Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?

[DAME]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#1

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:20pm

It is still doing ok.. but it has been on a slow attendance and gross decline.  And with the tour playing everywhere and the London run about to begin... has it lost a little of the must see status?  The business side of this particular show fascinates me.  Especially since the theater it is at was such a flop house for a while. 

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Updated On: 6/22/15 at 03:20 PM

[muscle23ftl]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#2

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:23pm

The show is doing really well, I doubt it only has a year left.

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[LarryD2]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#2

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:26pm

"Especially since the theater it is at was such a flop house for a while."

Not counting the holiday engagements of ELF or the tour stop of FELA, the last two productions to play the house -- HOW TO SUCCEED and HAIR -- enjoyed healthy runs and recouped.

[Margo319]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#3

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:34pm

It's been a highly successful show, I think it has a very long life.   

[DAME]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#4

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:35pm

 "the last two productions to play the house -- HOW TO SUCCEED and HAIR -- enjoyed healthy runs and recouped."

 

That is true.  Not sure about Hair recouping.. but it did have a sort of healthy run.  I lived in that area in the 80's and nothing really ran.  Or if it did it would still loose money.   

 

@Margo   It has been a very succesful show and has done well. Not sure what that has to do with it lasting another year.   Summer is here, school is out,  tourists are in.. and it is not selling out like it used to.  Doing well.  But not like it used to. 

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Updated On: 6/22/15 at 03:35 PM

[kdogg36]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#5

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:38pm

Hair did recoup, rather quickly actually.

[DAME]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#6

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:39pm

Good.   Just ran a season but it recouped.  And came back!

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[neonlightsxo]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#7

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:40pm

It has more than a year left. It's making well above its running cost each week. Not sure how that would lead you to say it's doing "OK"

[DAME]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#8

Posted: 6/22/15 at 3:43pm

Easily.  It is just doing ok.  Not gangbusters.  Glad to see so many of you think it will run more than a year.  It's summer and it is not selling out ( even if it is doing well) and who knows what winter months will bring.   I guess I am more interested in what they do now to keep going..  Well see next year.

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[Jay94]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#9

Posted: 6/22/15 at 7:02pm

I agree it probably has about a year left. It's doing 59% gross potential in summer, it's going to really struggle through next winter and spring.

[BrerBear]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#10

Posted: 6/22/15 at 8:31pm

Interesting that Matilda is now regularly besting Kinky Boots in grosses. Maybe summer crowds and kids out of school influence that, but it seems to be increasing.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#11

Posted: 6/22/15 at 8:42pm

I'm planning on seeing it when it tours Austin during the week of November 10, 2015.  The only "beef" I have with K.B. is the current advertising.  The drag queens seem to have disappeared completely.  That seems kind of a let-down.  

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[Iesha]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#12

Posted: 6/22/15 at 8:42pm

"Interesting that Matilda is now regularly besting Kinky Boots in grosses. Maybe summer crowds and kids out of school influence that, but it seems to be increasing."

 But do schools pay full price ?  They surly would get a discount which would hurt revenue.

[gleek4114]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#13

Posted: 6/23/15 at 12:29am

Schools do get a discount. My choir went and saw it and our tickets were center orchestra and only read $78 per ticket. There were almost 40 of us.

[ethan231h]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#14

Posted: 6/23/15 at 12:34am

Yes, schools and camps get discounts.

[Up In One]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#15

Posted: 6/23/15 at 12:39am

Jersey Boys and Gentlemans Guide have run the past two years at grosses less than KBs current numbers.

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[FindingNamo]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#16

Posted: 6/23/15 at 12:40am

"...has it lost a little of the must see status?"

When did it have that?

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[broadwaysfguy]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#17

Posted: 6/23/15 at 12:53am

i think kinky boots still, well, has legs to it.....

[gleek4114]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#18

Posted: 6/23/15 at 2:01am

""...has it lost a little of the must see status?"

When did it have that?"

Maybe after it won best musical and Billy Porter won best actor? 

[bdn223]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#19

Posted: 6/23/15 at 11:44am

Kinky Boots also has a relatively small running cost in the $600k range compared to Matilda which is in the $800-900k range. 

[BrerBear]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#20

Posted: 6/23/15 at 2:23pm

"Kinky Boots also has a relatively small running cost in the $600k range compared to Matilda which is in the $800-900k range. "

 Source? Hard to believe Matilda would have recouped already if its costs were that high. That would also mean Matilda is barely profitable.

Edit: Found the NYT article about Matilda's production suggesting its weekly cost is estimated at $600k. Which is undoubtedly higher than Kinky, but certainly not $300k higher.

 

Updated On: 6/23/15 at 02:23 PM

[dramamama611]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#21

Posted: 6/23/15 at 3:24pm

Just to be clear, ANY large group can get a discount...doesn't have to be a school or a camp.  It can be your mother's bridge club as long as she has enough ticket buyers.

And summer has barely begun.  Many public schools in the NE aren't even done yet.

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[yankeefan7]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#22

Posted: 6/23/15 at 3:39pm

It will probably lose even more of it's must see status with "Hamilton" opening this summer on Broadway. 

[dramamama611]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#23

Posted: 6/23/15 at 3:41pm

^Won't everything???

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[Brave Sir Robin2]

Kinky Boots maybe has a year left?#24

Posted: 6/23/15 at 4:10pm

I think it will last longer than Gentleman's Guide but I am curious to see if Jersey Boys closes before or after KB.

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