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#25Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 3:12amGonna take one audience member to get kicked in the head and they will OWN the show....Wait that's not a prize.... That's a freaking BIG DEBT!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#26Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 5:20am[snicker]
#27Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 1:17pm
Counting on general audience members to do anything is like asking for disaster. Cell phones still go off, people still put stuff in the ailse, take pics... etc. I can see the headlines. Spidey Decapitates Blue Hair... "I just needed to use the bathroom!"
Im stll excited as all get out for this show. My frustration is for the constant set of blue ballz they keep giving us. 
#28Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 2:01pmSo has anyone heard what happened with the inspection the other day?
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#31Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 6:33pm
"I just needed to use the bathroom!"
I find people who keep talking after being decapitated creepy.
Passed with flying colors.
Is that what your insiders said?
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#32Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 7:31pmThey did. All is well as far as safety inspections go.
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#34Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/20/10 at 8:10pm
If there was palm-greasing involved, I am sure it would have been done a long time ago. They actually showed all the stunts and completed them safely and without incident.
Sorry....
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#36Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:45am
The show is clear for the 28th. Wouldn't be the case if the Dept. of Labor didn't see all the stunts and sign off on it.
Sorry if I disappointed you. The show is ready to go. Now let's see if it's any good.
#37Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:57am
"I find people who keep talking after being decapitated creepy."
keep talking about, or mention once jokingly? either way your findings are erroneous. Decapitation is totes interests.
#38Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:02pmMeanwhile, has there been any advertising for this show at all? Even though it was supposed to start last Sunday, I'll be damned if I've seen a commercial more than twice. And let's not even talk about the website.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#39Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:08pm
Most of the "advertising" has been things like the Vogue spread.
There is a segment planned on 60 Minutes for 11/28. They have been prominent on the rock music stations with a radio commercial. I would expect them to start ramping things up when performances begin.
#40Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:54pmThat's actually pretty smart. Any sort of advertising before a show starts is a waste of money. Thats smart thinking though to only advertise in Vogue and on rock stations, the primary buyers of theater tickets.
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#41Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 12:59pm
I was just answering a question, not endorsing their strategy.
I would have liked to see more television exposure as well.
They believe that word of mouth is going to be the best advertising.
#42Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:06pm
I dont think its a waste Jordan. Arent advanced sales a big tell as to what kind of advertising they will need to do. Maybe they are doing really well with ticket sales right now. I wonder... cause again...yeah i havent seen anyting yet either save for the stuff thats been on here. Oh and that awful Good Morning America thing.
#43Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:13pm
I couldn't see them advertising to the Bway community in a traditional way. They probably represent a very very small percentage of this show's demographic.
This show could be brilliant but those ticket prices are still going to be a hurdle. The concert biz suffered massively last summer due to the recession, and most of those top ticket prices were only $60.00. And I would imagine that many people are going to see this as a U2 concert about Spiderman.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#44Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:31pm
I have no interest in this show at all, it is just not my thing. But dang, isn't ANYONE looking forward to it?
How are the pre-sales going? Anyone know? What is their nut?
#45Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 1:37pmPre sales are going HORRIBLY since nobody knows when the F'in show will actually start.
Baileyboo
Stand-by Joined: 7/28/09
#46Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 2:50pmEarly sales are just ok. They would have been much better if not for all the delays.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#47Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 4:40pm
I am rather surprised.
And does anyone have a link to these videos? The stuff I am seeing is not really of the show...
Scott Briefer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/04
#48Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:08pmI, for one, am looking forward to Spider-man. I find the negativity here really disturbing.
#49Spiderman Teaser
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:54pm
That was pretty juvenile. If the price tag for this musical is anything like rumored then good luck. The Hollywood studios have this recipe going where they spend 150M on a high tech film, advertise the daylights out of it and then do 200M in two weeks before the public finds out it's not that good.
Broadway doesn't work like that. This thing has to do numbers like Wicked for almost two years to recoup. That means it must be really good--not just costumes and sets good. That is tough.
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