MOTOWN Will Conclude Broadway Run Early on July 31
#2
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:13pm
LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples?
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#3
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:15pm
wow I'm surprised it's closing so fast. how long was the "limited run" supposed to be?
also, wasn't hair pretty successful?
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#4
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:15pm
Sooo... Spongebob?
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#5
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:16pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Sooo... Spongebob?
The rumor is War Paint has the Nederlander.
#6
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:18pm
So will the tour be on hiatus until January?
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#7
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:19pm
I thought I heard SpongeBob wasn't coming in?
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#8
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:19pm
Should we anticipate a show moving into the Nederlander for a fall opening then?
#9
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:21pm
I think that early is a bit of an understatement
#10
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:24pm
Call_me_jorge said: "So will the tour be on hiatus until January?
Did you read the article? This was the last stop of the tour.
#11
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:26pm
Holy crap Batman. Did not see that one coming.
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#12
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:26pm
Updated On: 6/17/17 at 10:26 PM
#13
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:27pm
I'm not surprised. It was very overshadowed by the Cats previews and the cast was pretty unknown except for Chester Gregory.
#14
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:31pm
I'm not surprised at all. Way too recent and people think it's still not around.
#15
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:33pm
RE: Hair Broadway tour stop in the summer of 2011. I don't think there is any financial criteria that would suggest that venture was a success:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/HAIR
Playing to half-empty houses on severely discounted or papered tickets for practically every week.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#16
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:34pm
qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? "
"Bring It On" was a limited run that got extended two months after its planned closing date. So.
They/them.
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#17
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:37pm
CindersGolightly said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples? "
"Bring It On" was a limited run that got extended two months after its planned closing date. So.
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Again another show that is hard to believe made any money based on these grosses:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/BRING-IT-ON-THE-MUSICAL
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#18
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:41pm
qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples?
"
Could you count mamma mia?
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#19
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:45pm
Call_me_jorge said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples?
"
Could you count mamma mia?
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I wouldn't Mamma Mia just transferred theatres within a matter of a week. It had the same cast etc.
#20
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:47pm
It never should have come back.
Who honestly cared to see a stripped down version of the show?
#21
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:50pm
ethan231h said: "Call_me_jorge said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples?
"
Could you count mamma mia?
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I wouldn't Mamma Mia just transferred theatres within a matter of a week. It had the same cast etc.
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I'm referring to its pre-Broadway tour, not its transfer to the Broadhurst.
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The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#22
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:51pm
Since Mamma Mia has not brought in a tour stop since it closed I'm not sure how it could be included in a list of shows (successful or flops) that had a tour stop on Broadway as part of its itinerary.
#23
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:53pm
Harmonium said: "The tour beginning in January is a different smaller SET contract tiered tour, not a continuation of the current production. This is a loss of millions of dollars, both for the modifying of the tour set and re-tech to jam it into the Nederlander and the potential millions the tour could have made if it had just been kept on the road for another season as it should have been.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation.
#24
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:57pm
Call_me_jorge said: "ethan231h said: "Call_me_jorge said: "qolbinau said: "LOL WOW!
It's interesting that the first time round they did quite well. But it doesn't seem like any tour that stops off on Broadway along the way does well. Hair, Bring it On, Motown, An Act of God (ok, this is not quite the same as the other three, so willing to concede if someone wants to challenge that). Are there successful examples?"
Could you count mamma mia?"
I wouldn't Mamma Mia just transferred theatres within a matter of a week. It had the same cast etc."
I'm referring to its pre-Broadway tour, not its transfer to the Broadhurst"
Broadway was always meant as the ultimate destination of that pre-Broadway tour of Mamma Mia (which was really only four cities, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago, as I recall). By that token you would include any show that had multiple productions out of town before arriving on Broadway such as The Light in the Piazza (Seattle and Chicago), Ragtime (Toronto and Los Angeles) and a good number of others.
#25
Posted: 7/21/16 at 10:57pm
Wow! I find this a little funny... Sorry for those involved, I'm sure that the show will have a good life on the road, but it's still a lil' funny...
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