Profile for VotePeron

I don’t trust any capacity number that comes from a “company member” and not the House Manager or Stage Manager. I think it’s very easy for ( understandably) frustrated actors to give an estimated capacity that is lower than it actually is. Seeing reports from actual audience members stating the shows were more full. Feel like Cherie should know better than to use those as sources. Also, my timeline was filled with people out and about on Sunday getting coffee and going to cafes. I hope no on...

everythingtaboo said: "It would've been nice if they at least kept the paint work they did on the walls of the stairways and landings, a shame to have it go back to whatever that uninspiringcolor it usually is."To be fair, the producers (and theatre owners) thought that paint work was going to be there for at least 5 years 😂

The producers knew for 10 months that Jessie Buckley wouldn’t be able to transfer, and they should’ve pulled the plug on this revival then. They contacted so many names, but never imagined this could flop in a world where it was so successful in London. Happy the cast and crew had work for a year and a half, though.

Over/under on him exiting the production within the next week? I think it will be by Sunday.

Mean Girls got like 12 nominations and won 0. Great Comet similar was like 1 win out of 14. I don’t see a world where Maybe Happy Ending loses. None of the other nominated musicals are loved enough to outweigh the commercial and industry embrace of MHE.No import has won Best Musical in many, many years. DBH was the clear 5th slot out of Boop, Smash, RWHC, Swept Away. Dead Outlaw lost the goodwill from off-broadway in its prolonged transfer time. BVSC is the biggest contender but it being a ju...

raddersons said: "Crazy to think this almost went to Bway but was cancelled by covid. I’m glad too — it wasn’t ready."They were midway through their first day of tech at the Lyceum when they got the call to stop working. Even the cast album released a few weeks later is officially labeled “Original Broadway Cast.” Saw this a bunch at NYTW and then in Boston—I think it’s an excellent show, and they did a decent amount of work on it for Boston that helped it soar. The demand just never seemed t...

devonian.t said: "So this is the closing cast, right?"Y’all won’t believe the names in conversation and apparently signed. Crazy things at the once seemingly doomed Kit Kat club.

The fact they only announced Leslie makes me think this is a negotiation tactic to entice the remaining offers to get signed. It is crazy that of all people he is the first. Good for him.

For anyone speculating, their paid social ads have been updated with "THRU 6.22 ONLY" messaging, so no dice on this extending unless one of the celebs they were trying to poach pulls through. But I'm sure ATG is able to fill the theater quickly.

After the shutdown, West End producers pushed to instate "gala" nights on Broadway so that they could enjoy the parties without having to worry about reviews tampering the evening. It's 100% ego-driven, but as someone who has experienced dozens of openings it certainly does make the night more fun.

MemorableUserName said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Now extended through February 15, 2026. Presale opens on Thursday."Wow. No longer going with that short-extensions strategy anymore. I wonder what changed their minds?" It's a show of confidence in the wake of good-but-not-rave reviews they expected. Now no one can question it's longevity or it's strength on the street. (Though, of course, it could simply close anytime. But the general public don't know that.)

Agree with Kad. Anyone thinking Maybe Happy Ending is not the front-runner for Best Musical is lying to themselves. A British import hasn't won Best Musical since Once in 2012, and it's biggest competition that year was Newsies. These lauded West End transfers have come up short since: & Juliet, Six, Girl From the North Country, Tina, Groundhog Day, Matilda.Last season, the voters went for the "best" musical with an original score: Water for Elephants was never in contention, and Suffs didn't...

Broadway needs to change. Some productions don’t have understudies/swings join the rehearsal room until right before tech. Pre-Covid, “the show must go on” was the mentality and you would be hard pressed to find 5 news articles in 5 seasons where a performance of any kind was cancelled. Since actors are more comfortable calling out and resulting a show cancelled, it’s the productions responsibility to have a contingency. That said, perhaps the contingency is to just cancel the show. Refund th...

Alex Kulak2 said: "...Final tally, if you are a Broadway actor, and your show manages to last a year when 81% of shows don't, you're looking at taking home a little over $64,000 a month, to live on, in the most expensive city in the world."Well, if we're gonna open up that can of worms, lets talk about everyone working administratively on Broadway for wayyyy less than that a year. Assistants, Account Managers, Social Media Associates, Developers, mid-tier managers and even some at the Directo...

This production has been signed & and in the works since this time last year. There is no excuse for not being off book.

What in the “hey Stranger Things, can I copy your homework” is this branding? Yikes. I guess they’re announcing so early due to an upcoming audition notice for a workshop that has all the future bway dates, as is always the case. The programming at the Palace is really off to a brutal start. Getting some Swept Away energy from the fact it’s a new musical that has whispers of being good but by a band I truly don’t know. Best of luck.

I am so curious where the money comes from for producers. I know they produce “hits”, but is the profit from the Lortel shows and recouped Stereophonic enough to finance this?

No one will ever be able to convince me the producers handled this week correctly. I feel so bad for the thousands of audience members who had their Christmas week ruined because they didn’t cancel these performances on Monday when they KNEW this was by far the likeliest outcome.

The production has known since Monday that they would likely be cancelling all these performances. It’s terrible customer service to waste thousands of people’s time waiting to hear about a performance that isn’t happening.

I think even a 4 person, straight-play with a fixed unit set would still probably cost $550,000 these days. It's just what it costs, and why it baffles me why anyone would want to produce a Broadway show.