didn't curious get the tony?

[Jabere]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 3:57pm

Why are Curious Grosses so low?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 3:58pm

Potato

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:03pm

Less people are attending.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:11pm

It could be because they lost their tony winning star.

[Jabere]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:17pm

I am not an idiot. I know less  people are attending. But why ?

 

Why after winning a slash of Tonys are grosses so low?

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:25pm

It's October. Tourism is low.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:33pm

Not to mention that the general populace tends to lose interest in plays quicker than they do musicals.

[asmith0307]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:38pm

Most plays, even Tony-winning ones, don't last longer than a few months.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 4:40pm

Why after winning a slash of Tonys are grosses so low?

It's because they rescinded the rule that stated that a Tony win equaled never-dwindling grosses.  

I'm not sure slash was the word you wanted there, btw. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 5:52pm

Jabere said: "I know less  people are attending. But why?"

 

That seems to the real question then... not why its grosses are low.

[Jabere]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 6:00pm

asmith0307 said: "Most plays, even Tony-winning ones, don't last longer than a few months.

 

Maybe the Americans do not get as much as the British

 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 6:30pm

Don't get as much WHAT? 

 

 

This has been playing for (just) over a year.  For an American PLAY, that is outstanding. 

Updated On: 10/6/15 at 06:30 PM

[asmith0307]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 7:47pm

dramamama611 said: "Don't get as much WHAT? 

 

 

 

 

 

This has been playing for (just) over a year.  For an American PLAY, that is outstanding. "

While I can't answer as to what, it is true that War Horse will run almost 8.5 years on the West End. No American play has lasted that long in a while, if ever. 

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 7:50pm

Jabere said: "Why are Curious Grosses so low?

What do you mean by "so low"?   Grosses look pretty good to me - considering there is no orchestra to pay.   

 

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[RaiseYouUp]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 8:14pm

neonlightsxo said: "It's October. Tourism is low. "

It's suprising that October is a low tourism month, as many schools have fall breaks around this time. Plus NYC is amazing in the fall!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 8:20pm

Very few schools have a break in October. 

 

But the statement about it being slow is not wrong.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 9:44pm

Why would schools have off in October? That wouldn't make sense given the fact that school started just a month or two ago and there's Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up very soon. (Of course, I'm from the South, so maybe things work differently up North.)

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 9:55pm

I think Tony wins don't affect runs of plays as much as they do musicals. Really, though, for Curious to still be running today (as a categorical play) is an astonishing achievement. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/6/15 at 10:58pm

Elfuhbuh said: "Why would schools have off in October? That wouldn't make sense given the fact that school started just a month or two ago and there's Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up very soon. (Of course, I'm from the South, so maybe things work differently up North.)

 

"

 

No, it's not different for the vast majority of schools.

 

[starcatchers]

Posted: 10/7/15 at 1:04pm

Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "Why after winning a slash of Tonys are grosses so low?

 

It's because they rescinded the rule that stated that a Tony win equaled never-dwindling grosses.  

 

I'm not sure slash was the word you wanted there, btw. 

 

"

Well played, Phyllis. 

[mamaleh]

Posted: 10/7/15 at 1:32pm

I caught the play about a year ago,  just after it opened; knew instantly that Alex Sharp would win great acclaim.   Going back again soon (this time with hubby) to see how it plays with the new major cast members.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 10/7/15 at 9:38pm

I saw the understudy in July and was blown away.  The play is BRILLIANT as are all the performances and the entire creative concept.  That doesn't mean people will flock to it like they do musicals.  Just the nature of the biz.

[NotTheComfyChair]

Posted: 10/8/15 at 10:10am

What's the problem here?

Curious Incident is still running after one year with no above the title stars.  Even after one year, it is still grossing at a higher percentage than any other play currently on Broadway - unless I mis-read the grosses.  That will change when Pacino and Charles III hit town but still... The only play with a higher attendance percentage last week was Fool for Love whose percentage is skewed by MTC's subscriber base. 

It's running costs are much, much less than virtually all the musicals running right now. I would guess that Curious is making much more money per week now than Matilda, Jersey Boys, Amazing Grace, Spring Awakening, Dames at Sea, etc etc and potentially more than King and I and Kinky Boots

Rumors of it's demise are highly exaggerated.

[newintown]

Posted: 10/8/15 at 10:42am

"While I can't answer as to what, it is true that War Horse will run almost 8.5 years on the West End. No American play has lasted that long in a while, if ever."

 

War Horse  might not be the best example - it's a highly unusual show, not driven by text, with almost enough music to be called a musical, and appealing to adults, children, non-English speaking audiences, etc. Although technically a "play," that word doesn't really suffice to define it.

 

8.5 years = 3,536 performances. No play has run that long on Broadway. The longest running Broadway play is still (I believe) Life With Father at 3,224 performances (7.75 years), then Tobacco Road with 3,182, then Abie's Irish Rose at 2,327. More recently, there has been Gemini with 1,819 performances, closely followed by Deathtrap at 1,793 and Harvey at 1,775.