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[Ftworthguy]

Posted: 9/20/23 at 1:50pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Wondering if GUTENBERG will be deemed a revival or new work for Tonys purposes. Their advertising is focused on the newness of it, but the material has existed for more than fifteen years and shouldfall under the "classics" rule (if HEDWIG and BLACKBIRD are revivals...)"

 

My thoughts exactly -- it's not "new" 

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/20/23 at 8:45pm

nativenewyorker2 said: "RippedMan said: "It is totally up to the Tony committee and seeing as they’re already being advertised as a new musical I think it will be categorized as such. And the Broadway run will only help it’s licensing."

You’ve said this four times now"

LOLZ. 

[Voter]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 10:32am

OFFICIALLY:

Merrily We Roll Along

Gutenberg!

The Notebook

Spamalot

The Wiz

Water For Elephants

How To Dance In Ohio

Cabaret

The Outsiders

Harmony

Days of Wine and Roses

 

WAITING ON A THEATER (no rumors don't count):

SUFFS

HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL

LEMPICKA

 

HEAVILY RUMORED FOR THIS SEASON:

Here We Are

Swept Away

The Who's Tommy

Kiss Of The Spider Woman

The Great Gatsby (Papermill)

Hell's Kitchen

The Who's Tommy

Pal Joey

Evita/Sunset Boulevard (I can't imagine both coming in this season, if I had to pick one, it'd be SB, unless they want to specifically transfer the West End one. I can't see them transferring the KC one)

 

RUMORED FROM WEST END:

Crazy For You (probably coming 24/25)

Guys And Dolls (again, maybe 24/25)

A Wonderful World (24/25?)

the Sinatra musical Matt Doyle is in (24/25?)

Gatsby (the Florence Welch one, more than likely 24/25)

Operation Mincemeat

that Tammy Faye musical

 

LIGHTLY RUMORED:

Chess (rumored to be moved to 24/25)

The Hippest Trip

Come Fall In Love

Maybe Happy Ending

Sing Street

The Secret Garden (they want to transfer)

 

and more to be announced. welcome to the backlog of COVID-delayed productions seeing the light of day! excited for some!

Updated On: 9/26/23 at 10:32 AM

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 10:39am

Such an exciting time for new work!! Sing Street is still rumored to come in? I thought that was dead. 

[steve.sometime]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 10:54am

Voter said: "Dr Semmelweiss"

It's a play.

[Voter]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 11:08am

steve.sometime said: "Voter said: "Dr Semmelweiss"

It's a play."

Ah got em mixed up fixing now

[Voter]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 11:10am

HenryTDobson said: "Such an exciting time for new work!! Sing Street is still rumored to come in? I thought that was dead."

I also thought it was dead, but they're getting the $$ together to bring it back...

[Voter]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 11:40am

Accidentally had AWW in the West End section.

Counting down the Sweaty Oracle to claim this information as his own in 5... 4... 3... 2... 

[Chaz Hands]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 12:24pm

Trading Places is still looking for a theater/investors as well. They could sneak in for Spring since the show is ready.

[Voter]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 4:35pm

I now have confirmation from my source that Purlie Victorious will close in February, with Suffs taking the Music Box for the spring.

Producers are seriously sweating. There isn't enough audience members and $$$ for every show. Every new show is basically a musical. Those that didn't get in for the spring are now looking to move to next summer/fall. Which is CRAZY.

It did sound like Leslie Odom Jr was planning on leaving PV in January, but the show would run to February. Didn't get clarification on that.

Welcome to the Broadway Hunger Games... 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 4:59pm

They should be sweating. Nothing new seems to have caught fire with audiences and not sure anything incoming is going to either.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 5:28pm

Arguably, post-MWRA, there are maybe -- if you stretch it -- 3 or 4 people who will sell tickets, but not a lot, and both shows they represent are limited engagements. 

The ensemble shows, e.g., Outsiders, Spamalot, Ohio, Harmony are going to have to get spectacular reviews to have a prayer.  Days is going to have very limited appeal, even if their stars sell some tickets.

i don't believe there are any folks who are going to sell tickets to Water and The Notebook, other than maybe the latter's composer and the title.

 

I have tickets to Merrily, Here We Go and Harmony for my next trip in October. I only got Harmony because of last's years NYT review and the fact that the only non-musicals that have any appeal are PV and Ja Ja's, for both of which I have tickets.   

The only ones coming later that excite me even a speck are The Notebook (new Broadway composer who has written strong songs in the past) and Cabaret.  Re The Wiz, may change my mind if the reviews are great, but it seemed very dated the last time i saw it live, and on the televised production a few years back, which I really detested.

If I am representative of a wider audience, that is bad.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 8:59pm

There's a lot of premature speculation here about shows that won't catch on. Did Dear Evan Hansen seem like it would be a big hit when it was in development? Come From Away? Hadestown?

New work can always surprise with audiences. Even though I wouldn't put them in the same category as the shows listed above, it's not like Kimberly Akimbo or Shucked have been huge flops.

That being said, I do think the sheer number of new musicals could be a potential problem (for ticket sales, not for theater lovers). Obviously some are not going to break through. I just hope many do so the narratives doesn't become that original work can't succeed...

[BETTY22]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 9:08pm

2023 BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction: 

Opening night tickets to 12 of this season’s new shows raised a spectacular $32,750.  

1- Harmony -topped the opening nights, raising $7,000. 

2-The Wiz- $4,250

3- The Notebook - $4,000

Updated On: 10/2/23 at 09:08 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/2/23 at 9:16pm

Mr. Wormwood said: "There's a lot of premature speculation here about shows that won't catch on. Did Dear Evan Hansen seem like it would be a big hit when it was in development? Come From Away? Hadestown?

New work can always surprise with audiences. Even though I wouldn't put them in the same category as the shows listed above, it's not like Kimberly Akimbo or Shucked have been huge flops.

That being said, I do think the sheer number of new musicals could be a potential problem (for ticket sales, not for theater lovers). Obviously some are not going to break through. I just hope many do so the narratives doesn't become that original work can't succeed..."

Dear Evan Hansen was a sold out off-Broadway transfer with a leading performance that was considered a must see.  Come From Away had done a mini tour of sorts and had great word of mouth. Hadestown had a hit off Broadway run and a successful run in the West End and had terrific buzz. 
 

None of the shows coming in or this past season really reached that status, yet. We shall see!