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BROADWAY CLOSINGS - can you call it? What's next to go?
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #225
Posted: 6/21/12 at 6:34pm17 in the Ghost orchestra plus the conductor, and 27 in the cast including swings. Apparently it may go on tour, also, though I guess that doesn't have much bearing on how long it stays on Broadway. I imagine they'll use the UK sets if it's still open in NY once it starts touring.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #226
Posted: 6/22/12 at 12:04pmDid JCS ever officially announce? They said that if business didn't approve they would be closing, but they never made the official announcement.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #227
Posted: 6/24/12 at 12:36amJCS was official the next day.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #228
Posted: 6/24/12 at 12:44amWow, I must have missed that. I just heard about the possible closing then that they were issuing refunds
Joined: 12/31/69
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #229
Posted: 6/24/12 at 2:49pm
Next batch of predictions:
**Ghost
**The Lyons (is that limited engagement? not sure)
and I'm going to go out on a limb and say
Memphis.
Side note:
Rock of AGes -has shot up in sales to almost 100% the last 2 weeks- the film has given it decent publicity, or at least spiked curiosity...
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #230
Posted: 6/24/12 at 3:00pm
The Lyons already announced its closing Sunday July 1st
If Ghost doesn't announce by the end of this week, it is going to run the summer
Memphis is either going to close come October when Pascal and Glover's contracts are up...or they are going to try extend them through the Holidays and it will be the first show in over a decade (Ragtime and Jekyll and Hyde) to run for nearly three years and never recoup its investmen. It won't be the longest run at a loss though, which still goes to Rock of Ages(which still has another 2-3year left in it) which has ran for nearly 4 years and still hasnt recouped it's investment
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #231
Posted: 6/25/12 at 3:59pmMemphis is ecpected to close after the holidays, though it doesn't look promising that it will make it that long.
Joined: 12/31/69
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #232
Posted: 6/25/12 at 4:02pm
I'm guessing
Ghost
Memphis
and War Horse
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #233
Posted: 6/25/12 at 4:08pm
Ghost's running cost must be under $600,000. For 9 weeks during the run they have been in the $500,000's. I can't imagine they would do that many weeks in the red.... I thought we might see a closing announcement this past week but perhaps it will run the summer.
edit:9 weeks not 10
Updated On: 6/25/12 at 04:08 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/06
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #234
Posted: 6/25/12 at 11:19pmFrom what I've heard from someone who works at the theatre, GHOST is planning on being there through the summer.
Joined: 12/31/69
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #236
Posted: 6/26/12 at 4:22pmGhost is offering a discount code on Facebook until July 27. I think they will be opened for the entire summer.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #237
Posted: 6/26/12 at 4:27pmI've been getting lots of emails for Ghost discounts. There is no way they would close now with the summer season just beginning - the tourists will flock to this show and Sister Act.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #238
Posted: 6/26/12 at 7:39pm
Memphis is closing August 5th.
Anything Goes has been moved up to July 8th.
I am honestly shocked and upset with both. Unlike a lot of people, I actually really enjoyed Memphis and would like to see the Broadway company.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #239
Posted: 6/26/12 at 7:42pmCan't wait to see what goes next at the Shubert.
Joined: 12/31/69
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #240
Posted: 6/26/12 at 9:08pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tony-Winning-MEMPHIS-to-Close-on-Broadway-August-5-West-End-Production-Coming-Soon-20120626
damn we're calling it good!
memphis wasn't even in the dialogue until just this weekend and there we go.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #241
Posted: 6/27/12 at 3:21pm
GHOST is on TDF for much of the next three weeks.
As was said in a few other threads, they might benefit from the spate of recent closings and pick up sales that would have otherwise gone to those now closed shows.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #242
Posted: 6/27/12 at 3:39pmI predict that GHOST will be next.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #243
Posted: 6/30/12 at 10:50pmGhost must have an insanely low weekly nut if it expects to make it through the summer. Sales really haven't improved at all even with the mass of closings and all the discounts they're offering. I expect it to post within the next few weeks. I don't see it going beyond July.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #244
Posted: 7/1/12 at 12:19amI agree with bwaydide. Any discount eligibility dates can be disregarded at any time. Ghost doesn't seem like it'll last past early July, but they'd have to post a notice soon.
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #245
Posted: 7/1/12 at 1:36amI was at Anything Goes today, and while the show is in fantastic hands (just as good as, if not better than when I saw it in November), I understand why they're closing. About half the mezzanine was empty (I couldn't see the orchestra). Also, I think the matinee audience was asleep! My friends and I were the only ones laughing at some (very funny imo) parts of the show. So I understand why they're closing—I'm just sad about it. Here's to a wonderful tour, though!
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #246
Posted: 7/1/12 at 1:53amDid Anything Goes recoup?
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #247
Posted: 7/1/12 at 2:28am
Anything Goes is a Roundabout show, so it's not-for-profit. I don't think recouping is relevant?
see p. 2 of this book: http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2010/3907x.pdf
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #248
Posted: 7/1/12 at 2:38am
^ Thank you!!! 
BROADWAY CLOSINGS - call it! #249
Posted: 7/1/12 at 2:53am
"Ghost must have an insanely low weekly nut if it expects to make it through the summer."
Well, computers aren't union.
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