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Wonderland reviews?
Wonderland reviews?#100
Posted: 4/18/11 at 5:35pmLooks like the attendance was up to 91% last week-- Just out of curiousty, does anyone recall a show (within last 5 years, for example) that closed (before its scheduled closing date) with consistent attendance figures in the 85-90% range?
Wonderland reviews?#101
Posted: 4/18/11 at 5:48pmWhoops. Read that wrong. Carry on. Updated On: 4/18/11 at 05:48 PM
Wonderland reviews?#102
Posted: 4/18/11 at 5:57pm
For those comparing this show to dracula, dracula's average attendance was in the 50% (and never got higher than 70%) while wonderland is >80% every week. Yes, average capacity does not mean all that much but as another poster stated does anyone know a show that closed with capacity's in the 80s?
With the reviews that Wonderland recieved it will be an uphill battle, but not one the producers are going to give up on. The cd comes out on May 3rd so expect the show to continue until at least May and probably at least through the summer.
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
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Wonderland reviews?#103
Posted: 4/18/11 at 6:01pmIt will really depend on what the advance sales look like currently and what happens to sales from now on in....if it doesn't take a huge hit in the next few weeks, it will likely make it through the summer.
Wonderland reviews?#104
Posted: 4/18/11 at 6:57pmThis is the type of show parents who do not read or care about reviews will take their kids to and tourists will flock to once the spring/summer season kicks in. I see the show doing fairly well for quite a while.
Wonderland reviews?#105
Posted: 4/18/11 at 8:18pmTotally agree-- I dont think the people that are going to see this show are going to read the NY Times review before they go.
Wonderland reviews?#106
Posted: 4/18/11 at 8:27pm^ Exactly. The title itself is enough to get people in the seats.
Wonderland reviews?#107
Posted: 4/18/11 at 8:40pm
For a while, maybe, but not too long. Word of mouth catches up with a show, and it's not been good for this show...
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Wonderland reviews?#108
Posted: 4/18/11 at 8:47pmummmm percentage of theater capacity doesn't mean crap. Look at their fiscal gross. That show has to have an operating cost of at least 600k if not 650. there is no way they have made OP costs yet and it doesn't look like it will happen soon.
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Wonderland reviews?#109
Posted: 4/18/11 at 9:18pm
Summer will do it good - tourists still think this is "Alice in Wonderland" and losing the subtitle "A New Alice" and making it "Alice Through A Whole New Looking Glass" will trick them more.
Just from a quick glance, looks like the weekend matinees are well picked but pretty much any other performance after the discount date looks like you can sit wherever you want.
Dracula also partially got better reviews - remember that Dracula was actually worth it's $10 MIL in elaborate costumes, special effects, flying, tons of sets, etc.
Not to mention Dracula was led by Tony nominees Melissa Errico, Tom Hewitt, future Tony nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson, future Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara and an unknown Darren Ritchie.
Wonderland has the broad appeal title, a better score, and a full orchestra. (And some costumes, better dancing - but what are people dancing about in Dracula anyway!)
Wonderland reviews?#110
Posted: 4/18/11 at 9:18pm
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Depends which "word of mouth" you go by-- Its not that bad from the "casual" theatre-goer.
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Wonderland reviews?#111
Posted: 4/18/11 at 9:30pm
You heard it hear first
Bonnie & Clyde will get ripped just like this did. Unless Wildhorn gets plastic surgery & changes his name, no show he ever does will get good reviews. It is like pavlov's dog when you say Wildhorn to a critic. Much like saying Halliburton to a liberal.
I hope B/C gets either a concept album or they record it before the show opens like with Wonderland.
The odds are against it but I hope it ekes out a respectable run of maybe 6 to 9 months with these reviews.
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Wonderland reviews?#112
Posted: 4/18/11 at 9:51pm
6-9 months!?!?!? are you kidding me?
The show hasn't made OP costs yet (probably) and you think those reviews are going to jack up their tix sales? When they have to compete with Sister Act, Catch me if you can, Wicked, Mary Poppins, Lion King...all these family shows? If this show makes it past Labor Day Hell will have frozen over..
Economics people.
Wonderland reviews?#113
Posted: 4/18/11 at 10:52pm
Not to mention Dracula was led by Tony nominees Melissa Errico, Tom Hewitt, future Tony nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson, future Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara and an unknown Darren Ritchie.
Please tell me for what show Kelli O'Hara won a Tony. As she is probably my single favorite Broadway performer, I think I would have noticed that. Or were you just speculating that she will win one in the future...?
Wonderland reviews?#114
Posted: 4/18/11 at 11:01pm
I'm confident that Kelli O'Hara will have a Tony someday, bjh, and deservedly so.
I went to the city with huge group, and many of them saw Wonderland while I went to Jerusalem. Almost all of them hated it. And they are certainly casual theatregoers, many of whom had only seen one Broadway show before (Sister Act with the group the night before).
Wonderland reviews?#115
Posted: 4/18/11 at 11:04pmOh I am too bwayfan. But that wasn't the point, lol.
Wonderland reviews?#116
Posted: 4/18/11 at 11:34pmlol I know. Anyway, *end of threadjack*
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Wonderland reviews?#117
Posted: 4/19/11 at 12:20amWhoops... Thought she did. Well I know she'll win one day!
Wonderland reviews?#118
Posted: 4/19/11 at 2:29amI just got an advance copy of the new OBCR of WONDERLAND today (It will be released May 3) - The tunestack is fun read but so far nothing has grabbed me musically. Are there any standout songs in this score?
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Wonderland reviews?#119
Posted: 4/19/11 at 2:43am
I like "One Knight", "Through the Looking Glass" and "I Will Prevail."
What's the track list? Is the one on Amazon accurate?
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Wonderland reviews?#120
Posted: 4/19/11 at 2:44am
The stand outs on the CD will most likely be "Finding Wonderland" (the finale), and then Kate Shindle's "The Mad Hatter" and "I Will Prevail" (Her final note is to die for!).
It depends how the version of the songs reflect what they are now for the rest. A lot of people seem to like "Through the Looking Glass."
So is "Worst Day of My Life" (a big hit on the concept album, though now in the show terribly slowed down & altered) still in it?
The personal favourite for me on this record is going to be "Heroes," a company number that I thought was done terrifically.
Wonderland reviews?#121
Posted: 4/19/11 at 3:00am
What's the track list? Is the one on Amazon.org accurate?
Yes the listings on Amazon and Castalbums.org appear to match what is on the disc:
1. Overture
2. Home
3. Down The Rabbit Hole
4. Welcome To Wonderland
5. Drink Me
6. Advice From A Caterpillar
7. Go With The Flow
8. One Knight
9. Mad Tea Party
10. The Mad Hatter
11. Hail To The Queen
12. Home (Reprise)
13. A Nice Little Walk
14. Through The Looking Glass
15. I Will Prevail
16. I Am My Own Invention
17. Off With Their Heads
18. Once More I Can See
19. Together
20. Heroes
21. Finding Wonderland
I like "The Mad Hatter" but it was on Linda Eder's recent CD so I had already heard that number.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
Wonderland reviews?#122
Posted: 4/19/11 at 3:21amThe "crowd favourites" are "Off With Their Heads" (Mason got the best reviews from anyone in the cast) and of course "One Knight," but I think this is just better live!
Wonderland reviews?#123
Posted: 4/19/11 at 6:04am
Do not miss Adam Feldman's review-in-verse in Time Out New York:
http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/theater/1201315/review-wonderland
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