HONEYMOON IN VEGAS struggling on Broadway — Page 14

HinV as a whole is not Tony winning, though Nancy and Rob could have a chance.

I don't think this show has any ill-will coming in from its previous out-of-town engagments; not nearly the amount of hate that shows like Wonderland, Leap of Faith, The Addams Family, etc. have had in the past. It's just polarizing title (as evidence in this thread), with a boring score, based on an outdated film from two decades ago with its unmemorable plot.

I think if anything people have actually seen this (counteractive to the Wildhorn bashers who don't even see the shows as seen with Jekyll & Hyde revival's attendance records but claim they do!) and they don't like it. I am amazed still that this hasn't posted a notice yet.

Is there anything left to say on this subject? I'm sure. Yet even by the standards of this board, this show's prognosis has been mega-parsed more than any other this season. I wonder if any conclusions can be drawn from its trajectory and fate. It doesn't really have anything to do with generalizations about the composer's other scores, or the Papermill Playhouse, or movies made into films, or TV stars returning to B'way. Yet it seems to inspire a thesis a day on this board and The Other One. Maybe that's the issue here: it's a kind of Rashomon show biz experience, one can interpret freely from its grosses, its intermission babble, its (fill in the blank). And project onto it everything from a loathing of certain American cities to a desire to put orchestras back in the pit forever. Rashomon or Rorshach Test, it's quite the lightning rod.

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So now I am able to get tix for the summer...But, I don't understand, last week they were only selling till May now they're selling till November? What happened that allowed for the releasing of all these tickets? Several months?

Tony just doesn't give up a fight. I bet their operational costs are actually more like 200,000 dollars instad of 500,000. that means they are making a heft profit.

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Jorge...there is no way with a cast, band and crew the size they have that you are even close to being right. No offense.

The weekly running costs are about $550k. Jorge, I hope you are not a gambling man because your bet is a very lousy one. Over 14 frames, they only have revenue of less than $5.5 million and expenses of almost $8 million. That means someone has irrationally put up at least $2.5-3 million in priority loans over and above the capitalization. There is no rational reason this show is running, but of course the theatre is not always a rational place.

Updated On: 2/25/15 at 06:32 PM

And I am sure the members of the orchestra get payed more for being in full costume and being on stage throughout the show not just underneath the stage where the audience cant see them.

Phillypinto, you tried unsuccessfully to sing that song to me a few weeks ago; it's even more offkey now that another million dollars has gone down the toilet. It is in fact insane and embarrassing that the show is still running. I feel so bad for those actors who had to stare at 5000 seat backs last week because Tony Danza never listened to Kenny Rogers.

That's what I don't get it. What is the end game here? The only other musical I can think of in recent memory to bleed so much money was DRACULA, the musical -- but the clear purpose for that was to "transfer" it to an available theatre in Switzerland (where it actually was revised and was incredibly successful). Just because it gets nominated for awards doesn't mean it will win, and just because it wins doesn't mean an audience will magically appear.

Does the actors/ushers seemed sad because of the very low capacity?

ljay889,Intermission at the show tonight and the mezz is sadly a ghost town. I am not good with estimating percentages but it's definitely less than 50% full up here.

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A friend of mine saw it Tuesday night and said the mezzanine looked as if it only had a little over 100 people and those few in the rear mezzanine moved down to front 5 rows. He was seeing someone in the show and said the cast is really dismayed.
What are they waiting for and why are they keeping this open?
At this point it's not fair to the cast etc. playing to empty houses nightly!

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