Cats: The Jellicle Ball to Broadway- Page 7

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 2/25/26 at 1:17pm

jimmycurry01 said: "JP2 said: "Ensemble17591322022 said: "More of that “in name only” BS."

If they're forking over $$$ isn't that the job of a producer...?"

Producers don't fork over money. Producers find investors. Investors fork over money."

 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/25/26 at 8:29pm

FANtomFollies said: "Just bought front row Mezz tickets for April. I'm slightly worried about being able to see the end of the runway from up there, but I was more concerned about heads in the way sitting in the mid-orchestra. We shall see..."

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/25/26 at 8:44pm

Robbie2 said: "FANtomFollies said: "Just bought front row Mezz tickets for April. I'm slightly worried about being able to see the end of the runway from up there, but I was more concerned about heads in the way sitting in the mid-orchestra. We shall see..."

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[malcs98]

Posted: 2/26/26 at 10:02am

Sutton Ross said: "Not always.A Strange Loop had like a million celebrity producers and it still closed at a loss. They don't make a difference in the success of a show, it's got to stand on its own. I loved A Strange Loop but recognized that it's not for everybody and won't be universally loved. I think this show is similar."

Sutton, are you saying that Jellicle Ball isn’t gonna last long on Broadway or are you saying it’s gonna be one of those shows that caters to a very specific kind of audience. I mean A Strange Loop catered to a specific audience and didn’t last that long on Broadway. Personally, I think Jellicle Ball should definitely last a good while (and if there’s any proof all of the onstage seating is completely sold out for the current run at this point) 

Updated On: 2/26/26 at 10:02 AM

[Ensemble1665759202]

Posted: 2/26/26 at 10:27am

malcs98 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Not always.A Strange Loop had like a million celebrity producers and it still closed at a loss. They don't make a difference in the success of a show, it's got to stand on its own. I loved A Strange Loop but recognized that it's not for everybody and won't be universally loved. I think this show is similar."

Sutton, are you saying that Jellicle Ball isn’t gonna last long on Broadway or are you saying it’s gonna be one of those shows that caters to a very specific kind of audience. I mean A Strange Loop catered to a specific audience and didn’t last that long on Broadway. Personally,I think Jellicle Ball shoulddefinitely last a good while (and if there’s any proof all of the onstage seating is completely sold out for the currentrun at this point)"

 

I wanted to see if this was true and got all the way to....preview #2 before finding available onstage seating. 

 

[BJR]

Posted: 2/26/26 at 11:42am

Has anyone heard what the advance is on this? 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 2/26/26 at 12:00pm

Sutton, are you saying that Jellicle Ball isn’t gonna last long on Broadway or are you saying it’s gonna be one of those shows that caters to a very specific kind of audience. I mean A Strange Loop catered to a specific audience and didn’t last that long on Broadway. Personally, I think Jellicle Ball should definitely last a good while (and if there’s any proof all of the onstage seating is completely sold out for the current run at this point)"

The latter and your last statement is simply not true.

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 8:09am

 

BJR said: "Has anyone heard what the advance is on this?"

 

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 08:09 AM

[Ensemble17591322022]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 8:37am

The onstage seating does appear to be well sold for the first week. There are only 86 seats so that isn’t really impressive, as downtown had 87 seats SL and 87 seats SR, plus those long red couches on floor level with the cocktail tables. 

It looks like rear mezz and rear orchestra might be greyed-out as production holds but not truly purchased, to encourage buyers to spend on the more expensive seats. There’s a strange blanket pattern of those sections being sold each night.
Maybe I’m wrong. Has anyone here bought seats in the last row or extreme sides or orchestra or mezz for the first week?

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 08:37 AM

[Merkin2]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 9:07am

That tracks with my middle aged gay friends being excited about Beaches lol

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 9:22am

The low numbers are making it harder for producers to raise the funds for these shows. 

 

Merkin2 said: "That tracks with my middle aged gay friends being excited about Beaches lol"

 

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 09:22 AM

[Ensemble1665759202]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 10:54am

Ensemble1711444445 said: "From a reasonably reliable source... Dog Day and Death of a Salesman and Giant are selling well - around 4 million advances. The rest of the plays are struggling. Hopefully Radcliffe will pick up now that they are in previews and people can see what he is doing.

The musicals are being met with much less excitement. All under 1.7 advances Beaches being the highest. Then Schmigadoon, Lost Boys, Cats and Titanique are all clustered closer to 1.1.
 

Not saying you're wrong, but it really looks lie Beaches has barely sold any tickets at all on their seating charts. If anything it looks like Cats and The Lost Boys are the only ones selling.


BJR said: "Has anyone heard what the advance is on this?"

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[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 11:16am

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 11:16 AM

[Ensemble1665759202]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 1:10pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "Looks are deceiving apparently. The Beaches numbers are real and they are higher than the ones you mention.



Ensemble1665759202 said: "Ensemble1711444445 said: "From a reasonably reliable source... Dog Day and Death of a Salesman and Giant are selling well - around 4 million advances. The rest of the plays are struggling. Hopefully Radcliffe will pick up now that they are in previews and people can see what he is doing.

The musicals are being met with much less excitement. All under 1.7 advances Beaches being the highest. Then Schmigadoon, Lost Boys, Cats and Titanique are all clustered closer to 1.1.


Not saying you're wrong, but it really looks lie Beaches has barely sold any tickets at all on their seating charts. If anything it looks like Cats and The Lost Boys are the only ones selling.


BJR said: "Has anyone heard what the advance is on this?"

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But…how? Beaches has barely sold any tickets

[Kad]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 1:36pm

Beaches doesn’t have a single Friday or Saturday night performance in April and May that looks to be more than 30% full- and that’s including orchestra seats that are clearly being held by the production. In fact, there are quite a number of performances where only a handful of mezzanine tickets seem to have been sold at all. Even an advance of $1.5 million would require thousands of sold tickets. 

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 2:36pm

 

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 02:36 PM

[ER765]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 2:38pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "I can only tell you what I am hearing from people who know this stuff. If you have actual information that is different let me know!

Kad said: "Beaches doesn’t have a single Friday or Saturday night performance in April and May that looks to be more than 30% full- and that’s including orchestra seats that are clearly being held by the production. In fact, there are quite a number of performances where only a handful of mezzanine tickets seem to have been sold at all. Even anadvance of $1.5 million would require thousands of sold tickets."

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I’d say the ticket availability on the shows official site is about as good a source as any  

But we’ll trust your anonymous “sources.” Are they in the room with us now?

[JSquared2]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 2:39pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "I can only tell you what I am hearing from people who know this stuff. If you have actual information that is different let me know!

 

If you are hearing it from any of your other multiple personalities, it doesn't count as a "source".

 

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 02:39 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 2:45pm

The mods love to delete a post that “isn’t on topic” or includes even a reference to an incendiary accusation (no matter how substantiated), but we still have to deal with BroadwayFlash creating a new profile every five minutes? 

I’ll never understand. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 2:56pm

Ensemble1665759202 and Ensemble1711444445 and Ensemble17591322022 said:

I can only tell you what I am hearing from people who know this stuff. 

Updated On: 2/27/26 at 02:56 PM

[Merkin2]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 3:01pm

Several performances 30% sold in a theater of over 1600 seats = thousands of seats sold.  Nobody should ever be looking at attendance anyway, it’s all about the gross. 

[BeyondtheBoards]

Posted: 2/27/26 at 3:01pm

Ensemble17591322022 said: "The onstage seating does appear to be well sold for the first week. There are only 86 seats so that isn’t really impressive, as downtown had 87 seats SL and 87 seats SR, plus those long red couches on floor levelwith the cocktail tables.

It looks like rear mezz and rear orchestra might be greyed-out as production holds but not truly purchased, to encourage buyers to spend on the more expensive seats. There’s a strange blanket pattern of those sections being sold each night.
Maybe I’m wrong. Has anyone here bought seats in the last row or extreme sides or orchestra or mezz for the first week?"

Usually has to do with waiting to confirm with waiting to see if partial view or not... or production holds in previews for designers and such, often rear orch.