HONEYMOON IN VEGAS struggling on Broadway- Page 3

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 11:13pm

Calling it HIV isn't helping

Ha! I wish we could go back to a time when a title was shortened to a word, not initials. Wasn't Carrie Bradshaw in this movie? I don't know cause I never saw it. Maybe she would do the show. Maybe she remembers being in the movie.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 11:19pm

I think y'all are right in the fact that no one knows about it. There's no ads that promote Tony or anything. There's no morning talk show appearances. Get Rob on there doing the opening or the airport song or something. It's a solid show. I just think the design sucks - it look cheap and not in a Vegas way. And Danza, to me, is not an exciting draw. I was actually wishing they'd cast someone who could actually sing.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 1/31/15 at 11:38pm

jaglinsays, who told you that its gonna close February 15th????????? I really hope it doesn't.....

[MDM2015]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 1:34am

^yes, is this legit or just a guess? Honestly, what is the producers game plan with no NYT review bump? They have never cleared their nut. So someone is paying out about 100k a week. Tony nominations are three months away. Spring tourists are two months away. Just a guess, but that's another $800k to million on top of already being 1.5 million in the hole (riedel's estimate).

Edit: typo Updated On: 2/1/15 at 01:34 AM

[lotiloti]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 5:49am

Perhaps Bwaydide92 might like to reread my post. My views were regarding, producers not theatregoers.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 1:04pm

"Marketing" has become an easy scape goat for new musicals that flop, but it's not always the blame. This could be a "Bonnie & Clyde" situation, where simply there was no money to promote it. It wouldn't surprise me, this musical has been bleeding money since day 1!

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 1:13pm

In addition to there being three months until the Tony nominations and two months until Spring tourists arrive, there are also 18 new productions opening in the next three months. I realize not all of them are direct competition for this show, but the influx of new shows does certainly spread the audience thinner and generally away from older productions.

[haterobics]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 1:23pm

Did SJP even attend the opening? Kind of telling if they couldn't even get her there, no?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 1:26pm

I'm telling you, she forgot about the movie like everyone else.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 1:32pm

^ LOL beat me to it.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 2:59pm

with the new marketing guy, hopefully things will pick up soon. Lets also not forget, this is the worst time of the year for broadway shows anyway

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 3:18pm

There has not been an announcement that the marketing people have changed. The announcement is just a change of press agents. If, as has been reported, Danza's manager is now functioning as the lead producer, what can be read between the lines is simply that Boneau was canned because had not been able to book Danza on first class outlets, and my guess that is not for lack of trying.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 3:21pm

This will be gone by summer.

[philly03]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 4:49pm

Phillypinto, this show could've even sell in the best weeks for Broadway!

[MDM2015]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 6:23pm

^ this last holiday was the best week broadway ever had. During their respective holiday runs
"Janis Joplin" sold 444k,
"Edwin Drood" was 560K,
"Chaplin" was at 558K

This holiday
Honeymoon was at 399K.

All those shows closed February or March.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 6:42pm

MDM2015, that comparison / analysis doesn't take into account the difference in each of those shows' weekly running costs. We do know, however, that Honeymoon is losing approximately $100K a week, and the fact that it is grossing a lot less than those other musicals does illustrate their dire situation.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 7:36pm

yea, but they weren't even open then. Personally, i don't like to see shows when they are in previews because i would rather see them at their best. Why is no one talking about the fact that On The Town is way more expensive than Honeymoon, and is losing more money. Since both shows are critically acclaimed, they are holding off for the Tony Awards nominations to come out. The same thing happened to Gentleman's Guide and look at them now

[indytallguy]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 7:46pm

I think people have made that point about On the Town, as well as the fact that they are playing in a barn.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 7:50pm

Yeah your right people have, but they act like when shows open and lose money, they close in 2 weeks. Thats never the case as they try to stay open for awards, and what not

[ethan231h]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 7:55pm

^Did you even see HinV?

[haterobics]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 7:58pm

Riedel seemed to dismiss the press agent switch as anything substantive, since he said of the person taking over:

"He is an experienced Broadway hand. He once attended a performance of “Jersey Boys.”"

"Did you even see HinV?"

PhillyPinto never lets a lack of knowledge get in the way of having a strong opinion.

Updated On: 2/1/15 at 07:58 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 8:17pm

Are their operating costs lower than we think?

[Nateben2]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 8:29pm

It's the operating costs have been reported around mid-500,000.00

A lot of producers keep an eye on advance and group sales . . . and maybe there is enough coming down the pike to keep it open - and without another show ready to pounce in, they maybe allowed to keep it running longer then if there was a show ready to step in and take over.

The issue is the show has lost money for, what, 10 weeks now? It seems to have been reported that it has NEVER made it's nut for the week. That's close to one million they might have paid to keep the show floating.

It has only had one week above 37% - and that was opening week.

If nothing shakes up, they have 12 more weeks until the Tony Nominations, that's another 1.2 million if they percentages don't go up.

(I am intrigued by the business side of this show . . . mostly because I have no interest in seeing it . . . and know just a few people on it.) As we go into some bleak weeks, I am hoping it's bucks the trend, and it's sales increase.

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 8:58pm

The show's advertising is still handled by SpotCo.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 2/1/15 at 9:16pm

"PhillyPinto never lets a lack of knowledge get in the way of having a strong opinion."

ethan231 and hater no i haven't seen it yet since I'm in school, but what does that have to do with ANYTHING?? please explain!