Fairly or not, the version of the show that opens Off-Broadway will be seen as the final version, and the reviews that come out of New York will affect the show’s ability to be produced regionally. Ever so often, a Musical can survive a bad Off-Broadway premiere (think Next to Normal), but this will probably not be one of them.
White Girl might have been able to reach a point where it could be produced quite a lot by bigger theaters in the next five years (to the benefit of audiences all across the country), but I fear it’s going to be DOA. |
