BONNIE AND CLYDE only selling tickets until Dec. 30...- Page 5

[PopAria]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 2:06pm

It looks as though they're trying to sell December before extending.

?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 2:09pm

Hm. Might Telecharge get in trouble for this, then? http://thebroadwaycriticblog.com/2011/12/08/broadways-bonnie-clyde-will-close-on-1230/

[justafan2]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 2:11pm

Playbill.com posted this announcement today:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/157428-Broadways-Bonnie-Clyde-Ticket-Sales-End-Dec-30

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 2:14pm

"We're not closing" will be the party line until the closing is announced.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 2:33pm

LOL OMG the review from Rex Reed is a gift from the gods. The man whose dazzingly impressive out-of-touchness has proven and re-proven how some people's opinions actually can be *wrong" still issues the odd theater review. I lurve it. He's on the wrong side of every issue more than Rick Perry.

BONNIE & CLYDE supporters, I encourage you to distance yourselves now.

[broadway7117]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 3:04pm

It's nice to see the cast and creators fight for the show.

[PopAria]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 3:04pm

Themysteriousgrowl, did you see BnC yet?

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 3:14pm

No, and it's looking like I'm going to miss it

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 3:45pm

It's closing. Even if they try to extend, it will only be a few weeks, as the Best Man booking is solid for March at the Schoenfeld.

[littlebutterfly10]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 4:00pm

This entire situation reminds me a lot of the Ragtime revival. Even if they can only extend a month or so, it would be wonderful to see that outside support can hold up the show, even if only for a short time.

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 4:20pm

This makes no sense to me, but what the hell do I know?

#bcforever
NY Times B&C article

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 4:38pm

This seems counter-intuitive. How do you gauge demand for January and beyond without the capability to actually sell tickets? December sales are in no way indicative of how January will go. All this could do is engender bad will with anyone who purchased a ticket for a cancelled performance who then has to rebook seats should the show extend. If they were really interested in seeing if they could build an audience, they should have kept tickets on sale and continued with their new various marketing strategies. While I understand that taking tickets off sale builds a sense of immediacy for anyone who was toying with getting tickets and forces them to buy this month, but then all you're doing is drying up your potential audience for the slower winter months.

[broadway7117]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 4:48pm

Is it possible they considering closing and reopening at another theatre after the winter months? Chance to release an album and raise money?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 4:49pm

No. That is not possible.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 4:52pm

Is it possible they considering closing and reopening at another theatre after the winter months?

Please, just stop.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:04pm

Is it possible they considering closing and reopening at another theatre after the winter months?

No. They are already playing a smaller house, so it is not the theatre that is the problem.

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:15pm

When I went Tuesday evening, the house appeared to be 90-95% full. They were 90.4% full the week ending 12/04. The show has very strong word-of-mouth support. Why are the producers panicking?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:21pm

^ It made 37.12% of its gross potential which is very low.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:26pm

I Have never liked Frank Wildhorn's music..... I hated Wonderland with a vengeance
I was never fond of the music for Jeckyl and Hyde or Scarlett Pimpernell. I loved to hate Wildhoren. ... I mean it was so easy........................................ until Bonnie and Clyde.

And I fell in love with that show and score. I thought this show would turn it around for Frank but the bully mentality reared its ugly head.


There is a bully mentality amongst people and critics and Wildhorn is that victim right now.

Remember in grade school when everyone picked on one person and you went.. at least its not me and you joined in ..... or at least other people joined in?

That is the mentality of the critics with Frank Wildhorn. They were more impressed with their cleverness in bashing the musical that being fair to it. (See Ben Brantley-the worst offender)

I loved Bonnie and Clyde the musical. . I loved the story. The music. The sets. The theme. The actors but somehow that bully mentality was retained and critics were more impressed with their owncleverness and sharpened their pencils and brains to bash poor Bonnie and Clyde... and Wildhorn.

When crap like Sister Act, Titanic, IN the Heights, Legally Blonde runs and this wonderful piece of theatre doesn't----- somehow life isn't fair. Broadway isn't fair. The critics are not fair. Broadway is more and more a crap shoot.

... Get your friends and family to see Bonnie and Clyde .

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:47pm

"^ It made 37.12% of its gross potential which is very low."

Broadwayphreak, I saw that too and it's a huge discrepancy when compared with the 90.4% of seats filled number. The only thing I can figure is that they gave a lot of freebies for opening week or sold a whole lot of deeply discounted tickets, anticipating weak demand.

When seeing that the house comes consistently close to being sold out, it seems that the producers would then adopt strategies to increase the gross while continuing to build an audience. Instead, they refunded a whole bunch of money people already had put down for tickets, cut off ticket sales as of 12/30, and essentially put the show on super-probation just one week into the run. I don't know how they think that doing this can possibly help the show to succeed - if they want it to succeed at all. I tend to try to think the best of people and their intentions but I really don't see where the producers are coming from. Obviously, the cast is pulling together with the audience to try to save this show's life.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:56pm

Any word on the cast album? He could sell it overseas & clean up.Hell he could film the show & recoup from dvd sales in Europe.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 5:58pm

I Agree Sam
Other shows have made a run for it with bad notices.
Wicked had many bad notices but it runs and runs and its good.
Much better than I would have thought from the reviewers.

I guess they feel that this doesn't have star power or good enough sales to turn it around. Shame because word of mouth could turn it around.. that and a good ad campaign.

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 6:00pm

I went last night, and overheard a ticket-taker say "and you have to schedule it soon, because we close December 30th."

For what it's worth...

I enjoyed the show. They missed out on developing the greater themes I thought they could have created, and the "these are just family people after all" seemed heavy-handed, but I'd certainly say it's better than a lot of the stuff that lasts much longer on Broadway.

[PopAria]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 6:31pm

The real problem is that it takes over $600,000 to run this production and since previews started Bonnie & Clyde hasn't even come close to 600k. 

I guess the producers feel like they can't risk anymore $ .  But why not just make it official instead of wasting everyone's time with rumors. ??

Im gonna occupy Bonnie & Clyde til it's over. Then occupy Godspell and Lysistrata Jones while they're still here.... Lol

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/8/11 at 6:36pm

When crap like Sister Act, Titanic, IN the Heights, Legally Blonde runs and this wonderful piece of theatre doesn't----- somehow life isn't fair

For me, Sister Act and Heights (weak book and all) are leagues better than Bonnie and Clyde. And I didn't hate BC.