Updated: SCHMIGADOON! limited run headed to Broadway in April 2026- Page 3

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 1:07pm

What made the tv show fun was it was visually surreal. Overtly theatrical with fake skies and high key lighting. 

Exactly, it's really hard to do that on stage. They gave it a shot at Kennedy Center, but it just wasn't even close to capturing that same magic. This should be extremely limited since the only fans of the show are basically this message board. Alex Brightman and Sara Chase are awesome, but I doubt they'll sell any tickets here. 

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 1:41pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "I really have to wonder sometimes what these producers are thinking. Do some of them just want the tax write-off? I rarely subscribe to the “nobody asked for this” mindset because I believe there’s room for all sorts of things on Broadway, but this just reeks of being D.O.A. (especially after Smash bombed)."

I want to know too!! How do these shows get green lit? (Glory days, smash, story of my life, Lennon, Queen of Versailles, High Fidelity)

[SingingEachtoEach]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 2:01pm

Sutton Ross said: "What made the tv show fun was it was visually surreal. Overtly theatrical with fake skies and high key lighting.

Exactly, it's really hard to do that on stage. They gave it a shot at Kennedy Center, but it just wasn't even close to capturing that same magic. This should be extremely limited since the only fans of the show are basically this message board. Alex Brightman and Sara Chase are awesome, but I doubt they'll sell any tickets here.

"

I saw it and the sets were pretty simple/small at KC.  I'd hope they'd up the production values for Broadway.  What I saw at KC felt pretty rough/early.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 2:03pm

tomorrowBIGLITES said: "What made the tv show fun was it was visually surreal. Overtly theatrical with fake skies and high key lighting. And they were able to play with realism vs artifice. A grounded forest and suddenly- fake trees.

On stage, I already expect artifice so meh."

The visuals of the TV show were one of the things that really DIDN'T work for me. Synthetic and surrealistic is great, but this tv show had a modern look: digital photography, CGI and greenscreens, harsh (yet nontheatrical) lighting, etc. Instead of leaning into the surreality of 40s movie-musicals (shooting on film, hand-painted drops, in-camera effects, an almost proscenium-like effect).

[Kad]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 2:05pm

A six month run of a fairly sizable show that is a straightforward adaptation of a season of a minor tv show? They must’ve made one helluva pitch to investors. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 2:07pm

Broadway, of course, relies on a fair amount of limited runs - both intentional and unintentional. But something about adapting a niche streaming show about musical theatre into a piece of musical theatre, hot on the heels of both a cancellation of said television show and the flopping of another musical about another television show doing basically the exact same thing feels… so incredibly stupid to me. Purely from a producing standpoint.

The show may be GREAT, for all I know. I would happily eat my hat over a successful Broadway musical (and Lord knows the cast will show up for as long as they’re able and give 100%). Maybe they find the secret to its success in the months between the KC run and April 2026. From an outside perspective, though, I’m left wondering just what the money people at the top of this enterprise are thinking.

Updated On: 9/30/25 at 02:07 PM

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 3:25pm

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "I really have to wonder sometimes what these producers are thinking. Do some of them just want the tax write-off? I rarely subscribe to the “nobody asked for this” mindset because I believe there’s room for all sorts of things on Broadway, but this just reeks of being D.O.A. (especially after Smash bombed)."

I want to know too!! How do these shows get green lit? (Glory days, smash, story of my life, Lennon, Queen of Versailles, High Fidelity)"

Wait until 30 million Purple Rain, 25 -30 million Lost Boys, 30 million Dolly Parton, 23 million Galileo, 22 million Wanted and 25 million Queen of Versailles come to town.. That is almost 200 million in investor risk with no home run financially or creatively out of town.  How did they get booked? Stars, cronyism, Hollywood studios pulling strings, enticing IP, Shubert's seem to have their own process...but they are 0 for 35 in recoupment for original musicals since 2018.

Updated On: 9/30/25 at 03:25 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 3:59pm

LOST BOYS is a crazy proposition to me. The film's notoriety is not on the level of flops like BTTF or GROUNDHOG DAY, The Rescues aren't bringing notoriety as composers, the lead producers are new to Broadway, the Palace is a massive barn, and Michael Arden's financial track record as a director is not as stellar as his creative track record. Maybe it'll surprise everyone! But this could be LESTAT or DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES or GHOST all over again.

An original show with no stars like WANTED costing $22 mil is crazy to me...I yearn for the days of COME FROM AWAY's $12 million or DEAR EVAN HANSEN's $9.5 million. Even MAYBE HAPPY ENDING feels like a bargain now at $18 million.

PARTON and PURPLE RAIN somehow seem a little more digestible given the IP and the post-Broadway potential, but...I'm glad none of these shows have my money!

Updated On: 9/30/25 at 03:59 PM

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 5:33pm

Sutton Ross said: "Ptero2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Ptero2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Ptero2 said: "Probably a new season of the show since they're heavily hinting at Into the Woods, which I believe was to be the theme of season 3, no?"

That was cancelled - this is the stage production that premiered at the Kennedy Center earlier this year."

Could have been picked up by someone else. What's the relevance of the picnic basket to the stage version? (haven't seen it so legitimately asking)"

It wasn't. It's weird you aren't listening to people. It was cancelled and the creators want to bring it to Broadway. Kennedy Center was a test to see if people were interested, which they seem to be."

It's weird you're being so hostile over someone asking a genuine question! But weird antisocial behavior isn't anything new on this forum...

Anyways, thanks to the normal members of society for clarifying."

Not hostile brah, just learn to read what Jordan said the first time because he informed you it was cancelled and you still, stupidly, asked again."

What is the matter with you? 

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 6:54pm

I'm personally very excited to see this but, yeah, unless they have some casting trick up their sleeve, this is gonna be a tough sell I'm afraid.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 10:25pm

Jay Lerner-Z said: ""Extremely niche"

Would the average Joe get that the title is a play on Brigadoon? Have they ever even heard of Brigadoon?"

Not only the average Joe hasn't heard about Brigadoon or understands what Schmigadoon is based on, you average casual theater fan doesn't know or cares about it. As someone has mentioned, some of these DOA Broadway productions do start looking like a not so elaborate tax evasion scheme for producers and investors.  Who the hell do they think is the audience for this? After the article about collapsing Broadway, these kind of announcements make me want to give up seeing new musicals altogether. 

Updated On: 9/30/25 at 10:25 PM

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 9/30/25 at 11:11pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "LOST BOYS is a crazy proposition to me. The film's notoriety is not on the level of flops like BTTF or GROUNDHOG DAY, The Rescues aren't bringing notoriety as composers, the lead producers are new to Broadway, the Palace is a massive barn, and Michael Arden's financial track record as a director is not as stellar as his creative track record. Maybe it'll surprise everyone!But this could be LESTAT or DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES or GHOST all over again.

An original show with no stars like WANTED costing $22 mil is crazy to me...I yearn for the days of COME FROM AWAY's $12 million or DEAR EVAN HANSEN's $9.5 million. Even MAYBE HAPPY ENDING feels like a bargain now at $18 million.

PARTON and PURPLE RAIN somehow seem a little more digestible given the IP and the post-Broadway potential, but...I'm glad none of these shows have my money!"

It costs like 2 million just load a show into Broadway. It's not only the budgets. It's the system and inflation. 

[Skywalker3]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 8:21am

I still think it's a missed opportunity that they didn't use season 1 for act 1 and season 2 for act 2. Instead, they used it as a continuous story, with Josh and Melissa suddenly being in the other era after the break, and the characters no longer recognizing them.

Unpopular opinion: the songs in season 2 are better.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 8:55am

Season two was waaaaay better.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 9:09am

Skywalker, that’s a fun idea in theory but I think there’d have to be toooooooo much cutting and shoehorning to make it work. Might make for a sillier evening tho, which isn’t a bad thing. 

[Kad]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 9:36am

I also think the second season is much stronger- it was a more inventive, fast-moving season and the fun came from the mashups of plots and characters. The first season too often leaned into “gee, aren’t old musicals corny af?” and it didn’t help that Josh was an intensely negative character.

[tomorrowBIGLITES]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 1:40pm

Season 1 was essentially one joke. It was Pleasantville.

 

The second season was just a more clever ribbing of the 60’s and 70’s dark and alternative broadway era.

Also them thinking they get to go back to fun musical land but instead they’re like “ugh there’s so much morally wrong here.” Was just way funnier.

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 4:49pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "I really have to wonder sometimes what these producers are thinking. Do some of them just want the tax write-off? I rarely subscribe to the “nobody asked for this” mindset because I believe there’s room for all sorts of things on Broadway, but this just reeks of being D.O.A. (especially after Smash bombed)."

I want to know too!! How do these shows get green lit? (Glory days, smash, story of my life, Lennon, Queen of Versailles, High Fidelity)"

Wait until 30 million Purple Rain, 25 -30 million Lost Boys, 30 million Dolly Parton,23 million Galileo, 22 million Wanted and 25 million Queen of Versailles come to town..That is almost 200 million in investor risk with no home run financially or creatively out of town. How didthey get booked? Stars, cronyism, Hollywood studios pulling strings, enticing IP, Shubert's seem to have their own process...but they are 0 for 35 in recoupment for original musicals since 2018."

But to invest all that $$$ for… no payout? Why whhhhyyyyy?

[merle57]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 5:07pm

It was a cute television show, enjoyable as free entertainment. In the 1960s, this would have been a short run off-Broadway show like Dames at Sea or Your Own Thing.  It is not a Broadway musical. The expense of a full production is a terrible waste of investor money because it cannot run in a big house at sell out for two years to pay off the investment. 

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 5:23pm

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Ensemble1711444445 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "I really have to wonder sometimes what these producers are thinking. Do some of them just want the tax write-off? I rarely subscribe to the “nobody asked for this” mindset because I believe there’s room for all sorts of things on Broadway, but this just reeks of being D.O.A. (especially after Smash bombed)."

I want to know too!! How do these shows get green lit? (Glory days, smash, story of my life, Lennon, Queen of Versailles, High Fidelity)"

Wait until 30 million Purple Rain, 25 -30 million Lost Boys, 30 million Dolly Parton,23 million Galileo, 22 million Wanted and 25 million Queen of Versailles come to town..That is almost 200 million in investor risk with no home run financially or creatively out of town. How didthey get booked? Stars, cronyism, Hollywood studios pulling strings, enticing IP, Shubert's seem to have their own process...but they are 0 for 35 in recoupment for original musicals since 2018."

But to invest all that $$$ for… no payout? Why whhhhyyyyy?"

I think it's more nuanced than that though. Some like Purple Rain might flop on Broadway but it might kill in licensing with tours and cruise ships, etc. Or something like Wanted might flop but then be a huge hit for high schools, etc. 

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 6:08pm

RippedMan said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Ensemble1711444445 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "I really have to wonder sometimes what these producers are thinking. Do some of them just want the tax write-off? I rarely subscribe to the “nobody asked for this” mindset because I believe there’s room for all sorts of things on Broadway, but this just reeks of being D.O.A. (especially after Smash bombed)."

I want to know too!! How do these shows get green lit? (Glory days, smash, story of my life, Lennon, Queen of Versailles, High Fidelity)"

Wait until 30 million Purple Rain, 25 -30 million Lost Boys, 30 million Dolly Parton,23 million Galileo, 22 million Wanted and 25 million Queen of Versailles come to town..That is almost 200 million in investor risk with no home run financially or creatively out of town. How didthey get booked? Stars, cronyism, Hollywood studios pulling strings, enticing IP, Shubert's seem to have their own process...but they are 0 for 35 in recoupment for original musicals since 2018."

But to invest all that $$$ for… no payout? Why whhhhyyyyy?"

I think it's more nuanced than that though. Some like Purple Rain might flop on Broadway but it might kill in licensing with tours and cruise ships, etc. Or something like Wanted might flop but then be a huge hit for high schools, etc."

lol. So in failure you think you are going to make 25 million back in high schools and cruise ships?  I have a stake in queen of Versailles to sell you!

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 6:41pm

But ask any producer worth their salt (or an honest one) if you should invest for the sole purpose of making money, and they'll unequivocally say NO. That's not what Broadway producing or investing is about -- there are so many other safer bets to put your money into if your only concern is making it back. Yes, a lot of it is "a business", but most do it out of a love of theatre and/or the material. Whether or not you agree with the potential of a certain property's ability to make money, it doesn't change this fact. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 6:45pm

Lorne Mikes knows everyone, so perhaps he can put an insanely talented, incredibly famous cast together for this. Who knows...

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/1/25 at 7:09pm

TheatreMonkey said: "But ask any producer worth their salt (or an honest one) if you should invest for the sole purpose of making money, and they'll unequivocally say NO. That's not what Broadway producing or investing is about -- there are so many other safer bets to put your money into if your only concern is making it back. Yes, a lot of it is "a business", but most do it out of a love of theatre and/or the material. Whether or not you agree with the potential of a certain property's ability to make money, it doesn't change this fact."

WHAT??? This is a creative BUSINESS.. Yes it is Vegas gambling but it is about recouping and making money. Why invest if you know it is going to lose money. That is ridiculous. None of my investors come into a show expecting to lose but they know it could happen. 

 

[Voter]

Posted: 10/5/25 at 6:41pm

Is there a show coming into the Nederlander between December and February/Early March before Schmigadoon comes in?