Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#1Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 12:59am
I won lotto for Young Frankenstine tongight. And the guy who ran it and I were making small talk while the box office was geting ready to give us the tickets.
I had asked him how has the show been going because they aren't reporting thier grosses. He said that most shows are totally sold out. He also said that with the way they are selling they are going to recoup by march.
And on a septerate note. When I was sitting there before the show started, there was a girl who looked to be around ten or so maybe a bit older. But, she turned to her mom and asked her " Who's Mel Brooks?" Needless to say that the guy next to me who heard this as well was having just as much trouble as I was to refrane from cracking up.
We were in agreement that you might not have got around to seeing the movie before seeing the show. But, we were laughing about not knowing who Mel Brooks is.
#2re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:01amApparently, "the street" can't spell.
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Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#2re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:06amIs it funny if a little girl doesn't know who Mel Brooks is?
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#3re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:09amAnd with $450 premium tickets, is anyone REALLY surprised they'll supposedly recoup so soon?
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#4re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:13amIt isn't word from the street if it is "inside information" from an employee.
#5re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:18amDid you know who Mel Brooks was when YOU were ten years old? (Wait...that depends on how old you are now.)
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#6re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:23amomfg you are so funny lol rofl wow i just got a 6pack from laughing so hard
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#7re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:23amomfg you are so funny lol rofl wow i just got a 6pack from laughing so hard
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#8re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:25am
lol wt ten yar old DOSNT NO MEL BROOKZ
COME ON GET WIT IT PPL. MELZ THA NEW BRITNEY
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:30amThe guy sitting behind me last week was paging through his playbill and told his companion that Sarah Foster was in this show, and that she had been the Drowsy Chaperone.
#10re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 1:35amThis may have just been a one-time deal, but at the lottery for the matinee today (yes there was a matinee today) the lotto guy said that everyone who didn't win a chance to buy the front row seats would be offered dress circle tickets at 26.50. I was lucky enough to win the lotto, but I think it's great that they had that offer.
being.jeremiah
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#11re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 2:09amApparently, almost everyone in that lottery won... who knew there was a matinee?!
#12re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 3:14amMaybe I'm a little slow but I didn't know who Mel Brooks was until I was at least 14 and that was only because Men in Tights had just come out. I don't know many kids who currently would know who he was.
#13re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 9:26amBecause the guy who runs the lotto would SURELY know if the show was close to recouping....
#14re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 9:39am
umm....who is Mel Brooks?
#15re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 9:40am
It's not hard to figure out, if you know what the sales are.
Updated On: 1/5/08 at 09:40 AM
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#16re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 9:48amIs it common for most shows to have shows on Tuesday night as well? I always thought it was Wed-Sunday shows.
#17re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 10:08amMost shows have Tues.-Sun. schedules. A few do Wed-Sun. (with an extra Sunday show), and a couple, like Phantom, do Mon-Sat shows.
jbdc
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/07
#18re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 11:26am
Generally, only Disney shows do the Wed-Sun sched, because not a lot of parents take their kids on Tuesday nights. More people go to matinees for Lion King and Mary Poppins.
I like that she didn't know who Mel Brooks is. It's mildly humorous to me, because his name is in the title of the show only because of his perceived public persona, which isn't really how the public perceives him at all. And the children are here to keep pointing that out.
singingbackup
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
#19re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 4:38pmI actually did, for my father was big on comedy and Mel Brooks and I knew all the dialogue from The Producers!
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#20re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 4:41pmThe default schedule on Broadway is indeed a Tuesday-Sunday schedule. However, we're seeing a bigger trend in Wednesday-Sunday as of late, I think, but most shows usually switch to such a schedule after a year if they ever do.
#21re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 4:44pmActually, I don't blame a 10 year old for not knowing who he is... he isn't some household name.
#22re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 5:46pmI bet more ten year olds know osama bin laden then they would know Mel Brooks.
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#23re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 6:54pmWhat's funny is a 9 year old girl singing the Avenue Q theme in a broadway store.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#24re: Word on the street about Young Frankenstin
Posted: 1/5/08 at 7:01pm
"But, we were laughing about not knowing who Mel Brooks is."
Well, I worked with a young lady who was the star of the show, and she had no idea who Patti LuPone was.
Everything Patti had done and was known for, she did before this person was born.
People aren't born with knowledge, they have to work for it.
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