Posted: 9/5/23 at 1:43pm
Too bad A Beautiful Noise is already in the Broadhurst.
”Elephants” would probably do well in the Marquis, which is empty after the Spears musical closes.
Posted: 9/5/23 at 2:01pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Their new ads up on Facebook today all say it’s coming to Broadway so I’m guessing an official announcement is imminent."
The ad has been reposted without the Spring 2024 date. If I had to guess, they still don’t have a theater and were using the logo to drum up hype. Just my guess. It’s back on FB
Posted: 9/5/23 at 2:10pm
Voter said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Their new ads up on Facebook today all say it’s coming to Broadway so I’m guessing an official announcement is imminent."
The ad has been reposted without the Spring 2024 date. If I had to guess, they still don’t have a theater and were using the logo to drum up hype. Just my guess. It’s back on FB"
They have a theater and an announcement is imminent.
Posted: 9/5/23 at 8:25pm
The latest audition posting has changed all but two of the roles to “cast”. The remaining two are still on offer, so contracts are getting signed.
Posted: 10/24/23 at 5:19pm
Just saw an interesting post that revealed Water For Elephants is now apart of MTC’s subscription series? Is MTC joining the show as a co-producer? There isn’t much information on the shows website about who’s producing.
Has MTC ever produced a commercial production in this fashion before?
Posted: 10/24/23 at 5:36pm
Whoops, our threads crossed paths!
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is a commercial production (Peter Schneider, Jennifer Costello, Grove Entertainment, Frank Marshall, Isaac Robert Hurwitz and Seth A. Goldstein are the lead producers). There's no info on if MTC will have a co-producer credit on it, or if they just made an arrangement to offer it to their subscribers. Could help the production fill a few seats during previews, though I wonder what the box office split is between WATER and MTC.
MTC has 3 Broadway shows + 2 off-Broadway this season. So I guess this gives some variety to subscribers in case they don't want to see Prayer for the French Republic or even Mary Jane again. But subscribers can also choose to just buy 3, 4, or 5 shows instead of all 6, so the impact will probably be modest. Wonder if they'll also offer 30Under35?
Roundabout has done this a handful of times (Fat Ham, Children of a Lesser God, You Can't Take It With You), as has LCT (Mockingbird, Ivo's View from the Bridge, Ohio State Murders) –– though LCT is a little different since it's just offering members the chance to buy tickets.
It may be a new norm if nonprofits are scaling back the number of shows per season.
Updated On: 10/24/23 at 05:36 PM
