Has There Ever Been A Season....

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 11:28pm

When you can get a ticket to every TONY nominated Musical (and every play for that matter) on TKTS?
And three of them most of the time on TDF.

The only show of the season you can't get a ticket to is a 50 year old rediscovered masterpiece: SOUTH PACIFIC.

Hmmmm.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 11:51pm

1993 - I did that with all four musicals:
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Blood Brothers
The Goodbye Girl
The Who's Tommy

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:11am

Good research
Hats off to you.

Doesn't say much for the shows does it?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:25am

It says the mainstream public only likes crap.

It doesn't say anything bad about the nominated shows.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:30am

Well it says they aren't selling tickets.

Does anyone think any one of those 4 shows will ever recoup?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:31am

I bet HEIGHTS will recoup.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:37am

"Doesn't say much for the shows does it?"

I think the show is only part of it. Sometimes tickets are on TKTS or TDF simply because the show is in too big of a theater.

In the case of 1993, none of those shows were in the current fashion of the "spectacle" (Cats, Les Miz, Lion King, etc).

Blood Brothers was a small imported show about class warfare. I liked it and saw it two or three times using discounted tickets but I don't think people wanted to shell out $$ for such a simple musical. "Kiss" and "Goodbye Girl" had Broadway stars and should have sold better. I think audiences were a bit skittish about "Kiss" because it is a dark show. Who wants to see a show about a South American prison? With "Goodbye Girl" even Bernadette and Martin Short couldn't save it. It was rather tedious and some of the choreography was amateurish. As for "Tommy" it really has a niche audience. It didn't attract the blue hair crowd who have been a mainstay of Broadway.

Updated On: 5/20/08 at 10:37 AM

[shh282]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 2:38pm

I hope Heights recoups

[sparkleplenty]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:15pm

Well put, Gothlampampc. I think you're right on target on this one.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:28pm

ITH will recoup.

CRY-BABY will never ever recoup.

PASSING STRANGE and XANADU probably won't recoup.

[MarkCohen2]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:54pm

I thought XANADU has already recouped?

[LittlexFallxOfxRain]

Posted: 5/21/08 at 8:07pm

No, at least I don't think so.

I agree with Cry-Baby, it never will.

[jerseyboyschick2]

Posted: 5/21/08 at 8:12pm

I'd be really surprised to see CRY-BABY recoup.
I'd love to XANADU recoup though...

[emo_geek]

Posted: 5/21/08 at 11:23pm

Hard to tell who and who will not till after a visit from Tony

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/22/08 at 12:14am

TONY actually means very little.
TITANIC never recouped.
Updated On: 5/22/08 at 12:14 AM

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/22/08 at 12:50am

I think by the time they win (IF they win) the Tony, the show has probably closed, don't you think...?
With as much as I think Xanadu is overrated, it might surprise us all and continue to bring in revenue! =I

[kyleorlando]

Posted: 5/22/08 at 6:35pm

Per Variety, "“Xanadu” has grossed some $11.8 million since it began perfs at the Helen Hayes in May [2007]."

If Xanadu hasn't recouped with that figure, I'd be surprised. I don't know if that figure takes into account the amount paid for the Korean rights to the show or not.