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All B'way Theaters booked up??
#25re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/13/09 at 6:22pm
Ok, bobbybubby ... explain something to us.
First, you said (re: Memphis) "It had a dreadful reception".
Then, when presented with a quote from the Seattle Times critic, you bounced back with: "Seattle doesn't have a legit theatre critic left."
So who, exactly, gave it a dreadful reception, if there are no critics there? Oh, your insiders, I guess.
And when you say (without EVER backing anything up with something resembling proof):
"I don't type something unless I have proof behind it." .... it's about as believable as Nixon's claim that he had a secret plan to end the war.
I guess the need to feel like an "insider" with hush-hush info has quashed any efforts at authenticity.
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#26re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/13/09 at 6:31pmI don't understand how the Marquis Theater is producing so many flops. It has a great location in the center of Time Square and it also has all the hotel and tourist traffic.
#27re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/13/09 at 9:09pm
The Marquis itself isn't the reason a lot of things in the space are flopping.
It's the quality of the shows that are booking the house, unfortunately.
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RippedMan
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#28re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 1:07pm
Agreed. I mean, a little show like Drowsy Chaperone filled it to capacity for a good while.
Also, I had no clue Oleanna was taking the Golden and coming to Broadway. It sure didn't leave itself much time to move in. I guess the set and lighting and everything must be pretty simple.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#29re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 1:29pm
Are the owners for the Marquis specifically strict on the percentage of seats sold?
Something like Woman in White in all honestly was not selling THAT bad and it got the plug pulled on it pretty early (of course there was the sickness in the cast/etc.)...
#30re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 1:32pm
WOMAN IN WHITE was doing horrible business for that house
https://www.broadwayworld.com/grossesshow.cfm?show=THE%20WOMAN%20IN%20WHITE&year=2006
RippedMan
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#31re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 1:36pmAnd it probably had no advance, so that would have factored in as well.
philly03
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#32re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 3:21pm
Woman in White did fine business until New Year's, when typically every show drops off anyway. It was bound to be a tough winter, I don't see why they would just give up that easy unless someone was pulling them to do so. ..not to mention that they had a PAYING audience and weren't comping out every seat, or discounting out the wall (Cry-Baby Average ticket price: $34.24!).
"And it probably had no advance, so that would have factored in as well. "
That's what I always assumed ... again, it wasn't selling anywhere near GREAT, but 75%-ish for a winter run ain't so bad...
#33re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 4:15pmThe percentage is irrelevant. The show show probably needed a minimum of 500k a week to survive and it hss a stretch of weeks below well below that that and as RippedMan pointed out the advance was most likely non-existant.
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#34re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 8:47pmI would hardly call a 16-week run with 5 performances under $500k, in which one was 8k short and one a 3-performance week bad...especially considering it was winter and the show's two "headliners" (Friedman & Ball) were frequently out .....
#35re: All B'way Theaters booked up??
Posted: 7/19/09 at 8:56pmWord of mouth was awful, critics hated it, they got a filler Tony nod, it was doing poor business. There was no reason the producers shouldn't have pulled the plug.
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