King Kong in Trouble?

brdwybound04 said: "

https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/critics-beat-up-king-kong-but-producers-arent-pulling-the-plug/

Interesting article... wondering what shows are circling The Broadway Theatre...? The West Side Story revival perhaps? Tina? Dreamgirls? Crazy For You?"

Sort of off-topic, but I feel like Dreamgirls is just dead in the water at this point in time. Maybe someone can fill me in but I haven't heard anything about it in months.

the show is not in trouble; it is making money weekly.

Could it find itself in trouble sooner rather than later? Yep, if their marketing does not pay dividends.

Riedel makes multiple errors in his column (as usual).

The show is not in stop clause territory.

The Shuberts are among the producers, which coincidentally includes both other major landlords.

It will never recoup.

Dreamgirls was amazing in London, if they can get a better Deena, it will be perfect.

Morbid curiosity had me kinda hoping to see this when I come up in June, but based on this thread, I was expecting the show to close before then. Then they suddenly announced that "Tickets for KING KONG Now On Sale Through September 1, 2019", and they did NOT extend the discount offer into the new block of dates.

Anyone care to speculate as to what's going on?

Updated On: 12/21/18 at 01:05 PM

quizking101 said: "It doesnt usually mean anything. Sometimes they use it as a plot to make shows look like theyre selling out and need to release more tickets. SUMMER was selling well into next year and....well."

I don't understand how extending the on-sale dates and discontinuing the discount is going to help fill the house. Seems to me that they've diminished motivation to buy and diluted the attendance for any given performance by increasing the available options for the limited number of people interested in seeing the show.

Updated On: 12/21/18 at 01:16 PM

Lot666 said: "I don't understand how extending the on-sale dates and discontinuing the discount is going to help fill the house."

There is a discount on telechargeoffers.com.

haterobics said: "There is a discount on telechargeoffers.com."

The only discount on TelechargeOffers.com is the preexisting one for the original on-sale dates; as I noted above, they did not extend the discount for the new block of tickets.

Fosse76 said: "HogansHero said: "The Shuberts are among the producers, which coincidentally includes both other major landlords."

I wouldn't read too much into that. The Shuberts OFTEN invest in the shows at their theaters. Matilda was a notable exception."

Yes, but the noteworthy point was that all 3 major landlords were producers. That does not happen often.(And re the Shuberts, being a producer does not suggest that they have literally invested in the show. Oftentimes, it's some concession that got them there. )

I went to the matinee this past Wednesday and I have to say the orchestra was pretty full. Only the rear extreme sides were empty. I took a walk upstairs at intermission and I would say 50% full.

The audience was 85% tourist and loving it. I did have to laugh because both souvenir stands at the end of the performance were getting swamped. I can see a lot of unhappy people opening up a box to "King Kong" socks this coming holiday.

Updated On: 12/23/18 at 09:00 PM

what drugs are those thinking this show is "in trouble" taking?