Chorus Member Joined: 1/11/16
4 Broadway Shows Debuting in 2016 That Could Bomb or Blow Up...thoughts?: https://medium.com/broadway-live/4-broadway-shows-debuting-in-2016-that-could-bomb-or-blow-up-ef986d3a489c#.8kgagsbb4
American Psycho?! ![]()
Any Broadway show debuting in 2016 could bomb or blow up.
So a bomb is bad but blowing up is good?
That was a good one
Nerds - WHY!!!!!
American - Subject matter may be a turn off to tourists and others
Holiday - Could bomb or make it
Paramour - Cirque is a brand name but the Lyric is cursed. Who knows.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
That list is bonkers. How did you even find that post?
Stand-by Joined: 8/5/11
And apparently 3 of the 4 shows are playing the Schoenfeld :)
Oh no! That house is cursed too! They're all going to bomb! (Which is different from blowing up, right? I'm still confused)
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
Why are we getting a new thread for every silly article on medium now?
Of the upcoming musicals in 2016 that I could see flopping, they are:
American Psycho-Because of its dark subject matter, I could see it be a very hard sell to the general public.
Bright Star-Can anyone really see this show succeeding just because it has Steve Martin's name on it?
Disaster!-I'm thinking it will probably end up being this year's It Shoulda Been You. A musical that features a cast of Broadway veterans created by well known (and liked) people in the community, but ain't gonna get that much recognition.
Nerds-While I'm excited to see North Carolina Theatre having a show sent to Broadway for the first time (yes, I live in North Carolina), I still can't imagine this show actually succeeding.
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