BROADWAY CLOSINGS - can you call it? What's next to go? — Page 7

Rumor is that its Bring It On...as early as June.

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They'll probably announce the day after the Tonys if they win Best Musical.

I imagine Nice Work will do at least a year or so, probably depends on if they can find replacements for Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara.

jay94 - "Memphis" is usually in the 70-80% range most weeks, don't know how much is discounted tickets but think it could hang in there for a bit. I believe Adam Pascal and Montego Glover (leads) signed until October which should help.

"Newsies" is a limited run at this time but if it wins a bunch of Tony's sure that will change fast. I have not seen it yet but it appears to be a show that could last for several years.

"Ghost" and "Leap" are probably gone in a few days/weeks. "Nice Work" IMO will probably last at least a year, reviews were ok and they may even do better once Broderick leaves.

Tom5- actually I would love to see a "tired" show like "Chicago" close. When you start casting people like Christie Brinkley it is time to close the curtain - IMO.

Lysistrata Jones played 30 performances over less than 4 weeks. I don't remember the last time running for four weeks was equivalent to running for months @tom. Over that time it was pulling in less than 20%. The reason it closed so quickly was because it wasn't making any money. If Leap and Magic/Bird continue to pull in percentages similar to Lysistrata,I can't see either running for over a month

Question: has Memphis recouped yet?? Leap will be closed by Mother's Day(May 13). Give Ghost some time at least, it is getting good word-of-mouth, let's wait until after the summer to see how it does. Porgy & Bess will close when scheduled - Sept. 30. I could see Nice Work having a good 2-3 year run, maybe David Hyde Pierce could replace Broderick in a year. Once is bringing in solid numbers and should have a solid run & should recoup quickly, especially if they bring in a bunch of Tonys. Newsies should announce an open-run by the time the Tonys are over with, regardless if it wins big or not.

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^which seems SO hard to believe....how high can their running costs BE?

Of course, I'm still suprised that this is still running!

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According to the New York Times, Mathew Broderick signed a one year contract. So those of you who are looking forward to his replacement will have to wait, assuming NICE WORK does good box office and runs.

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I am curious to see if Ghost dies from a lack of quality, as alleged by its critics, or lives from the masses/tourists it seems geared toward. I have not seen it (don't have the desire), but from reading reviews, it sounds like it's aimed at today's general public - folks with short attention-spans who need and feed on fast-moving, constant movement, change, excitement, etc. In other words, I'm wondering if it will be a critical failure but a hit with those seeking pop-entertainment.

Updated On: 4/28/12 at 06:19 PM

No, I didn't care for Memphis. I really didn't like Kimball at all, I wanted to smack him upright if the truth be told. The story was "ok" but it just smacked of self importance.

Jonwo...the next few monts equals August/September! (It is practically May already!)

I would guess that Newsies is MUCH higher as it has a HUGE cast -- granted they are likely all (except for Jordan) working for scale, but there are a lot of them.

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wow i was wrong on Priscilla and Memphis and sister act.
I need to start accounting for when Theater owners invest in their shows so they won't kick them out (priscilla) and when producers don't really care about making money on broadway but need it for international shows and tours (sister act, although raven is selling).
I still canot figure out Memphis. Boggles my mind..Which i know isn't hard to do

PattiLuponFanatic - Totally disagree and don't think it is stupid or arrogant. My point was Christie Brinkley could not handle the role and they had to change the choreography so she could do the show. I sorry, I think when you do that you starting to "dumb down" the show. My goodness, "Chicago" has been on Broadway for years and I don't think the name Christie Brinkley is going to cause a mad rush to the box office. Was Chicago selling out because Christie Brinkley was in the show? I bet their box office numbers were not drastically different. The woman is not very talented and there are many beautiful woman on Broadway so what is the big deal with hiring her. I know full well she was a famous model but that was quite a few years ago. I don't want anybody to lose their job due to a show closing, the producers just frustrate me when they do this IMO nonsense.