MOULIN ROUGE Recouped "a long time" ago

[JoeW4]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 4:30pm

https://deadline.com/2023/07/baz-luhrmann-moulin-rouge-musical-breaking-baz-1235451329/

According to producer, Carmen Pavlovic:

“We hit recoupment on Broadway whenever we did, a long time now. There was reluctance to shout about it because I thought it feels a bit icky coming back from the pandemic. And I don’t know, I just thought it might look a bit arrogant or something,”

Belated congrats to them! 

Updated On: 7/31/23 at 04:30 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 4:31pm

Great news - Congrats to all involved! The show definitely cost a pretty penny to put up, and I'm glad it paid off.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 4:33pm

$28 million capitalization, per the article. 

I didn’t care for this show all that much, but Broadway needs hits of any kind. Congrats to all involved. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 5:02pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "$28 million capitalization, per the article.

I didn’t care for this show all that much, but Broadway needs hits of any kind. Congrats to all involved."
I LOVED this show, so I am delighted to learn that is is now in the black, and will hopefully be around for awhile yet.  Given how little holds my interest for my October trip, I will probably visit it again.  The first three times i saw it, all original cast members were still in it, so it’s been awhile.  Anxious to see it without Olivo, who I did not like in the role.

Updated On: 7/31/23 at 05:02 PM

[Dom P]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 5:42pm

Congratulations to thier team. I just recently saw the tour in Philadelphia. Courtney Reed ,who starts Aug 1st in NYC, IMHO was wonderful. 

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 5:44pm

I think that was respectful of them to not make a big deal about it when Broadway was struggling to come back from the shutdown. Congrats to all involved. I wasn't a big fan of the show either (though it was very pretty to look at) but I'm always happy to see a show recoup.

It seems like it has settled in to being a tourist favorite and will probably run for a long time.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 7/31/23 at 7:22pm

Mr. Wormwood said: "I think that was respectful of them to not make a big deal about it when Broadway was struggling to come back from the shutdown. Congrats to all involved. I wasn't a big fan of the show either (though it was very pretty to look at) but I'm always happy to see a show recoup.

It seems like it has settled in to being a tourist favorite and will probably run for a long time."

It will be interesting to see what Fall brings for this one.  Last year, the grosses went up in the fall, with posters opining that it was not a tourist show (general consensus was that it was not suited for families).

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 8/1/23 at 12:38am

Jarethan said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "I think that was respectful of them to not make a big deal about it when Broadway was struggling to come back from the shutdown. Congrats to all involved. I wasn't a big fan of the show either (though it was very pretty to look at) but I'm always happy to see a show recoup.

It seems like it has settled in to being a tourist favorite and will probably run for a long time."

It will be interesting to see what Fall brings for this one. Last year, the grosses went up in the fall, with posters opining that it was not a tourist show (general consensus was that it was not suited for families)."

That is true and I was one of those posters. I feel like in the last year though, Moulin Rouge has morphed from being a show with an uncertain future into more of a mainstay for Broadway and I do feel like it is more of a tourist show now than it was a year ago. I have no data to support these beliefs but just anecdotally, I feel like that's what I've seen - that it's sort of joined Aladdin, Book of Mormon & Chicago as a second tier tourist mainstay behind the juggernauts like Lion King, Wicked & Hamilton.

[msmp]

Posted: 8/1/23 at 5:53am

Jarethan said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "$28 million capitalization, per the article.

I didn’t care for this show all that much, but Broadway needs hits of any kind. Congrats to all involved."
I LOVED this show, so I am delighted to learn that is is now in the black, and will hopefully be around for awhile yet. Given how little holds my interest for my October trip, I will probably visit it again. The first three times i saw it, all original cast members were still in it, so it’s been awhile. Anxious to see it without Olivo, who I did not like in the role."

As someone else who has loved this show since seeing the second preview in Boston, I'm sorry you missed Ashley Loren; she was truly phenomenal in the role. I have gotten to see every Satine (including understudies) so far except Jojo (alas, the timing didn't work out this summer), and each has been better than Karen Olivo in my opinion. Which is strange, because I remember loving Karen's performance in Boston and feeling it was subpar in New York!

[BJR]

Posted: 8/1/23 at 9:33am

In the post-pandemic climate, this is truly remarkable.

I must also say those bizarre semi-Tonys that year probably paid off in a huge way for them.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/1/23 at 10:36pm

msmp said: "Jarethan said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "$28 million capitalization, per the article.

I didn’t care for this show all that much, but Broadway needs hits of any kind. Congrats to all involved."
I LOVED this show, so I am delighted to learn that is is now in the black, and will hopefully be around for awhile yet. Given how little holds my interest for my October trip, I will probably visit it again. The first three times i saw it, all original cast members were still in it, so it’s been awhile. Anxious to see it without Olivo, who I did not like in the role."

As someone else who has loved this show since seeing the second preview in Boston, I'm sorry you missed Ashley Loren; she was truly phenomenal in the role. I have gotten to see every Satine (including understudies) so far except Jojo (alas, the timing didn't work out this summer), and each has been better than Karen Olivo in my opinion. Which is strange, because I remember loving Karen's performance in Boston and feeling it was subpar in New York!"

First of all, I felt that she was not physically right for the role.  Nicole Kidman was believable as a person dying from consumption...Olivo was too robust.  The real issue IMO was that she gave a very cold performance and IMO had zero chemistry with Tveit.  From what I have learned since then, part of me wonders whether either she does not actually like performing or she gets bored too quickly.  (Thinking of Barbara Harris from the 60s.  Always said that she preferred the rehearsal period, but got restless when the show was frozen.  She gave up performing on the stage, when she would undoubtedly have continued to have an increasingly greater career, had she continued.  Also, she NEVER appeared to be bored on stage like Olivo appeared to be to me).

Updated On: 8/1/23 at 10:36 PM

[yyys]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 9:16am

How's the new cast ?  

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 10:15am

I saw the show three times pre-pandemic (all with the obc). Two out of the three times I saw it, including the first preview, Karen Olivo seemed to be sleepwalking through the show. The third time I saw it, she was incredible and fired on all cylinders.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again here, Olivo is just a wildly inconsistent performer in my experience. You never know if you're going to get a full throttled performance or a phoned in one from her. I have been meaning to go back and see it with a different cast.

Updated On: 8/3/23 at 10:15 AM