Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20- Page 2

[tking001]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#25

Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:44pm

I think Shrek will close in January.

[TheatreFan4]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#26

Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:51pm

It's looking that way. When is Brian's last show? Chances are that I'm going in November.

[AbbyNormal13]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#27

Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:53pm

I think Brian's last day is November 8.

[tking001]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#28

Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:55pm

Ben Crawford starts I think 11-11 but wouldn't it be weird to close the show b4 the holiday rush? So that makes they'd wait till January
I predict it'll be January 3rd or 10th 2010

[TheatreFan4]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#29

Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:59pm

So as it looks I will see Brian in his last week or Ben's first performance full time.

[Barney Stinson]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#30

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:02pm

If Shrek lasts to Nov 8th, I'd think they would last until January. With numbers in the $400Ks though, they may not make it to November. Can they afford to drop $300-$400K a week until then?

[wdwfreak]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#31

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:08pm

I think that Shrek would be having increases until November. Of course it took a HUGE drop last week, but then again it was most kid's first week of school. Once parents start to become more comfortable with their children's work, I think it will pick back up. Unfortunately, I think Ben Crawford will have the same fate as Chelsea Morgan Stock in The Little Mermaid who got to perform the role full time for barely 3 months.

[TheatreFan4]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#32

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:13pm

I think that Dreamworks was expecting this drop off & expects Shrek to do better over the holidays. If they didn't then why would they have not closed the show at the beginning of September when they were still making SOME money.
Updated On: 9/21/09 at 07:13 PM

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#33

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:14pm

I think In The Heights can hang in there. It has recouped and does not have very high running costs.

[jeffmiele]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#34

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:19pm

what do you guys think about miss julie? do you think itll last its entire run? i mean its a limited run to begin with

[TheatreFan4]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#35

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:20pm

It hasn't even played a full week of shows yet...

[ljay889]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#36

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:33pm

Roundabout shows almost always play out their initial run.

[vodkastinger]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#37

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:34pm

Roundabout doesn't close shows before their run is scheduled to end. They would have a lot of pissed subscribers if they did.

[Barney Stinson]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#38

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:38pm

People keep referring to a show recouping as though it lowers the show's operating costs. As far as I can tell, it doesn't. So having recouped wouldn't make a show any more or less likely to stay open. Unless someone can explain to me why recouping somehow lowers weekly operating costs.

[ACL2006]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#39

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:47pm

no, but it gives them a little extra cash during the slow months to balance everything out.

I'll second Shrek closing in January. Poppins will be gone once Disney decides to bring in another show for the New Amsterdam(Aladdin?? Hunchback??).

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[Barney Stinson]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/20#40

Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:56pm

No it doesn't. How does it give them extra cash? All shows have a reserve of some sort, completely at the discretion of the producers. They can choose to pay $$ out or keep a higher reserve however they like. Recoupment doesn't affect that decision either really. Of course, they want to pay investors back, so they can start taking a large % of the profits themselves, but afterwards, they will want to pay themselves as well. Really don't see how recoupment changes smart reserve holding.