Calendar Girls the musical (was: The Girls)

I am surprised it did not find an audience. I did not like the show but then I thought being male I simply was not the target market. When I saw the show early in the run the 95% female audience (of a certain age) lapped it up.

I think it will struggle on tour too, quite honestly. The play Calendar Girls toured extensively and (as it proved in the WE) the subject has been done to death. No pun intended.

The WE cast are excellent but they will certainly need "names" on the tour. Although getting "names" to tour is exceeding difficult! You can't see Amanda Holden schlepping around the provinces!

I agree with comments with marketing etc.

They needed to get more than Gary Barlow fans in.

The same will happen with The Band I expect.

It wasn't a success because it does not appeal to those who most attend London theatre, families, rich OAP or the gays.

I thought it was good, but not worth a repeat viewing.

How many rich OAPs do you know vabbian because I don't know any?

I am a poor, gay OAP - that's a few boxes ticked!!

Calling Denise Welsh... Wind In The Willows will be over and she'll be on the hunt for a career in musicals. She's also not shy about getting her norks out. 

To be fair she would be good for Marie

Actors need to work

Actors like working in London where they can be at home and have some semblance of a normal life

You obviously have no clue about actors 

Probably the most crass statement I have ever read on this board!

Lucky old you!!! If you were an actor who played principal roles (as all the girls in The Girls are) you might realise that nice roles don't come along everyday of the week - especially for actors of a certain age in musicals - and that in order to pay their rent/mortgages etc actors have to act. If you assume that actors are flooded with offers left, right and centre all the time and are able to 'pick and choose', you are sadly deluded.

This is a job for them. They are also actors so obviously like performing. Why on earth would you turn down the chance to star on the West End? You are getting paid to do what you love. It would make no sense to turn down work unless you have other commitments or other stuff lined up. This also would allow them to be seen by casting directors and open up more doors. I doubt you would turn down the chance to appear in Londons Wesr End!

It's that attitude

"Why would they turn down work"

That has lead to a parade of awful shows in the first place

Mainly musicals

Which have failed to run 12 months

Which we knew would never be a success from before they even opened

Have had to paper and discount

Despite positive press reviews

Practically sycophantic in some cases

And marketing/ appearing on TV shows to plug themselves

Half empty at best

Because NO ONE wants to see the show to start with

If they are happy limping from one flop to the next

Amazing for them

But when people fail to turn up and the show makes a loss

It can't be that rewarding from them

Depends how desperate they are for work and how low they are prepared to drop their standards to appear in these awful shows

As I said

Not all actors grab the first thing they are offered

Regardless of its quality

If you want me to lie or pretend somehow in order to further massage the egos and fuel the greed of producers who are already deluded and out of touch

I won't do it!