Spider man closing.... enough said - Page 2
Spider man closing.... enough said
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#25Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:48pm
Somewhere Julie Taymor is trying to smile.
Oh, who are we kidding? She's on the phone with Dave Matthews talking about her latest "incredible idea," a dog-eared copy of THE HOBBIT nearby.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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Outoftowner2
Stand-by Joined: 1/8/12
#26Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:53pmWill re-open in Las Vegas. Hopefully they will shorten it. When I saw it it just felt like it went on and on and on.
#27Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:58pmWell....it's official. Doubt it'll work in Vegas, either.
Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#28Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:03pm
OH NO!
FLOPWOODS will never be the same!
Bring back HOT FEET!!!
no.. bring back CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG...
oh wait... never mind.
Updated On: 11/18/13 at 10:03 PM
#30Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:06pmA friend of mine who is an actor got offered a job on Spiderman, but at the time he got offered another job working as a wrestler on the WWF circuit, he picked the later, as there was less chance of getting injured.
#31Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:09pmI will be surprised if this makes it to Vegas. It's like when flops announce national tours that won't happen. Except Spider-Man obviously cannot tour, so they are going the Vegas route.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#32Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:12pm
"To get the figure I just took the reported grosses (downloaded from BWW), subtracted a 1M per week running cost, and took a percentage from the original 75M. "
You're way off base, as you are simply assuming this floating 75M figure is accurate. There is no telling how much that could have increased since last reported. Furthermore, the weekly nut -- which has never been confirmed -- does not include some of the fees and royalties that must be paid.
There is absolutely no way they are at 67%.
#33Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:15pmSomewhere Michael Riedel is probably as happy as a fat kid in a candy shop.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#34Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:21pmI expect soon word on whats going into the Foxwoods or at least thats what I got told.
jetts7
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
#35Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:27pm
I'm assuming "King Kong" or "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" will take the Foxwoods.
I actually really enjoyed this show and I'm sad for the actors and crew!
#36Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:29pmNot what I heard and didn't Charlie say they were going to give Matilda some time to have all the light?
#37Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:29pmThey have NOT netted 67% of the final capitalization.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#38Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:35pmPersonally, I would rather have a revival of Miss Saigon play at the Foxwoods.
#39Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:46pmI literally just finished the Song of Spider-Man book this morning, and came away really hopeful that despite everything, they could somehow make this a long-running show. No one goes into a project of this magnitude hoping it'll fail, so I do hope with all the research down, it'll have a life beyond Broadway with the tweaks they always wanted to put in down the road.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#40Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:49pmThe investors got a gift that it played this long. They should get more of their $$ back from the Vegas run.
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Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#41Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 10:53pm
Charlie likely will not come to Broadway until late 2015 at the earliest since Sam Mendes is busy with different projects in particular the next Bond film. I think the Foxwoods or Broadway is the most likely theatre for it although I imagine it depends what's available.
I wouldn't be surprised if Miss Saigon makes a return although I imagine not until 2015 or 2016, I imagine Cameron Mackintosh will see how the London revival is received before bringing it to Broadway,
Updated On: 11/18/13 at 10:53 PM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#42Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:11pm
75 mil was a pretty early figure....it was then stated they broke 85 mil, and then rumors flew that the real number was even higher.
Also, the figure to break even was more like 1.2 mil; although a poster said that more recently, they had re-negotiated a few things which brought their nut down to 1 mil. (I cannot substantiate any of that as anything other than hearsay.)
I'd guess MAYBE they got 50% return. And what suckers could they get to give them MORE money to get a Vegas production going?
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#43Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:13pmThe hotel that it will be in will put up a nice chunk of the cash.
Poster Emeritus
#44Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:21pm...or a revival of Into the Woods produced by Disney, with incredible stage effects.
#45Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:27pm
Its up on Playbill, so official.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/184581-Spider-Man-Turn-Off-the-Dark-to-Close-on-Broadway-in-January-2014?tsrc=hpt2
Congratulations to Michael Cohl who has the dubious distinction of having the biggest flop in West End history with The Lord of the Rings and now the biggest flop in Broadway history with this.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#46Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:36pmCongratulations to Bono & The Edge for their triumphant score and all the major radio hits it produced and for successfully demonstrating how to publicly stab your collaborators in the back. Better to close now than make 1dollar profit that might have to go toward the settlement with Taymor.
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#47Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:40pm
Trying to squeeze out an opinion either way, but I simply can't. This show was not made for Broadway, but rather, the tourist trade that occasionally patronizes Broadway. Which is to say, it is perfectly set for Las Vegas!
Enjoy, Mandalay Hotel!
#48Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/18/13 at 11:47pm
Squeezed enough for my greyhound brunch on Saturday!
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#49Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/19/13 at 12:33am
"Just ran some numbers. Assuming a weekly cost of 1M (which I've read a number of times), as of last week spiderman has netted $50,015,743 (based of a total Gross of $203,015,743).
I mean, based on how expensive it is to run each week, the fact that they've grossed after running costs just over 50M is actually quite impressive. Obviously they're still not near the original investment, but the amount they've made back thus far isn't terrible (67%). I feel like this could have a life somewhere after Broadway.
Mind you, I haven't actually seen it so I'm going based off it's commercial appeal and what I've read."
Do you really think that you, a teen (if your avatar is you) should be posting about recoupment, of which you know nothing? Really, it's chutzpah or something else of the highest order :) Only on the Internet. The producers of this thing are never going to say how much they did or did not get back to the investors. My guess? 0.
ZiggyCringe
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/05
#50Spider man closing.... enough said
Posted: 11/19/13 at 12:59am
Kids, do your homework.
Read Glenn's book, "Song of Spiderman," which explains the entire financial agreement with Taymor, the producers, the cast, the overruns, etc.
Nobody (other than Alan Cumming) is ever going to make a cent off this show.
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