Call_me_jorge said: "Current rumor floating around, Jujamcyn wants the Eugene O’Neil for an open run of Into the Woods"
The rumor makes little sense if you look at BOM's grosses. Its capacity is above 95% and it grosses are relatively in line with where they were in Fall of 2019. If its grosses consistently fell below $900K with covid protocol costs or more realistically $750-$800K, it would have some validity, It makes little sense for Jujamcyn to close BOM, when Hadestown has consistently been the runt of the Jujcamcyn shows since June.
Into the Woods recent grosses don't truly justify a transfer. Although I do see a possibility of it being brought back for a Spring/Awards season run if Sara can find time in her schedule, but other then that I am I can't see producers being able to offset the cost of moving the production after already having to pay the relocation price of The Piano Lesson at current gross levels. If they can get Sara back, I can see them trying to book the run at a a less in demand theater alla Chicago at the Ambassador, so either the Jones, Lyceum, or Belasco, which should mean if its just as successful in the spring it does allow for it to transition to an open ended run. It does still leave the possibility of it going into the Kerr, especially looking at Hadestown's current grosses its hard to imagine it lasts past the winter unless we see a major casting announcement.
Back to the point though, Book of Mormon isn't going anywhere, at least during this season. Its been open for more then 10 years and if history is any indicator, long running staples announce their closings between 3-6months in advance, and its grosses are no where near what we would traditionally consider concerning. Add to that there will likely be at least a 3 month renovation at the O'Neill after BoM closes, like there is at every theater after a long running production closes. As such doing some basic math unless BoM were to announce an early January closing today, which does not seem likely, there is barely enough turn around time to get another production into the O'Neill before the Tony cut-off.
