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#51

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 11:07am

alliesinger said: "
^This. Fun Home lived/is living a great life, and when it's time to close, there's no need to be sad over it. If anything, the success it's had will hopefully inspire more Fun Home-esque indie musicals."

If Fun Home closes soon, it will have run over 500 performances. It is factually wrong to treat that as anything but a long run. (Gypsy ran about 700.) I would suggest that super-long runs are not an aspirational goal in any sense other than the financial one. People interested in the art of the theatre have no reason to obsess over length of run. Financially it of course makes sense to have a thing like Chicago but from the standpoint of someone for whom the show is beloved, it is a misplaced focus.

#52

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 11:11am

I agree - Fun Home, a wonderful piece of theatre, has had a terrific run. When it closes, there will be nothing to mourn; there will merely be cause for celebration that show happened and succeeded. Closing at a profit is not failure.

#53

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 11:11am

Think of it this way- in the century plus history of the Metropolitan Opera, there have been 473 performances of The Marriage of Figaro, so Fun Home will have been performed more times in NYC than Mozart's family comedy!

#54

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 11:17am

little_sally said: "I can see Fun Home closing by New Year's.

"Labor Day if it's grosses don't pick update rials over the summer. As said previously, it is not a tourist show.

#55

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 11:21am

What could go in the circle in the square? Dear Evan Hansen?

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#56

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 1:30pm

Circle In The Square might not be free in time for Dear Evan Hansen. Not sure. I am kinda expecting it to go to Belasco or something like that.

The Color Purple hasn't been doing well since Hudson left. Think Tonys will change that?

Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

#57

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 2:13pm

Circle in the Square is not a Shubert house. DEH is going to a Shubert.

#58

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 3:17pm

Let's say fun home closes in January. It would still have had a longer run than finding neverland and a similar run to something rotten. Both on paper should have already recouped and lasted years longer. Fun home is perfect the way it is and what it acheived is amazing and the fact that's it's heading out on an equity tour is amazing! This story and many like will continue be told as long as the fight for equality is still going and unless trump wins the presidency.

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#59

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 3:21pm

I was at Rebecca Luker's last performance, and it appeared the theatre was full -- though I guess that's not a typical audience anymore. I'm with the "burn bright and fast" sentiment. I LOVE Fun Home, but if it closes soon, it'll close triumphantly.

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#60

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/29/16

Posted: 6/1/16 at 3:41pm

It's common for shows the size of Finding Neverland and Something Rotten to have to run for 18 months or more in order to recoupe, look at Matilda or Memphis. I disagree that on paper they should have recouped by now.

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