DEAD OUTLAW To Open On Broadway April 27, 2025 — Page 2

the best musical tony rarely goes to the best musical

its all about politics

and the elites choosing what succeeds

the award is therefore meaningless artistically

although it does often help the winning show commercially

 

CoffeeBreak said: "MemorableUserName said: "Owen22 said: "Oops, sorry about that Tony, Death Becomes Her...."

Was anyone thinking DBH was the frontrunner? It seemed like Maybe Happy Ending is/was the current critically beloved favorite. (For what it's worth,BWW's review roundup of MHE has it with an average rating of 89.2%; Dead Outlaw's off-Broadway run was 78.3.)"


MHE isno front runner with operation mincemeat, DBH, (possibly)women have curves etc in the mix. DEAD OUTLAW degraded these other showshard today.

Reviews / broadwayworld aggregated reviews don’t matter. Last year Suffs was 75, Illinoise was 80, Hell’s Kitchen was 68. The outsiders was 69.5. We know how that went."

Good point. But I think it’s too early to predict who will win the Tony Award for Best Musical right now.

ACL2006 said: "Chip27 said: "I guess hoping for either Boop or Smash will win Tony Award for Best Musical has become hopeless.🥺"

Both are just commercial vehicles looking to cash in a their name. I wouldn't expect much in terms of Tony nominations from either."

I wouldn't be so quick to rule out Boop.  On first glance, yes, it seems like a commercial vehicle without much promise, but with Bob Martin and Jerry Mitchell involved, both who are very beloved in the NY theatre community, and the general consensus from folks seeing it out of town as "it's far better than you'd think", I could definitely see it becoming a factor.  Not that I'm predicting it to win right now or even think that it ultimately will, but I think it will be a contender.

Also of note is that we now have 3 smallish or more niche musicals (Outlaw, Happy Ending, Mincemeat) in the race.  And while yes, the Tonys have gone for that style of show in recent years, having 3 of them, each of whom have their own group of ardent supporters, could easily end with them all cancelling each other out and result in one of the bigger, flashier musicals taking it this year.

Robbie2 said: "Has the Longacre ever had a long running hit show? Everything seems to last less than a year around 6 months or so."

The original production of Children of a Lesser God ran for a bit over 850 performances. Though that was way back in 1980. Recent "long-er" running shows were Leopoldstadt, A Bronx Tale, and the 2010 revival of La Cage aux Folles. Those are the ones that jump out at me from Wikipedia, but it definitely does not host shows longer than 2.5-3 years, across its history.

Can't wait for this one!

Chip27 said: "I guess hoping for either Boop or Smash will win Tony Award for Best Musical has become hopeless.🥺"

Indeed, Chip. Indeed. 

 

Now that Swept Away has closed, we will hopefully get an announcement about tix for this. Anyone have any better intel on the likeliest date?

OuttaTowner said: "Bumping this, to see if anyone has the scoop on ticket sales yet."

 

It will be announced soon. Are you worried you won't be able to get tickets?

IIRC, they did say a ticket announcement/on-sale would be happening in January, so we should have more info very soon!

We're only midway through the first post-holiday week of the year. Let people settle back into their offices.

Just got the email that the pre-sale will be on January 22 if you have registered for it. Email codes will be sent that morning.

For those familiar with the Longacre, any general recommendations on seats to look for (or avoid), especially those that are likely to be in the middle to slightly lower end of whatever price range they use? 

The Longacre is on the smaller side of the Broadway houses. Even the very last row of the balcony provides a good view if those pesky poles aren’t blocking. 

Updated On: 1/20/25 at 09:10 PM