Profile for OhHiii

quizking101 said: "I ponder if they are going to shutter STRANGER THINGS before their January closing date. That gross is quite pathetic considering the cost to run, but I suppose Netflix is probably not going to mind burning their money and the Marquis isn’t exactly itching to move a new show in that would expedited the need for the theatre."I sincerely hope there's a story about just how much money they pissed away keeping that show open. Truly mindboggling sum of money I have no doubt. Do ...

Whew after Broadway Week ends, a lot of these shows are in for a LOT of hurt in the next 2 months. By the end of the year, I would say we're looking at losing Two Strangers, Mincemeat, &Juliet (wild that they're still running, but imagine they have a great rent deal from Roundabout given they'd rather have that income coming in than the theater sitting empty), Maybe Happy Ending, Just In Time (closing up shop after Ariana and Whitney, but we'll see how their performances fair...that score is ...

I'm not sure how active Jeffrey Richards is since Our Town and Maybe Happy Ending. He's usually on the boards with at least 2-3 plays every season and nothing has been announced/run in a couple years. He's not exactly young, so there's a good chance those rights have lapsed. In any case, I agree it would need someone with a name and a fanbase to make any sense to produce today. Though one could easily see Roundabout take a crack at it with a Kelli O'Hara or similar. Richards was also the righ...

Swear to god if they shove Ben Platt in this...

I thought I smelled smoke.

malcs98 said: "and I hope it does, I just don't understand who decided it was okay for an abusive, powerful individual likeScott Rudin to return to Broadway producing. I have boycotted LBRR andDeath of A Salesman for these reasons and will continue to boycott any production that has his name attached."We’ve reached the point of psychosis where Broadway fans are actively rooting for shows to flop. Absolutely insane stuff. Real life is not online. And it remains a fact that the man produces exq...

September and October are about to be an absolute bloodbath omg. None of it is good news outside of the top 4. It remains crazy to me how far Wicked has fallen since Part 2 was released. It materially damaged the brand. I think it's different from burnout because following Part 1, the Broadway show did excellent. The lasting impression from the films is, unfortunately, the far inferior film.

She was truly the best of all of us and it really felt like she was going to live forever. Gutted. No one can say she didn't live a long, beautiful life.

Kad said: "There were no speeches at curtain call.Sydney Harcourt shared on IG he’d be going to the Eagle post-show; he skipped out on celebrating with the cast, creatives, and crew at their closing party."He didn’t skip the closing party, The Eagle was “the afters” which famously are *after* the party.

Voter said: "Fred Mason said: "Ariana was extremely good in The Baker’s Wife even though it was a relatively small role."https://www.tiktok.com/@ctwombat/video/7575762762261941535THIS is extremely good??"I missed this and I'm sorry...the choices she's making vocally make zero sense. And some halfway accent? I'm confused. I may get pitchforks after me for saying this, but she sings like she's a dancer first.

Alex Kulak2 said: The main problem is that her career trajectory has made no sense. She's the first true triple-threat to break into the mainstream in a long time, and since WSS, she's been in Schmigadoon, that Disney animated film no one saw, and a bunch of bad to forgettable movies in every other genre except musicals. Put her in some musicals, people!"The main problem is that people just don't really care about her vis a vis she can't sell tickets. Or, worse, after that BAFTA mess find her...

Kad said: "BJR said: "If RAGTIME was making significant money, they would be keeping it open. LCT (or any non profit right now) is not in the position to be closing hits they could run."These are nonprofit entities and they become producer-landlords once the production goes commercial and they get less revenue from ticket sales. And in the case of LCT, they lose their only Broadway stage and ability to program a Broadway season. There are very valid reasons that most nonprofits just don't kee...

bear882 said: "Prices fordecent seats toEvitaandPaddington, which I already have purchased, have been reasonable - and they are known quantities (even if I am unfamiliar with the latter show). But I wonder if producers will set prices sky-high for this one."This team is often high on it's own supply, but they have a huge house, so I imagine there will at least be a decent entry price in the Mezz, but they'll push those prices up as soon as they possibly can. This group of folks absolutely do ...

Ugh. I know I may be in a minority here but I find Ariana’s work (outside of WSS) to be wholly unremarkable. That’s coming from someone with 0 Oscars and 0 Tony noms, but I don’t find her to be a convincing leading lady by any stretch. Much less a ticket seller.

Ostensibly he'd have had a lower salary than some of the other stars too. All in all, she's not going anywhere anytime soon, that's for sure.

The casting well on this show is just SO deep at this point. There are still so many that could realistically take it on. Melissa McCarthy, Amy Poehler, Bob the Drag Queen. They've made so much money in their high highs that I imagine they can very much cover any lower-performing stints. And even then, have they ever not broken even to this point?

See theres this thing about art being subjective. You don't need to be shocked that someone had a different reaction than you.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "OhHiii said: "There's some niche industry intrigue on this one as well. Jeffrey Seller is one of three investors (Nederlanders and Kevin McCollum being the other two)in the ad agency RPM and has had all of his shows there since it was founded (he moved Hamilton to RPM from Spotco, Sweeney was at RPM). It's interesting that he took this show back to SpotCo given that."You sure about Kevin and RPM? Post-pandemic, he's had every show with The Pekoe Group except for...

JP2 said: "She and her daughter moved to NYC and made it all our problem."ya'll are so weird for this lol. the woman is immensely talented and so is her daughter. stay miserable I guess.

There's some niche industry intrigue on this one as well. Jeffrey Seller is one of three investors (Nederlanders and Kevin McCollum being the other two) in the ad agency RPM and has had all of his shows there since it was founded (he moved Hamilton to RPM from Spotco, Sweeney was at RPM). It's interesting that he took this show back to SpotCo given that.The drama that goes on around marketing and where producers take their shows and how close agencies get to being fired from shows is a whole ...