Gypsy at 52% !!!
Gypsy at 52% !!!
Flaunt It
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#2re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:03pmIt's so sad when someone wants something to fail so badly.
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#2re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:06pmI don't understand this...their advertising was so fresh...
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(Emanuel Azenberg)
Londonskyguy
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#3re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:07pmIts only its first week of previews and it is a 1700 seat house. I have no doubt it will gain attendance soon.
#3re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:07pmI don't want it to fail, but really did anyone think this would be a sell out?
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#5re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:08pmEveryone is just afraid of getting a concussion.
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
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#6re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:14pmit's hard to sell the aisle seats where La Lupone will not be striding by braying "Sing out Louise." The faithful want to be able to touch the hem of her robe.
just keep swimming along, don't rise to the....
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:14pm
1.Its been done to death
2.There is a recession going on
3.Wall St is tanking
The rest of Broadway will not be immune either & by constantly raising prices, recession or not, they are sliting their own throats.
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#8re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:21pmYou did read that the grosses are not from this production of Gypsy, right?
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Flaunt It
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#10re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:25pmRead the grosses post - the whole thing. The grosses show a weekly difference, which is impossible as it has only been running for a week.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Flaunt It
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/05
#11re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:26pm
Read it again.. they are questioning the previous weeks number as there was no previous week. Playbill is reporting 52% and no previous week. The number is 52%... deal with it!
Updated On: 3/10/08 at 06:26 PM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#12re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:38pmWell, I refuse to believe that La Lupone is only at 52% ok??? It just can't be! I had a dreaaaaammmm...
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Flaunt It
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/05
#13re: Gypsy at 52% !!!
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:44pmWith the last revival 3 years ago that dream is more like deja vu!
#14Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:45pmIt just opened. March isn't a great month. It'll pick up.
#15Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:52pmI have no idea if this does actually have anything to do with this, but a lot of people just rushed to see this in July, so they may be waiting a while longer to see it again than first week of previews. I know I am one of those people.
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Flaunt It
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#16Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:07pm
Did it pack city center for those few weeks? No. There is just no need for this revival. Even the last one limped along for its year run.
What was an exciting idea for a summer show has turned into a vanity project for Laurents. I hope he gets his rocks off on such a huge financial disaster.
#17Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:09pmI am one of those people too MotorTink. I'm seeing it in about a week and a half. By the way everyone, all of my early Tony predictions for this show are based on the City Center incarnation. So if, for example, Boyd Gaines isn't as strong as he was at City Center (which I highly doubt, he's probably gotten better) and you read a post of mine plugging him for Featured Actor, remember that.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#18Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:11pmI'm definitely in the saw it at City Center, not in a rush to see it again. Actually I'm not sure I will... Time will tell.
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#19Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:11pmI couldn't really care less either way but bitter much, Flaunt it?
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blaxx
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#20Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:12pm
Flaunt It, beware of Patti...you know what she does to posters who question her need to be on Broadway!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Flaunt It
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#22Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:16pm
Why anyone would be surprised about this is beyond me.
As it has been said before, it's first week of previews in March of all months. Not only that, but it's a revival that commercially speaking makes absolutely no sense. I have no doubts that when the reviews come out, it'll see a nice bump but it wasn't a sell-out at City Center and it won't be a sell-out on Broadway.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#23Oh for christssakes...
Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:19pmAgreed about that "bitter much" Tink.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
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