Dana H closing November 13, Is This a Room November 14 — Page 2

Aladdin is a very popular show with foreign tourists, so while it might a couple of lean months, they are probably banking on a busy winter holiday as the boarders reopen, and student groups in the spring.

These shows in rep was a risky venture right out the gate, but even in a non pandemic year two small plays with no large names running at the Lyceum would have been a tough sell. While sad, it’s not that shocking of a turn of events. 

Updated On: 10/25/21 at 01:27 PM

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..."

 

Aladdin on TDF for every performance?  I don't believe it has ever been on TDF.

Yeah, Aladdin has definitely never been on TDF. It's also a really difficult ticket lottery to win. Given they have droves of unsold seats, I would expect some discount code floating around by now. I liked that Jujamcyn offers a discount code to those who lost the lottery to their less popular shows (American Utopia, Pass Over). 

I was planning to see both Lyceum plays in December but have to catch them during the week matinees. 

As some of us have been saying for a year, the reopening of Broadway cannot sustain the supply of shows (26 as of today) because the overall demand is not anywhere near there. I had suggested early on that the first wave of shows should be less than 10, followed by a like number in the second wave. Instead we are getting economically indefensible shows (like these two which are at the top of the list) and others that will get lost in the shuffle. We will get back to the 10 or so in all likelihood but we will have blown a ton of money in the meantime. Some shows have been artificially supported by SVOG money but that well is gonna run dry as the producers take the money and run. This is all well and good, but it's leaving a bad taste in investor mouths; the next time Matt Ross hits up with investors, many will not return his phone calls.

Damiensta said: "Not surprising. Not many will pay tix price for 60 min; no matter how good show is."

It's not the running time. If Six was 60 mins it will still sell. It's the show itself.

HogansHero said: "it's leaving a bad taste in investor mouths; the next time Matt Ross hits up with investors, many will not return his phone calls."

I thought your opinion when this production announced was that Matt Ross understands the market better than anyone else right now? In hindsight, that's obviously not the case after 3 fiascos in a row (one of which had more positive press than any Bway play could dream of).

Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "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?"

EVERY seat is an orchestra seat at Circle in the Square.

"Working on" is generous –– the Jonases have co-producer credits above the title. They are not making any decisions, and it doesn't seem as though they've promoted it at all.

You're the one who seems to be drinking up the "promotional efforts" of the financial fiasco that is CHICKEN & BISCUITS.

Your Twitterverse is tiny and likely is not representative of the larger ticketbuying population as a whole (the population willing to spend $75-$150+ on new Broadway plays, which is necessary over multiple weeks if a show has any hope of recouping). A small corner of Twitter has been trying to portray CHICKEN as a victim because it's a "Black play" that was disliked by white critics, when in actuality it's a show that never had a chance of financial success even outside of a pandemic (and virtually no new Broadway comedies from novice playwrights have received love letters from critics in recent years).

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How's LEHMAN trilogy doing? I enjoyed watching it and hope it lasts until Jan 2nd. 

 

I feel bad for Dana H and Is This a Room. I remember a few years ago when INDECENT announced an earlier than planned closing date, it suddenly sold tickets and then decided to extend a few more weeks. Hopefully the same will happen for Dana H/Is This a Room.

LEHMAN has been selling extremely well, all things considered. That play is catnip for the traditional NYC theatergoers and bridge-and-tunnel crowd. Stellar reviews will help, too.

Going by Ticketmaster, there's a lot of mezz & side orch inventory starting in mid November. BUT the key thing is they're selling prime orchestra seats, which can't be said for most other plays. They've been selling a limited number of seats via TKTS, too, but that's still $80-$100 a pop. Might not recoup, but I suspect it will finish its limited run.

Curious about its running cost, though:

Updated On: 10/25/21 at 03:52 PM