SPRING AWAKENING revival flailing at box office — Page 3

Cupid Boy2 said: "The way I see it, this revival is happening because a group of individuals were very passionate about a piece of art and they were hoping to share their passion with even more people...While sales may be abysmal even by those standards, I'm happy that people like that exist and that they chose to take on the risk involved with bringing this to New York. It's exciting to see art like this on a Broadway stage."

I agree 100%. I think production knew this was a risk but they were willing to take it. One of Deaf West's missions is to broaden audiences views about theater and creating more inclusive art. They're doing that here, whether crowds are flocking to it or not.

It's sad . . . I wish they had done this through a subscription house - I think it would have allowed the show to run longer, and get the word of mouth it needs.

But, it's true about discounting a show too much backfires.

Let's say I am selling two broadway shows . . . and you know nothing about either show.

Show A is selling for $100.00 a seat.

Show B is selling for $50.00 a seat.

Which is the the better show?

What every really wants is the $50 seat to a show that sells for $250.00.

"Big River," the comparable here, was a mostly beloved family show, high schools had performed it, it was a deeply ingrained slice of Americana for both (recent) theatrical and (vintage) literary reasons, and a chance to revisit it was welcome. It was a lovely, feel-good show. You can't quite come to that decision about "SA," despite the artistry and brilliance of the musicalization. Which are extraordinary. I saw the original twice, loved it both times, own the CD, played it often. But I'm not drawn to the revival. I'm not the target audience, except: I see a lot of shows, many if not most revivals. And was willing to put my dollar elsewhere. I don't think I'm in the minority, clearly.

c0113g3b0y said: "I'm hoping that they will release a video recording of this production. sell it on iTunes etc. could help them to recoup a bit lol."

Only if video sales could offset producing the video in the first place.

This is def not a broadway show it should have been done at the Atlantic or the vineyard. Egos are an amazing thing.

Weird that it's not even on TDF

I believe it's been on TDF every week so far--- have seen this production 4x--- all thru TDF

somechrysanthemumtea said: "Personally, what pops out of the article most for me is that the capitilization was only 4.5 million dollars. It has such a large cast, so that low number really surprised me."

It's also a fairly young cast, so a lot of people are working for minimum. And when all is said and done, cast salaries are not as big of a capitalization budget as some may suspect. In theory you only need to raise enough to cover rehearsals and whatever reserve you are building in. After that those expenses are (hopefully) covered by the weekly earnings.

First two times ---- Mezz r and Mezz h

last two--- Orch n both times

Lost Hamilton and SA lotteries today (which I fine, I was just in midtown to see the Christians)... but just wondering: Has anyone done the lottery loser seats? At that price, do you get to be fussy with your seat or not? I mean, within $10 of the TKTS cost at that point, and I always make them give me options, heh. Just curious if good seats are on offer to losers, since that seems my designation every time I try...

Tdf is mostly in the mezzanine if that helps.

Just checking, I meant TDF as in member tickets, not TKTS. It's been up there recently?

It's been in tdf since it premiered ---- they usually release 3 days at a time ---