How's The Producers in Vegas doing?

Not very well, from what I've been reading. There is talk that it might close when David Hasselhoff ends his run. Some feel it might close in May or stick it out thru the summer, but it's definitely on it's last leg.

Saw the show last night, the house was only between 1/3 and 1/2 full, on a Friday night...I'll be suprised if it makes it to June.

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^Actually, Spamalot is doing fantastic when compared to Phantom and Producers. I saw Producers about a week ago, and the theatre was pretty much empty beyond center orchestra, yet the ushers told us it was sold out the previous night, and also it was a matinee.

Yet, many people there talked about struggling to get into Spamalot, as it's been selling out, also with 300 more seats than when the theatre held Avenue Q. Of course, Q was quite popular within its first month, and only time will tell. But maybe this will be the first non-jukebox musical (though it is very revue-esque at times) to succeed in Vegas...

Spamalot is doing just ok. We have tickets for this week and they are comped. the advance is not that spectacular. Along the same lines poor hairspray had.

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I'm suprised to hear Phantom is not doing too well. The theatre was packed when I saw it in December, but then again that was winter break for most people.

That's the problem with comped tickets - in a sense, there is nothing invested in seeing the show and a hot craps table may be too hard to resist. I never thought this was a healthy development for Broadway shows anyway, so I can't say it would trouble me if the experiment ended soon.