Official Kickstarter to get Spring Awakening to perform on the Tonys

It costs THAT much to perform at the Tony;s? Holy crap! lol. I wish them luck!

When does this Kickstarter end? It looks like it's on June 11th? The Tony's are on the 12th...

^my thoughts exactly

this whole thing reeks of a certain person.

[Great minds think alike, even if they don't always spell alike.]

Updated On: 5/24/16 at 10:51 AM

VotePeron said: "Because the end date of the campaign is so late, I'm assuming that someone (producer, Deaf West, an actor?) is paying the 200k upfront to get the performance prepared and executed, and is then hoping to be reimbursed. Otherwise it's not physically possible to rely on this campaign to decide whether or not to perform.

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But how/why, though? I thought the rule of Kickstarter is that if you don't raise all the money you don't get any of the money? So this Kickstarter could raise $199k, but if someone put up the $200k upfront they couldn't get that $199k from Kickstarter, because it fell short of goal?

Kad said: ""Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization, all donations to help fund our Tony performance are tax deductible!"

I have no doubt Deaf West is non-profit... but the Broadway production, which is what was nominated and what would be performing on the Tonys, was most certainly not."

Yeah, I'm also curious about this. I guess Deaf West was a producer on the Broadway production, but they weren't the only producers. So unless none of the other producers are helping to fund this, I don't understand how this works.

in theory, Deaf West could fund it as a legit nfp expense because they will get the (theoretical) benefit of the national exposure. in reality it is clear that Davenport or some amalgam of commercial producers fronted the money and stand to be reimbursed. (Not a legit nfp expense at all.)

I expect this campaign will fail, but if it were to get to $199k, Davenport could easily add the last thou at the last minute to bumo it over. My guess is they will not get 25% of it pledged.

And yes terrible and terribly foolish

A little more info on the situation. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Deaf-West-Needs-Kickstarter-Donations-To-Fund-SPRING-AWAKENING-Tony-Performance-20160524

It was pretty foolish of them to begin this 2.5 weeks before the show.

Taz, when I first saw about the Kickstarter I assumed it would be for a cast recording. it seems like that would be more beneficial.

Updated On: 5/24/16 at 11:47 AM

The fact they are trying to kickstart their Tony performance doesn't exactly instill confidence in a national tour.

Excluding the travel and lodging, why does it cost to perform? Does everyone have to pay a fee?

Also, how would a cast recording work to get the show across? You'd have to do a visual album, right?

I absolutely loved this production and hope it reaches the fundraising goal. I'd be so pleased to see their performance at The Tonys!.