HONEYMOON IN VEGAS struggling on Broadway- Page 25

[ethan231h]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 9:32pm

I mean at that performance because of the low audience capacity.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 9:47pm

I bet the actors are jealous of people over at BOM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 10:22pm

Oh, good lord. Jealous? What are they, 12? I'm sure they are concerned, but they know not every show is blockbuster.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 1:15am

I saw the show in an audience of low capacity last week, and everybody on that stage gave a committed performance. Also, Zachary Price (on for McClure) gave a winning performance as Jack. Sure, many of them glanced in the mezzanine several times, maybe checking the crowd, but it did not alter anyone's performance.

A problem for me is that the show is just GOOD, it's not great, nothing spectacular. Not one of JRB's best scores, especially coming a year after the winning and pretty brilliant score of Bridges. I also felt that the show is trying to be a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and while DRS isn't a masterpiece, Honeymoon is certainly not as good.
Updated On: 3/6/15 at 01:15 AM

[Auggie27]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 7:26am

Well back in the day (oh God, here we go), I saw, among others SIDE SHOW with the entire mezz empty, the orchestra at less than half, and Skinner, Ripley et al knocking the show through the roof. Sometimes, that climate creates a very powerful investment in the show itself. Just telling the story with integrity. Ask actors. If anything, they want those present to leave with the best impression. I had a friend in WHOREHOUSE for much of its run who said they grew to loathe Saturday nights when the house was full, the audience crocked and stuffed. The vibe in a musical performance isn't always about the seats filled, though admittedly empty seats are sometimes a downer for audience members ("I alone paid for this?").

[lotiloti]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 10:59am

'I bet the actors are jealous of people over at BOM'

No one with more than half a brain cell, should be be jealous of 'Book of Moron'

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 5:54pm

Since previews started the week of 11/23/14 just under 4 months now.
Producers thought they had a hit with Brantley's rave in the Times from the Paper Mill tryout obviously not as theater-goers are staying away.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 7:52pm

I have no idea what the crossover is like between Broadway fans and viewers of long-running TLC wedding shows but is anyone planning on watching Brynn try wedding dresses on Say Yes to the Dress? I hope they weren't just waiting for this to boost ticket sales/before they announce a closing date.

[Traci]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 10:31am

I was at the show last night (my second time seeing it). Picked up a rush ticket 10 minutes before curtain. The orchestra was almost completely sold out. I only spotted a handful of empty seats scattered about. Not sure about the mezz though.

They did start collecting for BC/EFA. Rob made the speech but due to the large group of people seated next to me very loudly trying to exit the theater I couldn't hear anything he said so I don't know what they were selling or for how much. I dropped $5 in a bucket and was on my way.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 6:21pm

What rush seat did you get?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 6:30pm

"crocked and stuffed"?

[mar6411]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 7:22pm

I assume that means stuffed from their meal and having over-imbibed. That's what I took it to mean.

[Kad]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 8:07pm

I've heard the producers have taken out another loan to keep the show running.

[ethan231h]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 8:26pm

^That's kind of sad.
It's not like a house where they have to live there.
Updated On: 3/8/15 at 08:26 PM

[Pootie2]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 8:56pm

"I was at the show last night (my second time seeing it). Picked up a rush ticket 10 minutes before curtain. The orchestra was almost completely sold out. I only spotted a handful of empty seats scattered about. Not sure about the mezz though."

Mezz was more than half empty on Saturday night, when I checked on Ticketmaster hours before the show.

[bwaybby]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:52pm

Kad, why would a bank loan money to these producers?

[ggersten]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:55pm

Rules are different for certain people. How do banks loan money to Donald Trump after all of the bankruptcies?

[HogansHero]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 12:15am

re loans...

In this case the loans in question are priority loans from a producer; no bank is directly involved. If there were a turnaround in the show's fortunes, the priority loan would be paid back before the investors get a penny. Also, were there bank loans, they would have to be collateralized by someone. The rules actually are not different for certain people.

What's absurd about the priority loans in this case is that they are approaching $5mil, which is just nuts.

[newintown]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:18am

I wonder if they're trying s new strategy here - attempting to fool the tourist crowd into thinking "if it has run this long, it must be a hit?"

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:42am

But the tourist crowd knows nothing of that. Have I heard of this or not. That's it.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:44am

Well that's another loan they're going to flush away. I don't get it.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 9:48am

@newintown--They would be foolish not to try that strategy. Of course, in order to succeed, it would have to overcome all of the new shows coming in this spring for attention, some of which have titles more likely to draw a tourist than Honeymoon. And in order for the strategy to work, they would have to dig out of a hole that is now so deep that even doing business at Book of Mormon levels would not get them above water before the Tonys.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 10:23am

I'm tellin you this show is Definately getting a lot of nominations. For the people saying AAIP will be nominated are silly

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 10:25am

No, Philly. *You're* silly.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 10:29am

Lol okay we'll see who's silly in a month and a half and see who REALLY has their finger on the pulse of broadway