#76
Posted: 6/6/26 at 5:15pm
Saw the matinee of this and thought it was excellent. Had pretty close seats so that helped. Bonus Bernadette Peters sat right behind us
DEATH OF A SALESMAN 2026 Reviews — Page 4
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#77
Posted: 6/6/26 at 5:47pm
willep said: "I don't believe Nathan and Laurie do the stage door at all."
Nathan never stages doors. Laurie hasn't been for this production. She usually has in the past, but it's understandable given how intense this show is. The rest of the cast signs pretty regularly.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#78
Posted: 6/6/26 at 9:03pm
I was at today's matinee. Only Ben Ahlers stage doored of the core four. Marc Maron was in the house also.
I didn't love all of Mantello and Lane's choices in this, but Laurie Metcalf was the best I've ever seen her.
#79
Posted: 6/8/26 at 10:23pm
Just saw the ticket prices and maybe I’m out of touch… by $199 for the last row of the mezzanine at the Winter Garden?!
$599 for front mezzanine and $399-$499 for decent orchestra seats. Like WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Were these the same price points prior to the Tony wins?
#80
Posted: 6/9/26 at 12:17am
probably not. but with 2 months until closing, Tony awards (including revival) - they will try and recoup.
#81
Posted: 6/9/26 at 12:34am
dramadude said: "Just saw the ticket prices and maybe I’m out of touch… by $199 for the last row of the mezzanine at the Winter Garden?!
$599 for front mezzanine and $399-$499 for decent orchestra seats.Like WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Were these the same price points prior to the Tony wins?"
Noooooooope. We sat front row center mezz in April and I just checked the order and they were $199 each, now $599.
IN. SANE.
#82
Posted: 6/9/26 at 1:12am
I glanced at prices for someone else on this board to try to help them switch seats, and it looks like prices are up some from a week or so ago. But they had already shot up a lot even before the Tony wins.
And to think, I worried that I overpaid for $176 fourth row orchestra seats back in March.
#83
Posted: 6/9/26 at 7:02am
Yes, some seats have been creeping up in price consistently during the run.
#84
Posted: 6/9/26 at 10:03am
Thank God for TDF when this show was in previews!
#85
Posted: 6/9/26 at 10:04am
Thank God I saw this for free.
"Gitchie gitchie Betsy Aidem / Squibby Squibby Squibby June."
#86
Posted: 6/9/26 at 10:06am
The sad thing is, investors probably wont make that much money even with these ticket prices. The run is just too short. Limited runs of a revival with no subsidiary rights don’t make money.
The best case scenario is that a pro shot comes out of this and they can make some money from it, but those are rare. I wonder if this could go on tour? I’m very interested to see how the Liberation tour does, I saw Stereophonic on tour and the audience was bewildered. DOAS going to London is probably out of the question as the national theater is doing their own production of it next year directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
#87
Posted: 6/9/26 at 10:20am
When SALESMAN closes in August it will have run for 22 weeks. 22 weeks in a 1500 seat house for a show that is selling well and has incredible reviews, Tony wins, and familiar actors is muchhhhh different than 16 weeks in a 1000 seat house.
It has two full months left and will be one of the only dramatic plays on Broadway.
I’m not concerned about these investors. They already knew it was a bigger risk than usual getting into business with Scotty for an $8 million play.
A tour feels ridiculous to even suggest, being that this is a star-driven play.
Updated On: 6/9/26 at 10:20 AM
#88
Posted: 6/9/26 at 10:58am
How much is the weekly nut for this?
Because they did over 1M almost every week since end of April has been doing over 1.4M!
#89
Posted: 6/9/26 at 11:56am
MadsonMelo said: "How much is the weekly nut for this?
Because they did over 1M almost every week since end of April has been doing over 1.4M!"
Impossible to say because we know how Rudin spends lavishly on advertising, and Tony season comes with its own added costs –– plus contractual salary bumps for Tony wins. It's also a question of if Nathan & Laurie are getting high salaries vs lower salaries + a cut of the box office.
Let's say the breakeven is $850K. In that case, they could be 3 weeks away from recoupment. That number could be less, it could be more. Profit margins are always slim for these star-driven plays.
#90
Posted: 6/9/26 at 12:06pm
"Rudin spends lavishly on advertising" you're not kidding, whenever I watch TV lately it seems like there's a Salesman ad at every commercial break
#91
Posted: 6/9/26 at 12:11pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "MadsonMelo said: "How much is the weekly nut for this?
Because they did over 1M almost every week since end of April has been doing over 1.4M!"
Impossible to say because we know how Rudin spends lavishly on advertising, and Tony season comes with its own added costs –– plus contractual salary bumps for Tony wins. It's also a question of if Nathan & Laurie are getting high salaries vs lower salaries + a cut of the box office.
Let's say the breakeven is $850K. In that case,they could be 3weeks away from recoupment. That number could be less, it could be more. Profit margins are always slim for these star-driven plays."
Translation: You have NO idea whatsoever about anything involving the show's finances, so instead you chose to regurgitate a lot of word gibberish to make it seem like it's "insider intel"!
Updated On: 6/9/26 at 12:11 PM
#92
Posted: 6/9/26 at 12:16pm
JSquared2 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "MadsonMelo said: "How much is the weekly nut for this?
Because they did over 1M almost every week since end of April has been doing over 1.4M!"
Impossible to say because we know how Rudin spends lavishly on advertising, and Tony season comes with its own added costs –– plus contractual salary bumps for Tony wins. It's also a question of if Nathan & Laurie are getting high salaries vs lower salaries + a cut of the box office.
Let's say the breakeven is $850K. In that case,they could be 3weeks away from recoupment. That number could be less, it could be more. Profit margins are always slim for these star-driven plays."
Translation: You have NO idea whatsoever about anything involving the show's finances, soinstead you chose to regurgitate a lot of word gibberish to make it seem like it's "insider intel"!
Awfully aggressive response for some harmless speculation that was in no way presented like "insider intel."
"
#93
Posted: 6/9/26 at 12:31pm
SteveSanders said: "JSquared2 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "MadsonMelo said: "How much is the weekly nut for this?
Because they did over 1M almost every week since end of April has been doing over 1.4M!"
Impossible to say because we know how Rudin spends lavishly on advertising, and Tony season comes with its own added costs –– plus contractual salary bumps for Tony wins. It's also a question of if Nathan & Laurie are getting high salaries vs lower salaries + a cut of the box office.
Let's say the breakeven is $850K. In that case,they could be 3weeks away from recoupment. That number could be less, it could be more. Profit margins are always slim for these star-driven plays."
Translation: You have NO idea whatsoever about anything involving the show's finances, soinstead you chose to regurgitate a lot of word gibberish to make it seem like it's "insider intel"!
Awfully aggressive response for some harmless speculation that was in no way presented like "insider intel."
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This weirdly aggressive comment also sounds like the proper time to bring up the industry rumor that he's also been spending on a PR firm for his own comeback... I've heard it multiple times now.
I'm just here so I don't get fined
#94
Posted: 6/9/26 at 1:13pm
Fred Mason said: "The sad thing is, investors probably wont make that much money even with these ticket prices. The run is just too short. Limited runs of a revival with no subsidiary rights don’tmake money.
The best case scenario is that a pro shot comes out of this and they can make some money from it, but those are rare. I wonder if this could go on tour? I’m very interested to see how the Liberation tour does, I saw Stereophonic on tour and the audience was bewildered. DOAS going to London is probably out of the question as the national theater is doing their own production of it next year directed by Rebecca Frecknall."
I have subscribed to the Broadway series for years in my city (Kansas City) and I have NEVER seen the mass exodus at intermission that I did for STEREOPHONIC. It went over like a turd in a punchbowl.
Having said that - a classic luke DOAS would likely be received well as it is a known property. The tour of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD was received rapturously here.
#95
Posted: 6/9/26 at 3:34pm
SteveSanders said: "Awfully aggressive response for some harmless speculation that was in no way presented like "insider intel.""
Never claimed this was insider intel! It's a guess based on past running costs, and I had a calculator and 3 minutes to spare. Scroll away, JSquared.
Updated On: 6/9/26 at 03:34 PM
#96
Posted: 6/9/26 at 3:57pm
These prices are really quite ridiculous. A friend wanted to see the show and I recommended a partial view seat I had sat in (for $65). Now it's suddenly "not partial view" and is $399.
"I feel safe with you, and complete with you / I'm always finding money in the street with you."
-Sheldon Harnick
#97
Posted: 6/9/26 at 4:08pm
halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "These prices are really quite ridiculous. A friend wanted to see the show and I recommended a partial view seat I had sat in (for $65). Now it's suddenly "not partial view" and is $399."
Those "partial-view" side orchestra seats are a near-perfect view and the prices have been creeping up throughout the run. Maybe 1 minute across three hours had a slight obstruction?? Much better than side orchestra at Maybe Happy Ending which is not labeled as partial view.
Supply & demand. If the demand isn't there, the price will either go down or it will go unsold. People have had 3 months to see it, and now the production is capitalizing on its Tony wins for the final two months.
That this play still has $97 orchestra seats for many performances is kind of amazing nowadays.
Updated On: 6/9/26 at 04:08 PM
#98
Posted: 6/9/26 at 4:13pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "These prices are really quite ridiculous. A friend wanted to see the show and I recommended a partial view seat I had sat in (for $65). Now it's suddenly "not partial view" and is $399."
Those "partial-view" side orchestra seats are a near-perfect view and the prices have been creeping up throughout the run.Maybe 1 minute across three hours had aslightobstruction?? Much better than side orchestra at Maybe Happy Ending which is not labeled as partial view.
Supply & demand. If the demand isn't there, the price will either go down or it will go unsold. People have had 3 months to see it, and now the production is capitalizing on its Tony wins for the final two months."
My party had side orchestra Q on the far aisle and still saw everything. Prices have skyrocketed though, I bought the tickets for 74 and now that row is on sale for 299
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