The sobering financials of broadways latest season.- Page 3

[Robbie2]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 1:57pm

a friend of mine that's a concierge said, his top requested shows from tourists are:

Harry Potter

Hamilton

Moulin Rouge

Hadestown

To Kill A Mockingbird

Ain't Too Proud

[Robbie2]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 1:59pm

a friend of mine that's a concierge said, his top requested shows from tourists are:

Harry Potter

Hamilton

Moulin Rouge

Hadestown

To Kill A Mockingbird

Ain't Too Proud

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 2:24pm

That’s not too surprising really. Glad Hadestown is generating enough buzz. Wicked and Lion King not being there is odd but they’re a given I guess.

[MollyJeanneMusic]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 2:27pm

Robbie2 said: "a friend of mine that's a concierge said, his top requested shows from tourists are:

Harry Potter

Hamilton

Moulin Rouge

Hadestown

To Kill AMockingbird

Ain't Too Proud"

Surprised DEH isn't on that list - it's one of the few completely original musicals to have crossed into the public eye.

[Impossible2]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 7:16pm

There is no way Shannon is an A List actor. The general public do not flock to films simply because his name is on the poster. He is an 'actors actor' and while white heterosexual men idolise him, that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play that most of them would only know because there was an average movie made of it with Al Pacino. Add Audra's name into the mix and you've got the members of his fanbase scratching their heads and saying 'why the hell is he doing a musical of a crap film from 20 years ago'.

It was never going to be successful x

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 8:43pm

The current Golden Age of Television is giving fantastic booms to the careers of highly talented character actors and actresses. Michael Shannon is absolutely a Peak TV star, but I'm not sure that translates to "A-list star of big and small screen and the stage too."

Television (especially streaming/premium) may be the artistically/creatively dominant art form right now, but I wonder if it's capable of producing a superstar or not, simply because your access to it depends not only on your interest but on your subscription package. Game of Thrones gave us Emilia Clark and Peter Dinklage as its breakout stars, but is Clarke (who never headlines a project) an A-lister? And is Dinklage? Bryan Cranston has become a huge Broadway star, it's true, but he may be a fluke. Could you put (other basic-cable, no-subscription superstars like) Jon Hamm or Jim Parsons in a play with no other bankable names and have it be a smash?

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 10:28pm

Impossible2 said: " while white heterosexual men idolise him,that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play " 

Two points: 

1. I am a white homosexual male and I idolise him (or more accurately, idolize him). Generalizations are only good when you actually know what you are talking about and otherwise undercut everything else you say.

2. Sorry to break the news to you but hetero men do not drive the ticket sales for any show. 

[DAME]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 10:29pm

HogansHero said: "Impossible2 said: "while white heterosexual men idolise him,that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play "

Two points:

1. I am a white homosexual male and I idolise him (or more accurately, idolize him). Generalizations are only good when you actually know what you are talking about and otherwise undercut everything else you say.

2. Sorry to break the news to you but hetero men do not drive the ticket sales for any show."

 

WORD

 

[Impossible2]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 10:49pm

HogansHero said: "Impossible2 said: "while white heterosexual men idolise him,that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play "

Two points:

1. I am a white homosexual male and I idolise him (or more accurately, idolize him). Generalizations are only good when you actually know what you are talking about and otherwise undercut everything else you say.

2. Sorry to break the news to you but hetero men do not drive the ticket sales for any show."

lolwut?

So you insult me over a typo and then make the exact same point I was making like you're some kind of genius?

lol ok x

Updated On: 7/13/19 at 10:49 PM

[Impossible2]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 10:59pm

DAME said: "HogansHero said: "Impossible2 said: "while white heterosexual men idolise him,that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play "

Two points:

1. I am a white homosexual male and I idolise him (or more accurately, idolize him). Generalizations are only good when you actually know what you are talking about and otherwise undercut everything else you say.

2. Sorry to break the news to you but hetero men do not drive the ticket sales for any show."



WORD

"

Still pissed about Six on a boat huh?

[DAME]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 11:07pm

 

Updated On: 7/13/19 at 11:07 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 11:09pm

Impossible2 said: "DAME said: "HogansHero said: "Impossible2 said: "while white heterosexual men idolise him,that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play "

Two points:

1. I am a white homosexual male and I idolise him (or more accurately, idolize him). Generalizations are only good when you actually know what you are talking about and otherwise undercut everything else you say.

2. Sorry to break the news to you but hetero men do not drive the ticket sales for any show."



WORD

"

Still pissed about Six on a boat huh?

"

LOL!  Drowning in my sorrows.

[Impossible2]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 11:12pm

DAME said: "Impossible2 said: "DAME said: "HogansHero said: "Impossible2 said: "while white heterosexual men idolise him,that demographic is hardly going to rush to see him in a Broadway play "

Two points:

1. I am a white homosexual male and I idolise him (or more accurately, idolize him). Generalizations are only good when you actually know what you are talking about and otherwise undercut everything else you say.

2. Sorry to break the news to you but hetero men do not drive the ticket sales for any show."



WORD

"

Still pissed about Six on a boat huh?

"

LOL! Drowning in my sorrows."

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 11:40pm

Impossible2 said: "So you insult me over a typo and then make the exact same point I was making like you're some kind of genius?

1. what insult? 

2. what "exact same point" did you make? 

I have no clue what that other nonsense is about in this thread. Nor do I care to.

[Bette's Turban]

Posted: 7/13/19 at 11:56pm

HogansHero said: "Impossible2 said: "So you insult me over a typo and then make the exact same point I was making like you're some kind of genius?

1. what insult?

2. what "exact same point" did you make?

I have no clue what that other nonsense is about in this thread. Nor do I care to."

Oh girl.  Please get over yourself.  

[ccbway]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 12:23am

darquegk said: "The current Golden Age of Television is giving fantastic booms to the careers of highly talented character actors and actresses. Michael Shannon is absolutely a Peak TV star, but I'm not sure that translates to "A-list star of big and small screen and the stage too."

Television (especially streaming/premium) may be the artistically/creatively dominant art form right now, but I wonder if it's capable of producing a superstar or not, simply because your access to it depends not only on your interest but on your subscription package. Game of Thrones gave us Emilia Clark and Peter Dinklage as its breakout stars, but is Clarke (who never headlines a project) an A-lister? And is Dinklage? Bryan Cranston has become a huge Broadway star, it's true, but he may be a fluke. Could you put (other basic-cable, no-subscription superstars like) Jon Hamm or Jim Parsons in a play with no other bankable names and have it be a smash?"

To answer your question, yes, right now any of those people would probably be bigger box office draws than Michael Shannon, based on name recognition alone. I mean, the material and their performances would have to be decent enough to sustain it or it goes the way that something like Burn This with Adam Driver/Keri Russell, both fairly recognizable names.

But you can be absolutely sure that Equus with Daniel Radcliffe was a huge draw before he he had ever set foot on a stage. That's just the way it goes.