Keep Spring Awakening OPEN!

I have it from a VERY reputable source that Spring Awakening is in danger because it isn't selling as well as it needs to.

Guys- HELP! Buy the CD in stores or on Itunes, talk it up to your friends, and most of all- GO SEE THE SHOW. If you care that real, evocative, amazing theater can last on Broadway- do what you can!

Keep Spring Awakening OPEN!

I've lurked this place for months- I just don't like posting on message boards. I just felt like this was important enough to post.

My source is a cast member. PLEASE guys, you need to help!

FYI you might not wanna say " I heard from a source." People would be less likely to belive you because your info has no credibally sp? For all we know, you could just be making it up. I am not saying you are I am just saying why you shouldn't start out by saying you heard from a source.

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They didn't do that well in advance sales. They did double what they'd done but it wasn't enough, 150,000 is not enough to keep a show open, even a show as "small," as Spring Awakening.

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Where is the 2 million coming from?

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104169.html

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The advertising needs work. I really hope it stays. It is such a great show.

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Well GG was only at a little above 70%. It can't close, because it needs to win the Tony...if it does it is basically just giving the award to GG.

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BtMartin25 is certainly closed minded. I really want the grosses to come out this week. I heard they sold of a couple nights this week.

That was last week. Things change. The raves have been absolute love letters. The cast recording is number 3 in the soundtrack sales. It's been proclaimed the best new musical of the season by Ben Brantley. We should be spreading the word ourselves. I'm telling you. Things can only get better for this show.

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i don't know i have really no desire to see this. Nothing about it has seem to grab me. Esspecially the music. I wish it the best of a run though.

oh thats hot..if I went to college in nyc i would. but i go to school in Philadelphia and I start rehersals for Rocky Horror soon...wish i lived closer though, sounds fun.

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Thing is that most street teaming for broadway shows is done at one place the TKTS booth. The only people who go there are people who have no idea what the f*** is playing on broadway. Iguess it could help having them there but they need to expand I think.

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Why attack the original post? Instead of arguing the validity of it why don't you go buy a ticket- who cares who the person is! Even if it was someone involved with the show that joined yesterday to ask everyone to please go see their show- WHO CARES?! The person's posting was not negative- they simply asked for people to help the show.

Any show is in danger of closing these days if it doesn't have someone like Warner Brothers, Universal or Disney behind it (i.e. mega bucks). And remember weekly grosses show only that- GROSS- not NET. We have no idea the costs associated with cast, production, crew, advertising, publicity, marketing, web, and on and on. Gross means very little to the general public because a show could gross $400K but cost just as much in associated costs torun.

Tourists want to see a "sure thing" or something they have heard about. This is why crap like Wedding Singer (oh I remember the film!), All Shook Up (I like Elvis), Good Vibrations (the Beach Boys songs are fun), etc run for awhile (sometimes too long).

This is why all the Disney crap continues to sell. Its safe. Everyone knows what it is.

Updated On: 12/25/06 at 07:32 PM