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Line 46: ===Broadway premiere=== The show premiered on [[Broadway theatre\|Broadway]] at the [[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre]], with previews starting on September 21, 2010 and opening night October 13, 2010. Many of the cast from the off-Broadway production reprised their roles, including [[Benjamin Walker (actor)\|Benjamin Walker]] in the title role, Maria Elena Ramirez, Jeff Hiller and Lucas Near-Verbrugghe.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Hetrick \|first=Adam \|title=Broadway Run of ''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'' Will Include Original Cast Members \|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-run-of-bloody-bloody-andrew-jackson-will-include-original-cast-members-com-171051 \|website=Playbill \|access-date=March 28, 2022 \|date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> Despite positive reviews and early Tony buzz, the musical closed on January 2, 2011, after 120 performances.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Hetrick \|first=Adam \|title=''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'' Ends Broadway Term Jan. 2 \|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/bloody-bloody-andrew-jackson-ends-broadway-term-jan-2-com-174790 \|website=Playbill \|access-date=March 28, 2022 \|date=January 2, 2011}}</ref> Critics {{Who?\|reason=Citations need\|date=August 2021}} blamed the poor economy during the show's run and its unorthodox story and presentation for the show's failure to build popularity on Broadway. The play, which cost $4.5 million to produce, "will close at a loss to investors," said ''[[The New York Times]]'', which characterized it as "a favorite of critics that has had trouble catching on with theatergoers."<ref>{{cite web \|last=Healy \|first=Patrick \|title='Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' to Close \|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/bloody-bloody-andrew-jackson-to-close/ \|website=The New York Times \|access-date=March 28, 2022 \|date=December 1, 2010}}</ref> Line 194: {{Andrew Jackson\|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Off-Broadway musicals]]▼ [[Category:Original musicals]]▼ ~~[[Category:Rock musicals]]~~ [[Category:2009 musicals]] [[Category:Biographical musicals]] ▲[[Category:~~Off-~~Broadway musicals]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of Andrew Jackson]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of James Monroe]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of John Quincy Adams]] [[Category:~~Cultural~~Off-Broadway ~~depictions of Andrew Jackson~~musicals]] [[Category:~~Musicals~~Original ~~inspired by real-life events~~musicals]] [[Category:Plays by Michael Friedman]] [[Category:Race-related controversies in theatre]] ▲[[Category:~~Original~~Rock musicals]]

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