Profile for TigerBait88

CoffeeBreak said: "The floor dropped out of MHE. It has barely made its weekly nut in past weeks - the majority of its weeks, it has not. I wonder if a tour is even viable with the set having to be redone for the road. This has the looks of a big financial disaster ...Speaking of losses - Celebrity Autobiography. Took my kids to see it last weekend on comps. Not good or worth the time even with one of the better groups." Tickets are being sold for the tour already and most stops are part of t...

Broadway61004 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "You mean the message that they actually voted for the best revival of a play rather than the revival with the least amount of controversy? Do you want this to be about politics, or merit? Based on your comments here, I'm willing to bet you didn't step foot into the Winter Garden to see Death of a Salesman. I am quite happy they actually chose the deserving winner rather than making a decision based upon who the lead producer is."This exactly. I'm in no...

Not going to rank all of them but my top five were:1. The Lost Boys2. Pink’s opening3. Rocky Horror4. Ragtime5. Two StrangersHonorable mention: Cats The Jellicle Ball

I thought I had heard Ragtime had a hard closing date due to the theater being accounted for in the fall already? Or am I mistaken?

OP has been wishing for and predicting the death of Maybe Happy Ending since it began previews. Take what they say with a grain of salt.

Congrats Tony voters…your big winners are a show closing in a month in Ragtime and a musical that people can just go watch on freaking Apple TV in Schmigadoon. That’s not even getting into the message that rewarding Death of a Salesman up and down the board sends. Good job! Last year left me too happy. Feeling deeply annoyed on post-Tony Monday is a return to normal haha

EDSOSLO858 said: "See you soon, Betsy Wolfe and Joy Woods!As expected,Maybe Happy Endingseems to be DOA, and the positive word of mouth that has started to develop probably won’t mean much. I’d like to tryand catch this one before a potential pre-holiday closing.Also unsustainablenumbers forA Wonderful World."Ahem…DOA eh?!? Proud to have had faith in this show from the very beginning!! Go MHE!!

Kad said: "For me, I think Paulson’s canvassing rules out the idea of Jasmine Amy Rogers pulling a dark horse victory. She would need support that would have shown up here."Yeah gonna go change my predictions where I can in re: to Jasmine. Seems the two lead candidates are so far ahead that the remaining 75% or so won’t change much.Also, might go back and go with my initial gut feeling of JPITV for Best Play. Seems it’s in the race with a real shot.

CoffeeBreak said: "djoko84 said: "Helen J Shen is the biggest snub of the day especially since MHE is going to win Best Musical and a lot of other awards."Eh, her competition was better (including the not nominated Robyn Hurder). For a robot, of any version, she played the role like a human and didn't have much wattage. Not surprised by this at all.MHE doesn't have Best Musical wrapped up in any way now. Maybe last Fall or mid winter. But spring has changed the game."Last fall? MHE was hangin...

ElephantLoveMedley said: "I might get crucified for asking this, but are we all really so confident that Maybe Happy Ending is the heavy frontrunner for Best Musical? Death Becomes Her and Buena Vista got the same number of nominations as MHE. Death Becomes Her also edged out Shen in Best Actress to get both of their leads nominated. Buena Vista even got a Special Tony. I honestlythink Best Musical is much more competitivethan some on here believe."For a lot of the musical categories, they ba...

BCfitasafiddle said: "Why would Elf be down in attendance this week? I'm puzzled by that."Yeah…how does ELF of all shows have a drop in attendance this week? Maybe a slight lack of interest after actual Christmas Day?

Fordham2015 said: "I got a mailer for this show today, but it's only good for performances through next Sunday 12/22. Not the best long-term strategy..."If it’s the HAPPYMAIL flier then it’s valid for all performances through May 25 with Xmas week being the only exception. Just have to book using the code by Jan 5.

binau said: "Do we think Maybe Happy Ending is making a profit? If this was 10 years ago I would suggest it would be and the show had legs, but now I am concerned. I’ll admit, I am super impressed at the turnaround and it’s more than I ever would have predicted but is it enough? And the dead of January is imminent.Now they’re surviving to stay afloat and I can imagine sharks swarming around the theatre for something in the spring."To be fair, just from looking at the MHE ticket maps, their ad...

EDSOSLO858 said: "Credit CABARET and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING for holding rather firm this week."Yeah if it hadn’t been for MHE announcing the true sellouts on Saturday I probably would have been thrilled with such a hold after a holiday.After all, I’d give it a guess that the difference between the apparent weekend sellouts that MHE has had in recent weeks and the announced ones on Saturday was maybe…20-30 seats?? Those two performances could only lift the final numbers so much.

Won’t lie…with the announcement of the first two TRUE sellouts on Saturday for Maybe Happy Ending I was hoping for a bit better this week…HOWEVER I did know that the weekday shows didn’t sell as well as the weekend shows did, a small dip was expected after Thanksgiving AND the midweek shows (especially tonight) seem to be selling better. Hoping the weekend momentum from this past weekend continues into the week and through the holidays.

Ravanne_1 said: "IdinaBellFoster said: "Thrilled to see MAYBE HAPPY ENDING gaining momentum!"This is mostly really good news for MHE. Average ticket price is finally over $100 and they broke the $700k mark for the week. But it something of a mixed back because despite being a holiday week, capacity was at 88%. Still, these are much better numbers for MHE and this is the first week that they came close to (or actually managed to) cover their operating costs.This was a holiday week and most sho...

IdinaBellFoster said: "TigerBait88 said: "Yes yes Debbie Downers…we know this isn’t quite a money making week for Maybe Happy Ending but it’s continued improvement and shows a 750k/90% week is within reach. Baby steps…I believe this show can make it!!"What makes their operating costs so high for such a small cast? Is it due to the technical elements?"Yes and the higher rent/operating costs (or so I’ve read) of the theatre but yeah…mostly the tech elements are what’s to blame.

Yes yes Debbie Downers…we know this isn’t quite a money making week for Maybe Happy Ending but it’s continued improvement and shows a 750k/90% week is within reach. Baby steps…I believe this show can make it!!

Amy Archer said: “ I am not moving the goal posts, and do not care one way or anotherabout the fate of thatparticular show. The figure I quoted is from someone involved on the financial end of MHE, rather than the notoriously unreliable poster on Reddit, who makes up his own breakeven figures."I get you’re a long time poster but this is basically the equivalent of saying your source is “Trust me, bro.” At least I admit the Reddit guy may be full of crap. I’m merely suggesting now that it’s ge...

MemorableUserName said: "TigerBait88 said: "Also, it says a lot about this show that MHE is getting almost all of the discussion vs Swept Way/Wonderful World struggling as well. I’m still hopeful that MHE will be ok for at least a little while."It really has been fascinating to watch the vultures circling this show andwaiting for a closing announcement in a way I haven't reallyseen for another show in a while, not even Tammy Faye. It's understandable when the show is terrible, but the show do...