dan94 said: "If Ben Platt has a hard out on August 6th, new Tony winner Brandon Uranowitz would be good in Parade and could probably float them to Labor Day (but likely not past Labor Day). I'd love to see Uranowitz do it, but again, he'd likely only be able to sell a month's worth of tickets if that."
Unless Parade has a big name replacing Platt (or Diamond), it should close, especially if it returns or comes close to returning its investment. They would probably lose money those weeks without a name. Uranowitz is not going to sell tickets beyond his family and some people on this board.
While I doubt the impact will be significant, IMO SLIH could benefit the most. The number screamed big Broadway musical and the title song was good, which is more than I can say for many of the songs in the rest of the show, and the number just worked as we already knew.
I was surprised by ST’s choice, no AA and very little JG, but the number was good so I was satisfied. Since JG is largely responsible for box office sales, i was surprised he did not have more to do.
I don’t think KA was helped at all by the number selected. Out of context, I found JC’s anagram effort distracting from Kimberly’s singing. The number screamed ‘small, niche musical’, which it is. How mnany tourists are going to buy tickets for a small, niche musical, even with a Tony. I suspect the duration of its run is dependent on two factors: will ticket sales increase sufficiently from the win and how much longer is VC committed to staying with the show? I imagine it closes if her contact is up in a couple of months and she does not re-up, even if is doing a little better at the box office.
as someone who did not see Shucked, the number definitely did not make me want to see it more. I assumed I would see it in my next NY trip in mid-October but, even if it is still open, nothing I saw gave me incentive to put on the list. Probably would have been better, as others have said, if they did not try to cover so much ground.
I enjoyed &Juliet the show more than last night’s performance and would have had second thoughts about seeing it if that was supposed to be a major highlight of the show.
Of the shows that I have seen (see NYNY in October if it is still open and have not yet seen ST or Shucked), Camelot came across — as I guess it always has — as better than the show actually is. The number was for me very good. Maybe future revivals of Camelot should have a Cliff Notes script and musical numbers, wrapping up in 105 minutes.
The best number was LM and her parade, even if the tempo was sped up. I would bet that that will increase ticket sales in the near-term.
The worst number was NYNY. If the person singing the title song can’t make it exciting, then highlight something else instead. Made me hope the show closes before mid-October, when I am supposed to see it.
Finally, agree with others who recommended scrapping what the writwrs usually contributed to the show. I liked the people generally introducing themselves va aims talking head announcer.
