| Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Last Edit: ShowGoer 06:31 am EST 02/16/22 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 06:30 am EST 02/16/22 | |
| In reply to: NYT: Yes, Some Musicals Are Unwoke. That’s Not a Writ to Rewrite Them. - MockingbirdGirl 09:14 pm EST 02/15/22 | |
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| Unless they do a U-turn from this newly stated mission, I think they’re about to be toast. This is purely anecdotal, of course, but no one my age or younger that I’m aware of has any real interest in it any longer, some older theatergoers who’ve been dedicated subscribers didn’t renew this year, and after that first production and the comments by the new team, those I know who did renew have already decided not to do so again come May this year. Who knows, maybe Billy Porter’s “The Life” will be as big a hit as Chicago and will save the institution from disappearing…. (though considering that’s the most successful revival in the history of Broadway, I somehow doubt it). It’s a shame after 28 years to see it go out like this. But as deBessonet, Ramos and company make clear, times change and the world moves on. Maybe I’ve just reached the stage of acceptance, since there’s no bargaining left for me to do, but it seems time to let Encores (at least in its current, City Center incarnation) go as well. |
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