Profile for Kad

UWS10023 said: "It is hard to believe that this highly creative production will only have 4 months under its belt while The Lost Boys will probably play forever. If Lincoln Center wants success with The Sound of Music perhaps they should consider flying nuns with an opening night appearance by Sally Field."

Lost Boys will not run forever. It has had, at its best thus far, marginally profitable weeks. 
 

And LCT currently has a 

ALW’s net worth is 1.2 billion. He can scrape together change from his sofas and fund a cast album instead of issuing statements about how somebody should do something.

ColorTheHours048 said: "Sean Nyberg is also lurking in comment sections and taking to his Instagram stories to blame “the community” (whatever that actually means) for not “showing up” and buying full- price tickets. As if we didn’t turn out in droves to support it at PAC 2 years ago. He should be looking into how to reduce costs for audiences and actually make Broadway a place people can afford to visit less discerningly."

He’s to

A major issue with Broadway is that basically all aspects of the industry (theater owners, marketing, press, casting, etc) are each dominated by just a few players. It’s an industry in which a small pool of people are working on every production in different combinations.  

TheatreFan4 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Statement from ALW this morning on his Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaxlrZWDDHj/?img_index=1"

Put your money where your mouth is and fund a cast recording, Andrew. I know shows can't run forever on handouts from rich people, but you can absolutely finance a record of this production for the public."

Worth noting that ALW is a billionaire. 

It is wild that this is happening at LaMaMa of all places. 

Andre DeShields is not “unsteady on his feet”- he’s still enviably spry. He is clearly playing up his age for much of the show and then cuts loose during the curtain call/encore.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "
CATS' coverage problem has plagued it since the PAC run. It's physically demanding, and some of its cast is not used to doing this kind of thing 8x a week. Apparently it's been split-track hell over there recently. How they thought 5 offstage covers would be enough mystifies me."

I do have to wonder if this was a significant factor in deciding to close. There is no way this was sustainable without adding significantly

Absolutely nothing in that piece suggests that Miranda so much as thought about writing any new material for it. 

I am very sad this didn’t catch on, but, at the same time, unsurprised it didn’t. But I don’t see its failure as an indictment of Broadway; this is hardly the first great production to flop in Broadway’s history, nor will it be the last. 
 

I do think it’ll be remembered more than many other productions, even more successful ones, though. It’s audacious and historic in a way few productions are and took a show that is now widely se

quizking101 said: "Kad said: "The production hasn't even hit 4 months of performances - if coverage is already an issue, how did they expect to run this? To say nothing of the multiple injuries that have already occurred."

One thing I know from chatting with the cast is that there is quite a bit of aggravation that more swings have not been hired since production isn’t putting the cost up and casting has struggled to find people who “fit&