New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?

[Ukdude]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#1

Posted: 4/2/13 at 3:34pm

Motown, kinky boots, matilda, pippin??? Out of these which will be the biggest hit? Does anyone know which has the biggest advanced sales?

[dramamama611]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#2

Posted: 4/2/13 at 7:38pm

It's really hard to tell this soon...so much comes with time and staying power.

I think Boots holds the biggest risk, and will be the first of your list to close. Pippin will be next, but should have a healthy run (Reidel claims it already is close to a 5Mil advance) and more than recoup.

Both Motown and Matilda are destined to be finacial runaways. Doesn't mean they are actually great, just popular. (I'm not giving a critique, just putting that out there.)

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[Matt Rogers]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#2

Posted: 4/2/13 at 7:43pm

Are you forgetting that Pippin is produced by the Weisslers? They will run this show forever. It is brilliant, by the way.

[dramamama611]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#3

Posted: 4/2/13 at 7:47pm

I loved Pippin (in Cambridge, anyway), but with the exception of Chicago, very few revivals have lots of staying power. A year or two at best.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Matt Rogers]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#4

Posted: 4/2/13 at 7:52pm

And who produced Chicago?

[dramamama611]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#5

Posted: 4/3/13 at 3:57am

Yes, I'm not obtuse, I understood your post.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[muscle23ftl]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#6

Posted: 4/3/13 at 4:26am

I have only seen Kinky Boots and LOVED it! Hope it becomes a huge hit.

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[TheGingerBreadMan]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#7

Posted: 4/3/13 at 7:15am

I think MATILDA has the most potential out of those. Especially with schools getting off for summer break early as late next month, I can see lots of tourist $$$ coming in, with it being a family-friendly show and all. Not to mention it is also a hit movie that most people could recognize.

[kdogg36]

New musicals, which will be the biggest hit?#8

Posted: 4/3/13 at 8:04am

Didn't the Weisslers also produce The Scottsboro Boys?