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Boop had it's best week...yet is still about $200K shy of it's weekly nut. Maybe producers want to see if they can eat up audiences from the closing shows, but I don't think it will make a difference. 

Stranger Things isn't doing the business it needs to for such a massively expensive production. But I think Netflix will pump money into it to push it through to the holidays/Season 5 premiere no matter what. It's a cross-promotional/brand synergy venture for the

Well...I felt confident in Oh, Mary for Best Play but after Paulson's survey I have ZERO clue what to do with that category. The closeness of the race in his description is also backed up by Purpose winning the Drama Desk despite John Proctor taking director (where Purpose wasn't even nominated, just like the Tonys).

If Purpose or John Proctor wins, they might take Best Play and nothing else. Kara Young or Fina Strazza could take featured actress from Jessica Hecht, but th

I wish the Variety article would specify how many voters they spoke to. It reads as though it's a fairly small pool, as some of the preferences stated in the article read like individualistic tastes coming through rather than the consensus we keep hearing.

For instance, they only make a passing mention of Buena Vista Social Club being in contention for choreography, despite saying its most likely to take down MHE for Best Musical. They proclaim the choreography race is between Boop

Some excellent jumps as we head back into "it's officially summer" territory, and the return of tourists. Very happy for the continued success of Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending.

Still...Boop!, Real Women, Dead Outlaw, and Cabaret are all really struggling. The first two won't make it out of June. I'm sure Smash is hoping they absorb some of Boop's audience once they close, but I'm not sure it'll be enough to keep the

Perhaps this has been mentioned in the countless posts on this thread, or perhaps not: but there is a letter being circulated and signed by a growing number of Broadway artists who are making demands of the Broadway League and American Theatre Wing against LuPone.

These include:

Disinviting LuPone from the Tonys this year and for several years

Requiring a public apology to Lewis, McDonald, and AEA

Commit to holding artists accountable in upholding the dignity of ot

Also adding that Dead Outlaw is toast. They have a very low average ticket cost and are still using discounts post-Tony nominations. And even with those lower cost tickets, they aren't selling out the house. Word of mouth is fairly poor. The Tony race was supposed to be Maybe Happy Ending vs. Dead Outlaw...but MHE has firmly pulled ahead. So no Best Musical win to boost the box office. Maybe a surprise win in book or an upset in featured actress. Neither would make a dent in sales. It'

The grosses for Real Women Have Curves continue to be the most depressing thing of the week. It will probably run for a week after the Tonys, and then sadly close up shop. This show just deserved so much more. Boop probably closes around the same time. The spring road conference is probably the only reason that both shows didn't already announce a closing date. 

And even in a pre-Memorial Day week that is guaranteed to be low on tourists....that number is a huge YIKES for

Netflix is the main producer of Stranger Things, and they are willing to pump money into it in order to uplift their brand. But they DESPERATELY need some synergy with the TV series to turn things around. It's absolutely mind boggling that we still don't have a premiere date for Season 5. It would be such an easy marketing tool to create a sense of urgency with the Broadway such if they did ("hurry, make sure you catch up with Vecna in The First Shadow before you watch the final

I'd vote for Maybe Happy Ending in a heartbeat. I've heard the complaint that some songs aren't "hummable" which is probably the most boring musical theater complaint ever and comes up every year. The score does an outstanding job at setting the tone, developing its characters, and conveying their emotions. And it has a distinct musical identity.

Dead Outlaw was an enormous swing and a miss for me. I couldn't understand half of the lyrics thanks to the abysmal

I would say that Netflix has really bungled the timing of Stranger Things. The property is popular for sure, one of their top titles. But just being extremely popular is different than being beloved enough of an IP to get everyone running to plop down hundreds of dollars on it. And the show has been gone for a LONG time. It's been years since Season 4 dropped and Season 5 is happening "sometime this summer." It would have been smarter to either have The First Shadow debut just a

Last week was always going to trend down a little bit (week beginning 4/21 is coming off of easter, and a couple states push their spring break to this week. So there is still a small uptick in travel numbers). And we probably wont see numbers shoot back up until the end of the month.

BUT some shows are posting troubling numbers regardless of these travel trends. Orville and Eva are not pulling in nearly enough audiences to float the astronomical operating costs of Cabaret. With F