Notebook Musical coming to Broadway- Page 2

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 10:32am

start engraving Maryann Plunkett's awards now

[gibsons2]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 10:36am

Voter said: "You all underestimate Taylor Swift fans. She could endorse a laxative line and little girls everywhere would have it sold out within 24 hours. Her name on this would be a huge deal for Broadway just in terms of new income."

And it's not just little girls. She has a huge older Gen Z and millenials fan base = working people with their own income. Yes, it'll sell out, especially during the spring break.

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 10:54am

I mean, I agree with the power of Swift, but every film she has been in has flopped miserably. Tacking a producer title on ain’t going to be the cash grab you think it will when her fans wouldn’t even spend $11 to see AMSTERDAM with an already stacked cast. 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 11:48am

This is random but does anyone know if this is the same Notebook musical Joy Lenz was working on about 15 years ago? I was a big One Tree Hill fan, and thus a fan of hers, and I remember she was working on this and it was aiming for broadway. From what I recall she wrote the music and lyrics, and maybe even starred in it?  

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:00pm

I just hope that Telecharge is prepared for the high demand this show will receive if Taylor is truly attached as a producer! I cannot go through another ticketing disaster like what happened with the Eras Tour. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:01pm

Hairspray0901 said: "This is random but does anyone know if this is the same Notebook musical Joy Lenz was working on about 15 years ago? I was a big One Tree Hill fan, and thus a fan of hers, and I remember she was working on this and it was aiming for broadway. From what I recall she wrote the music and lyrics, and maybe even starred in it? "

It’s not, Ingrid Michaelson is the composer/lyricist. If I recall correctly, this iteration started its life at Vassar College in 2019.

[insidescoopgirlie]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:24pm

I've heard they're interested in the Music Box

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:28pm

insidescoopgirlie said: "I've heard they're interested in the Music Box"

I believe they confirmed that it's the Schoenfeld. Purlie Victorious is going to the Music Box. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:37pm

Falsettolands said: "start engraving Maryann Plunkett's awards now"

FAX.

 

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:37pm

insidescoopgirlie said: "I've heard they're interested in the Music Box"

Oh, the irony of insidescoopgirlie giving the wrong “inside scoop” 3 hours after official announcement. 

[Voter]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 12:47pm

insidescoopgirlie said: "I've heard they're interested in the Music Box"

Confirmed in the press release it's the Schoenfeld... "insidescoopgirlie"

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 1:00pm

Taylor as a producer won’t mean much. Might give it some interest but she’s not appearing in it so why would there be a ticket frenzy akin to her tour? That makes zero sense. Were Cats movie tickets are to get…?

[slow_the_rain]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 1:06pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "I mean, I agree with the power of Swift, but every film she has been in has flopped miserably. Tacking a producer title on ain’t going to be the cash grab you think it will when her fans wouldn’t even spend $11 to see AMSTERDAM with an already stacked cast."

Amsterdam was DOA with or without Taylor Swift's involvement. David O. Russell's reputation took critical hits in the #MeToo era, and he would've needed to turn in an unimpeachably stellar film for people to look past his transphobia and misogyny. Plus Swift's cameo made its way online within days of the film's release. 

Taylor's involvement definitely wasn't enough to buoy Cats, but again, the discourse was already insurmountably negative before its release.

Ingrid and Taylor have had a friendly professional relationship in the past (Not a Swiftie, but Ingrid's cover of Clean is gorgeous). Taylor's audience and Nicholas Sparks' audience have a lot of overlap. I think if she's able to take some time to do publicity and hype up Ingrid, it will have an impact. If she's going the passive, producer in name only route, then I doubt they'll see much of a boost. 

TLDR: How can we speculate on potential Swift impact when she's never attached herself to a well received project before?

 

[binau]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 1:39pm

If Taylor Swift posts on instagram to her 270 million followers that she is producing a musical on Broadway and all her fans should go to it, I think surely it will impact the needle a little bit. Many of the other 'celebrity producers' of the past haven't been this kind of level. I don't know exactly what impact, but I would doubt it to be zero. I suspect though it still wouldn't be enough to make the show a hit on its own, unless she was in the show of course. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:01pm

Sutton Ross said: "Falsettolands said: "start engraving Maryann Plunkett's awards now"

FAX.

"

Maryann’s performance was so understated and beautiful, it’ll surely be hard to beat her.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:06pm

RippedMan said: "Taylor as a producer won’t mean much. Might give it some interest but she’s not appearing in it so why would there be a ticket frenzy akin to her tour? That makes zero sense. Were Cats movie tickets are to get…?"

I'm lost... at what point was Taylor Swift announced as a producer?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:13pm

It wasn’t/hasn’t been announced that she’s a producer. On the first page of this thread Jordan Catalano said it was rumored she was. 

Updated On: 8/3/23 at 03:13 PM

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:18pm

According to IBDB Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch are listed as producers.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:26pm

Dom P said: "According to IBDB Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch are listed as producers."

If I recall, Mariah Carey was added as a producer of some like it hot within the month, if not the week, up to opening night. 

[BETTY22]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:33pm

Told it is the new WAITRESS. 

I'm super excited to see this show. 

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:42pm

The Notebook (non-musical film) is not without its fans,it grossed $118 million at the box office. Nicholas Sparks who wrote the book on which the film was based has quite a following. The chicago run of The Notebook musical last fall drew mostly positive reviews for the show and score. Public awareness, positive reviews seems to point to it being at least moderately successful. I repeat seems to point to it being at least moderately successful. Seems being the operative word because this being Broadway nothing is Guaranteed.  But. I wish them success. The more successful shows on Broadway the better. 

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 3:47pm

If Taylor Swift does become part of the Producing team, there's no negative side to that only positives.

Those who are not Swifties most likely would not be attracted to this show or attend it.

 

 

 

[Sammy232]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 5:04pm

Dylan Smith4 said: "I just hope that Telecharge is prepared for the high demand this show will receive if Taylor is truly attached as a producer! I cannot go through another ticketing disaster like what happened with the Eras Tour."

Would this actually have that kind of impact? It's hard to imagine that. The celebrity co-producer thing seems to be a vanity "name only" sort of thing? It's not like she's actually going to be in the show?

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 5:24pm

Dom P said: "If Taylor Swift does become part of the Producing team, there's no negative side to that only positives.

Those who are not Swifties most likely would not be attracted to this show or attend it.


It's not like the marquee will say 'Taylor Swift presents 'The notebook'  LOL

I don't think most of her fandom are Broadway lovers tbh. I mean we had 'Cats; as an example and she even was part of it but we know how that turned out


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[Dom P]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 5:31pm

Did anyone really believe Cats as a film would have been well received? Seriously?