Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/17/12 at 9:45pmMamma Mia! could easily move to a smaller theatre and just use a touring set. It has downsized in London so it's possible that the Broadway production will eventually move theatres rather than just close but I wouldn't be surprised if it closes in the next few years.
#26Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/17/12 at 10:08pmYeah, "pretty good" was kind of an understatement. :P
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#27Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/17/12 at 10:12pmAs excellent as Kazee is in ONCE, his attendance and future departure from the show will not affect the sale of a single seat.
#29Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 10:53amAlso, what about Mary Poppins? They don't seem to be packing the house even in the "Holiday" month.
bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#30Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 11:07amMARY POPPINS is safe. Disney currently has nothing to put into the New Amsterdam and since they own the theater and are the sole producer of the show they can over any weekly losses. It's better to have some income coming in than to have an empty theater with no money coming in.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#31Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 11:24amThey don't own the New Amsterdam. They have a lease on it from the City of New York.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
BS
Understudy Joined: 6/2/05
#32Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 12:04pmFor the record, Disney is not the sole producer of Mary Poppins.
TheatreKid3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#33Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 4:49pm
Disney took out a 99 year lease on the space, and it also houses the corporate offices of Disney Theatricals. In essence, they own it. And yes, Cameron Mackintosh is also a producer for POPPINS, but Disney could always cover his investment should he ever pull out (which is highly unlikely).
So yes, MARY POPPINS is safe regardless until Disney wants to bring in another show big enough for the New Amsterdam. Supposedly, I've heard, they want to get at least another 5 years out of it.
bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#34Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 4:53pm
And it is more complicated than just a lease. Yes, they pay a nominal rent to the city but they also get city tax breaks over the period of the lease (meaning they pay a low tax rate on the theater's revenue) in exchange for the millions they spent on the renovation and the upkeep of the theater.
The New Amsterdam renovation was the centerpiece of the Guiliani administration's revitalization of 42nd Street.
Updated On: 12/18/12 at 04:53 PM
#35Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 4:54pm
"5 years = major flop
5 - 10 years = most likely flop
11 - 15 years = just recouping, solid run
16 - 25 years = good
25+ years = hit"
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This is so odd? Where does this come from?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#36Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 5:05pm
Disney pays NYC 8% of the weekly gross whatever is curently playing in the New Amsterdam. Disney is responsible for all of the house staff, and negotiates separatly with all the Unions on whatevers playing in the New Amsterdam.
Mary Poppins will only close before another show is ready to be put in the New Amsterdam, if the amount its grossing less its nut is more than the cost of paying the house staff because economically it makes sense to make "ecomomic" profit than incur "economic" loss.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#37Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/18/12 at 6:02pmqol -- that reference was to someone on page one saying that Mamma Mia has had a "pretty good" run.
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RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#38Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/19/12 at 11:54amThey need to re-brand Mamma Mia. I love the show, but that poster is awful. It looks dated as hell. The bridesmaid logo is not making anyone want to see the show. And I wish they'd put out a new cast album cause that dated 80s sounding British one is awful.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#39Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/16/12
Posted: 12/19/12 at 4:28pmI don't think you could radically change the Mamma Mia marketing, it's been tweaked over the years but the bride logo has remained the same.
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