NY, NY may be on its way to closing-NY Post — Page 2

I could be wrong, but I'm guessing the strategy is/was that they thought this could essentially become a staple of New York musicals that tourists would feed for years. They'd line up to see "New York, New York" as part of a trip the same way they'd go to a museum. They'd recognise the iconic 'New York, New York' song in particular and love it and tell their friends back home. They also probably thought LMM's name is a gold mine and overestimated his draw in this context. They probably thought it'd be critic and award proof because the title is so striking. It just didn't work out this way at all for some reason. 

I must admit, I was hoping to catch this show so I too was hoping it would catch on. But alas. 

Music Man probably cost the same, but it was making $3m. 

And yeah I think that was the strategy. Clearly didn't work. 

JaglinSays said: "Newsflash:



this director cannot helm a book musical."

The Producers would like a word. 

The only recent show I can recall making major adjustments out of town was Beetlejuice, which was atrocious in Washington.

binau said: "I could be wrong, but I'm guessing the strategy is/was that they thought this could essentially become a staple of New York musicals that tourists would feed for years. They'd line up to see "New York, New York" as part of a trip the same way they'd go to a museum. They'd recognise the iconic 'New York, New York' song in particular and love it and tell their friends back home. They also probably thought LMM's name is a gold mine and overestimated his draw in this context. They probably thought it'd be critic and award proof because the title is so striking. It just didn't work out this way at all for some reason.

I must admit, I was hoping to catch this show so I too was hoping it would catch on. But alas."

It's totally this! They wanted a 42nd Street, the kind of show that's a one-stop-shop for tourists, but there's a bevy of more specific options available - Disney shows for the kids, jukeboxes for the nostalgic adults, quality hits like Hadestown and Hamilton that people have some level of FOMO about, etc. Nobody's paying top dollar for a period piece based on a 46-year-old flop movie if it doesn't have rave reviews and/or amazing word of mouth.

How sad that NYC tourists would rather go see Chicago the musical than NY,NY

It’s not all bad for Kander though. He still might have three shows running simultaneously in NY if the DeBose Spider Woman revival comes in this season.

I really hope Frecknall’s Cabaret becomes a big big hit, I’ve heard nothing but incredible things. 

And Johnny’s not wrong about SLIH’s grosses, either.  I’d hate to see it vanish by Labor Day.
 

 

Updated On: 7/11/23 at 04:06 PM

LMM needs to actually be in a show for him to sell tickets...but I guess he figures he's past that

bwaylyric said: "How sad that NYC tourists would rather go see Chicago the musical than NY,NY"

You can argue that Chicago may be stuffy nowadays. Yet, a bad performance of Chicago is infinitely better than NY NY.

I've not been go NYC for about 8 years and it's shocked me a bit how expensive broadway is now. I could go to Europe for the weekend (I live in the UK) for the cost of two decent tickets to the big shows on Broadway.

Compared to last time I came, I'm actually having trouble finding something a) I want to see b) and is a reasonable price that's not located miles back.

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "This show cost $27 Million and has zero names IN THE SHOW, what the hell were these producers thinking?"

“The show title and the title song would bring in $$$$!”

RippedMan said: "Why don't they partner with NYC tourism and make it THE show to see? Like come see the namesake show on Broadway. It ends with the title song. Should be such an easy sell to tourists."

When people describe this show, it sounds like a better version of the NY Spring Spectacular that played Radio City. People didn't want that either. Tourists want Lion King, Chicago, Wicked... something that feels like a real show even if it has commercial appeal.

The article certainly had a malicious tone to it. Perhaps more musicals should be performed like Encores and then if they are a hit, transferred for a limited run or longer. 

It's a shame because I WANT "big" new musicals. I don't want it to be only scaled down productions and lavish star-driven revivals that can succeed. But I worry those will become obsolete much like non-franchise big movies are.