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Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Kad said: "Interesting that in a season in which a lot of focus is on the lack of new musicals, Broadway as whole seems to be doing very well."

The latter is arguably why this season doesn't have a ton of new musicals coming in. Lack of available venues due to how well a majority of productions are currently doing commerically."

I suspect it is due more to the number of major flops last season, some despite

Azúcar! said: "It surprises me that Death Becomes Her didn't go thru the roof. I was expecting better."

It was their second highest grossing week since they opened.  The show has always relied (sometimes heavily) on discounting to achieve its results.  Luckily, it is in a big theatre, because it has grossed well even with lots of discounted seats. 

a holiday week, it still sold a lot of discounted tickets.  I find it interesting

witchoftheeast2 said: 

Something else is going into the Winter Garden and Mamma Mia! is scheduled to go back out on tour so they can't extend. I don't get why people don't understand that just because a show is doing well, that doesn't mean they'll just keep extending."

With Mamma Mia, I would think it is reasonable to assume that any production is just about the money.  It is a fun musical and a cash cow.  Unless they serious

I have to imagine the best example is still Starlight Express.  It managed to have a decent run on Broadway, but iy lost its investment, while Starlight ran a decade, and more recently had a theatre build just to stage its revival.  Another example of extremes would be Blood Brothers, which als o had a decent run on Broadway, but still lost its investment, while the London version ran forever.

In the ancient past, an incredibly lauded production of Orpheus Descending (st

The only thing that genuinely surprises me on the report is Chess.  I will admit that the current production od Chess is probably my favorite production running.  As much as I loved Hamilton or Wicked or Chicago in their heyday, I was never as thrilled watching them as I was during Chess.  Also, it was about as electric performances as I ever attended, although I will admit to seeing it in previews, so the audience was probably filled with Chess junkies.

I was

Soaring29 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Soaring29 said: "She's insanely overdue for a second Tony win and absolutely is one of the greatest talents of all time.

Did I say she was worthy of an award for this? No, I didn’t see the show and have only listened to some of the music that is available now. But she absolutely deserves a second Tony due to how strong her work has been since 1999.

Other than possibly On The 20th Cent

Soaring29 said: "She's insanely overdue for a second Tony win and absolutely is one of the greatest talents of all time."

Why is she insanely overdue for a second Tony?  For her good performance in The Apple Tree (you had to have seen Barbars Harris to know just how 'just okay' KC was), for her lackluster performance in Promises! Promises!, for her very wrong performance in QOV, in which she tried to make you like JS by playing her a

Someone else may have already said this, in which case I missed it, but I wonder whether -- between this and Titanique -- we are seeing the 'official' start of a new model...the show that opens on Broadway as the first stop in a national tour.  I don't understand the economics, but the fact that they can advertise 'directly from Broadway', as someone has previously proposed -- may make them more appealing on the road and increase grosses.  I don't know w

I actually think Kecia Lewis is a drama queen.  When Lupone asked for the volume to be lowered, she was not being racist.  I have heard of Lupone being accused of a lit of things, but never racism. 

While watching dramas, I have heard music from adjoining theatres in the past, and they were from not musicals that blared like HK.  I actually wore ear plugs during part of Act 2 to muffle the volume a little, since it had given me a headache.  I can imagine t

I only saw 16 shows on Broadway in 2025, but I still have an opinion:

BEST:

CHESS -- I loved it as much as Sarah Holdren, faults and all.  Pure exhilaration.  I can't wait to see it again in the spring

John Proctor is the Villain -- such a brilliant concept, so well executed.

Ragtime -- The best Ragtime cast I have seen, and the VB theatre was perfect for it.  Would I have loved lavish sets?  Yes.   Did it really m

joevitus said: "Matt Rogers said: "
In all seriousness, can someone please explain what is happening here. Now this person is catfish. Yesterday she was fireplace. Before that, all sorts of names. Does she get banned and then immediately create a new name or is she just completely mentally insane and has seventeen million names floating around??"

Yes?

I am thinking that we should probably feel a little sorry for this person, who is e

darquegk said: "I still stand by my theory that the only way to win public approval on Part 2 was not to play, and simply to release Part 1 with a "to be continued" before pausing indefinitely.

But as far as a shortened director's cut of the two films? Despite theatre people's opinions, the current trends in alternate cuts go in the other direction: he's likelier to make a hyper-extended "Wicked: the Epic Experience" cut with both films plus

When I saw the first Wicked movie when it opened, I enjoyed it.  Six months later, I tried to watch it on Amazon, and was bored stiff, turning it off after 45 minutes or so.  When I saw For Good earlier today, much to my surprise I enjoyed it, although I thought both new songs were mediocre.  Interestingly, I was a little restless in the first half, but enjoyed the second half, mediocre Oscar bait or not.  I think the main reason was the evolution of Glinda's character

AKarp2013 said: "I don't think the return ofBeetlejuiceis paying off the way the producers were hoping it would."

Beetlejuice is proof that not every touring production will benefit from a stop on the great while way.  I have to imagine they are really regretting the stop.  Have to be losing a lot of money.  I have to say that I expected this.  Unlike The Wiz and Mamma Mia, this is not an iconic feel-good musical; Beetlejuice, even at

Fireplace said: "Well, for producers, they’re playing the long game. They know the show won’t recoup on broadway, but they will make their money back from licensing. The only way a show is gonna be successful on broadway is if the costs come down. And those costs are not entirelyto do with producers and everything to do with unions and rent and everything else"

Probably the stupidest post I have seen in a long time, Flash.  You don't play the 

Kad said: "Jackie is a fame-hungry opportunist who tried to capitalize on the documentary immediately. She even parleyed it into a sequel reality series a few years ago (that nobody cared about).

I'm not convinced she couldn't make a good topic for a piece of theatre, but that seems like an impossible prospect while she is still alive."

I think she could be a good focus of a straight play that analyzes what makes someone become like that and how it

witchoftheeast2 said: "If anything it should have a short run on Broadway to see if it has a positive reception there, with extensions built in if it gets good reviews"

I don't understand how that would make any sense.  i would assume that he upfront investment for the same quality production to run three months would be the same as to run for years...maybe a little difference re advertising, but the physical production, rehearsal costs, etc., would be the s