PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE? - Page 3
PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#50PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 1:05pm
MemorableUserName said: "Just announced that Billy Crystal signed on for a new limited series, so Mr. Saturday Night may not be around much longer."
Well we don't know when that will shoot –– it could be 18 months from now, or Billy could have been attached to this for years before the announcement. I never expected Billy to stay with Mr. Saturday Night longer than ~10 months. The show is currently on sale through September 4. Maybe it opens up a block of tickets through New Year's Day if there's demand, but I don't know what the show's advance looks like. There's a ton of inventory for July & August.
RWPrincess
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/18
#51PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 1:24pm
I think Company will be dependent on who replaces Patti and Katrina, assuming they don't re-sign. I also think a limited run Jonathan Bailey casting would generate sales for them if they can time it around his Bridgerton schedule.
nzagier
Swing Joined: 6/13/22
#52PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 4:02pm
When and if PSQ closes, what do you think the investors will lose? I here close $15 million. How does the bond work? Who is protected ?
StageBoi2930
Swing Joined: 6/15/22
#53PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 4:24pm
Paradise Square owes so much money to so many people it really makes the Shubert's (and anyone who believes Garth) look bad that they are letting him get away with all of this. From multiple sources he owes money to the theatre owners, he owes all of the production stagehands benefits, he owes the production management company money, he owes everyone who worked in Chicago for the show money. Luckily the people who have unions are filing grievances left and right but yet he is still pretending like he is the King of Broadway! Anyone who invests in this show basically either knows they will never see a dime of money back or maybe they are hoping they can get a tour out of it and see if that will help them recoup. Garth pretending like his show is a HIT can only last so much longer. Joaquina is wonderful but then why are they still papering the houses? My friend went today because they got a free ticket. Honestly if this show was produced by any SMART producer they would have closed already... once a fraud, always a fraud. I just hope this charade doesn't last too much longer, I want to see Almost Famous go to the Barrymore. If this doesn't close next week or the week after I think Almost Famous will go to the Belasco instead.
#54PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 5:30pm
It's 3 days after the Tonys and it looks like those imminent 'closing' signs have not been hung up on the doors, yet. "Paradise Square" and "POTUS" are still dancing onward.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#55PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 5:36pm
David10086 said: "It's 3 days after the Tonys and it looks like those imminent 'closing' signs have not been hung up on the doors, yet. "Paradise Square" and "POTUS" are still dancing onward."
Bet the investors aren't dancing.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#56PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 8:27pm
nzagier said: "When and if PSQ closes, what do you think the investors will lose? I here close $15 million. How does the bond work? Who is protected ? "
I don’t know what the other unions require, but the Equity bond is two weeks worth of salary and benefits. Should a producer default on payments that provides at least some cushion for Equity members (and hopefully if there are issues members are going to the union before it gets beyond two weeks’ worth of payments).
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#57PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 8:29pm
It can't possibly helping PARADISE SQUARE that they refuse to make their discount code available on weekends. I mean, practically the entire theatre is empty this coming Saturday night but no available discount code that I can find. The BroadwayBox one is only good weeknights. It's pretty ridiculous.
expectingtheworst
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/22
#58PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 9:36pm
Well... I feel like this is about Garth's Ego... that's why there are no discounts. It's a giant facade,
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#59PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/15/22 at 9:54pm
PeterC6482 said: "Is the Belasco already spoken for? It would be a good fit for Paradise Square, since it's stage is wider and deeper than the Barrymore's.
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Paradise Square is not moving. They are losing money every single week. Lol.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#60PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 12:29am
Honestly just throw up signs "Come see the Best Actress winner for $50" and call it a day.
expectingtheworst
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/22
#61PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 9:31am
RippedMan said: "Honestly just throw up signs "Come see the Best Actress winner for $50" and call it a day."
Honestly - great idea.
Georgeanddot2
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
#62PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 9:39am
I'm sure they'll start stunt-casting/star-casting Company in the winter.
OhHiii
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/16
#63PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 10:32am
Georgeanddot2 said: "I'm sure they'll start stunt-casting/star-casting Company in the winter."
They would need to announce this soon if Patti & Katrina's contracts are indeed up in early October because that and September are some of the worst periods for sales. They'll need ample time for those post-Patti perfs to fill in. Let's face it, if Katrina doesn't continue, the grosses wouldn't suffer in the same way.
Georgeanddot2
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/20
#64PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 10:35am
My guess is that Patti might stay on and they'll star cast Bobbie.
Apparently some pretty big names were approached and interested initially, but Sondheim really wanted Katrina (who I think is brilliant in the role btw).
OhHiii
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/16
#66PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 10:46am
Georgeanddot2 said: "My guess is that Patti might stay on and they'll star cast Bobbie.
Apparently some pretty big names were approached and interested initially, but Sondheim really wanted Katrina (who I think is brilliant in the role btw)."
Heather Headley and Cassie Levy were the others of the final 3 they were looking at for Bobbie. This came after Anne Hathaway passed due to being pregnant and Laura Benanti passed following her not-so-great experience with My Fair Lady.
I would guess Patti is the most likely to go. She's been with the show for 4 years counting London. She has two replaced hips and a new shoulder. She's been very candid about how rough musicals are on her body and lets not forget she swore them off before Marianne approached her post-War Paint. She's also due to start filming a couple projects that have been in the pipeline.
nzagier
Swing Joined: 6/13/22
#67PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 11:44am
PSQ announcement allegedly coming Sunday. They are working on cash flow now to service the notice period.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#68PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 11:49am
Matt Rogers said: "It can't possibly helping PARADISE SQUARE that they refuse to make their discount code available on weekends. I mean, practically the entire theatre is empty this coming Saturday night but no available discount code that I can find. The BroadwayBox one is only good weeknights. It's pretty ridiculous."
You don't need a discount code when you're on papering services, TDF, and TKTS for pretty much every single performance 
expectingtheworst
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/22
#69PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 11:53am
nzagier said: "PSQ announcement allegedly coming Sunday. They are working on cash flow now to service the notice period."
How'd you find this out?
nzagier
Swing Joined: 6/13/22
#70PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 12:14pm
expectingtheworst said: "nzagier said: "PSQ announcement allegedly coming Sunday. They are working on cash flow now to service the notice period."
How'd you find this out?"
people are talking
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#71PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 12:34pm
OhHiii said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "My guess is that Patti might stay on and they'll star cast Bobbie.
Apparently some pretty big names were approached and interested initially, but Sondheim really wanted Katrina (who I think is brilliant in the role btw)."
Heather Headley and Cassie Levy were the others of the final 3 they were looking at for Bobbie. This came after Anne Hathaway passed due to being pregnant and Laura Benanti passed following her not-so-great experience with My Fair Lady.
I would guess Patti is the most likely to go. She's been with the show for 4 years counting London. She has two replaced hips and a new shoulder. She's been very candid about how rough musicals are on her body and lets not forget she swore them off before Marianne approached her post-War Paint. She's also due to start filming a couple projects that have been in the pipeline."
Wait, what happened with Laura in MFL?
expectingtheworst
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/22
#72PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 12:34pm
nzagier said: "expectingtheworst said: "nzagier said: "PSQ announcement allegedly coming Sunday. They are working on cash flow now to service the notice period."
How'd you find this out?"
people are talking"
per friends that work on the production,,,,, they have been talking about closing for months but Garth won’t let it happen. They already have a cash flow issue so no matter when they decide to close they don’t have enough $$. The only way they are getting out is if the shuberts invoke the stop clause, which they won’t because for some reason they’re afraid Garth will sue them.
#73PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 12:46pm
expectingtheworst said: "nzagier said: "expectingtheworst said: "nzagier said: "PSQ announcement allegedly coming Sunday. They are working on cash flow now to service the notice period."
How'd you find this out?"
people are talking"
per friends that work on the production,,,,, they have been talking about closing for months but Garth won’t let it happen. They already have a cash flow issue so no matter when they decide to close they don’t have enough $$. The only way they are getting out is if the shuberts invoke the stop clause, which they won’t because for some reason they’re afraid Garth will sue them."
Wait so are you saying Paradise Square has been running against the will of everyone involved outside of its lead producer? People are not getting paychecks and still going on as usual because they are that scared of Garth?
expectingtheworst
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/22
#74PREDICTIONS ON WHAT WILL CLOSE?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 12:53pm
bdn223 said: "expectingtheworst said: "nzagier said: "expectingtheworst said: "nzagier said: "PSQ announcement allegedly coming Sunday. They are working on cash flow now to service the notice period."
How'd you find this out?"
people are talking"
per friends that work on the production,,,,, they have been talking about closing for months but Garth won’t let it happen. They already have a cash flow issue so no matter when they decide to close they don’t have enough $$. The only way they are getting out is if the shuberts invoke the stop clause, which they won’t because for some reason they’re afraid Garth will sue them."
Wait so are you saying Paradise Square has been running against the will of everyone involved outside of its lead producer? People are not getting paychecks and still going on as usual because they are that scared of Garth?"
,,,,,,, bingo
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