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The musical Cry-Baby is closing this Sunday.

Sad.

Unlike the adaptation of John Waters's Hairspray, Cry-Baby failed to catch on with critics or audiences.

The show will have played 45 previews and 68 performances.

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    1. lynn says – reply to this


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      COOL. enough with these failling broadway shows. what happened to broadway?? :[

    2. Ina says – reply to this


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      First bitches.

    3. Josh says – reply to this


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      It's not that sad, trust me. I saw it and it was horrible.

    4. Andre says – reply to this


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      First?!!!!??!

    5. Andre says – reply to this


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      I loved this show!! First?!!!!111

    6. kel says – reply to this


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      firstttttt

    7. Chel says – reply to this


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      Aww, that sucks. I thought the Cry-Baby performance was pretty good at the Tonys on Sunday.

    8. BABA says – reply to this


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      hahaa perez is so hot

    9. nonny says – reply to this


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      Should've had the original cast.

    10. mk says – reply to this


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      OMG!
      i just LOVE cry-baby!
      i didn't see the show, cause i'm brazilian..
      but the movie with Johnny Depp is so GREAT!
      sad =[

    11. alice says – reply to this


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      That sucks, I really wanted to see it next time I was in NYC. Although I think the should of kept the original music from the movie.

    12. T says – reply to this


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      Perez I visited the mall yesterday and went into Hot Topic. Your line of clothes were right at the front. I must say that your clothes looked HIDEOUS and even more cheap and ugly in person than they looked online. No one was looking at your section except for me. I asked a fellow employee how your line was doing and she said "It's terrible, it's not selling hardly anything at all!" HAHAHAHA. Admit it Perez, you failed with your clothing launch. Suck it up!

    13. Shelb says – reply to this


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      that play was great!! and i cant believe they are going to stop the play. i guess people have different reactions to this play but i thought it was great. oh well. another one bites the dust…

    14. Taylo says – reply to this


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      Totally not surprised. The show was awful. Left at intermission.

    15. NOOOO says – reply to this


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      WHAT??!?!! I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A BROADWAY SHOW???!!! I MISSED IT?!! I LOOOOOOOVE CRYBABY- THE SOUNDTRACK TO IT IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES…NOT TO MENTION THAT IT STARS MY ALL TIME LOVE, JOHNNY DEPP.

    16. john2 says – reply to this


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      Jen aniston is pregnant! yippee! A cute talented baby mayer on the way!

    17. NOOOO says – reply to this


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      I AM CONVINCED THAT ALL THE HATE MAIL THAT IS POSTED ON YOUR SITE IS REALLY BEING POSTED BY SAMANTHA RONSON. THAT DUMB BITCH WOULD DO THAT. AND- I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE HIRING LINDSEY LOHAN FOR JOBS. A CUNT LIKE HER DOESN'T DESERVE TO WORK AND MAKE MONEY FOR BEING A SNOBBY, LOW CLASS WHORE. SEND THOSE BITCHES TO THE LOONEY BIN…IGNORANT ASSHOLES

    18. swarm says – reply to this


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      It was a stupid movie

    19. Amber says – reply to this


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      It failed because they didn't use the songs from the movie!

      I was sooooo excited to see this, and when we went, I was SO FRICKING DISAPPOINTED! Why mess with perfection?

      They left the story the same, but changed all the songs? Doesn't make any sense.

    20. tom says – reply to this


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      There is nothing sad about a really bad show closing. It is one of the worst broadway shows that I have seen in a long time.

    21. Betha says – reply to this


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      i better get a refund! i bought tix for the july 5 show!

    22. super says – reply to this


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      I saw it in previews and thought it was VERY entertaining. Although the actor playing Crybaby was kind of bland but everyone else was VERY fine. The songs were funny and entertaining and the dancing impressive. Harriet Harris (from Desperate Housewives) was hilarious, as well as the head nerd guy and the psycho teen stalker of Crybaby. Pity it's closing since there's so much other CRAP that lasts for years on broadway.

    23. bwayb says – reply to this


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      This show was hilarious. Definitely better than In the Heights. This suuuucks!

    24. lana says – reply to this


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      it is sad. i really liked it. it was the 1st broadway show that i actually had fun at. i fell asleep to chorus line, company, mama mia. its not exactly phantom of the opera, but there is no dull moment. if u r in nyc try to get a ticket, its really a fun show.

      and i think the reason its closing is not cuz its bad but because of the high ticket prices and the slumping economy. Broadway tends to suffer during those moments in economy. but its not a bad show, its really good. its a shame.

    25. Dita says – reply to this


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      Saw it and we all thought it was great.

    26. ash says – reply to this


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      you know, i wasnt so impressed with the show. i heard that it was by the same people who brought us hairspray–which was exciting and fun (but only when marissa j.w. was in it!).

      after the seeing the show, i kinda just left with my mouth wide open in a "wtf" kind of shape… there were songs about french kissing, and a whole cheer about polio…

      period pieces are exciting, but this show lacked the charm that hairspray/grease has.

      rip cry baby

    27. Billy says – reply to this


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      Maybe of they would write new shows and stop trying to turn every movie into a show, then Broadway would be great again.

    28. Alexa says – reply to this


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      i fucking loved the movie!!! i wish i could have seen it on broadway

    29. im gl says – reply to this


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      good…karma to the producer



    30. 30

      I'm not surprised that piece of crap is folding. I was one of the five people that watched the Tonys on TV this year, and that performance was PAINFUL to watch — reminiscent of an especially bad high school drama club.

    31. cass says – reply to this


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      the movie was good.
      but i dont like musicals so it doesnt matter to me.

    32. Sa says – reply to this


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      This was such a great musical and its sad that its closing. I really wanted the album

    33. titti says – reply to this


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      awwww i actually really liked it :/ i was planning on going to see it again with the actual guy for crybaby… i got an understudy. sad :(

    34. cheap says – reply to this


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      Broadway is awful these days. How do you do a revival of Sunday in the Park with barely an orchestra??? Thats like doing a Mahler symphony minus the woodwind and brass section. Oh and like we need another production of Grease?????

    35. RadPi says – reply to this


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      NOOOOOOOOOO, I wanted to see it so bad. D

    36. smoot says – reply to this


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      I saw the show in previews and thought it was fantastic. It was raucous fun and the time flew by.

      I guess people are too used to that Disney shit now being pawned off as theater.

    37. ash says – reply to this


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      Sad to hear about the closing… I just saw the show two Saturday's ago, and it was good. The choreography was amazing!!! I can't believe it's closing so quickly!

    38. kady says – reply to this


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      this is sad. i saw the show and really liked it. i know it wasn`t hairspray, but it was still really funny. it also brought up problems in our society during that time.

    39. Mel says – reply to this


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      I would have gone to see it but tickets are too expensive!

    40. Junio says – reply to this


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      IV seen this show twice and I had Such a Great time.

    41. Kylee says – reply to this


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      what….I loved that show….it was so funny..and the dancing in the show was amazing..what a damn shame…..

    42. FEST says – reply to this


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      W.W.W.DOT.I.N.D.I.O.F.E.S.T.I.V.A.L.O.F.W.H.E.E.L.S.DOT.C.O.M.

    43. m says – reply to this


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      CRY BABY WAS SO GOOD

    44. L says – reply to this


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      Wait…confused person here. Wasn't it nominated for Best Musical this year at the Tonys? Cause the cast performed…



    45. 45

      Re: T – If you hate Perez so much, then here's a little tip. EXIT THE SITE, RIGHT NOW. I am very sure Perez actually cares about what some dumb ass has to say about him. At least Perez has managed to get a clothing line, do you have a clothing line? NOPE. That's right! So until you have accomplished more than Perez has right now, then you can come here & insult him.

    46. ilove says – reply to this


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      this is soo sad! It looked like such a great show!! and I love Christopher J Hanke(the lead nerd guy) he was Mark in Rent for a while and was great! Im sorry to hear this news :(

    47. Amber says – reply to this


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      I thought it was a great show-different from the movie-but totally John Waters….you have to appreciate his sense of cooky humor…I'm from Baltimore and I have to say-it really reflected him….I liked the changes…my bf and I were laughing the entire time….I'm sad it didn't last….(they could have chosen better leads….)

    48. amand says – reply to this


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      we saw it, we liked it, too bad no one else liked it

    49. Rebec says – reply to this


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      I saw this in previews and liked it! So sad. :(

    50. moniq says – reply to this


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      Johnny Depp just completely outshines this entire musical, it was bound to happen.