What Is The Cheapest Broadway Musical Ever? — Page 2

whatever2 said: "surely the original 'Titanic' has to be a contender?? The recent revival at DC's Signature Theatre did full justice to the gorgeous score, but my high school theatre department turned out better sets than thatBroadway production-- and i graduated in 1979!!!"

Titanic was many things, but cheap it was not. With a cast of 42 (!) and an orchestra of 30 (!) and a high-tech and complicated-for-its-time set that tilted and "sank", Titanic must have had a large weekly operating cost. It was capitalized at $10M, which was substantial in 1997.

SouthernCakes said: "Title of Show had that fun moment at the end where the set was brought up into the rafters. That might have made it slightly more expensive to run than Story of My Life."

Just because you aren't flying something doesn't necessarily make it cheaper. There are still IA house crew minimums and they may still have to pay a flyman, regardless of if he's used. (similar to orchestra size minimums, you still have to pay the musicians even if they don't have a part for them)

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or Shatner's World. Or one of the Birbiglia shows that didn't have all that stuff falling from the "rafters"

Oops. That’s why they were so cheap?



didn't Shatner sing?

We may have a winner: Lightning Thief was $1.7M.

DramaTeach said: "Hands on a Hardbody? The only set pieces I recall were a truckand a desk. Yes, a truck is a bit pricey, but that's literally it."

It had a much bigger cast than other Broadway shows.

I think it's definitely between The Story of my Life and TOS.

The answer to this question is some musical that was produced in the 1920s. Inflation, folks!

TRIUMPH OF LOVE's set was on par with most off-Broadway musicals (I take that back since LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS far excelled it). It consisted of geometric blocks placed around the stage and little else. Add to that a large amount of bright green astro turf.

LITTLE WOMEN didn't look that expensive to mount either. I recall looking forward to the big ball scene listed in the program. What we got instead were the principles standing outside the door leading to the grand ballroom.

JSquared2 said: "The bottom line is that this is an unanswerable question (unless you happen to have the actual Production and Operating budgets for every show that has ever beenon Broadway)-- and then you adjust each one for inflation)! Small sets aren't necessarily cheaper than big sets if you have an "A List"creative team and stars on the smaller show who receive higher fees and salaries."

Obviously, but it isn't wrong to conclude that a musical with a cast of four and a piano is a great contender.