What is the most important element for a Bway show to succeed?

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 10:55pm

And, I mean, ANYTHING! (not counting favorable audience reaction;we are looking for what would make "this" reaction happen...)
Updated On: 5/17/08 at 10:55 PM

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 10:56pm

Annoying people like you!

[jordangirl]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 10:57pm

And I'm negative? Wow.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 10:59pm

Good marketing and word of mouth.

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:00pm

Now, SpellingBee, "that" would be an audience reaction, so we won't count you >{
It's OK jordangirl, he appears to be off his meds a lot when posting here

Updated On: 5/17/08 at 11:00 PM

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:02pm

Spellingbee, be nice. That was unfair, its not even a fangirl-y, annoying post.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:02pm

Thanks bwaybabe2. I know...I've been around. He just accused me of always being negative in another thread and this was a classic pot calling kettle black example with him being the pot.

[Dancin Thru Life]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:04pm

That's easy...

JEWS!

:)

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:04pm

wonderful, I might have to agree on that one. Word of mouth/marketing seems to be a very strong catalyst, as I have witnessed.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:07pm

There is no ONE element. It's a combination of so many things. And sometimes it's just timing or luck.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:11pm

Define "succeed".

[cello_dude]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:26pm

to not suck

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:28pm

Oh, then the most important element for a "Bway" show to succeed is to not be BKLYN: The Musical.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/17/08 at 11:44pm

Most shows with nudity do very well.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 12:16am

Money?

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 12:34am

Now, SpellingBee, "that" would be an audience reaction, so we won't count you >{
It's OK jordangirl, he appears to be off his meds a lot when posting here


Uh, excuse me? Who do you think you are? You haven't even been here a month and you're trying (and failing) to insult me. Yeah, I don't think so! Try again next year!

Updated On: 5/18/08 at 12:34 AM

[maya5892]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 1:19am

To have an audience that will keep coming back to buy tickets.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 1:23am

I'd have to agree that it is a combination of elements that makes any Broadway musical succeed. Combinations like Rodgers & Hammerstein, or Lerner & Loewe.

It takes a compelling story. Great musical score. Great songs. A tasteful directorial vision. And a great cast to present it all.

A good dramatic structure is very important. It is the backbone for everything else. It holds the music and songs together. Well written dialogue (a product of good dramatic structure) never hurt, either. There are exceptions, like the musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well....

So I'd say a good compelling story idea coupled with a good dramatic structure, good music and good songs. You'd sorta have to define what makes each of those components "good" to get a full answer.

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 1:44am

SpellingBee, you like to give, but not take...? Well, if what you said about me is true, why am I already a stand-by? Certainly not 'cause of my pretty face
BTW, I was NOT insulting you, and I am very humble---it's like a Vaudeville here, if you open yourself, someone will take a shot, but mostly a funny outtake, nothing nasty...at least not from me.
I lol with most of the posts here--always can count on blaxx for that, thank God (I think :I).
miss pennywise, I know, but I just wanted to see what the "most" important, in poster's opinion, would come out to be. It should be enlightening. An element should be something that an entity cannot do without, and I am looking for that "backbone", so to speak. Granted, there might not be a specific answear to this one...
Succeed? Maybe maya5892 has defined it best, so far...as this would mean: Money, popularity and exposure.
Updated On: 5/18/08 at 01:44 AM

[Weez]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 8:36am

PR, PR, PR.

Whether or not it's a good show doesn't matter, you have to make people want to see it. PR!

[KrissySim]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:21am

"PR, PR, PR.

Whether or not it's a good show doesn't matter, you have to make people want to see it. PR!"

PR is needed to get the initial audiences in to see a show, but once the show is on critics start writing about it, people start talking about it and posting on message boards (like this one). PR alone cannot carry a show through a long run. Word of mouth and word of internet become more important than any production-sponsored PR. In other words, at some point it has to be a good show, one that people like. If people don't like it, no amount of PR will save it. (IMO)

[singtopher]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:28am

Enough spectacle to cover up how flawed the actual show is.

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:30am

SpellingBee, you like to give, but not take...? Well, if what you said about me is true, why am I already a stand-by? Certainly not 'cause of my pretty face
BTW, I was NOT insulting you, and I am very humble---it's like a Vaudeville here, if you open yourself, someone will take a shot, but mostly a funny outtake, nothing nasty...at least not from me.
I lol with most of the posts here--always can count on blaxx for that, thank God (I think :I).
miss pennywise, I know, but I just wanted to see what the "most" important, in poster's opinion, would come out to be. It should be enlightening. An element should be something that an entity cannot do without, and I am looking for that "backbone", so to speak. Granted, there might not be a specific answear to this one...
Succeed? Maybe maya5892 has defined it best, so far...as this would mean: Money, popularity and exposure.



You're a standby because you post useless **** like this!

[brad3]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:33am

Word of mouth and a wide appeal

[me2]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 1:59pm

I think story and characters are the strongest. A few shows can rise above--MAMMA MIA for example--but the greatest shows have great stories with characters you love.
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