Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
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#1Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 11:46am
From BWW:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=16145
I checked the Palazzo's site and it said:
"The Palazzo hotel will also include a theater that is expected to host a major production or Broadway show."
Hmmm....
#2re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 1:52pmIt seems like the right fit to me. Much like Mamma Mia, I think Jersey Boys could find an audience in LV.
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#2re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:09pmThat's like... right next to the Venetian!
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#3re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:15pmI think the original four seasons would do better in Vegas than the show.
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#4re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 4:15pm
"We open in Vagas, next stop..." Sorry. Couldn't help it!
I think that it will do really well there.
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#5re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 4:29pm
From LVR-J:
"The future of the Broadway-in-Vegas trend may not rely on the fate of "The Producers" and "Monty Python's Spamalot." "Jersey Boys" is likely to open later this year in the Palazzo Tower addition to The Venetian, no matter how the two current titles fare.
The Broadway hit is slated for a sit-down run in a new theater, part of the tower scheduled to come on line just north of The Venetian sometime in the fall.
The biography of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons won four Tony awards, including best musical. It opened in November 2005 and grosses more than $1.1 million per week.
A national tour company of "Jersey Boys" is in San Francisco until March 25. The tour moves to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles May 25 through Aug. 5, presumably clearing the way for The Venetian residency by the end of the year.
That's a lot of tour performances on the West Coast, but the Las Vegas edition might still manage that delicate balance between exclusivity and oversaturation. "Avenue Q" pre-empted a national tour, perhaps at the expense of promoting the title. "The Producers," on the other hand, has toured enough that the stunt casting of David Hasselhoff was needed to create new interest. ..."
#6re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 6:05pm
Is the Palazzo already up? Is it going to be inbetween the Venetian and the Wynn? The last time I was in Vegas, like less than a year ago, there was just a huge pit in the ground.
I think JB will do well in Vegas. I think it's the shows that cater to younger audiences (Avenue Q, We Will Rock You') that have a hard time surviving, because you know, younger people would rather spend $120 on craps.
#7re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 7:45pmWhen did Vegas become Broadway’s annex?
#8re: Jersey Boys To Open In Vegas?
Posted: 2/24/07 at 7:54pmA musician who works in Vegas once told me that the ideal act for that town was anyone who had had a top 40 hit twenty to thirty years ago. This explains the popularity of Mamma Mia, Barry Manilow and Celine Dion. We'll have to see how JB fits into that equation.
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