August 14, 2007

Idol: The Musical Closes

Filed under: News — offoffbway @ 3:37 pm

Clay laughs at your silly musical!
(Image from here)
At least give the producer points for honesty:

The new musical, which began previews July 5, has closed. A press statement issued Aug. 13 reads, “Todd Ellis, the producer of Idol: The Musical, has chosen to close the show due to a lack of advance ticket sales, a lack of positive feedback from audience members and critics, and a lack of sustainable financial resources.”

Translation: NOBODY CARED, SO WE DECIDED TO STOP TORTURING OURSELVES AND THE CAST.

Source: Playbill.com

August 13, 2007

Review: TRANSIT

Filed under: Listings,Reviews — offoffbway @ 4:15 pm

Transit
Mary Jane Wells in ‘Transit’
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‘Transit’
The Stage Left Studio, part of the Midtown International Theater Festival
review by Naneh Israelyan

‘Transit’, written and performed by Mary Jane Wells, most definitely moves at the speed of a train in motion—except that the train stops are entirely unconnected. The journey was almost as if I was transferring from one train to another so often that keeping track of the storyline (more…)