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#2

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:18pm

i dunno has donna murphy left?
"as good or quite likely better than any other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway this season." -Eric Idle on SPAMALOT
#4

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:33pm

well i have no idea then... unless to many people have already seen it.. or poor advertising maybe?
"as good or quite likely better than any other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway this season." -Eric Idle on SPAMALOT
#5

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:35pm

It's not that well known of a show, not so much as Phantom, Wickedc, Producers people who don't know musical theatre will tend to go towards ones they've seen and like. Thats just my thought.

#6

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:36pm

Try having the Orch. Tix at $55, Front Mezz at $40 and rear mezz at $25 and watch those numbers rise quickly.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

Updated On: 8/23/04 at 08:36 PM

#7

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:38pm

then id see it..
is it selling at the tkts booth that can boost people opinion.
"as good or quite likely better than any other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway this season." -Eric Idle on SPAMALOT
#8

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:38pm

then id see it..
is it selling at the tkts booth that can boost people opinion.
"as good or quite likely better than any other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway this season." -Eric Idle on SPAMALOT
#10

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:41pm

No, it's actually not. I don't feel bad for these shows that charge $100 for a ticket and than complain about 49% attendance.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#12

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:52pm

$25 is the standard price for rush or standing room for shows, and if a show is only filling 49%, that means they're moving everyone to the orch.

I would think that they would want to sell those other seats for $25 rather than keep them empty. But after what happened to me last time, I can't be sure.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#14

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 8:56pm

actually, the orchestra is almost always completely full.

The show has rush tickets and tkts tickets--thus, the problem isn't price. It's that people are not flocking to see the show. How is the rest of Broadway doing?
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#15

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 9:51pm

im planning on going sometime b4 brooke, probally the first week of sept.
#16

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 9:52pm

I have never seen it, but basing it on the cast recording.......I wouldn't see it either. BORING!!! I love the movie version of it with Bob Fosse and Janet Leigh called "My Sister Eillen." Great movie
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#17

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 9:56pm

Yeah the cd doesnt really do it justice. I saw it. Its a very clever show and staged very differently (similar to Chicago) which makes it interesting to watch. I liked it. I think it's advertising. Not too many people know what it's about. Maybe a few more radio broadcasts and some interiews maybe on HBO (Caroline, or Change). Also ur right, they could lower the prices a bit
#18

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 9:59pm

I've learned to appreciate some of the songs on the CD: Overture, Christopher Street, Ohio, A Little Bit in Love and Conga. Other than that, the songs are pretty boring, in my opinion.

And Little Shop of Horrors closes.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#20

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:45pm

They should close this show already. It's driving me up the wall that Caroline is closing, and Assassins and Little Shop have shuttered, but not this revival-on-a-respirator.
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#21

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:52pm

"They should close this show already. It's driving me up the wall that Caroline is closing, and Assassins and Little Shop have shuttered, but not this revival-on-a-respirator."

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#22

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:55pm

If Wonderful Town can do it, so can:

Little Shop of Horrors
Caroline, or Change
Assassins

...but they didn't. If Brooke brings in more people, Wonderful Town is going to close right after she leaves unless they do some serious stunt casting.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#25

re: Wonderful Town at 49.8%

Posted: 8/24/04 at 8:01am

At least they're not aiming it specifically at Donna this time, jrb.
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