Count me among those who think that this question, posed four days after the show opened, is preposterous. It's not like Bullets was universally panned. It received rave reviews from a fair number of widely read critics (the AP, USA Today, Time, the WSJ, the Chicago Tribune and EW to name some not all.). What I expect will happen is that the show will use the bounty of great pull quotes it has from those reviews and go on an aggressive marketing campaign that will likely last through the Tonys. And speaking of the Tonys, the race is wide open, and who knows, it's not the craziest idea in the world to think that Bullets could walk away with the prize. I'm not saying it's likely, just that it's possible. Plus, when it comes to musicals, the most important thing is not a review in the NYT, but word of mouth. If people who see the show and tell their friends to go see it, it could run for a long time. Or, it could close in September.
I guess we will all have to wait and see, won't we?
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.