Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
PlayItAgain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
#1Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:21pm
According to a post on Davenports blog this morning Macbeth earned back 89% of its investors money, how is this possible considering it was making next to nothing for most of its run?
http://www.theproducersperspective.com/my_weblog/2013/11/recoupment-revealed-macbeth-on-broadway-recouped.html#comments
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#2Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:31pmIt averaged $346,858 a week, with only 6 performances per week. That's not great, but I wouldn't call it "next to nothing."
#2Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:36pmIt was such a small-scale show though. I can see how he would have reason to lie to convince investors that investing money in shows is less risk-averse than it may seem. But I don't think he would risk this considering an investor of MacBeth could surely out him as a scam.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#3Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:41pmI think it's a conspiracy to get us to believe in the power of the gay agenda.
#4Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/8/13 at 5:09pmI have not seen the papers on this show but if Cumming had a deal with a low salary bumped with a substantial percentage of the gross/net, then these numbers make perfect sense.
#5Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/8/13 at 5:34pmThey probably made back plenty of money selling generic unused syringes and bandages in that online rummage sale.
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#6Alan Cumming Macbeth recouped 89% of its initial budget, I'm not buying it.
Posted: 11/8/13 at 6:40pmUnit set, 3 actors onstage, and normally one person covering sound and light cues on the board. I'd be shocked if it didn't come close to earning back its budget. It looked fantastic but the set-up was really simple. It probably cost them more to have Alan Cumming onstage than anything else and even then he probably too a lower salary in exchange for points.
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