How was Phantom on Bway doing before the movie came out?
How was Phantom on Bway doing before the movie came out?
Rentaholic2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/04
#0How was Phantom on Bway doing before the movie came out?
Posted: 7/10/05 at 7:25pm
It seemed to me that around the time the movie came out, Phantom started almost selling out again. I didn't know if it was do to the movie or not, considering the movie wasn't all that successful.
You think the Rent movie will do the same thing?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: How was Phantom on Bway doing before the movie came out?
Posted: 7/10/05 at 7:44pm
I thought Phantom was always almost sold out on every show? Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.
And I think the Rent movie might make the show sell out more. It would be pretty cool :)
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#2re: How was Phantom on Bway doing before the movie came out?
Posted: 7/10/05 at 7:47pmI seems inevitable that a movie tie-in, even a modestly successful one, will boost a show for awhile. If the movie is marketed well, and widely accessible, this will be particularly true. However, POTO is, and has been, a big tourist show. It had high percentages even before the movie. It's been running for 18 years. IMO Rent is not quite as big a phenomena, though it's doing solid business. Rent, because of its subject matter, may also not have quite the same mass-market appeal.
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