HONEYMOON IN VEGAS struggling on Broadway- Page 22

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 3:56pm

@newintown-I always translate comments like "deserves an audience" to simply mean "I wish it had found an audience because I like it so much" and that doesn't really bother me. I am much more troubled by the earlier post that "this is a classic Broadway show for which many have been clamoring" because it is so painfully obvious that it is nothing of the sort (and I mean that based on the response, not on the show's content-for my part I have not been clamoring for a classic Broadway show at all.)

@n2nbaby-I've always used the six inch rule for the need to add graphics and that post only came in at 5.5. Maybe I need to revise my threshold.

[newintown]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 4:10pm

Yes, I thought that might be the translation, Hogan. Like most badly-used figures of speech, though, it doesn't quite communicate what it really means, and implies a sort of attitude of entitlement - not "I wish the show was liked by more people," but "Everyone OUGHT to like this show because I do."

[Sushisake]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 4:43pm

I'll be sure to run my posts by you in the future to ensure it is stated as you wish...rather than how I intend them.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 4:49pm

Sushisake, considering you just joined the board and missed most of the (smart) discussion of HMIV, you should choose your words more carefully.

[Sushisake]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 4:50pm

Just because I joined on Feb 3, does not mean I missed anything that was posted.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 5:13pm

Pinto,

I was wondering if, now that you are the producer of Honeymoon, I could ask you a couple questions about the direct mail piece I got today:

1. Why does it exist?
2. Why does it suggest that Jason Robert Brown won a Tony for The Last 5 Years?

[Pootie2]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 5:15pm

^Whoa, really?

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 5:27pm

because we want to fool the people and make him seem like he's better than he actually is so we can sell TICKETS! :)

Updated On: 2/27/15 at 05:27 PM

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 6:40pm

I know if I was a producer of a bomb of a show, the first thing I would do is lie to my audience!

[bwaybby]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:37pm

hoganshero could you post a pic of this direct mail?

[ggersten]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:30pm

I'm guessing it says something like "Score by Jason Robert Brown, the Tony winning composer of The Last Five Years" which suggests he won the Tony for The Last Five Years. The statement is true - JRB is a Tony winning composer and he did compose The Last Five Years.

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:58pm

This thread is becoming like "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead." They should just shoot it and put it out of its misery.

Does Tony Danza have any problem with doing TV ads in which he proclaims Honeymoon to be this year's great smash hit?

But I did see it and it is entertaining. And tickets are currently rather cheap. It doesn't deserve a half empty theater.

Danza had a two year network TV morning show only a few years back and should have some kind of a following.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 10:32pm

bwaybby-I had thrown it in the trash. I just pulled it out and when it is dry, I will scan it. However I don't know how to upload a pic so I may need help LOL. In the meantime, what it says about JRB is "featuring music by 3-time Tony winner Jason Robert Brown (The Bridges of Madison County, The Last Five years, Parade). The other statement I found sketchy was "Save up to 40% on the first smash hit of the season!"

BlueEyes-Danza will do ANYTHING. I think the biggest surprise for the producers of this show has been that Danza has not had any traction.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:28pm

Again this show is wonderful. Best musical I've seen in years.
And I don't know how its hanging in there with those numbers. If you haven't seen it...
please go. You won't be disappointed.

[After Eight]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 12:12am

"I'm gonna try to help Philly with this because I am his (or her?) number one super fan."

I don't know how one gauges who is someone's number one fan, but you can certainly count me among Philly's super fans.

I like his/her spunk, self-confidence, and positive attitude --- just like Molly Brown's in "I Ain't Down Yet."

I hope he/she makes it big.

[Nateben2]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 2:59am

current plan is to run at least three more week . . . .

[indytallguy]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 7:45am

Tony Danza can have a following ... who still have no interest in seeing this particular show. I like a lot of different actors, but I don't pay to see them in just anything. Others mileage may vary, of course.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 12:10pm

I'm thinking Tony Danza has a following but it amongst blue collar types that don't normally purchase tickets to a musical or to Broadway.

That could be the build in problem.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 12:27pm

re Danza's following...

If we are talking the morning TV show, the demo is mostly housewives which today mostly means mothers with kids at home, and mothers with kids at home are a terrible demo. It might be different if the show were on now and people were being told to go see it, but it is quite a leap between a show a few years ago and crossing over that line indy mentions to actually trigger a ticket sale. And people who think there is a following from prime time TV need to remember that they are talking about a show that went off the air 23 years ago. I know, time flies, right?

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 1:08pm

To most people, he's a 1980's sit-com star. I would venture to say the mention of his name gets more "Oh yeah, I used to like him" rather than "Oh my God. He's in a show? I've got to go see it".

I've probably still got 2 or 3 ultra wide polyester ties from the 1980's at the back of my closet. It doesn't mean I want to wear them again.



Updated On: 2/28/15 at 01:08 PM

[goldenboy]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 3:44pm

Well it's my favorite musical in years and I wish people would go.
So entertaining. Now I'm gonna bring out my polyester tie.

[nicnyc]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 5:49pm

I like Tony Danza well enough - and I did go see it at The Paper Mill (because it was written by Jason Robert Brown - and I heard Rob McClure was great in Chaplin which I had missed, not because Tony Danza was in it). Danza was really forgettable and went up on his lyrics badly. And as much as I love some of Jason Robert's Brown's other works (L5Y, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), I just didn't love the score or the performances. I don't think the Times rave or the marketing can compensate for the fact that the word of mouth on the show is just not positive - even from serious Jason Robert Brown fans.

[ads08]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 6:38pm

I saw Honeymoon in December with a TDF ticket for $45 - I enjoyed it. However, I do not understand why it has become increasingly more difficult to find a ticket for the same price even though attendance has been at an all time low.

I just checked TDF and this is the first time since previews that I am seeing tickets for dates besides a Wednesday matinee. I also was in Times Square with a friend today and we checked at the TKTS booth - tickets were $75! Meanwhile, If/Then has continuously been offering TDF tickets for multiple dates every week. I don't understand the logic - wouldn't selling many tickets for $45 be more profitable than a half empty theater?

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 9:12pm

"I don't understand the logic - wouldn't selling many tickets for $45 be more profitable than a half empty theater?"

What leads you to believe if it was on TDF, they would sell "many" tickets. They have a general rush for $32 and it sounds like it's not very hard to walk up even after the box office opens and get a rush ticket. They probably feel for the handful of TDF seats they might sell, it's better to see if a few of those folks might be willing to pay more. As far as TKTS is concerned, almost every Broadway show has a full price of somewhere in the range of $130-160 for non-premium Orchestra seats. TKTS for the shows not doing as well, almost always sells really good Orchestra seats and it will be half of that full price plus their $5.50 fee so $75 sounds about right. What were you expecting the tickets to be, $30?

[Auggie27]

Posted: 2/28/15 at 9:29pm

I can't believe this is still under discussion, but if anyone has a revelation about this show heretofore withheld, share. It's enough to make me want to start a MERLIN or SARAVA thread.