WHAT IS ON THE TOWN DOING?

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:24am

I JUST SAW THIS NEW COMMERCIAL!!! When are they going to get it through their head that they are not making money!! I am so amazed by this!! Props to the producers though for keeping it open, i just don't understand why lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6d2sRWAEdA 

Cute commercial :)

Updated On: 7/3/15 at 03:24 AM

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:50am

It's cute, and I'm glad they're trying to keep it running, but goodness, he's such a bad lip syncher. The whole company is, rather. Their Tony performance was hard enough to watch. But at least they're all incredible live. Is this an actual commercial or is it supposed to be a music video type thing to promote Yazbeck? 

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:52am

I actually liked their tony performance, and yeah they are great live. I saw this as a commercial on youtube

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:54am

It was a good performance, but it was hard to watch because their mouths weren't moving with the words, is what I meant. So it was like one of those 15 second ads before a video?

[HorseTears]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 4:02am

 

Listen, you dolt, it is not a new spot.  Just look at the date it was uploaded to YT.  It was created especially for their Tony Awards campaign and has been discussed at length in other OTT threads.  

 

The fact that you saw it as pre-roll before whatever you were watching just means that you've watched other On The Town videos, been to their website or typed "On the town" or "Tony Yazbeck" (or whatever other keywords they're using for their online campaigns) somewhere online.  You have no way of knowing the scale, reach or duration of those Google/YouTube ad campaigns just because you happened to have seen a pre-roll video a couple of times.  

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 8:33am

Trying to keep it open against all odds. Sort of like the character Rocky who would not throw in the towel.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 8:41am

What are you saying horsetears??? 

Except he lost in the end Roxy lol

[asmith0307]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 10:26am

"Except he lost in the end Roxy lol"

 Only in the first movie... Things happened after the Broadway show ended.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 10:29am

Fictional characters...NOTHING happened after the show ended.

Updated On: 7/3/15 at 10:29 AM

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 10:30am

You seriously have nothing better to do at 3:30am, Pintobean?

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 10:40am

Philly, the producers obviously think it is magically just going to start making money. Just the way you thought Honeymoon in Vegas would.

[asmith0307]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 11:02am

"Fictional characters...NOTHING happened after the show ended."

 I meant as in the story continued past the first movie, which was not included in the musical. 

Updated On: 7/3/15 at 11:02 AM

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 11:16am

But that's where you're wrong: he DID win in the musical. He got the girl. And remember... #LOVEWINS

[mattporter17]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 11:45am

Philly, look at the date of that video. That video was almost definitely a Tony push for Yazbeck. It has a good amount of views, so it's not hurting. And if you were a producer wouldn't you be doing all you can to keep the show open? It all seems pretty obvious, and you really didn't need to post this when there's already so much talk about OTT closing, since everyone and their mother seems to want this great show to close.

Updated On: 7/3/15 at 11:45 AM

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 11:54am

mattporter, you are mistaken that "everyone and their mother seems to want this great show to close." Nobody (or at least 90% of us) WANTS On the Town to close. But the fact of the matter is, they are not making money. In fact, they are bleeding money. Their lead producers told the New York Times that it costs 675k to run each week, and they are not making that. The data is publicly available. We are just stating facts that they cannot run like this forever.

[A Director]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 1:00pm

 

WHAT IS PINTOBEAN DOING?  He keeps trying to make people believe he is in the know about all things Broadway, but the flop sweat is  running down his face.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 1:15pm

The answer is pretty straightforward.

Being the lead producers of a Broadway show is cool. You get to show up whenever you want and be treated like a prince. 

If you have enough money, it is cooler than buying a bigger house in the Hamptons. 

The lead producers of OTT sold their Park Ave penthouse this year for over $20 million, more than twice what they paid for it less than 8 years before. If this is how they have fun, and the landlord doesn't want to theatre back, they can continue to do this until they find something else to amuse themselves. 

The cost of underwriting a flop on Broadway pales in comparison to that sweet waterfront property in the Hamptons, or a swanky private jet. 

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 1:39pm

Friends in the cast have been posting on Facebook that OTT isn't going anywhere..... 

 

I'm sure some of them are worried, and probably continuing to audition regularly just in case, but they seem to believe it will stay open for a while. 

 

Also, that theater isn't exactly a desired theater and very few shows/producers would want to put a show in that barn, so I highly doubt the landlord would use the stop-clause unless they have a show ready to go in.  And if the producers are willing to bleed money for this to stay open, mad props to them. I also wonder if the weekly running cost is lower than most believe. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 1:44pm

The show's nut is not significantly different than what was announced by the lead producer. Math is your friend. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 2:13pm

Great points as always, Hogan.

[ivandixon2]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 2:31pm

The producers want to stay open for close to a year to help with future tour bookings. It will play thru September and then close. When they are going to announce is up in the air. The theatre has a holiday show ready to play for eight weeks.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:17pm

It is very easy for a cast member to pop on Facebook or Twitter and write "we aren't going anywhere" without actually knowing that fact. I've heard similar things that dixon2 is reporting, actually. 

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:24pm

What holiday show? Elf? Christmas story? 

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:25pm

At least honeymoon had things ahead of them. On the town has nothingggg left

[ivandixon2]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 3:26pm

A Christmas Carol (non-musical) with four very strong leads.