"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.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Updated On: 5/20/08 at 10:37 AM
