Hard to say, but if it does it will be for very different reasons. I think some critics were harsh on GHOST is for two basic reasons: 1) they don't want to advance a trend on Broadway toward higher and higher high-tech driven productions (also louder and louder ones); and 2) GHOST will likely be popular with audiences no matter what they say, which they often resent. Most disliked PRISCILLA, but it's still running today (as did CATS, the original EVITA, etc.)
If they pan LEAP OF FAITH it certainly won't be because of overly high-tech production values, but more likely due to book/score/character problems.
I don't know, Ghost struck me as all "flash" and no "heart", almost cynically so; the overblown visuals raise the expectation that the really important parts (the book and score) will also be amazing, and the reviews suffered tremendously when that expectation was not met. I think critics love to rhetorically dogpile on shows that venture down that path.
(That's not to infer that Leap of Faith has "heart," because it does not. It just also does not have much "flash" either, and for some reason critics don't go for the throat on shows like that.)
Sorry to say I think the dye's already been cast on this one. Unfortunately, they're bleeding money like there's no tomorrow and sadly, there will be a tomorrow. It'll come sooner than you think and there will be no joy in it for anyone.
The number of people who will not see a show they don't want to see... is unlimited.
Oscar Hammerstein
I shouldn't really be posting late at night after working all day.
Reports are LEAP OF FAITH is losing over $400K a week, some nights papering over 800, so it doesn't bode well and no matter the reviews, the die is cast. Sad.
The number of people who will not see a show they don't want to see... is unlimited.
Oscar Hammerstein
I really think the subject matter does not appeal to the wider public.
I love the film, but I know I'm very much in the minority. try and sell the show in one sentence: "con man tries to trick people at religious revivals but learns his lesson"- it doesn't have instant appeal.
Does anybody know what the weekly running cost of GHOST is? And by opening a show in multiple cities internationally, does that usually help a production recoup faster or no?