Official: BEACHES opening at the Majestic, Spring 2026- Page 5

[Chaz Hands]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 6:20pm

This thread is reminding me of when they announced The Great Gatsby, Maybe Happy Ending, and 2 Strangers were going to transfer in.

So much vitriol. Everyone saying, “What are the producers thinking?”

Y’all… let’s give it a chance. There’s no way this is going to be the worst show that has opened on Broadway.

I never understand why this board always goes so doom and gloom when shows announce they are transferring in. Instead, we can celebrate all the people making their Broadway debuts and hope for the best.

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 6:30pm

Thats not even remotely true. People were excited for two of those and curious about the third with stars they loved.  These two announcements are nuts...ATG said Titanique and Shubert said hold my beer. 

Chaz Hands said: "This thread is reminding me of when they announced The Great Gatsby, Maybe Happy Ending, and 2 Strangers weregoing to transfer in.

So much vitriol. Everyone saying, “What are the producers thinking?”

Y’all… let’s give it a chance. There’s no way this is going to be the worst show that has opened on Broadway.

I never understand why this board always goes so doom and gloom when shows announce they are transferring in. Instead, we can celebrate all the people making their Broadway debuts and hope for the best."

 

[Chaz Hands]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 6:40pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "Thats not even remotely true. People were excited for two of those and curious about the third with stars they loved. These two announcements are nuts...ATG said Titanique and Shubert said hold my beer.

Chaz Hands said: "This thread is reminding me of when they announced The Great Gatsby, Maybe Happy Ending, and 2 Strangers weregoing to transfer in.

So much vitriol. Everyone saying, “What are the producers thinking?”

Y’all… let’s give it a chance. There’s no way this is going to be the worst show that has opened on Broadway.

I never understand why this board always goes so doom and gloom when shows announce they are transferring in. Instead, we can celebrate all the people making their Broadway debuts and hope for the best."

"Absolute revisionist history if you think this board was excited for those 3 shows to transfer in.

 

The Great Gatsby had bad word of mouth at Paper Mill and lots of haters on this board. Two Strangers should’ve gone off broadway because it was too small and earnest of a show to succeed. And Maybe Happy Ending’s tryout was so many years ago, people didn’t know what to expect, but people didn’t think it was going to open because producers weren’t wanting to invest in it.

 

[Timon3]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 6:55pm

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[kdogg36]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 7:06pm

Chaz Hands said: "The Great Gatsby had bad word of mouth at Paper Mill and lots of haters on this board. Two Strangers should’ve gone off broadway because it was too small and earnest of a show to succeed. And Maybe Happy Ending’s tryout was so many years ago, people didn’t know what to expect, but people didn’t think it was going to open because producers weren’t wanting to invest in it."

As far as I can recall, this is correct. I certainly remember that the consensus here was that Maybe Happy Ending was lucky to even raise its capitalization and was likely to be DOA.

[Chaz Hands]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 7:12pm

kdogg36 said: "Chaz Hands said: "The Great Gatsby had bad word of mouth at Paper Mill and lots of haters on this board. Two Strangers should’ve gone off broadway because it was too small and earnest of a show to succeed. And Maybe Happy Ending’s tryout was so many years ago, people didn’t know what to expect, but people didn’t think it was going to open because producers weren’t wanting to invest in it."

As far as I can recall, this is correct. I certainly remember that the consensus here was thatMaybe Happy Endingwas lucky to even raise its capitalization and was likely to be DOA."

Thank you! I can certainly go back and pull receipts, but I promise that the majority of this board had concerns for each of the shows I listed. 
 

People were certainly most excited for 2 Strangers, but many MANY people thought it should’ve gone off-broadway, and thought it wouldn’t sell on Broadway. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 9:21pm

802 could do the funniest thing in the world and force this and TITANIQUE to hire 19-piece orchestras. They’d sound great!

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 9:27pm

Dolly80 said: "Damn. Broadway is really f**ked if this is the kind of show that gets the Majestic. The Tony Awards is going to be like a funeral."

Thank God for a strong bunch of revivals.  Plays and play revivals have the potential to be good too.  Probably will not be as bad as the SB season, where Glenn Close gave a great performance and had a pretty empty victory.

 

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 9:43pm

It's the theater owners picking the shows and the short runs and big budget disasters ...it is not the shows but the overall selections that are making this a lack luster season. There were other choices but this is what they chose. 

 

Jarethan said: "Dolly80 said: "Damn. Broadway is really f**ked if this is the kind of show that gets the Majestic. The Tony Awards is going to be like a funeral."

Thank God for a strong bunch of revivals. Plays and play revivals have the potential to be good too. Probably will not be as bad as the SB season, where Glenn Close gave a great performance and had a pretty empty victory.

"

 

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 9:47pm

People were concerned about the finances but charmed by the show..those are very different things. People loved the creative on Happy Endings. People were excited by the numbers and the show on two strangers and while Gatsby wasn't a critics darling the word of mouth was great.  People loved it and still do...it sells very well. These new shows are not well received for very different reasons. 

Chaz Hands said: "kdogg36 said: "Chaz Hands said: "The Great Gatsby had bad word of mouth at Paper Mill and lots of haters on this board. Two Strangers should’ve gone off broadway because it was too small and earnest of a show to succeed. And Maybe Happy Ending’s tryout was so many years ago, people didn’t know what to expect, but people didn’t think it was going to open because producers weren’t wanting to invest in it."

As far as I can recall, this is correct. I certainly remember that the consensus here was thatMaybe Happy Endingwas lucky to even raise its capitalization and was likely to be DOA."

Thank you! I can certainly go back and pull receipts, but I promise that the majority of this board had concerns for each of the shows I listed.


People were certainly most excited for 2 Strangers, but many MANY people thought it should’ve gone off-broadway, and thought it wouldn’t sell on Broadway."

 

Updated On: 12/16/25 at 09:47 PM

[Chaz Hands]

Posted: 12/16/25 at 11:29pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "People were concerned about the finances but charmed by the show..those are very different things. People loved the creative on Happy Endings. People were excited by the numbers and the show on two strangers and while Gatsby wasn'ta critics darling the word of mouth was great. People loved it and still do...it sells very well. These new shows are not well received for very different reasons.

Chaz Hands said: "kdogg36 said: "Chaz Hands said: "The Great Gatsby had bad word of mouth at Paper Mill and lots of haters on this board. Two Strangers should’ve gone off broadway because it was too small and earnest of a show to succeed. And Maybe Happy Ending’s tryout was so many years ago, people didn’t know what to expect, but people didn’t think it was going to open because producers weren’t wanting to invest in it."

As far as I can recall, this is correct. I certainly remember that the consensus here was thatMaybe Happy Endingwas lucky to even raise its capitalization and was likely to be DOA."

Thank you! I can certainly go back and pull receipts, but I promise that the majority of this board had concerns for each of the shows I listed.


People were certainly most excited for 2 Strangers, but many MANY people thought it should’ve gone off-broadway, and thought it wouldn’t sell on Broadway."

" The reason of the concern doesn’t change the facts of the situation which is when those 3 musicals (and even The Outsiders, too!) announced they were transferring in, the overall majority of users on here didn’t celebrate. They posted doom and gloom about how the shows wouldn’t be financially successful and didn’t understand why producers would want to lose all that money, etc.

That’s what is happening with Beaches. Is Beaches a bad show? Time will tell. We don’t know. It hasn’t opened.

But please don’t try to gaslight people on this board into thinking that Maybe Happy Ending, The Great Gatsby and 2 Strangers were seen as great choices to transfer when you can go back on those threads and see all the naysayers for yourself. Having positive word of mouth about the show itself (like in 2 Strangers case) has NO correlation to people on this board thinking it is a bad choice to transfer in. Literally 90% of users thought it shouldn’t move to Broadway because the show is too small.

We should be rooting for success. People are working. People are making their debuts. If the show is bad or doesn’t re-coup, let’s worry about that when it opens, because until then, we truly don’t know.