NYT: The Broadway Musical Is in Trouble- Page 4

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Posted: 9/23/25 at 6:50pm

 

Updated On: 9/23/25 at 06:50 PM

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Posted: 9/23/25 at 6:54pm

JSquared2 said: "Ensemble1711444445 said: "Theater owners can help in a few ways...especially in the care and feeding of investors.

Cancel shows running at a loss. Moulin and Hells Kitchen and Cabaret are spending money that would otherwise go back to investors who are losing on most shows.

Extend shows (John Proctor) when they are making money and could recoup. Making Proctor close was cruel to those investors.

Start picking shows that have smaller budgets and lower running costs. Force producers to be smarter about the process. But also reward better managed shows -- too many shows are picked up for cronyism and that iscosting investors a fortune - Smash and Boop alone lost 50 million in a few months. This season looks dismally similar."



Oh my...there is so much misinformation and ignorance of how the business operates, I don't even know where to begin.

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Clutching your pearls so early in the day. Please enlighten us.  Or are you just going to be rude and dismissive without backing it up. Probably the latter.  Or are you a producer that screws over his/her/their investors regularly?

Updated On: 9/23/25 at 06:54 PM