# The Broadway Curtain Closes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** theater-stage-dance, music\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964 "2024-07-09T20:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/1 "2024-07-09T20:47:40Z")
Some trivia I saw on Twitter: this Monday was the first day since February 5th 1979 that there isn’t a show on Broadway by either Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim. End of an era I guess. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/2 "2024-07-09T21:45:34Z")
Ah, _Merrily We Roll Along_ just closed on 7/7. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/3 "2024-07-10T00:18:32Z")
Take it away, boys: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8A71LrpdLvQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Stephen Sondheim & Lloyd Webber") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A71LrpdLvQ) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/4 "2024-07-10T00:36:36Z")
That’s good news for Bialystock and Bloom, eh? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/5 "2024-07-10T00:45:43Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Take it away, boys: Whose photograph is on the piano in that clip? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/6 "2024-07-10T01:10:03Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Some trivia I saw on Twitter: this Monday was the first day since February 5th 1979 that there isn’t a show on Broadway by either Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim. End of an era I guess. That is a mind-blowing fact. I’m not sure how much it speaks to the quality of their work (although there is no question in my mind that both are inner-circle Hall-of-Famers) versus Broadway’s risk aversion (better to go with the known quantity than the unknown potential goldmine). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/7 "2024-07-10T02:22:08Z")
Cameron Mackintosh. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-broadway-curtain-closes/1003964/8 "2024-07-10T02:31:15Z")
Thanks!