#26
Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:44pm
I think Shrek will close in January.
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#27
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.
#28
Posted: 9/21/09 at 6:53pm
I think Brian's last day is November 8.
#29
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
I predict it'll be January 3rd or 10th 2010
#30
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.
#31
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?
#32
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.
#33
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.
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#34
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.
#35
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
#36
Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:20pm
It hasn't even played a full week of shows yet...
#37
Posted: 9/21/09 at 7:33pm
Roundabout shows almost always play out their initial run.
#38
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.
#39
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.
#40
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??).
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??).
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#41
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.
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