Voter said: "Has anyone heard any updates on this?"
Hopefully not.
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Call_me_jorge said: "Voter said: "Has anyone heard any updates on this?"
Hopefully not."
Honestly, I'd be surprised if they don't delay. The premature press release was put out in the hopes of confirming a theater. This coming season of musicals is going to be literally cannibalistic, and a show that isn't guaranteed to survive isn't worth the money risk right now... at least that's what common sense says
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I love Huey Lewis but I think they were waiting for the right time, and with Back to the Future doing well, I guess they thought they could capitalize on that. Let's see if it pays off. With a great cast it absolutely could work.
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This doesn't start til end of March, I could see Gutenberg squeezing a extra week or two if sales demand it but kind of wild to push out a show thats making about a million a week for something like this
EDSOSLO858 said: "I have to think this’ll be critic-proof - likeA Beautiful Noise- and have a solid run."
I don't know. Beautiful noise is solidly boomer crowd age group who are known to be a solid ticket buying crowd. While Huey Lewis was popular he only really had a couple of big hits. Yes, I'm a Gen Xer, so this was my teenage music.
For the life of me, I can't figure out why someone would want to produce another musical this season. Especially one that'll take the backseat to the ones with deeper pockets...
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Sammy232 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "I have to think this’ll be critic-proof - likeA Beautiful Noise- and have a solid run."
I don't know. Beautiful noise is solidly boomer crowd age group who are known to be a solid ticket buying crowd. While Huey Lewis was popular he only really had a couple of big hits. Yes, I'm a Gen Xer, so this was my teenage music."
Huey Lewis and the News had twelve Top 10 hits (and another that topped out at #11), including three #1s. Even if you just use the songs that charted that high, you have enough for a full score with reprises and such.
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "This doesn't start til end of March, I could see Gutenberg squeezing a extra week or two if sales demand it but kind of wild to push out a show thats making about a million a week
perfectliar said: "Sammy232 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "I have to think this’ll be critic-proof - likeA Beautiful Noise- and have a solid run."
I don't know. Beautiful noise is solidly boomer crowd age group who are known to be a solid ticket buying crowd. While Huey Lewis was popular he only really had a couple of big hits. Yes, I'm a Gen Xer, so this was my teenage music."
Huey Lewis and the News had twelve Top 10 hits (and another that topped out at #11), including three #1s. Even if you just use the songs that charted that high, you have enough for a full score with reprises and such."
I'm not saying he doesn't have enough songs to fill a score (although truth be told I'm having a hard time naming that many hits, but I believe you). My point was, I don't see this age demo being a big ticket buying group - I'm definitely an outlier amongst my peer group but I was always a "theater kid." In that same time frame there were significantly bigger artists on the scene - some of which we've had broadway shows from current/recent - MJ, Springsteen, David Bryne, and some we haven't, Prince, Bon Jovi, Madonna, all artists that had decades of staying power.
Can't find it anywhere, but who was in the cast of this on their pre-Broadway tryout?
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
I feel like this will go the way of "Margaritaville". The story is so weak and the songs are shoe-horned in so poorly. It takes place in a box factory...hence...insert "Hip to be Square". Ugh.