Love is what we do! - THE WEDDING SINGER appreciation thread.- Page 151

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 7:29pm

I really REALLY hope they let Saldivar come back for the final performance.

[BroadwayPanda]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 7:32pm

No i don't want the show to close!!! It's too good!!!!
Updated On: 10/25/06 at 07:32 PM

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 7:43pm

It's in his contract that he comes back for the last show.

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 7:45pm

Excellent. As sad as I am about this, I will look at it as a blessing that I know now the date I get to see Matthew back as Sammy. Hopefully, Spencer Liff will return also as I really want to see him up on stage again. Sad that Richard Blake probably can't stick around until it closes.

[Marissa2]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 7:46pm

Ughh I must find someone who will go see it with me for a second (and last) time asap.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:09pm

I'm like 99% sure I'm going on Sunday!! I just have to make sure it's ok with my mom, but it should be. Yay .

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:15pm

The time has come.

Too bad.

And thought it was interesting....the show earned $15 million in its run, but never recouped the $8 million capitalization cost. Just goes to show how high the running costs are.

Wow....this show only cost $8 million?

[IntoTheNight]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:18pm

Variety is one of the best trades in the business; they have been around for many, many years. So I would think that this is a reliable source.

It is sad that it is closing, BUT the good thing is that there is going to be a touring production. I know it is not the same, but it is better than nothing.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:18pm

This is so surreal. I can't believe it. This was such an awesome show. I thought that they would get back on track. They seemed to be doing better. Everyone come out and see The Wedding Singer. Show your support

And they'll play you some Careless Whisper
Make you wish you had Jessy's Girl Instead
Bring the room down with Endless Love
And blast Bang Your Head

BANG YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlueforBroadway]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:26pm

I'm glad I get to go this weekend.

I think I may just make it two times in one week now and take in another performance while I am in NYC.

The Wedding Singer will always be the first Broadway show I ever went to. You always remember your first, right?

I loved the movie and think the show is a lot of fun.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:28pm

And they'll play you some Careless Whisper
Make you wish you had Jessy's Girl Instead
Bring the room down with Endless Love
And blast Bang Your Head

BANG YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just picturing this scene made me laugh.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:31pm

I have a compulsion to watch the Tony performance over and over again.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:34pm

im just listening to my cd through right now...



"okay, ill try...*falls back in*"
"so, you're back in the dumpster..."

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:38pm

"Well that's like a metaphor
Everyone has a dumpster
A stumbling block they can't ignore..."

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:49pm

"but to fight it makes you stronger
and next time you might stand!"

oh, i just turned off the music and watched the broadway.com videos- i love those!

and yankee, how did the show make 15 million and not make back its investment? sorry, i get what you mean, but not really...

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:51pm

"So come out of that dumpster
Here, take a hold of my hand..."

We need a new song. We did this one already.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:53pm

aight!

"waiting here underneath your window
hoping for some kind of sign..."

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:55pm

"Every move, every tiny gesture
Only proves that you're not mine..."

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:55pm

"I could write you a thousand love songs"

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 8:57pm

"Search the world for the perfect tune and rhyme..."

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 9:00pm

A thing about Broadway investments, which, at very least, is 95% true, as I know it.

A show costs X amount of money to put up and running, initially. This money is put up by the producers (who get it from their investors). This is just the capitalization cost, alone.

Don't forget that the show still costs Y dollars to run. If a show earns more than Y weekly, whatever is left over goes to paying off the investors. If there isn't enough money taken in weekly, the producers have to put in whatever's left to keep it running, with nothing going to the investors.

The capitalization cost comes 2nd to the weekly running costs.

Wedding Singer is obviously the best example to use. The show cost roughly $8 million alone to mount. Weekly running costs, given the large cast, sets, lighting, stage crew, musicians, costumers, dressers, make-up people, and unions, were, roughly, over $600,000 a week. Most of the time, Wedding Singer didn't even crack $550,000. The producers had to put in whatever was left over. The weeks that it did go over the weekly-nut (break even point), the investors were paid off.

If anyone wants to chat, I'm in the chat room.
Updated On: 10/25/06 at 09:00 PM

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 9:07pm

wow, i bet the investors made hardly any profit
most weeks it didnt even come close to breaking even

how sad...

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 9:07pm

btw, thanks yankee for the info! :)

[jacobp]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 9:10pm

This makes me sad Well saw it twice its so good MAMA MIA NEEDS TO GO not wedding singer why cant people get it right

[BwayDreamer09]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 9:14pm

So not happy. Last thing I needed to hear tonight, seriously. I hate this. I ordered my tix, premium seats because since I can't do rush because people are going to be lining up the night before. I'm sitting row D seats 107 and 108 so I'm happy with my seats but seriously BOO!!! And now I need to find time between now and then to do rush some more...