Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:34pm
Is anyone worried about Something Rotten underperforming? For the positive buzz, I had expected more than 76% gross potential. Of course, it did have 99% attendance, so maybe the numbers are all moving in the right direction. Thoughts?
Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:41pm
[title of show] (6) was small. Story of My Life (6) was small. Glory Days (6) was small. Triumph of Love (10) was small. Falsettos (10) was small. Romance/Romance (6) was small. Pump Boys and Dinettes (8 ) was small, and they were the band, too!
Updated On: 4/13/15 at 04:41 PM
Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:48pm
"18 isn't big either. Im sure they aren't making minimum but how much do you think that show costs? I don't like 400,000 is to bad for a show like that. I have always read the grosses so i don't know what you are talking about and neither do you! You probably remember what i said wrong."
Wasnt there a week when Honeymoon made 600,000? Idk i never really looked at the numbers, i just knew they were bad and thought the producers were gonna hold off til nominations which i think they did try to.
So which is it? Because your prior statement that you "never really looked at the numbers" seems to be in contradiction to your current "I have always read the grosses." Or was the former just more of your "sarcasm" that we are magically supposed to interpret and understand?
Posted: 4/13/15 at 4:58pm
SR is performing below expectations although it should be noted it was a 7 performance week, including opening and press nights. Like I said, there are a lot of shows in "watch" mode. Gigi performed above expectations, although it should be noted it is a show that would be expected to skew higher during spring break. That bodes well if it can get to summer. But that's a pretty big if.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 5:24pm
Philly don't start---again, it was bad enough last week !
Posted: 4/13/15 at 5:26pm
So happy for On The Town, Gigi, Something Rotten and It Should Have Been, all making much more money than last week. Cheers!
Posted: 4/13/15 at 5:35pm
Posted: 4/13/15 at 5:46pm
I have heard that Fleming is forgoing a salary. Unclear if it's true, but she often donates performances where she could make big money.
Updated On: 4/13/15 at 05:46 PM
Posted: 4/13/15 at 5:58pm
I do not think there is a mechanism for an actor (and that's what she is here) foregoing their salary. I also don't think one can donate one's salary to a for-profit entity (something that does not really exist in opera). And even if she did, the show is still losing a substantial six figure amount every week, and I see little hope of that reversing. This was just someone's bad idea, and someone else's large financial loss.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 6:03pm
All the previewing new shows showing momentum…Fun Home, Dr. Zhivago and Something Rotten all up. Finding Neverland has already found an audience.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 6:55pm
Oh my god! Just shut up already Philly! Just stop being so brash with your posts already!! God!
Gigi went down in attendance but had a higher gross, does this mean less comps? Seems good though :)
Posted: 4/13/15 at 6:58pm
I heard people aren't seeing Hand to God because its offensive
Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:02pm
You might have a point BosBroad. Their attendance isn't that bad. Hedwig and the Angry Inch actually had lower attendance. The reason Living on Love isn't making money is people the average ticket price is $34.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:03pm
"I heard people aren't seeing Hand to God because its offensive"
You heard that, huh? People probably aren't seeing BOOK OF MORMON because it's offensive too.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:04pm
Book of Mormon is also a big flashy musical written by the South Park boys
Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:16pm
Mutiple reviews seem to point out how a few people have been walking out of Hand to God. Maybe it's because I'm hard to offend but I'm surprised that people have been leaving...if that is even the case. From when I saw it, the ladies sitting next to me seemed uncomfortable at times but commented that the cast did a wonderful job.
I do agree with those who say that next weeks gross for the show will be the biggest tell on its progress.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:26pm
YEAH for ON THE TOWN!!!!
Posted: 4/13/15 at 7:41pm
People walkout of Mormon, too. Big deal.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 9:56pm
Philly,
I didn't say anything about attendance not being bad. I think all of the indicators are bad.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 10:10pm
What does it mean when new musicals 20th Century and The King and I are mostly selling out the theater but with a low gross potential and average ticket price?
Did they just sell a lot of discounted advance tickets to be sure that their productions would not have a lot of empty seats early, with the expectation that they will be able to charge full price when the discounts expired and the reviews and Tony's were in?
Do people really pay an average of $176 per ticket to see Lion King, which is a family show that has run for eighteen years and has a very good film of itself available?
Thanks.
Posted: 4/13/15 at 10:16pm
Both of those shows are being produced by non-profit companies with a subscriber base. So those subscribers got their tickets as part of a season package and thus at a reduced rate. Seeing a higher attendance but a lower overall gross is very common with shows produced by the non-profits. As the run progresses and you have fewer subscribers and more regular ticket buyers in the audience you'll see the gross come closer in line to the capacity (provided the show is selling well outside the subscriber base, of course).
Posted: 4/14/15 at 4:51am
Philly your comments make me think of an amateur performing quee[person] who has just done a local production of Chicago, sitting around after show, legs crossed, glass of cardboard red in hand and saying ' well, OUR show was SOOO much better than Broadway'.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 5:50am
Scots' Boys and The Visit - are musicals without an interval really a good idea, commercially?
if you have no interval, then you are selling less than a full show, not to mention the lost interval sales.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 9:12am
are musicals without an interval really a good idea, commercially?
Yeah, A Chorus Line was a terrible idea.
Posted: 4/1/15 at 10:29pm