and tickets are now on sale 'til Sept. 7th! Granted, that's still before we come out, but that gives me hope that the show will be around for a bit longer. Does anyone have any "inside" scoop as to if any of the actors have extended their contract past the original 1 year mark? Since I'm planning the trip so far in advance, I haven't been able to purchase any tickets except for Wicked. For all you New Yorkers out there, should I be booking other things right now? Tickets aren't available for Little Mermaid yet, so I'm keeping an eye on that. I can't wait to show my kids NYC. When I left last year, I vowed that I'd return soon, and now I've done it! And this time, we're staying for 6 days, so we'll definitely be seeing a lot more than just Time Square!

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I'd wait to buy Grease tickets. The show's not selling out anymore - you should have much of a problem.

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Yes, MrE, I thought I should wait. I figure at some point, they'd make some kind of official announcement. Any idea of any other new family-friendly musicals coming up this fall?

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Shrek: The Musical (starring Christopher Sieber as Farquaad and Sutton Foster as Fiona) begins in November. The Little Mermaid is sure to still be running. Billy Elliot, with music and lyrics by Elton John, starts in September.

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I am so excited to hear that Shrek is coming to broadway, I am very curious to see that!!!!!!!!!

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I found this link....it's a list of upcoming Broadway shows...verty exciting!!!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80060.html

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I did read that Shrek was coming, too bad we're there in Oct. before it previews. I read that it'll start its pre-Broadway run in Seattle. So maybe we can try to catch it there.

Mr.E, here's my question...... when tickets are offered into Sept., does that mean the show will stay open 'til then, or would they see how the sale goes, then make a decision, and refund ticket money if the show decides to close?

Also, which one do you prefer? Lion King or Little Mermaid?

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"here's my question...... when tickets are offered into Sept., does that mean the show will stay open 'til then, or would they see how the sale goes, then make a decision, and refund ticket money if the show decides to close?"

Just because a show is selling tickets to a certain date is not a gaurantee that the show will be open that long. For example, I ordered tickets for Drowsy Chaperone to put in my sister's Christmas stocking. The tickets were for January 26 and a few days later the show announced it was closing. Ticketmaster refunded the money except for their service fees.

I don't know if could call it "family friendly" but I was introduced to South Pacific at a very early age. It's a show I definitely recommend to musical fans of all ages.

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Tickets go on sale in blocks. So, selling tickets to a certain date means that the block of tickets end on that date. If a show isn't selling well and they announce it's closing before that, you'll have your money refunded.


Eris, South Pacific will be closed long before September.

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Could it be that they have two hot young stars lined up to give the show a new lease on life? Or not-so-young?

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Eris, South Pacific will be closed long before September.



What makes you think that? Inside scoop? Personal opinion?

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Limited run which closes on June 1. Of course, there's an option to extend, but not until September.

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Not sure where you got that information Mr.E, but it is an open run, no closing date.

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South Pacific?

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No, silly, Grease! Where you talking of South Pacific? Sorry!

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Ah!

Too many conversations going on at once!

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It's hard for me to imagine them putting a show together just to run it for a few months. But I guess that happens all the time? Well, I guess we learn something new everyday.

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It's a limited run because it's being produced by Lincoln Center Theater. LCT is one of the 3-Broadway non-profit companies, along with Roundabout and Manhattan Theater Club.

LCT is actually quite flexible in terms of scheduling, they only do 2 shows per season (this year, it was the critically-praised, audience-hated production of Shakespeare's Cymbeline and the upcoming South Pacific.) Cymbeline had option to extend until late January, at least, but nobody was going, so they closed it on schedule. South Pacific closes on June 1, with option to extend through the summer, I'm sure. Their production of The Light in the Piazza, which was telecast on PBS, ran for about 2 years.

Roundabout and MTC are much less flexible, producing 4 or 5 shows per season at their Broadway spaces. Roundabout is lucky since they have 2 Broadway theaters where they can produce, MTC only has 1. Even Roundabout's much-praised revival of Pygmalion, featuring a smashing Broadway debut by Claire Danes, had to close on time to make way for the show which is in the theater now.

The key is that they don't have to worry about making their money back, since they have built in season-pass subscribers. It pays to be a non-profit. Every now and then you'll have a miss (like Cymbeline), but most of the time you break even.

-- Edited by MrE1111 at 19:47, 2008-01-24

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Any one heard if there is a tour of grease coming after the show finishes on broadway... and if so is it goiing to be the same cast

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There is indeed a tour in the works - it's already been announced for a few cities.

No word on the cast, however.

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