Tootsie Is Closing — Page 2

I feel this show deserved a bit of a longer run. I wasn't crazy about the score but it served the show. Top to bottom, the cast delivered. It was nice to laugh that hard and feel that good leaving the theater. All the best to that talented cast.

hveasey said: "joevitus said: "Not having seen it, why does the choice of theater play such a big role? Is it too big a house for the sized audience the show attracts (would it have done better off-Broadway)? Or is it something else? Thanks in advance."

Basically yes, it’s playing at way too big a theater. If it was somewhere smaller and able to get the grosses it has had it might have been fine to run a while longer, but even making close to a million dollars some weeks, it was still far below gross potential and having to discount tickets steeply to try to fill the house."

Thanks!

n2nbaby said: "I can’t wait for the three people who post every week they make more than 900K in the daily grosses thread to hear about this."

That says a lot more about you than it does about them.

markypoo said: "I think both The Prom and King Kong ran longer than Tootsie will have."


I don’t think it’s really fair to compare. The Prom and King King were seemingly hemorrhaging money for months before they closed, and likely only limped their way to August with the help of some deep-pocketed angel investors. Based on Tootsie’s numbers, I would guess they are cutting their losses much earlier, and closing right around the time that makes the most financial sense. If King Kong and The Prom had done the same, they probably would have closed much more quickly than Tootsie.

Hmm, "Hey folks, beggin' your pardon, welcome to the Marquis Theatre" really doesn't have the same ring to it, huh?

LarryD2 said: "How long before the little nobody who wrote that ridiculous article about Tootsie being transphobic takes credit for this?"

You will be just amazed to hear they already did on Twitter.

Wick3, my best educated guess is that he has worked with the people at the Shuberts more and can manipulate situations as he wants with them. Since he has that history, he relies on them for all his business so he can get what he exactly what he wants with as little pushback as possible. With him, it's ALL about control, so that's why he sticks with the people he knows he can manipulate.

This was the funniest show I saw in a long time; I think this would been a smash hit if it were a play. The score stopped the show in its tracks whenever it went big and loud and broad.

The Marquis isnt necessarily a disaster theater for the right show- i didnt see it, but i imagine On Your Feet fit in perfectly there. But Tootsie was clever humor, and Sarah Stiles and crew had to project to the rafters which undermined the experience (for me).

Thats not to say it would have been a huge hit in the Golden or Booth- maybe not. But i would bet money it would have been a sharper, tighter experience.