Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Fordham2015
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/17
#2Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:26pm
And so it begins...
BCfitasafiddle
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/20
#3Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:27pm
Ugh. I won't be back in the city by then and I really wanted to see these. Sorry to hear this.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#4Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:29pm
Jordan Levinson said: "And so it begins..."
WTF?
kwoc91
Featured Actor Joined: 9/2/21
#5Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:31pm
Disappointing news, but unfortunately not surprising.
I saw both plays this weekend via Show-Score. I really loved DANA H and highly recommend people see it before it closes.
#6Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:31pm
JSquared2 said: "Jordan Levinson said: "And so it begins..."
WTF?
"
The long string of early closing notices is underway. That's what I mean
#7Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:40pm
Bummed I won’t get to see Is This A Room? but I did see Dana H and it was great, I highly recommend getting a rush ticket (it’s easy! I got one at 1pm on a Saturday!).
Unfortunately some shows are a hard sell and are more suited for off-Broadway. Dana H, and I assume Room, are two of those plays.
#8Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:40pm
Too bad but with the glut of new plays and returning musicals, it just got lost in the shuffle.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Lunalaaaaaaaa
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
#9Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:40pmI know people are speculating Mockingbird. They only have show dates until February.
#10Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:47pmI was at “Mockingbird” the other day and there wasn’t an empty seat anywhere, I saw.
leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#11Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:52pm
I predict a winter with just a handful of shows running. Broadway opened too soon.
#12Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:52pm
Oof, this is sad. I had thought the low costs of both of these productions might've been able to help them tough it out for longer.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#13Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 12:55pm
Thoughts of a Colored Man and Chicken & Biscuits would almost certainly post closing before Mockingbird.
The issue with Mockingbird is that we don't know its appetite without a star. If they can get a major name to come in after Daniels leaves in January, that's great. But these moneycounters aren't Rudin and if it starts bleeding money, there's no reason to keep it running. It's a large play. And if there's not a ton of tourists and NYC audiences already saw it with Jeff Daniels or Ed Harris, well...
By announcing 3 weeks out, it gives interested theatergoers a chance to buy or reschedule, which could give the shows an incremental boost in sales.
Lunalaaaaaaaa
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
#14Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:01pm
Oh thank goodness I was looking forward to seeing Mockingbird and I saw they had a limited amount of dates when other shows had more dates. I was assuming Greg Kinnear was going to take over next?
I think Thoughts of a Colored Man is more likely to close. Chicken and Biscuits seems popular. I see a lot of people talking about it on social media.
Damiensta
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/12
#15Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:05pmNot surprising. Not many will pay tix price for 60 min; no matter how good show is.
#16Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:06pm
leefowler said: "I predict a winter with just a handful of shows running. Broadway opened too soon."
No it didn't. In actuality, it probably could have restarted in July.
Lunalaaaaaaaa
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
#17Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:10pm
leefowler said: "I predict a winter with just a handful of shows running. Broadway opened too soon."
Do we know how Aladdin has been doing?
#18Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:12pm
Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "leefowler said: "I predict a winter with just a handful of shows running. Broadway opened too soon."
Do we know how Aladdin has been doing?"
Like the Lyceum plays, it has appeared on TDF every performance since it reopened. Though I can't remember if that was the case for Aladdin before the shutdown...
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#19Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:13pm
May I ask the original closing dates of these shows? I'm just curious.
#20Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:14pm
Sutton Ross said: "May I ask the original closing dates of these shows? I'm just curious."
January 16
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#21Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:14pm
It's easy to look back in hindsight, but I wonder if making them a double-bill was ever considered, since combined the runtime would only be 2:30 incl. intermission and a higher ticket price could be more justifiable for 2 plays? Logistically and artistically might have been tougher than alternating perfs, though, since they have different creative teams/subject matter.
Twitter circles are tiny. Internet chatter means nothing for plays if it's not translating into ticket sales. CHICKEN and THOUGHTS both appear to have only about 1/3 of seats sold this week. THOUGHTS is, bafflingly, scheduled through March –– so it's more a question if they can limp through to January or if they close quicker.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#22Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:15pm
Oh geez, two months early? That blows. Im sorry for all involved.
Lunalaaaaaaaa
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
#23Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:15pm
Jordan Levinson said: "Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "leefowler said: "I predict a winter with just a handful of shows running. Broadway opened too soon."
Do we know how Aladdin has been doing?"
Like the Lyceum plays, it has appeared on TDF every performance since it reopened. Though I can't remember if that was the case forAladdinbefore the shutdown..."
That's what I was thinking! I could've sworn Aladdin was more popular, prior to the shutdown.
Lunalaaaaaaaa
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
#24Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:19pm
I'm sad to hear this! I thought it was doing better than I thought. People said they had orchestra seats for CHICKEN, the theatre is amazing, etc. THOUGHTS, on the other hand, I've heard very little ticket sales about (besides their promotional efforts).
Oh and Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are working on CHICKEN as execs?
chrishuyen
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/12/14
#25Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:20pm
I feel like regardless of a star, Mockingbird will still have a good deal of momentum from the name. I think they were still doing fairly strong sales pre-Covid and there still seems to be a good amount of interest now.
Also, has anyone done rush for Is This a Room? Trying to decide whether it would be better to get tickets via rush or TDF.
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