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Anyway, back to the topic...

My current predictions are: Levy, Pitts, Mindelle, Michele & Chase with Levy winning. 

I just don't think Beaches will be very strong so I don't think either of them will get in (if only one goes lead then maybe they have a chance over Chase). Chenoweth could have had a chance if QOV had stayed open but I don't see her getting in. Sherrill is not happening. I think Michele would have had more of an uphill climb in a tougher year

In general, these are not bad numbers for January. The touristy shows drop big as expected. I don't think there's any imminent or abrupt closings on the horizon but I do think the next stretch will include & Juliet, Six, Moulin Rouge and Hell's Kitchen. All with long runways from announcement to actual closing. Maybe Aladdin too depending on what Disney wants to do with some of its other irons in the fire.

But there's nothing that seems to just barely be hanging on,

I definitely agree that Two Strangers is not marketing itself well. I don't think it was ever gonna pop in a week like this but I feel like it's not playing up the holiday rom com feel like it could have. 

I think the Stranger Things bounce will last awhile but I feel like it will subside by the time we get to late spring/summer.

It's interesting that & Juliet doesn't pop as much as it used to. It still pops of course like most tourist shows but it used

EDSOSLO858 said: "ER765 said: "I’ve heard this ishappening from numerous reputable sources.

The current state of affairs on Bway is seriously horrific. What the hell will it take for the tides to turn? Sigh."

Hopefully it’s just a “this season” thing. If we get less and less Bway musicalsfor years to come, I’d worry.

Or am I being too optimistic?"

You are not. It's one year of less

As the discussion about the lack of new musicals this season has continued, I feel like an under discussed factor is just how well so many long running shows are doing. Not just Wicked, Hamilton and Lion King. There are so many musicals doing solid numbers week after week and then popping big time on holiday weeks. Even ones that have seemed to be on death's door at times are capable of having super strong weeks. I feel like usually there's shows that are quite obviously reaching the

She certainly misplayed this for her career's sake because she could have just quietly dropped out as others have said and waited it out. But I also agree that she was probably starting to age out of ingénue roles and didn't have the chops for other roles.

But I will also say that I thought the character assassination went a little wild on her. She seemed to be mostly well-liked before this whole thing and I think the fact that she offered to constantly test, etc showed

binau said: "Smaxie said: "The Shubert Organization appears to be reporting the full house attendance figure of 1061 seats, rather than the 760 seats that have actually been on sale for the present weeks, withthe balcony offsale. So for last week's figures, it should be4615 theatergoers filling 6088 possible seats for an actual capacity figure of around 76%."

I never understand why they'd exclude the balcony seats even if it's common practice

Musigamist said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Wow Beetlejuice’s drop was significant and QOV is off to a rocky start"

Note that they only had 6 performances, so it’snot all that bad—the house being sold is full and $115 ATP."

The chart says 8 performances but was it only 6? Is that a typo? If yes, it makes things look a lot different.

Gatsby has been looking better again lately. Not sure why but it had a couple real

Every director has strengths and weaknesses. While Lear may not be the most inventive in terms of blocking, staging & stage pictures, I think the fact that this (to be fair, I haven't seen Ragtime yet but going on what I have read) and Into the Woods (which I did see with the original revival cast) have had such exceptional performances from the cast is no fluke. We have seen star-studded things underwhelm or even fall apart many times. She deserves credit for the cast being as good a