Why is Priscilla not doing better business?- Page 9

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/20/11 at 3:13pm

Yes. Why not?
This week 56.98% gross potential. I don't even think the tourist influx will help.

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 6/20/11 at 3:25pm

I am curious.. Is Bette Midlers name above the title? Sort of like Oprah Winfrey presents "The Color Purple"? It did help that show. AT this point it couldn't hurt.

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/20/11 at 3:28pm

I believe as of now she is just listed as one of the producers. But she seems to be front and center promoting the tour . Who knows.. if they start getting desperate enough they might do it. The tourists will know who she is.

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:27pm

58.84% gross potential and on gay pride weekend. I thought it would have a bigger jump this past weekend.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:43pm

I did hear that the show was packed on Sunday night.

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:05pm

Why do you guys bring this thread back every week? People can look at the grosses themselves. The reason it isn't doing better is because not a lot of people want to see it or the people who do don't want to pay full price. There mystery solved.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:07pm

^ Agreed. The show is also playing a huge Broadway house. It is not easy to sell the Palace out.

[woodyactor]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:30pm

i dont get how nick adams says it was sold out a few times this week

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:30pm

I like that the thread gets brought up every week. The better question should be.. why do you have to bitch about it every week? Just don't click on it and shut the hell up. You all bitch if there are more than one thread on a subject and you bitch if there isn't. Shut up. Stop telling people what they can or can not do.

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:32pm

And Seth RUDEetsky is bitching about it again on his radio show.

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:44pm

You just told us what to do? I can bitch if I want. I never said stop. I asked why you guys do. Okay, please read the post clearly before you make a comment.

[shrekster224]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 5:07pm

woodyactor, it possibly could have been close to selling out for a few shows, but the other shows must have sold around half capacity. It averages out somehow or another.

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/27/11 at 5:14pm

Cheno.. your "bitching" is within the question. And yes.. it is your right to bitch.

[DAME]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 3:14pm

52.16% gross potential. Sure 4th of July weekend is slow. But this is really bad.

[theaternut]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 3:17pm

Ha! You beat me to it.

I can't remember the last time a show at the Palace had such low numbers. But I might be wrong. I don't see how this will last thru winter.

[Vanessa4]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 3:23pm

I didn't care for it.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 3:49pm

IMO, this is a case of too little, too late. It hasn't been promoted very well and its marquee is lost at the Palace under the jumble of larger and more eye-catching billboards. Probably playing the Palace wasn't the greatest idea in the world in the first place -- maybe something like the St. James would have been better for the success of the show. I still had a ball and will try to see it again. BTW, I think the thought of it "playing through the winter" is being overly optimistic -- end of the year is max, in my opinion and maybe sooner. Sad to say.

Updated On: 7/5/11 at 03:49 PM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 5:54pm

The Palace and St. James have almost the same amount of seats, both around 1,700, with very similar gross potentials of just under $1.5 million at both theatres. They also both have difficult-to-sell second balconies, so the St. James really doesn't offer any particular benefits over the Palace. And in its favor, the Palace has more seats than the St. James in its Orchestra level (over 800) and a better location for Times Square and TKTS visibility and walk-up, versus a theatre on a side street.

[theaternut]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 4:57pm

44.39% gross potential this week. Just curious as to how low there attendance can get before the Palace can excercise their right to kick them out?

[theatreguy]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 5:09pm

The Nederlanders wouldn't invoke the stop clause on a show they themselves are producing. It will close when it can no longer cover its expenses.

[North2009]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 5:13pm

Any fall shows eyeing that particular theatre?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 5:17pm

^ I thought Evita was eying the Palace, but someone on here said it was taking the Marquis.

[theaternut]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 5:33pm

Evita at the Palace would make more sense. Someone here had said the new "Ghost" was eying the Marquis.

[quizking101]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 5:34pm

They should have the giant Manolo Blahnik on top of the marquee...That'll catch some eyes.

[evic]

Posted: 7/11/11 at 8:50pm

Too bad Follies isnt going there- much better fit for the theme more historic and opulent than the Marquis