Posted: 4/27/15 at 4:43pm
The tourist theater goers are not going to flock to Fun Home. So once everyone on here who's been gushing about this show has gone to see the show, it's audience will be dried up. Or those that love this show so much can go again and again and again etc! I may be wrong but that's how I see it!
Posted: 4/27/15 at 4:53pm
I'm also glad to see Hand To God is slowly but surely ascending heaven-ward. It's as good and funny as any play out there now.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 4:53pm
Neon, Gigi only filling 60% of their seats is not good.
Neon, We can figure that out by reading the grosses.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 4:59pm
Ebontryan,
I've noticed common things about your posts regarding Fun Home on several threads. You have stated emphatically over and over that you have no interest in seeing it. I can respect that. And you constantly have to comment about how hard a sell it will be to tourists, and that it won't run long because of that, etc.
What is the bug up your ass about Fun Home and your pretty clear desire to see it fail? Don't go see it. Fine. You have your say as to why. (Many times.) Now, just shut up about it.
And just for the record, I'd say the same thing to you if you were constantly on Doctor Zhivago (which I disliked) or any other show, whether it was widely loved or hated on here. Refusing to see a show is certainly your option, but that also takes you out of the running to keep bitching about it.
That's how I see it!
Updated On: 4/27/15 at 04:59 PM
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:03pm
NEON VS ROBBIE ROUND 2
GO!
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:04pm
Hand to Go continues to rise - my question is: is it sustainable where it is now or does that rise need to continue? It can't be that expensive to produce...
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:04pm
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:06pm
"The tourist theater goers are not going to flock to Fun Home. So once everyone on here who's been gushing about this show has gone to see the show, it's audience will be dried up. Or those that love this show so much can go again and again and again etc! I may be wrong but that's how I see it!"
One would have thought that Next to Normal wouldn't sell well to tourists, yet it still did fairly well during its Broadway run.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:06pm
An American in Paris' success is surprising. Must be a tourist-friendly show, non?
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:06pm
Yup, I do, Kad! Just tired of hearing about its failure potential from people who refuse to see it.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:08pm
I would really like to do something else with my Wednesday. Is Zhivago like Honeymoon where everyone was certain it would close and then it inexplicably stayed open... at least a week past May 10?
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:08pm
Oh, my comment was certainly not directed toward you, jkstheatrescene!
Updated On: 4/27/15 at 05:08 PM
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:09pm
jkstheatrescene^^^ Fun Home is not a failure...it's going to win Best Musical
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:13pm
Thanks, Kad!
Robbie, I know it isn't a failure! And I hope you are right about Best Musical. My argument is not with you at all...
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:16pm
"I would have bet a ton of money FH would be selling out and the hottest ticket in town."
It's early yet.
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Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:17pm
re The Visit: The press/opening night carve out for the show is irrelevant. The show is selling very few tickets (and what it is selling are at a very low price). There is no causal relationship between the comps and the grosses-there was plenty of inventory to sell. Even if we assumed a 12.5% drop in revenue due to opening night, that leaves the show with a gross of about $200k, which means it is losing more money than Honeymoon did, than Living on Love is and just about any show that doesn't normally close pronto. They have exactly one week to turn this around, and if they don't sell over a million in tickets this week, running through to the Tonys out of respect for Chita is an act of charity.
re Chita and another show: she can say whatever she wants, and she may or may not mean it, but it is not Chita's call if this is her last show. After the box office we are seeing for this one, who is going to finance another? (Not to mention that it would have to be a role that could accommodate her limitations.)
The good news of the week: Neverland, Rotten and Hand to God. Everything else that's not tanking is in the grey zone. I'd guess at least 5 notices before mid-May.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:17pm
And the gushing continues lol lol And anyone who gives a contrary opinion is told to shut up. Of course this is how it works. But whenever I feel like giving an opinion I will continue to do so. Thank you!
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:18pm
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:21pm
What's to examine?! lol I write what I think and if you or anyone else here don't like what I write feel free to ignore or block me
Updated On: 4/27/15 at 05:21 PM
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:24pm
"And the gushing continues lol lol And anyone who gives a contrary opinion is told to shut up. Of course this is how it works. But whenever I feel like giving an opinion I will continue to do so. Thank you!"
Yes, that's exactly how it works around here.
I'm glad you will not be bullied into silence.
And I hope more will follow your example.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:31pm
"And the gushing continues lol lol And anyone who gives a contrary opinion is told to shut up. Of course this is how it works. But whenever I feel like giving an opinion I will continue to do so. Thank you!"
Actually ebontoyan, I look forward to your comments. You are like my Broadway digital doppelganger on this board. Most of your comments are spot on, in my opinion, and you have said the same about mine in the past. Keep truckin' my friend.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:32pm
You didn't read what I wrote very carefully, e. Please feel free to share your opinions. Maybe you'd do better, though, to have more different opinions than more of the same one over and over and over.
You could very well be right that, long-term, Fun Home may be a hard sell, and I don't begrudge you the opportunity to say so. But you've said it. And said it. And said it. And with an increasing antagonistic "I told you so" tone that is unnecessary. That is what I am reacting to most of all.
And again, so I am clear: I don't care that you don't like Fun Home. I care that you are commenting on something you haven't even seen. See it, and then hate it or love it, tell us why, and then let it go. Or stick to your guns and don't see it, and stop going on about it. You've made your grand statement by not contributing to the box office take. Good for you.
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:33pm
""OUCH Living On Love..."
If it doesn't get any Tony nominations, it's dead. Dismal box office, rotten reviews - that just might be Tony's first casualty.
What else do you think will post notices after the nominations? I think DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. And look out for these in the nominations:
ON THE TOWN
THE VISIT
AIRLINE HIGHWAY
GIGI
HAND TO GOD
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
If those titles don't get Tony traction, they'll drop.
Since MAMMA MIA announced its closing notice, do you think JERSEY BOYS and/or CHICAGO will announce soon?" This is my response to your comment about Chicago. 
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:35pm
HTG has a positive cash flow at its current gross so it is sustainable at least until sometime mid-fall if it stays at the current level. If it or boyer win a Tony, it may be able to increase enough to actually run through the holidays. (And I can't imagine a better Christmas show!)
Posted: 4/27/15 at 5:36pm
Re Fun Home: their number are steady right now but not great. Could their likely Tony win for Best Musical push them into near-selling out the way it did for Gentlemen's Guide last year which was also struggling somewhat with money and under the radar with tourists until the win?
