What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Jay94
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/11
#1What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 6:35am
So, what shows will pass 1000?
I think Book of Mormon is a lock but other than that I'm not sure. I hope Memphis can but I'm not sure if it's going well enough at the box office to run until mid-2012.
Any thoughts?
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#2What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 6:53amBaby it's you Updated On: 5/21/11 at 06:53 AM
#2What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 8:10amMemphis is still doing great business. And Mormon definitely.
#3What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 9:39amBilly Elliot just passed it a few weeks ago. I hate to say it, but Rock of Ages will probably swing it.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#4What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 10:01am
It's about 2 1/2 years running time, yes?
Memphis will be close, Book of Mormon will most likely make it.
Spiderman might make it -- in previews alone! 
#5What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 10:09am
Rock of Ages
Memphis
War Horse
Book of Mormon
Based on grosses, Priscilla and Spider-Man are possible and Addams Family if Brooke Shields can provide the necessary box office boost.
Mystic Pasta
Understudy Joined: 2/19/09
#6What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 10:48am
Memphis - has a strong advance; group sales alternative to the "racy" feel good shows of Priscilla/ROA
Rock of Ages - low running costs and delighted audiences + big movie in 2012
Priscilla - if it moves to a smaller theater and adds future star casting
Book of Mormon - amazing word of mouth and should win many Tony awards to further increase the interest level + it's really good
#7What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 12:30pm
MEMPHIS is getting good numbers, which also should be up this summer. They've passed 650 as of early May... I bet they reach 1000 easily.
#8What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 12:42pmIt's 2.4 years before a show hits 1,000. So yes, about 2 1/2 years before a show hits 1,000. If Memphis is around next May, it will hit 1,000.
#9What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 1:13pm
Spiderman might make it -- in previews alone!
The performance count doesn't start until opening night, so technically Spiderman is still at 0. :-P
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#10What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/21/11 at 1:19pmA preview is a performance because they perform but after opening there is a name for it I can't remember.
Jay94
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/11
#11What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 2:14am
I think Spider-man will run for a few years although it depends on how much it costs to run. I can see it being a hit with tourists. Mormon will hit it easy. War Horse is one to look out for although the movie could take some steam out of it. Being Australian, I hope that Priscilla can but it seems unlikely to me. Rock of Ages doesn't have to far to go so that'll make it and Memphis is kind of 50/50 at the moment.
So it's:
The Book of Mormon
Spider-Man
Rock of Ages
Memphis
Maybe:
Priscilla
War Horse
Sister Act
addamsfamily#1fan
Chorus Member Joined: 12/9/10
#12What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 8:25pmThe addams family will definatley make it past 1000 performances
#13What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 8:45pm
A preview is a performance because they perform but after opening there is a name for it I can't remember.
A show's performances is always tracked by number of previews and then number of performances upon opening. Academically speaking, previews are never figured into a Broadway show's number of performances. When you see a long-running show celebrate their 1000th performance, it does not include previews. If you check the list of long-running shows on Playbill.com, they do no include previews. And ibdb.com breaks out the number of previews and number of performances.
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#14What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 11:22pmYea but if you perform its a performance. On Wikipedia (I know bad example) they count all times they perform. The reason a show uses only after opening night because it celebrates the show with all changes made. But it really depends on your definition. I count previews, you clearly don't. That would just be my reasoning. One thing I have learned on this site is its almost impossible to change an opinion so I wont try. :P
#15What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 11:27pm
Yea but if you perform its a performance. On Wikipedia (I know bad example) they count all times they perform.
Umm... no they don't. For example, from the Jersey Boys wiki page:
"The Broadway production has had 38 previews and 2241 performances as of April 10, 2011."
The 38 previews are not counted in the 2241 performances. They are separate.
"One thing I have learned on this site is its almost impossible to change an opinion so I wont try."
Well that's a good thing because you're wrong.
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#16What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 11:34pm
Look at Wicked they have played 3151 performances including previews. Actually I'm not wrong, there are 2 possible definitions. I use the less widely used.
By the way, I was responding to Mister Matt because he can respond without being rude.
Updated On: 5/22/11 at 11:34 PM
#17What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 11:39pmSteel Pier Fan - I'm still not sure you understand. Bjh is not debating opinions. You can feel that a preview counts as towards a performance count but by no one's measure is that the case. You could also argue that the sky is orange but you'd just be wrong.
Steel Pier Fan
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/11
#18What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 11:42pmWhatever I honestly don't care. You are always right, every one else is wrong. My opinion is different, but oh wait you are the second incarnation of Jesus so you must be right.
#19What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/22/11 at 11:42pm
By the way, I was responding to Mister Matt because he can respond without being rude.
So can I. I just choose to tell the truth. Also, where does it say that Wicked has played 3151 shows including previews?
Updated On: 5/22/11 at 11:42 PM
#20What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/23/11 at 1:16amCatch Me If You Can?
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#21What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/23/11 at 1:50amSteel Pier Fan. And each performance is more riveting than the last.
#22What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 5/29/11 at 8:51pmFela should still be here instead of Memphis
#23What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 6/2/11 at 8:23am
As of May 29th:
Rock of Ages - 813 performances
Memphis - 672
Addams Family - 476
pinoyidol2006
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/11
#24What current shows do you think will pass 1000 performances?
Posted: 6/2/11 at 1:46pm
I think Sister Act may have enough name recognition to make it to 1000 performances. I sincerely hope War Horse makes it, because it would be nice to have a long-running play once in a while.
BoM will most definitely make it.
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