How Is Scandalous Still Running? — Page 2

SISTER ACT ran a hell of a lot longer than the other "religious" musicals mentioned, but it didn't make its money back, so it is technically a "flop."

Although, I seem to be one of the few that liked it, it should be gone by the end of the week. They are losing a weekly fortune. It wouldn't make much business sense to keep it open.

^I liked it too! The lyrics are definitely the weakest link of the book, music and lyric combo, but Carolee Carmello's performance and Edward Watt's "costumes" are very memorable.

Updated On: 11/27/12 at 01:34 AM

She may have started out as Snow White - but she drifted.

As if we didn't know this from this thread already!

See link below. Thanks for fixing the link

Updated On: 11/27/12 at 12:45 PM

Hey.....mybigsplash....I just hope that your "source" "1 degree away from the production" gives you a few stock tips too. It never fails to amaze me how many people love to be the bearer of supposedly bad news.

But don't worry, I am sure there will be some play in the future that you "might" get a call back from after your audition.

It's a "bad thing" when they do not state it as an opinion or a speculation. Scandalous is not closing on Sunday. They claimed on more than one thread that they knew it was closing Sunday because they heard it from someone "1 degree from production". Opinions are one thing, declarations of superior knowledge are another. I imagine they'll come up with the following week next. Mybigsplash is amazing!

They have to find out it's closing someway, the cast would know the gross and when they see only 200 people in the orchestra they know the game is up.

Plus reading rumors on the internet you can always discount as not being true. A week ago a poster said that a announcement was imminent on the premature demise of Spiderman, guess what no announcement was made.

I wonder if they are keeping this running so that the Tony voters can all see it. Not that I think that's a good idea.

I still wonder why they keep it running at such a loss. It's not as if the houses are improving. There can't be much of an advance. Again, I'm happy for the actors.

No they didn't. They ran for a while, yes. But they lost money doing so. So they did not do well. They did not make any profit.

Patrick Healy gives the answer to the question of this thread in a new artsbeat post:
Short answer: The multimillionaire investors have been willing to cover the losses.

Longer:
"The reason? Its creator, the “Today” show host Kathie Lee Gifford, and two of the lead producers – Dick and Betsy DeVos, multimillionaires from their Amway family fortune – have been determined to keep “Scandalous” running in hopes that the musical will somehow rebound at the box office. While Ms. Gifford has not put her own money into the show to keep it afloat, the DeVoses agreed this week to cover the show’s financial losses for now, according to two executives involved with the show, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private business matters.....While the two executives involved with “Scandalous” predicted that the show would announce a closing date next week unless there was a box office miracle, the executives also held out the possibility that the DeVoses may end up covering losses out of their deep pockets in hopes of finding a bigger audience among Christmas-season tourists."
Scandalous Producers Keep Faith in a Struggling Show