TINA's future (November 2021 and beyond) — Page 8

Papi2013 said: "I have a question. At what point those a specific performance get cancelled due to a lack of an audience? I think I saw on their seating chart that Saturdays afternoon performance had only sold about 16 tickets? Do they still go on for such a small house?"


A specific performance does not get cancelled because of low ticket sales. Everything on Broadway is budgeted per-week, so you'd still have to pay everyone for a canceled performance, even if you're performing for 16 people (tho that feels like an awfully low number even with a snowstorm)...

As to when a show might decide it's time to close altogether, that is up to the producers. TINA is no doubt below the stop-clause number and could be kicked out by the Nederlanders if the Nederlanders had a show ready to come into that theatre –– but as discussed elsewhere in this thread, I don't think anyone is dying to produce a show in a big theatre right now (and word on the street is that the Britney musical is the Lunt's next tenant, which Nederlander is producing). So there's no reason for the theatre owner to kick them out if it's just going to sit empty.

Looks like TINA has recently closed the rear mezz to push the audience forward....but only during the week (not weekend).

Fosse76 said: "HeyMrMusic said: "Here’s the story:https://abc7ny.com/tina-the-turner-musical-nkeki-obi-welekwe-pandemic/11507712/

Obviously, anything can happen, but that does sound like they intend to stay open through the winter."

Or until Nederlander activates the stop clause and kicks them out."

It's so funny when people expose that they don't know what they're talking about on here when so many others actually do. The Nederlanders are the lead producers of Tina with Stage Entertainment. They won't be using a stop clause to close the show, it'll close when they want to start making full rent revenue again. Or bring in another of their own shows (One More Time, for instance which seems like it isn't rushing to come in this season).

I've seen four shows in the past two weeks, all four have been nearly sold-out(90%?). Come From Away, Hadestown, Company & Book of Mormon. The lack of shows are clearly helping those that are still running. TKTS only had ten out of the 19 Broadway shows up today. Also, the drop in COVID cases seems to help in getting more people out. Even my local theaters here in NJ seem to be doing much better now than two months ago.

I think this will end up closing on / around Easter Sunday, and Britney will begin performances in the fall.

EDSOSLO858 said: "I think this will end up closing on / around Easter Sunday, and Britney will begin performances in the fall."



This didn't age well. Care to try again??

^ It's rude to "guess" closing dates. Perhaps making the choice not to do that is best?

Hey Victor, Tina is still open. You mad?

Tina seems safe for the summer. Probably gone by Labor Day, especially with no theaters free currently.

Hm, interesting. I feel like the Lunt tends to be for "big" shows. I'd think Devil would be more along the lines of Pretty Woman in scale? But, hey, maybe we're wrong.

Call_me_jorge said: "I honestly don’t see how it’s rude to guess when a show will close. It’s not likeEDSOSLO858 is wishing for them to close."

It isn't. You are trying to understand a Trumpesque mentality and it's not possible.

iluvtheatertrash said: "The producers have committed to the fall, maybe even end of year. Unless something has changed in the last week and not reached us lowly ushers."

This is encouraging. Though as you probably know very well, any actual decision would not reach the actors, the ushers, the investors, or anyone else in the building until the day of the announcement to the general public.

Some producers are willing to bleed money. Ours have told Nederlander they’re there for a while.


that could change, but our supervisors have been adamant it’ll be there thru the summer.