Is Tootsie Closing Next? — Page 2

I don't think the controversy has anything to do with the grosses. I just don't think people are particularly interested. No one really asked for a musical version of this movie."

I think you hit the nail on the head with this. It's similar to whether or not a movie should be remade. If it's good enough to like but somehow flawed, it is worthy of a remake. If it's outstanding to begin with, it probably shouldn't be remade. Or musicalized, whatever the case may be.

Most of the people I know who have seen the show have liked it, with reservations. Nearly everyone I know who's seen the movie loves it, without reservations, to this day.

I saw the show, and I think the grosses are dropping because it falls into that "Wedding Singer" "Natasha Pierre" category of Good but not Great. You don't race from the show and feel like you need to tell friends they must see it. You "sort of enjoyed it" as Mr. Sondheim wrote, and in today's hyper Broadway climate, that's harder and harder to sell. I think now Moulin Rouge is going to grab a lot of attention for awhile which will make it even harder to be the big new show. Surely Hadestown will have that for a time because of The Tony, but who knows how long that can last these days. People are still clamoring for Hamilton as the "hot" new show.

LuPita2 said: "I saw it a few weeks ago on a Saturday night and it was empty.

Untrue."

Take a look on Ticketmaster for this Saturday night. It would be easier to count the sold seats. Not a good sign if this is the weekend business.

LuPita2 said: "I saw it a few weeks ago on a Saturday night and it was empty.

Untrue."

Were you there? If it was the Saturday night of 4th of July weekend, I don't doubt the theatre looked especially undersold. "Empty" is subjective, but I got the point.

LuPita2 said: "Most seats were sold and everyone had a great time."

"Everyone had a great time?" How could you possibly know that?

"Everyone had a great time?" How could you possibly know that?"

Hm, how would I know that my friends had a great time? Communication?

I was at Tootsie tonight and the orchestra was full, maybe just a small handful of empty seats at most. I did not see the mezz.



i enjoyed the show (the book more than the score as everyone says) and the crowd seemed to be having a great time. Santino was awesome.

I was in NYC two weeks ago, as well for a Sunday - Tuesday short visit. Saw 'Waitress' on Sunday afternoon, and was looking for something on Monday night. The choices were CHICAGO (have seen it twice - no desire to see it again), PHANTOM (have seen it four times on B'way) and TOOTSIE. My theater friends encouraged me to see PHANTOM over TOOTSIE . I respect their opinions, as they're all involved with musical theater for the past 30 years and so I went with PHANTOM (now for the fifth time) and enjoyed it as much as I did the first time. The theater was packed on the Monday after July 4.

As for TOOTSIE, their general critique of the show was: 'Cute show' but nothing memorable. Not too humorous, and the songs were 'meh'. Each of them have worked with Santino in the past, and thinks he did a great job with what was given to him, but that was the problem - he should have been given something better to work with. Much better.

taylortrensch said: "i'd like to see this show on my august trip before it makes its way to the chopping block. for those who have seen it - what's a better option for me to get tickets ? should i rush or enter the lottery? or both?"

I’ve read on here that the Tootsie lottery is almost imposible not to win. Often shows that are under-selling will just give all lottery entries tickets. I’ve also heard for this show you’re safe to walk up to the box office 2-3 hours before curtain and ask for a rush ticket. No need to queue early or anything. Good luck!

Take a look on Ticketmaster for this Saturday night. It would be easier to count the sold seats. Not a good sign if this is the weekend business.

Looking now, a couple of hours before showtime, the orchestra looks about 95% sold. Maybe 2/3 sold in the mezzanine. Maybe they unloaded a bunch at TKTS today?

MollyJeanneMusic said: "If any of you like the TV show The Good Place, I must admit, from what I’ve heard, this show sounds like the perfect show for The Medium Place. Good writer but weak score, funny book that is rather subjective, won Tonys by “default” against shows that could’ve won in other seasons, promoting feminism but runninginto other controversies, boring technical design but you get Hans from Frozen as the lead and Bellatrix from AVPM in the ensemble, selling decently well but not great. It’s perfectly mediocre."

When you bring up Fontana’s primary claim to infamy in a comment which begins my mentioning a TV show headed by Princess Anna herself (i.e Kristen Bell) you give fans a lot of strange ideas...

BTW - Broadway League revealed this week’s grosses, and they’re not great news for Tootsie. Attendance and earnings are slightly up, but the grosses are still only 55% of potential, leaving the show in the same bracket as the numerous musicals which have announced closing dates...

BritCrit said: "
BTW - Broadway League revealed this week’s grosses, and they’re not great news for Tootsie. Attendance and earnings are slightly up, but the grosses are still only 55% of potential, leaving the show in the same bracket as the numerous musicals which have announced closing dates..."



The show grossed almost a million this week. That is not the same bracket as the closing shows, most of which were in the $400,000-$700,000 range. The percentage doesn't matter except as an indication of demand. 55% for Tootsie (which is in a large theatre) is a lot better than 53% for Be More Chill at the Lyceum, because there is literally more money being made at Tootsie.