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Penna2 said: "The show is in trouble - last week 79% capacity up from 77%. Only 2 other shows doing worse. Now this."

I think you need to look at other metrics, the average ticket price is still very high. Clearly demand is slowing but from what I can see it’s not about to drop off a cliff or anything (ok maybe this week it will because Audra has been out). 

I don’t see it returning to the initial hype demand though without more investment in

gibsons2 said: "Fosse76 said: "gibsons2 said: "Did Hugh Jackman passed anything to the actors/crew?"

I don't know about giving to the the actors/crew, but he definitely gave each member of the FOH staff a 4-figure check. (Less than $10K, but more than $1K)."

Good for him. I'm sure it was done towards the end of the very successful run. Othello has barely played for 2 weeks and people on here already complaining about

I agree that there are some gimmicks in the Sunset revival but the screen is used effectively in many instances, for example the close up on Norma's face to contrast with Young Norma's skin and address any concerns that Nicole is too young, emphasising her obsession with the camera (while adding humour and breaking the 4th wall to help the strangely effective way that they seem to mirror Nicole in Norma), making Norma seem so...low/inferior/pathetic when she is talking to the dir

mrshowbiz90210, I don't think the problem is the idea of giving negative reviews it's just that for some strange reason people such as yourself get obsessed with trashing individual shows over and over again and they can't stop.

It's especially strange when they claim to know people who work on the show AND have seen it multiple times in multiple cities because it just doesn't compute with a typical understanding of how people navigate those dynamics. For exampl

DanS3 said: "What is going on with Gypsy? 79 percent capacity? Ouch. Did Audra McDonald miss a bunch of performances?"

I don’t think so did she? It looks like Gypsy is hitting a similar kind of momentum drop that happens about 12-14 weeks after performances start with these prestige musicals who pack the theatre with high paying excited theatre goers but then things start to get more difficult (eg Follies, War Paint, Company etc). 

From what I can s

Except for some crazyness that criticism of Denzel W's high salary is now white supremacy (are there no limits to this ideology? It's literal madness!) and occasional personal jabs has the thread really been THAT bad? I think a lot of people have made some good points, there has been some humorous jabs, and I personally find it more refreshing than hearing the same 'predictions' every week that Moulin Rogue is on its last legs etc. 

I would take this threa

I kind of agree that it would just be the nice thing to do, to share in some of the money. Where I struggle a little (and where I might be a slave of capitalism myself) is if we are speaking about this specific situation as opposed to the general economic state of broadway then as discussed above the arguments seem to centre more around how much money people currently have vs others and how much they need (e.g. Denzel W and Jake G probably don't need more money and could probably re-distr

TotallyEffed, I do find your post quite funny and quite astute that I often take the devil's advocate position - but come on this is a discussion board not a religious cult do we not enjoy...discussing? I do, so yes, I like to find things to discuss and I appreciate the challenge. And unlike some of the trolls on this board everyone knows that I always try to be sincere. And I try to AVOID being rude or personal but I can't say I am often given the same courtesy. 

But

I do find this to be a more difficult issue than it seems...when the majority of shows flop and close early, losing investors millions (the majority of cases), do you think the actors should have taken a pay cut in those cases to help out those that have lost everything? No you'd still be defending they deserve their minimum pay.....on the flip side when shows are doing well you would rather they get paid more. The fact is that people literally risk and lose millions mounting these shows