Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 needs to be revived and back on Broadway!!- Page 3

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/21/18 at 5:39pm

I wanted to love Ragtime on Broadway, but that original production was a schizophrenic mess.  It kept bouncing from SPECTACLE to minimalistic with bizarre scenes often being lost in a vast empty space.  Based on its staging and choreography, Crime of the Century was aptly titled (and probably a more fitting title for the musical itself, come to think of it).  At least the revival had a more coherent vision.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 2/21/18 at 9:09pm

StageStruckLad said: "There is a big pile of N&P Great Comet coffee-table books on the remainder table at Barnes & Noble at Broadway and West 82 Street. I think it was marked down to around $10.00."

Ooh, how big is this pile? I wonder if I could snag one next week.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 2/22/18 at 10:16am

haterobics said: "Jarethan said: "I read somewhere that all three versions lost money, although some creative accounting pushed the losses from the first two runs into the budget for the Broadway version of the show."

While true, I don't think that is necessarily creative or rare. But it does beg the question why people sayit should have just stayed off-Broadway, when it also lost money and closed there. Unless it closed for reasons other thanticket sales?"

I'll bet that it was always too expensive to run for the size of the venue.  'Gee, we're losing money here because there's not enough seats...let's move to a larger theatre' without 'and how many seats will we need to sell at the larger theatre AT NON-PREMIUM prices, in order to breakeven each week and return our investment.  Can't have one without the other and succeed, as they proved.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/22/18 at 11:02am

Mike Bevel said: "are you also suggesting fraud there, too?"

no, but I can see how that was not clear.

[schubox]

Posted: 2/22/18 at 12:15pm

haterobics said: "There's a pretty crazy Comet group on Facebook where you'd fit right in..."

I was banned from this group, and I love the show 

[schubox]

Posted: 2/22/18 at 12:25pm

And to slightly highjack the thread, does anyone know when or if Moby Dick will actually open off Broadway?

[haterobics]

Posted: 2/22/18 at 1:22pm

schubox said: "I was banned from this group, and I love the show"

I was nearly banned once, back when I kept saying the show was going to close, and they said I was being too negative. As soon as the show closed, I left the group.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/22/18 at 1:29pm

schubox said: "haterobics said: "There's a pretty crazy Comet group on Facebook where you'd fit right in..."

I was banned from this group, and I love the show"

Me too!