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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
#50Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 8:21am
RUkiddingme said: "Tommy, like Spamalot earlier this season and Dancing last season never had a chance.
Neither shows needed a revival. And with out stars?
What were the producers thinking?"
Exactly. That's the state of things right now: new shows don't need stars, revivals do.
#51Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 8:33am
Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals.
Oh look, a bibu!
#52Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 9:52am
Broadway Flash said: "The great Gatsby’s goin strong. They’ll be on broadway for years, the other Gatsby doesn’t stand a chance. Suckers"
You seriously know how to make a person laugh with your childish antics!
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
hearthemsing22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
#53Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 10:02am
Broadway Flash said: "The great Gatsby’s goin strong. They’ll be on broadway for years, the other Gatsby doesn’t stand a chance. Suckers"
What do you have against the other Gatsby?? Have you seen it and did it insult you??
gibsons2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/26/19
#54Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 10:18am
EDSOSLO858 said: "Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals."
Stereophonics, The Outsiders, HK, MJ would like a word.
#55Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 10:49am
I haven’t seen the other Gatsby but I don’t like how artsy fartsy it is and the whole thing is just dripping in elitism
#56Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 10:55am
gibsons2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals."
Stereophonics, The Outsiders, HK, MJ would like a word."
To be fair the Outsiders, HK, and MJ are all well known IP.
#57Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 10:59am
Wick3 said: "gibsons2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals."
Stereophonics, The Outsiders, HK, MJ would like a word."
To be fair the Outsiders, HK, and MJ are all well known IP."
In recent years I would add Suffs, Kimberly Akimbo and Six. Those had no megastars and were unknown IP's.
hearthemsing22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
#58Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 11:37am
FANtomFollies said: "Wick3 said: "gibsons2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals."
Stereophonics, The Outsiders, HK, MJ would like a word."
To be fair the Outsiders, HK, and MJ are all well known IP."
In recent years I would add Suffs, Kimberly Akimbo and Six. Those had no megastars and were unknown IP's."
I love how someone on another thread claimed Six stuntcast and I'm like...who was stunt cast? Yet they never responded .Psh
hearthemsing22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
#59Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 11:42am
Broadway Flash said: "I haven’t seen the other Gatsby but I don’t like how artsy fartsy it is and the whole thing is just dripping in elitism"
Why is it okay to judge a show you haven't even seen and say one production is better than the other?
gibsons2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/26/19
#60Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 11:55am
Wick3 said: "gibsons2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals."
Stereophonics, The Outsiders, HK, MJ would like a word."
To be fair the Outsiders, HK, and MJ are all well known IP."
Absolutely. But there are so many musicals based on well known IP failed miserably in the recent years or barely survived, especially jukebox musicals. Most of them are fluffy and tad cringey to me, but yet some of them become sensational financial success with zero big names. Go figure.
#61Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 11:56am
Because I don’t like the people working on the other one
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#62Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 12:35pm
The Notebook's producers had a company meeting early last week to assure the company the show isn't closing (which, in my experience, usually means the numbers aren't great and closing is on the horizon). They are planning an ad blitz. Attendance this week looks pretty good, but that doesn't necessarily mean more money. Take Me Out's limited run was basically saved by an ad campaign, though they had two celebrities with enough appeal to get them to the finish line of their limited run. The Notebook has nobody of note that will appeal to ticketbuyers. So, like many others, I don't expect it to last past Labor Day.
#63Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 12:39pm
Broadway Flash said: "I haven’t seen the other Gatsby but I don’t like how artsy fartsy it is and the whole thing is just dripping in elitism"
It’s COMPLETELY FOOLISH of you to judge a show that you HAVE NOT SEEN! How about you get your butt on a train and go up to Boston and see it before making judgements like this!
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#64Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 12:40pm
Broadway Flash said: "Because I don’t like the people working on the other one"
Oh for gods sake, GO AWAY!
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#65Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 12:49pm
FANtomFollies said: "Wick3 said: "gibsons2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Every show needs a megastar now, both new productions and revivals."
Stereophonics, The Outsiders, HK, MJ would like a word."
To be fair the Outsiders, HK, and MJ are all well known IP."
In recent years I would add Suffs, Kimberly Akimbo and Six. Those had no megastars and were unknown IP's."
Just to put things into perspective, KIMBERLY's all-time top week was still lower than TOMMY's lowest-grossing 8-show week. It never did remarkable business, but David Stone was willing to pour money into it and the Shuberts were willing to stay in his good graces. It's a freaking miracle that that show lasted as long as it did and burned as much money as it did.
It's also a little early to say if SUFFS, OUTSIDERS, GATSBY, and HK will turn out to be hits, but they've started strongly (some better than others).
As far as IP goes, OUTSIDERS probably means less than something like GROUNDHOG DAY or TOOTSIE or LITTLE WOMEN or NOTEBOOK, yet it is selling better because it is done in an interesting way, is building strong WOM, and is winning awards.
#67Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/23/24
Posted: 6/26/24 at 1:49pm
When I was in 7th grade, The Outsiders was mandatory reading in my school in NJ. Not sure if that book is still mandatory reading for the rest of USA but from talking to friends, we all read it back in school. That alone increases its IP recognition.
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