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TAMMY FAYE Previews#250
Posted: 11/2/24 at 11:27am
BETTY22 said: "Will great reviews turn his into a hit.
Looking a very weak sales...ouch"
This show will be lucky to get mixed reviews. Nothing is saving this show.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#251
Posted: 11/2/24 at 11:29am
BETTY22 said: "Will great reviews turn his into a hit.
Looking a very weak sales...ouch"
It's obviously not going to get great reviews so that question is moot.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#252
Posted: 11/2/24 at 11:31am
They also have plenty of tickets available for opening night, too. That's never a good sign.
Understudy Joined: 10/6/12
TAMMY FAYE Previews#253
Posted: 11/2/24 at 12:38pm
ACL2006 said: "BETTY22 said: "Will great reviews turn his into a hit.
Looking a very weak sales...ouch"
This show will be lucky to get mixed reviews. Nothing is saving this show."
Clear as it is that so many on this board are praying for TAMMY FAYE to fail spectacularly, in all fairness, the box office figures for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, SWEPT AWAY and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, also in previews, aren't exactly setting the world on fire either and they are playing smaller theatres than The Palace.
???
TAMMY FAYE Previews#254
Posted: 11/2/24 at 12:40pm
bway1430 said: "ACL2006 said: "BETTY22 said: "Will great reviews turn his into a hit.
Looking a very weak sales...ouch"
This show will be lucky to get mixed reviews. Nothing is saving this show."
Clear asit is that so many on this board are praying for TAMMY FAYE to fail spectacularly, in all fairness, the box office figures for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, SWEPT AWAY and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, also in previews,aren't exactly setting the world on fire either and they are playing a smaller theatres than The Palace.
???
"
You've just discovered that a season can have multiple flops.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#255
Posted: 11/2/24 at 12:44pm
bway1430 said: "ACL2006 said: "BETTY22 said: "Will great reviews turn his into a hit.
Looking a very weak sales...ouch"
This show will be lucky to get mixed reviews. Nothing is saving this show."
Clear asit is that so many on this board are praying for TAMMY FAYE to fail spectacularly, in all fairness, the box office figures for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, SWEPT AWAY and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, also in previews,aren't exactly setting the world on fire either and they are playing smaller theatres than The Palace.
???
"
You know what a smaller theatre means? Smaller rent...
I don't think people were praying for anything, they're just observing it failing...
Understudy Joined: 10/6/12
TAMMY FAYE Previews#256
Posted: 11/2/24 at 12:50pm
I don't think people were praying for anything, they're just observing it failing..."
Is that what it's called?
Hmm...Luckily, Elton/David have some rather deep pockets so while it might eventually fail, don't count on it happening before it opens.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#257
Posted: 11/2/24 at 2:45pm
I think the age of things closing in previews- or even immediately after opening- is over.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#258
Posted: 11/2/24 at 3:11pm
This will limp along for a month or two after opening, close in January, and have the theater empty for another show to open this season (maybe Ragtime, maybe not). Elton’s pockets may be deep, but there’s only so much he can do to bail out a rapidly sinking ship. Their advance - even by today’s standards of last-minute ticket buying - is shockingly bad. The mezzanine for tonight’s show is only about 20% filled, let alone the coming days.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#259
Posted: 11/2/24 at 3:40pm
Kad said: "I think the age of things closing in previews- or even immediately after opening- is over."
Agreed -- the last musical that comes close to that definition was Glory Days, which opened and closed on opening night in 2008. And the last true production that "closed before opening night" was the play Bobbi Boland in 2003. In this age of pretty meticulous budgeting and funding of Broadway productions, not to mention the pockets of Elton John, I highly doubt any production doesn't have the necessary funds to complete its preview period and open. Even if the producers believe it doesn't have the creative acclaim, I strongly doubt they'll pull the plug before opening.
Understudy Joined: 2/29/24
TAMMY FAYE Previews#260
Posted: 11/2/24 at 4:21pm
ColorTheHours048 said: "The mezzanine for tonight’s show is only about 20% filled, let alone the coming days."
The Palace hasn’t been this empty since that Ben Platt residency.
Understudy Joined: 8/13/19
TAMMY FAYE Previews#261
Posted: 11/2/24 at 4:43pm
ACL2006 said: "They also have plenty of tickets available for opening night, too. That's never a good sign."
Actually it seems like they very recently opened the balcony for public sale. They weren't offering tickets to the opening night before.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/23
TAMMY FAYE Previews#262
Posted: 11/2/24 at 4:44pm
ColorTheHours048 said: "This will limp along for a month or two after opening, close in January, and have the theater empty for another show to open this season (maybe Ragtime, maybe not). Elton’s pockets may be deep, but there’s only so much he can do to bail out a rapidly sinking ship. Their advance - even by today’s standards of last-minute ticket buying - is shockingly bad. The mezzanine for tonight’s show is only about 20% filled, let alone the coming days."
To be fair, he also Devil Wears Prada which may be the priority to him -- and another show that may need his $$$ more
TAMMY FAYE Previews#263
Posted: 11/2/24 at 4:45pm
Well... he certainly didn't seem to prioritize it much when it was in Chicago.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#264
Posted: 11/2/24 at 6:00pm
Hi everyone. Saw a preview last night. What a disappointment. It is a show so confused in tone, so unclear in its intent, so overblown and yet totally lacking in every way. The Brits do love to skewer America, and usually shower accolades on themselves when this happens...anyone remember the play "Enron" a few seasons back. A huge hit in London. A total failure in New York. It is sad to see any show fail this miserably, considering how many people will soon be out of work. This is a case of Brits missing the boat entirely on how to tell an American story to Americans. The lyricist is the only American on the creative team. The less said about the music and lyrics, the better. Not to kick a dead horse, but this has to be Elton John's worst score since Lestat. A wonderful lead performance is not enough to save this.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#265
Posted: 11/2/24 at 7:02pm
I bet Andrew Rannells feels like a million bucks nowadays.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/22
TAMMY FAYE Previews#266
Posted: 11/2/24 at 7:18pm
Paging Ken Mandelbaum, we have the title for your sequel to “Not Since Carrie”.
Rannells must have been advised by his team to not under any circumstances do this show on American soil.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#267
Posted: 11/4/24 at 12:40pm
Opening Night tickets are available through Audience Rewards. Don't think I’ve ever seen that before.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
TAMMY FAYE Previews#269
Posted: 11/4/24 at 12:49pm
Wonder why they thought to open here instead of moving to the West End first.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#270
Posted: 11/4/24 at 1:52pm
RippedMan said: "Wonder why they thought to open here instead of moving to the West End first."
It's idiotic. Same situation as American Psycho (though that show was far far superior). American Psycho would have done great in the West End, this one however, I don't even think it would catch on.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#271
Posted: 11/4/24 at 1:52pm
'Cause they thought they have a hit ?
RippedMan said: "Wonder why they thought to open here instead of moving to the West End first."
TAMMY FAYE Previews#272
Posted: 11/4/24 at 2:51pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Opening Night tickets are available through Audience Rewards. Don't think I’ve ever seen that before."
Yeah I just got that email 1500 points and $66. Never seen that.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
TAMMY FAYE Previews#273
Posted: 11/4/24 at 3:48pm
Not a good use of points as the most expensive seats in the balcony that night are only $79.75 on Telecharge.
TAMMY FAYE Previews#274
Posted: 11/4/24 at 3:51pm
I can't even sell my orchestra seats for tonight for $50. LOL
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