DADDY LONG LEGS to stream LIVE online — Page 4

To be honest, I am not sure that a one act format for this show would be wise.

in the production, specifically, most of the intermission is taken up by stagehands presenting extensive props and set dressing for act two. This is, obviously, in full view and not speculation.

but in general, the show is a two handed and deceptively simple, but I would not want to put that added stress on the two actors. McGinnis, for one, has several carafes of water on the stage and she readily drinks through them when the focus is in Jervis. I imagine a restroom break would be welcome mid-show since she has to keep her voice so well lubricated to produce her sound,

intermissions are often there for dramatic purpose, but just as often there for technical reasons as well.

I watched this today and fell in love with the show and performances. Great acting and singing from both Megan and her husband. They made me care about the characters. I thought the score was lovely. Will be looking into Paul Gordon's other works.

On Twitter the show is asking for survey feedback about the livestream: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CT365GL. Completing the survey might go some small way towards encouraging this sort of thing to happen more in the future.

Pootie2 said: "No data. Instead, Davenport is offering a big ticket discount... "

Well, he did say he would be releasing the data on Tuesday in his blog post. I think he's trying to get some press to run with it before releasing it.

Pootie2 said: "Unfortunately, doing that immediately renders his goal to disprove "naysayers who think streaming isn't a ticket buying motivator" completely null and void. There would be no way to differentiate "saw the livestream" and "bought tix because CHEAP" in this case."

That is supposed to be a link/page only sent to Livestreamers, no? So, one imagines the Telecharge Offers code for this discount differs from others that may exist? Will non-streamers find it and use it? Sure, but still will get some idea of the impact, one might imagine...

Has anyone else read Davenport's post yet? 150,055 feels like a low number. I don't mean that it seems incorrect. I just thought maybe they could/should have been able to get more people to watch.

Also, these don't exactly seem like positives...

"Imagine how many people would tune in if we put dollars behind it?"

"The average age of our livestream viewer was 46.6 years old. The average age of the Broadway theatergoing audience according to Broadway League demographics is 44 years old."

As a brief reminder, I really like Daddy Long Legs. I've seen it live twice. I happened to not be home on the night of the livestream or I probably would have watched it. And I hope they do more of this kind of thing in the future. I just don't think it was a massive success.

I hadn't seen the show before the livestream, but I read the book as a child. I wasn't a fan of the score. A lot of songs that sounded very similar. I think the fact that it was a two-person show only added to it. At least other two-handers like The Last 5 Years mix up the tone of the songs to make it less than repetitive. It was hard to tell when one song ended and the other began. I know the guy who wrote the score has written other shows I wasn't a fan of, so maybe his music just isn't my thing. To each their own.

I wouldn't have bothered to see it- let alone check out the score- if it wasn't free. I'm not sure what the goal of the livestream was. To be the first? To sell cast recordings? I don't know how this is a viable business practice.

and if you believe any of those stats I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...