Sweeney Todd show count question

[hayleyann]

Posted: 4/12/23 at 1:32am

This has probably been addressed already and I just missed it... but any idea why they're only doing 7 shows a week? 

A February article in the NY Post says:

"Once ‘Sweeney Todd’ leaves Fleet Street and lands on 46th Street in Midtown Manhattan, the show will adopt a fairly typical schedule.

Audiences can catch “Sweeney Todd” five nights a week from Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 3 p.m.

Once the musical officially opens on March 26, Kail’s production will settle into a standard eight-show week routine with Wednesday and Saturday matinees peppered into the schedule."

But they're only booking 7 shows a week through January it looks like (except holiday weeks when they go to 8).  Just curious about this.  I don't know much about Broadway inner workings, but I thought 8 shows a week minimum was one thing I could count on. 

 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/12/23 at 1:34am

Josh Groban doesn’t want to.

[B212323]

Posted: 4/12/23 at 1:43am

Josh Groban only wanted to do seven shows a week. After the Tonys I bet he doesn't do Wednesday matinees either. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/12/23 at 5:00am

I honestly thought they were going to add Tuesdays and have Nicholas Christopher go on those days, but I can also see how the production might see the cost outweighing the benefit since Groban is indeed the marquee name

[inception]

Posted: 4/12/23 at 9:51am

They probably used the shows when Groban called out sick as aa test to see how many people ask for refunds.   The house was pretty full the night I saw it with Christopher, but I definitely saw people in line for refunds.