Did "TITANIC" recoup?

That's a very good question. I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say it didn't. I may be wrong. I believe it was an expensive show to mount because of it's set alone.

Beautiful score/show, they just don't make them like that anymore (large cast with a sweeping score, ie. Ragtime)

But I could see it not recouping due to the cast/orchestra size, and the technical aspects.

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I don't think any of the 1996-1997 new musicals recouped.

They included: "Juan Darien," "Play On!," "Dream" (a revue), "Titanic" (which played for two years), "Steel Pier," "The Life" (which ran a year), and the four year runner "Jekyll & HYDE."

Perhaps "The Life" did, but I believe Titanic closed in red due to the high running costs.

Loved "The Life." Saw it twice - July of 1997 and then the final performance in June of 1998. And, that was quite by accident.

It was such an amazing weekend of live theatre. My friend and I were in NYC of a week and saw a ton of shows. We tried to get tickets for "Cabaret," but tickets were impossible to get. Since we weren't seeing a show on Saturday matinee, I got up at 5am and went down to the box office and got in line to get standing room for that Saturday's matinee. I got the last 2 tickets. It was extraordinary - Natasha's performance is so etched into my brain.

After the matinee when we got back to our hotel room, I read in "The New York Times" that "The Life" was closing the next day on the Sunday matinee. We went down to the box office and got tickets. That night we had tickets for "Scarlett Pipernell."

The next day we saw the final "Life" performance, which was like a rock concert - each number stopping the show. After that, we got in our tuxes back at the hotel and went to Radio City for The Tonys. "Lion King" and "Cabaret" were the big winners that night.