Broadway Hits & Flops: 2008- Page 2

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 6/13/08 at 1:42pm

No, it (I'm really superstitious, haven't said or typed the name of "The Scottish Play" in 7 years), just recouped.

[SgtDonut]

Posted: 6/13/08 at 2:02pm

LOL i'm listening to Superstition by Stevie Wonder right now! OMG coincidence because you said superstitious at the same time...

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 6/13/08 at 2:59pm

Frontrowcentre I agree this year the win for best musical really matters but I wonder why that award in general matters so much more than revival. All 3 revivals this year (i dont like including grease) are incredible and are equally deserving but in the past shows like La Cage have won the award and then announced closing the next day not not even allowing ticket sales to increase. so if the award matters so much why dont shows wait a little longer to see if the ticket sales increase. For instance passing strange, if it does not win will that mean that right away its going to announce its closing?

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 8:20pm

The revival of LA CAGE was doing poorly most of the season. The Tony win had a little effect on advance sales so the producers decided to cut their losses and close the production.

This season SOUTH PACIFIC is a smash hit already. A Tony win would only solidify that. But a Tony win for GYPSY might help a show that has been doing good but not sensational business.

Updated On: 6/14/08 at 08:20 PM

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 6/7/09 at 3:22am

Update on last season's holdovers:

-The following shows are not yet determined (as of May 31, 2008 )

BOEING-BOEING - HIT
A CATERED AFFAIR - FLOP
THE COUNTRY GIRL - FLOP
CRY BABY - FLOP
GREASE - HIT
GYPSY - FLOP
IN THE HEIGHTS - HIT
THE LITTLE MERMAID - still undecided
NOVEMBER - FLOP
PASSING STRANGE - FLOP
THE 39 STEPS (commercial transfer) - still undecided
THURGOOD - FLOP
XANADU - FLOP
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - FLOP
- 2 holdovers from last year that are still undecided:
CURTAINS - FLOP
LEGALLY BLONDE - FLOP

[camncal]

Posted: 6/7/09 at 5:55am

TLM will be a hit by the time it closes. It made crazy money the first year. It's slowed down a bit in terms of their ticket sale, but like the other poster had mentioned, their merchandise is where they make the most money. When i saw the show, all the kids were buying their stuff and i was surprised parents were willing to shell out that much money for them.

I've always thought Legally Blonde was a hit. it was very popular, but i guess it just never recoup.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/7/09 at 9:21am

LB didn't run all that long really. A year and a half? Hard to re coup a big show in that time. Didn't Spring Awakening break recouping in 8 months?

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/7/09 at 9:27am

I had thought HOMECOMING eventually recouped even though it was a limited run.

[little_sally]

Posted: 6/7/09 at 1:34pm

Grease recouped?

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 7/16/12 at 4:02am

I was wondering if there were anymore of these reports from Variety always a good read.

Thanks to frontrowcentre for compiling these.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 7/16/12 at 12:09pm

No, Phantom, VAriety stopped publishing these charts a few years ago. Their final few charts were filled with errors too.

I tried collating the info as various shwos announce recouping but many shows that recoup do not issue pres releases saying so.

It also gets tiresome to keep having to explain to some BWW people that they should not take offense if a show they love is classified as a flop.

As I have said repeatedly it no longer matters whether a show makes money on Broadway or not. All that really matters is the kind of lasting life the show continues to have. A show can be a huge Broadway hit (FOLLOW THE GIRLS) and never be revived or heard from again while several notable flops (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) continue to get revived.