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Bleak, but not unexpected!

Lets fast-forward to next season and cross our fingers…

I find that Sabrina Carpenter rumor to be deeply suspicious. 

Let me guess - Seaview at the Hudson?

tomorrowBIGLITES said: "I have nothing against this lovely show.
But it seems very clear Broadway doesn’t have money."

This will probably be the most expensive show 2nd Stage has ever produced on Broadway (by nature of it being a musical and not a play). It's not like this is some easy cash grab.

I've just realized that this marks something of a mission-change for 2nd Stage under the new leadership:

Up to this point, the company has been "exclusively devoted to living American writers." Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt have been dead 3 and 8 years.

I’m not concerned about Fantasticks selling in a house of that size, and I am excited to see a reimagined version with an orchestra. It could be gorgeous. 

Call_me_jorge said: "Were any of the new musicals profitable this week?"

Did we ever find out a weekly actual for LOST BOYS? I have to think it's under $1.2 mil a week, in which case they broke even the past two weeks.

Assuming SCHMIGADOON costs about $950K per week? If so, it and TITANIQUE have yet to break even in any week.

Alex Kulak2 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "This celebrity autobiography thing is tanking at an absolutely astounding rate."
I don't think a Broadway show has grossed that little in my lifetime."

Between this and BEACHES, these desperate, third-tier producers need to think twice when Shubert offers them an inappropriate house. Regardless of how cheap CelebAut is to mount, it's not THIS cheap.

Play Esq. said: "Anyone know the nut for Two Strangers?"

For some reason 550 sticks out in my mind.

We see this with Audra all the time and we used to see it with Nathan Lane when he did musicals: if the star is singing, they’ll sell.

Dracula basically had toxic word of mouth from moment one, and didn’t they hold more seats back than they should have for future sale and it kind of backfired?

TNick926 said: "I was deeply impressed and movedby the Broadway production of ROMEO AND JULIET last year with Rachel Ziegler and Kit O’Connor. I wonder if the success of that production has caused the somewhat lackluster reception and interest in this NYSF production?"

I know nonprofit theatres sometimes plan years in advance, but it's kind of baffling to me that they would do this 15 months after the previous Broadway revival (which was a sellout hit).

Ben Davis just posted on social media that he will be replacing Colin Donnell as Father, which is much better casting.

Will be a short run if the show is indeed not extending and closing in July. 

I've grown to appreciate the newer orchestrations, but the 10th Anniversary concert recording will still always be my MIZ of choice.

Melissa25 said: "Are Adrienne Warren and Dee Roscioli still attached to this? Any new casting?"

Certainly helps that AW and WW have worked together before, but White may want to start at square one with the casting to put her own stamp on the piece.

I'd like to see it, but not for $79 + fees :)

Whitney White feels like a directorial upgrade over Liesl Tommy. I know Whitney's musical output has been mixed at best, but given her work as a director, composer, writer, and performer, it seems like only a matter of time before she has a big hit. A big talent.

Lou Gossett lasted four days in CHICAGO, Jeffrey Tambor did about two weeks in LA CAGE. Barry & Fran Weissler were behind both shows.

Here’s Tambor’s Song on the Sand. The staccato “La da da da” is certainly a choice and I wouldn’t want to hear him in concert, but his voice isn’t awful and he probably would have been good with a role like Cladwell in Urinetown instead of a romantic lead. 

https://youtu.be/Z6Oqbp2Okpo?si=u8G2UhFdBX5gopDq