American Idiot Extended

It was never a limited run.

Just because they put tickets on sale does not mean they will actually run.

On the other hand, if they think they have any chance at all of running into the Spring, this is the time (if not sooner) that they should be putting single tickets on sale.

Personally, I don't think they'll get there -- if these are their numbers in October, late January/early February will be truly scary -- but it's not at all surprising to me that they've gone ahead and put the tickets on sale to protect against the possibility, however remote.

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Who is the "star" now? Gallagher (as much as I love him) is only known amongst b'way folks. While he's done a few tv episodes and movies, he hasn't gained any sort of recognition for them.

What's the competition? Any possible other show that people will choose to see. What demographic are you speaking of that make BBAJ it's ONLY competition? For a show to last a good length of time, they need a broad demographic.

I am certainly NOT the group that I suspect you are speaking of. But I went and saw AI with great anticipation. I saw BBAJ 2x OFF bway and can't wait to see it again "on".

The reason the lottery crowd is huge is because of the young people that cannot afford full price tix. If they are ONLY buying highly discounted tix over and over again, they aren't "helping" the production. A show can't survive on discount tix.

(Of course, that being said: N2N seems to be somehow doing just that and has been since last spring.)

I have no idea what the fate of AI is, but all that the release of the next block of tix means is: they are testing the waters.

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Just because they've extended ticket sales, that doesn't mean they can't close.

But for the record: I've been keeping up with the grosses since it opened (for the most part) and there's only been one week that I can remember where they didn't make their weekly nut (around $425k). If they keep making their weekly nut plus some and they can keep returning money to their investors, they won't close. Capacity doesn't matter, as long as they're making money - which they are (for now, at least).

What I find interesting is that the "Powers that be" rushed to close Finian's Rainbow which was grossing just as much as AI has been fior
The last few months and had much lower costs (half the cast, less elaborate set etc)...I had heard a rumor that someone with influence at the theater (not the show) pushed to close because they were linked to someone at AI and wanted the show at their theater...don't know if it's true but the fact that landlords have things written in the contracts where they can break the lease if attendance is below a certain level and only half the theater is being sold for AI makes me go huuummmmm

All they have to do is call Billie Joe to step in, and advertise it this time. They will be fine.

We dont know what the weekly nut is (though everybody on here always claims too for every show), they could be getting by.

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I believe that that clause exists in contracts but it seems a little foolish. Why would you kick a show out that's able to pay the bills and put in a show that might or might not be able to?

Seems really dumb to me.

The theater owner get a piece of the gross. The clause exists to protect the theater owner against underperforming shows. They need the right to evict a 60% seat-filler in hopes of finding a 90-100% seat filler. If that new show is not on the horizon, the stop clause would not be invoked. If, however, in the theater owner's opinion, American Idiot has far more potential than Finian, they would certainly invoke and make a change.