The Curtain Is Coming Down On Audra, Girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                       You knew it was going to happen, darlings.  But I never expected it so soon.

                                       I had it under wraps that "Gypsy" was to close on October 5.  I had planned on announcing it, until this was confirmed.  Now, I can say that it is closing on August 17.

                                          Hah, Audra!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So, you couldn't cut it??????????  Patti LuPone must be having a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Go, Patti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                           This cheap, poorly directed, and sorrowfully miscast production should have closed even sooner.  I knew from the moment the show kept turning up on the TKTS booth there was trouble, not to mention the Christmas shutdown, and then the expansion of Montego Glover to the Sunday matinees were all signals Audra could not cut it, and the producers were desperate to keep the show running.  But their efforts were in vain.  The project was doomed from the start.

                                             I don't think "Gypsy" will hurt Audra's career.  But it will be a negative benchmark in it.

                                              And some of us, including myself, will not have the same respect for Audra we once had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!