Posted: 9/7/18 at 11:08pm
I know this show is struggling at the box office. I gave it a glowing review on my blog (http://glennbiz.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-go-go-good-time.html). I think the show may last through the fall/winter holidays if it gets lucky. I give the show until January 27th to last. What do you think? Please let me know.
Posted: 9/7/18 at 11:25pm
on what possible basis would it last? It is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars weekly. It is playing to more empty seats than filled ones. Whatever you may think of it, we are well past the point of luck.
Posted: 9/8/18 at 3:12am
I enjoyed Head Over Heels in its out-of-town tryout, as did my wife and daughter, but its chances of surviving until January on Broadway seem pretty close to zero, unless the producers want to keep losing money for reasons that escape me. I'm glad the cast and crew have kept their jobs for longer than I expected, based on the box office returns, but there's no reason to think there will be a magical turnaround in its fortunes. The show simply never found an audience from the start. I'm actually surprised it hasn't already closed.
Posted: 9/8/18 at 4:51am
bear88 said: "I enjoyed Head Over Heels in its out-of-town tryout, as did my wife and daughter, but its chances of surviving until January on Broadway seem pretty close to zero, unless the producers want to keep losing money for reasons that escape me. I'm glad the cast and crew have kept their jobs for longer than I expected, based on the box office returns, but there's no reason to think there will be a magical turnaround in its fortunes. The show simply neverfound an audience from the start.I'm actually surprised it hasn't already closed."
I walked out of the theater in early July saying that it wouldn't make it past the summer....and Labor day has come and gone.
Posted: 9/8/18 at 4:52am
dramamama611 said: "I walked out of the theater in early July saying that it wouldn't make it past the summer....and Labor day has come and gone."
Summer doesn't end on Labor Day.
Posted: 9/8/18 at 5:18am
Posted: 9/8/18 at 7:41am
I also raved about HOH on my blog. (https://jkstheatrescene.blogspot.com/2018/08/review-head-over-heels.html) And I'm thrilled it has lasted this long, but its prospects are grim.
Posted: 9/8/18 at 8:28am
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Posted: 9/8/18 at 11:23am
I am willing to bet you will be reading about closing notice in the next week or two at the latest.
Posted: 9/13/18 at 5:09pm
Posted: 9/13/18 at 5:25pm
I just heard a rumor that they received a large investment from an Angel donor to keep them going for a few more months.
Posted: 9/13/18 at 5:26pm
Very curious who this is, why they invested, and how I can become friend$ with them!
Posted: 9/13/18 at 5:56pm
bwayboy22 said: "I just heard a rumor that they received a large investment from an Angel donor to keep them going for a few more months."
Why...Not fair to the cast playing to approx. 400 people a night (less than 1/2 filled)!!! Just close it already and spare the cast nightly from the embarrassment!
Posted: 9/13/18 at 6:01pm
Posted: 9/13/18 at 6:07pm
yankeefan7 said: "I am willing to bet you will be reading about closing notice in the next week or two at the latest."
I'll take that bet.
Posted: 9/13/18 at 6:23pm
Posted: 9/13/18 at 6:42pm
goopmama's penance for missing the opening?
Posted: 9/13/18 at 6:49pm
Pure example of throwing good money after bad.
Posted: 9/13/18 at 10:45pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Why do people keep investing money into this show? Do they love it that much? I guess if you’re that rich you have to do something with that money."
Because the producers are likely banking that it will be done to death in the college and amateur markets in coming years, a la Xanadu which also tanked in Nee York.
Posted: 9/13/18 at 10:48pm
Posted: 9/13/18 at 11:11pm
Whoever the angel investor is for head over heels I'd like them to "invest" in paying for the rest of my college. Might as well put that money to good use and not throw it out!
Posted: 9/14/18 at 12:25am
dramamama611 said: "Was Xanadu really done much regionally? I dont remember hearing about many productions."
We just had a production here at the Fringe Festival done by a high school alumni group. It was glorious.
