HONEYMOON IN VEGAS struggling on Broadway- Page 12

[Auggie27]

Posted: 2/11/15 at 8:32pm

Good grief, the last thing this show needed, injury added to insult.

[ethan231h]

Posted: 2/11/15 at 8:57pm

Where was this notice?

[bwaybby]

Posted: 2/11/15 at 10:47pm

I just tried to book tickets and noticed on Ticketmaster that this show is only selling tickets through May? Is that typical?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 2/11/15 at 10:52pm

Yes, it is. They rather get the current block co if seats to a certain capacity before going out further.

[bwaybby]

Posted: 2/11/15 at 10:58pm

just looked at On The Town and even they are selling through September!

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 10:10am

Only two weeks into opening, with average attendance barely over fifty percent and average ticket price $76, Honeymoon is already in Intensive Care. Can't survive.

Did they use every opportunity to perform on early and late night television shows?

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 10:24am

I wouldn't say every opportunity. They did the Today Show.

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 10:58am

I agree with most on this board; I am expecting to see a closing notice from this show very soon.
Though, I saw Brynn O'Malley tweeted this to someone who asked about insight on what the producers were thinking:
We're not going anywhere any time soon! It's February. It's hard for everybody this time of year, every year.xx
https://twitter.com/BrynnOMalley/status/564247666499256321

So, either A -they're just trained to respond with such messages or B- the producers are realllyyyy planning to stick it out.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 11:21am

Dreamworks was telling the cast of Shrek that they were going to keep the show open until the fourth movie opened in theaters and build off of that publicity. The cast was hearing this right up until the closing notice was posted five months before Shrek Forever After actually opened.

The cast are rarely going to get an honest line from the producers (no point in giving them a reason to start jumping ship). In the rare instance that they do they are (usually) smart enough to know not to go on social media and tell the whole world their show is sinking.

It's great that the show has champions, but the realistic fact is people aren't wanting to see this show, and the few that do aren't willing to pay enough to keep it running. The reviews, which some assured us would begin drawing people in, have apparently done the opposite, as ticket sales have only declined further and further since they opened.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 11:22am

The cast of The Last Ship was also told they'd be open through the Tonys.

[Larcen26]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 4:36pm

I think the reason the tourists are staying away is that they see Vegas in the title and think it's what the rest of the theatre community thought of Spider-Man.

Meaning we all saw Spider-man as an over the top spectacle with little to offer outside of the visuals.
They may think the same of HiV.

[ethan231h]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 5:22pm

if Brynn is actually right about this then the producers that are producing this should not produce anything on Broadway again.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 5:29pm

Hey Hairspray she was tweeting me back!!

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 6:24pm

Does anyone remember when the cast of Mary Poppins received their closing notice? Thanks to a story in the NY times, the public knew of the shows closing 3-4 days before the cast received official word. Which shows that the cast is usually the last to find out about these things.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 9:27pm

"if Brynn is actually right about this then the producers that are producing this should not produce anything on Broadway again."

Frank Wildhorn should be sending them some demos! Maybe even Jekyll & Hyde to be revived again next season starring Tony Danza!!

[ethan231h]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 9:31pm

^Haha!

[Kad]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 9:34am

"We're not going anywhere any time soon! It's February. It's hard for everybody this time of year, every year.xx"

Unfortunately, they've been doing consistently poorly since they started, through the busy holiday times, through good weather and bad weather, and in spite of a Times rave.

If they are gambling on the major new musicals all falling short, like last year, that is a risky gambit.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 7:23pm

^ Agree, I don't get it?
What are they waiting for? So far now 4 months of performances playing now to 50% capacity or so...is it going to get better? NO!
Yes the reality hurts as the show is failing badly...sad for the cast having to play to an empty theater night after night must be depressing.
Tony nominations are announced April 28.

[ZiggyCringe]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 7:59pm

Audience Extras ticket to "Honeymoon in Vegas": $8.00

Time Warner PPV for "The Last Five Years": $6.99.

Better Jason Robert Brown show? The cheaper one. Plus no cab fare, no -10 degree weather, and no Tony Danza. Win, win, win.

[mc1227]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 8:43pm

Why is there such anticipated glee over when this show is posting a closing notice? I really doubt that most who profess to be lovers of theater really are. How can anyone be happy that a show might close? It's a sad thing considering how much work and heart go into a show.

I really hope those of you counting down the clock are as perfect in your professions as you expect everyone involved with a Broadway production to be. This wasn't the greatest or worst show I have ever seen and I'm sorry it has not attracted an audience to sustain it.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 9:09pm

I, for one, expected a lot more because of Brantley's Papermill review. I was grossly disappointed. I thought David Josefsberg saved this show. When he was on stage, I was happy. That's it. Perhaps people are pissed that Brantley made this sound like the greatest musical since West Side Story when it's really only on par with The Wedding Singer. Everyone is tired of Brantley's posturing as though he has the power to close a show or keep it running indefinitely. Just desserts? I dunno. Just a theory. But it's how I feel!

[ZannaDo]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 9:20pm

"Why is there such anticipated glee over when this show is posting a closing notice? I really doubt that most who profess to be lovers of theater really are. How can anyone be happy that a show might close? It's a sad thing considering how much work and heart go into a show. "

When it closes, another show will take it's place, which took just as much work and heart. Maybe lovers of theatre want there to be better vehicles for employment and talent than this. I'm on the team of all the sensible voices in this thread pointing out how outdated the humor is and how heavily it relies on stereotypes and gendered insults. I'm never happy to see a show close, but it doesn't make someone not a "lover of theatre" because they find one particular show distasteful.

[Pootie2]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 9:20pm

"Perhaps people are pissed that Brantley made this sound like the greatest musical since West Side Story when it's really only on par with The Wedding Singer."

This theory would only apply if people were actually going to see it, but by all the numbers, many are outright avoiding it instead. Possible reasons for that were explained here/elsewhere, but it's pretty safe to say tourists trekking to NYC simply aren't interested in even getting to the Wedding Singer comparison stage.

[ZannaDo]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 9:22pm

I would argue that The Wedding Singer is a more beloved movie than Honeymoon in Vegas ever was, so the name alone probably sold more tickets.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 9:41pm

I am not actually comparing this show to The Wedding SInger (which I liked more than most people, BTW!). I am simply saying that it's "okay" not "great," which is how Brantley made it sound.

Anyway...maybe tourists don't think of Danza as a "draw"; they're not interested in "Vegas," which is why they're vacationing in NYC; they didn't like the movie; or they never heard of the movie. Who knows? All I can say is I didn't think much of it myself. But then again, I LOVED "On The Town" to pieces, and it's been having a hard time too...even though it made just about everyone's "Top Ten" list.