Finding Neverland Really Struggling

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 4:43pm

Now it is not only on TDF but other sites as well. It will struggle to make it to its scheduled closing

[Sunny11]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 4:55pm

I assume that they picked the closing date that they did using the advanced sales as a guide. That isn't a perfect barometer but I am sure that once  schools close for the summer it will pick up. 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 5:05pm

Did not see it before as wife not a fan of Kelsey. We picked up 2 seats for tomorrow.

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 5:57pm

The show has already recouped, they can live with a bad week or two. Attention is currently focusing on all the new shows, but it's a family show, it will do fine over the summer.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 5:58pm

^have they announced their recoupment?

[bfreak]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 6:04pm

In an article they said it was only 60% recouped.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 7:20pm

_IrisTInkerbell said: "The show has already recouped, they can live with a bad week or two. Attention is currently focusing on all the new shows, but it's a family show, it will do fine over the summer."

No it hasn't and it won't. 

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 7:24pm

"Did not see it before as wife not a fan of Kelsey. We picked up 2 seats for tomorrow."

 

Saw it with Mr. Morrison but not Mr. Grammer and enjoyed it.  It is not the best thing you will see but it is entertaining IMO.

Updated On: 5/17/16 at 07:24 PM

[Back Row]

Posted: 5/17/16 at 8:24pm

The only show doing worse than them right now is Tuck Everlasting. Even with a significant improvement this summer, it will be hard for them to do much better than break even the rest of the way. 60% may end up being their high water mark. 

[@z5]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 12:27am

Sad because I really enjoyed this show a lot, saw it 2 times last summer, the movie is also excellent.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 12:30am

Just desserts. The show is exposed for the cynical garbage it is without a headliner. 

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 2:03am

I saw it shortly after it opened last year and enjoyed it enough.  Nowhere near a favorite of mine in many decades of attending Broadway theater, but certainly not as bad as many have made it out to be.

Perfectly cool to not like a show.  There are clearly shows I've seen and didn't like all that much.

The sheer, almost polarizing hatred this show brings out in some seems almost bizarre though.  

Despite its popularity with many, I think the worst thing I ever saw was Urinetown….left at intermission in fact.  But even that show didn't bring out any ire in me.  It was just a show I didn't like.

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 4:10am

Sorry about that. I assumed it had, based on the really high grosses it had in the beginning. But between the upcoming tour and international productions, I still think it has a chance.

And for a show with some of the worst reviews I've ever read and zero awards nominations, it did really really well.

 

I agree with theatreguy, sure, it had flaws, but I still liked it a lot and the passionate hate is absolutely beyond me.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 4:56am

I'm sad to say I found it horrible and the cast recording will gather A LOT of dust on my shelf I'm afraid.  I only have it because I am a completist, but it is one of the most ill-suited scores for its subject I have ever heard.

[nsguy45]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 6:49am

Enjoyed it in Cambridge with Jeremy Jordan and Michael McGrath.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 8:22am

_IrisTInkerbell said: "Sorry about that. I assumed it had, based on the really high grosses it had in the beginning. But between the upcoming tour and international productions, I still think it has a chance.

And for a show with some of the worst reviews I've ever read and zero awards nominations, it did really really well.

 

I agree with theatreguy, sure, it had flaws, but I still liked it a lot and the passionate hate is absolutely beyond me.

 

"

 

It's practically impossible for them to get from 60% to 100% recoupment between now and their scheduled closing. Sorry. 

[binau]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 8:38am

I loved the movie but the musical has such bad buzz about it. I assume the 'haters' don't like it because of the quality of the adaptation as opposed to the source material?

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 8:44am

I didn't watch this show for a long time because of the bad buzz but when I finally watched it in Jan (Matthew's last show) I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it! Not the best but it was still entertaining!  

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 8:47am

devonian.t said: "I'm sad to say I found it horrible and the cast recording will gather A LOT of dust on my shelf I'm afraid.  I only have it because I am a completist, but it is one of the most ill-suited scores for its subject I have ever heard.

 

"

I like a number of the songs on the recording..

And I have heard the ill-suited score comment before and I don't really get it. I can see not liking it but the ill-suited? Because it's pop music in a period piece? You mean like Hamilton has rap music in a period piece? Don't get me wrong - I am not comparing the quality of these two shows, just the "ill-suited" aspect.

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 9:07am

"I can see not liking it but the ill-suited? Because it's pop music in a period piece? You mean like Hamilton has rap music in a period piece?"

 

Very good point. I guess the explanation  is that one is a critics' darling and the other an object of scorn. Anything is acceptable, excusable, and laudable in a critics' darling--- well, at least for its devotees!

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 11:38am

I'm afraid you have made wrong assumptions on two counts.

1. I don't like Hamilton's score- sorry to burst your bubble After 8- but not because of the anachronisms

2. It is not because it is a pop score

I find it ill-suited because the tone is far too saccharine and superficial for a story of such emotional depth and complexity.  It sounds like Disney trying to musicalize Chekhov.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 12:34pm

Thanks for explaining. It's the first time I got a logical reasonable explanation for being " ill-suited". I get your point. I'm don't necessary agree with that on all counts but I appreciate your thoughts. 

[trpguyy]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 2:04pm

The entire concept of musical theater is kind of ridiculous when you think about it, doesn't matter how serious or not the subject matter is. I don't particularly care for the show (or the movie), but I really don't understand all the negativity around here.

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 2:08pm

nsguy45 said: "Enjoyed it in Cambridge with Jeremy Jordan and Michael McGrath."

As did I! I thought it was enchanting. I haven't bothered to return given the word of mouth that's surrounded the Broadway production. I wonder what was lost in the transfer given that I remember many other people on here enjoyed it immensely in Cambridge as well.

 

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 2:16pm

trpguyy said: "The entire concept of musical theater is kind of ridiculous when you think about it, doesn't matter how serious or not the subject matter is."

In my mind, thinking in terms of "how serious" the subject matter is evades what makes musical theater so special in the first place and not at all ridiculous. Warren Carlyle expressed my thoughts on that topic more concisely and clearly than I ever could when he said, "When you can no longer speak, you sing; when you can no longer sing, you dance." 

 

Updated On: 5/18/16 at 02:16 PM