Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/18/23 — Page 2

How does the loan taken out for SLIH work? Is the total added to the capitalization, or just the interest? Is it somehow built into the weekly running costs, or paid off before recoupment or added to the loss at the end of the run?

I'm pretty sure the loan for SLIH was from Mariah Carey...because it's initial investment was $16.5 million before she joined and after it was $19 million. I'd imagine they would pay that off first since it's more of a loan situation, but they're probably putting some money away for the other investors.

I wonder if what truly killed Hadestown's chances of lasting was resigning Eva and Reeve for a long term contract.

This is definitely what killed them. It's started to feel stale and it needs new life. They need new leads. Not even a stunt cast, just new cast members to keep the broadway community coming back.

Do we know how long Eva / Reeve will be staying with the show

and I agree, this show needs new leads.

spicemonkey said: "Do we know how long Eva / Reeve will be staying with the show

and I agree, this show needs new leads."

I don’t mind Eva. Reeve needs to go. I’ve said from day one he’s the weak link of the cast. I won’t see the show unless it’s an Orpheus understudy. There’s also a Hades understudy who’s primarily a worker that’s not good. And a Fate who’s just going through the motions and hopefully doesn’t resign.

DAME said: "I believe with Funny Girl .. the stars return from vacation helped.. but the Tony show performance also had a positive effect. Looking at what is available on SeatGeek.. I suspect the Lea performances available on TKTS might be winding down. That is not to say that there isn't good availability. So if you are wanting to see it with Lea at decent prices go now. Benko has other performances scheduled in addition to her Thursdays. So there are good options out there. Just know what you are buying. Nice to see all these shows getting bumps. Especially Kimberly."

Yes. I bet next week is the last week we get Lea nights at the booth. I also hope Benkos last show gets a booster from her cult. It would be nice for Funny Girl to end at a full 100% capacity.

alovingfan said: "DAME said: "I believe with Funny Girl .. the stars return from vacation helped.. but the Tony show performance also had a positive effect. Looking at what is available on SeatGeek.. I suspect the Lea performances available on TKTS might be winding down. That is not to say that there isn't good availability. So if you are wanting to see it with Lea at decent prices go now. Benko has other performances scheduled in addition to her Thursdays. So there are good options out there. Just know what you are buying. Nice to see all these shows getting bumps. Especially Kimberly."

Yes. I bet next week is the last week we get Lea nights at the booth. I also hope Benkos last show gets a booster from her cult. It would be nice for Funny Girl to end at a full 100% capacity.

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Benko nights have been a hard sell. This show needs its star. I can't see how this show makes any money on the road. Hello Dolly had a very difficult time with Betty Buckley as the name above the title.

perfectpenguin said: "What do you mean by “Lea nights at the booth”?"

I think she means Lea performances being sold at the discount booth.

spicemonkey said: "Do we know how long Eva / Reeve will be staying with the show

and I agree, this show needs new leads."

They were wonderful when I saw it...in September of 2019. Eva said she is never leaving the show until she's dead and Reeve is her partner. It's adorable and people might go see them because they are in a couple in real life? I don't know but some fresh leads wouldn't hurt.

It’s hilarious that some people are saying Hadestown’s grosses are dipping because Reeve and Eva are still in it. I haven’t seen it since a month after it won the Tony, so I’m not sure what their performances are like now - but 97% of the people going to see Hadestown don’t even know who anyone in the cast is lol

I wonder more often about what staying with the show so long will do to Eva's career trajectory. She did a movie very early on but essentially all she's done is Saigon and Hadestown.

I saw Hadestown on Bway and didn’t get it. Sure, Sheilds is veteran but not a fantastic singer, and, to me, I did not like Reeves at all. I saw it on tour with Levi as the narrator who SANG that role. And with a lead couple you carried about and I loved it. So I’d agree. It’s just stale. And Reeves should go. But it’s also had a great run and will live on regionally.

I’m mystified by this whole Eva/Reeve chatter, perhaps because my daughter and her boyfriend saw the musical on Tony Awards Sunday. My daughter saw the show on Broadway in 2019 and loved it, was underwhelmed by the tour except for a few performers (the show gets a little lost in larger venues), and really enjoyed it nine days ago - especially Eva and Reeve.

The box office numbers aren’t strong, but it’s still plodding along at a time when all the excitement is with the new shows. I assume it closes in January at the latest. Noblezada is still in her 20s. She’s not ruining her career by staying with a successful Broadway musical and getting to spend time with her boyfriend. As for Carney, people have been complaining about him for years. I have seen another actor in the role. It’s not that different.

The average tourist doesn’t care who is in the show.

It's so strange to think of Hadestown as being a long-runner considering it's only been running for roughly three years when you discount those lovely 18 months when the world ended.

I would say that a January 2024 closing seems appropriate for the production. Announce a closing over the summer, make a strong profit in its final months, and go out with a bang over the holidays.

Then again, I was convinced not too long ago that it was going to shudder in January of this year.

BossBroadway said: Most people seeing Hadestown have already seen the show. "

This is off the charts disconnected from reality, and is leading you to a number of wildly incorrect assumptions. If you want to believe that more than 1% of Hadestown's audience are repeat viewers--let alone repeat viewers who would e repeating more frequently if only Eva/Reeve would move on--be my guest. Some people think the Earth is flat. What can ya do

Of course, as someone who has seen the show twice i would happily go again to see the right Hermes, Eurydice, Orpheus team. And i'm hoping the show runs long enough that I get to!

But a rush of sold out performances if, say, Nicholas Barasch replaces Reeve? Lol.