How long will the current shows run for? — Page 2

""Having all 3 shows running would be a huge financial venture for Disney but I don't think money is an issue for them"
And Frozen (if done right) is going to be a massive Broadway hit of Lion King proportions, so it's not like it won't be pulling in tons of cash each week. "

Exactly. Just hopefully if Frozen is a huge hit people won't stop going to see Aladdin

"Newsies stopped having Million Dollar weeks, it reached a point where it was barely breaking even. Yes the last few months they started making tons of money again but only after they posted the closing notice."

Newsies did well only on the strength of the Broadway material. The original movie was not strong or successful enough to attract an audience. Lion King, Aladdin and (when it opens on Broadway) Frozen are all classics and have name recognition. People know these movies and they'll definitely want to see the broadway adaption. Basically Frozen will succeed for the same reason Aladdin is succeeding. We might as well have Casey Nicholaw direct Frozen at this point tbh... lol

"Where would this new theatre be? And do you think this theatre will be the new flagship Disney theatre and they will avoid the new amsterdam?"

With over 75 years left on the lease I doubt they will avoid the New Amsterdam

"I think Les Mis could be gone by spring so Miss Saigon makes the cut-off for Best Revival at the 2016 Tonys."

Highly doubtful because CamMac stated that he wanted to transfer the West End sets for the revival. The West End production doesn't close until the end of February, so it would be a tight squeeze to get everything into the Imperial before the eligibility cut off for 2016. And the playing field for revival is so crowded next season that it might be wise to hold out until Fall 2016 or Spring 2017.

Now, with regards to Frozen, I am wondering, is this show still going to happen? After all, Disney announced it coming to Broadway in the middle of the Frozen frenzy. But, is it still a planned thing now that the hype around it has died down considerably? "

Frozen is still planned. If it goes the new theater route, I think it would be outside the Broadway box . . .that's the big rumor.

Cameron Mackintosh mentioned in an interview that they're aiming for Spring 2017 so I would guess Les Mis will try and run for another year at least.

With no real time frame, just a lot of speculation, by the time the show might need to be moved they will have launched, or be very near launching, the national tour. In that case they will have figured out other ways to do the effects and could implement that version of the show here in NY, similar to what happened with Beauty and the Beast when it moved.

And the larger majority of the time the theatre was dark between shows was more for general refurbishment and upkeep and not as much about retrofitting the stage just for the effects in Aladdin. After all, they didn't have a several months long load in for the pre-Broadway run in Toronto.

But it's all speculation on our part. Who knows what kind of shape ticket-sales will be in by the time Frozen is actually ready to start. I do think that if the show is still pulling in these same kinds of numbers on a regular basis that Disney will consider moving it before closing it, or putting Frozen into a different theatre. After all, in theory the shows would be covering different demographics (Aladdin getting the boys, Frozen covering the girls), as opposed to when they claimed Beauty and the Beast was closing for Little Mermaid because they didn't want to have two "princess" musicals running simultaneously.

One would think that after they closed Beauty and the Beast for the dreck that was Tarzan...they would think twice about closing a popular show.

"Philly,

Where did you get your information regarding non profit runs? Are you sure it was someone on here? I have to say that for someone who hates to cite sources and loves walking away with egg on their face, you're doing a bang up job. Keep up the good work, I love a free show. "

Yeah I'm sure Islander. Keep making yourself look stupid

Pinto, I addressed the misinformation you posted above in another thread but just to make what I said there clear here: it is correct that actors must be paid the full production contract amounts after the originally scheduled run at the Beaumont, but that does not mean it becomes a for-profit production. Indeed, it cannot, and if it did there would be private inurement issues that would result in LCT's tax emempt status revoked by the IRS.

The base actor pay for these Broadway LORT addenda are all $1385 currently. (The length of the initial run to which this applies vries by theatre, with LCT's unspecified and the others being in the 12-16 week range.)

Updated On: 7/28/15 at 03:25 AM

"So what about Finding Neverland? Frankly I'm surprised by how well it's been doing but I'm not sure about it's longevity."

How is it surprising its a wonderful show. Great word of mouth and quite frankly I think will have a very long run.