Why so few play revivals this season - Page 2

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/5/23 at 2:58pm

dramamama611 said: "Except she's s big enough name that she could get it to happen."

 

Is she though?  Besides possibly 3 TALL WOMEN, all of her Broadway shows have been box office flops.

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/5/23 at 3:06pm

everythingtaboo said: "Play revivals count on stars to make their money back during the slow fall months. With Hollywood in limbo, probably didn't even want to try in the case of false starts"

Correct. People want Disneyland fluff right now anyways. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/5/23 at 4:41pm

sinister teashop said: "Still not the moment for spending precious resources on the works of Dead White Men, I would think... even if they are radically re-thought."

 

OFFS

[Jumpin_J]

Posted: 9/5/23 at 10:03pm

Plays in general are getting harder to produce for investor to make a profit. Revivals of plays are even more difficult. At least with a new play, investors have a chance to recoup their investments from other sources like tours, international productions, and so forth. The problem with revivals is once it's done, it's done. There's usually no second life for them.