[title of show] going to Broadway? — Page 2

The Booth is 785 seats, and The Circle is 623.

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I wouldn't care if it ran for a week. As long as I can see it on Broadway, I'll be happy.

As much as I love Spelling Bee, I wouldn't mind it closing because Circle in the Square is perfect for [tos]

Remeber orchestra minimums on Broadway.
A small band would actually be cool.
Loved this show.

That brings up a good point - what's the Equity rule on the orchestra minimums right now? I believe you can file for a waiver on orchestra size, right? Considering I think Larry had at least a line or two in the show, does that make him an actor/musician ala John Doyle shows?

ANNA IN THE TROPICS also won the Pulitzer Prize, and it failed miserably on Broadway.

COMPANY won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and it closed 30 days later, while LEGALLY BLONDE, which won nothing and didn't even perform on the Tonys telecast, is still bringing in a million dollars a week.

It's all a toss up. You just never know.

Would you have thought that URINETOWN, AVENUE Q, or SPELLING BEE could have survived on Broadway? I saw all three Off-Broadway and *adored* them but I had serious doubts about their abilities to draw a Broadway crowd, and look, as a result of being such inexpensive productions and drawing such great critical praise, they recouped and each won a couple Tonys along the way.

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I love [title of show] and while I do think it is "terrific" as lee fowler says, it has a strike against it that Spelling Bee and others did not have. It presupposes a certain level of musical theatre knowledge (and love) of its audience. Spelling Bee explores a universal theme (also, spelling bees are very common in children's schools), and while [title of show] also has some universal themes, it explores a very intimate world with which the typical (now mostly tourist) audience in NY may not be very, very familiar. The jokes would likely land flat. Unlike Chorus Line, [title of show] is very community-based.

That said, I hope it does transfer and has somewhat of a decent run.

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Updated On: 8/13/07 at 12:30 PM

As much as I love Spelling Bee - and it's in my top two favorite shows of all time - [tos] would be PERFECT in the Circle. It'd keep the intimacy from the Vineyard run (at least, I think it was at the Vineyard, can anyone correct me?).

And yeah, I think Larry might qualify as an actor/musician... but who knows? I just want this to happen. Badly.

By the way, SPELLING BEE was sold out before coming to Broadway.

URINETOWN and AVENUE Q (which started at the Vineyard, like [title of show]) were not sold out.

Their producers took a chance and it paid off.

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Your arguments are changing, and are still weak.

Looks like you just want to see the show fail.

Hey, as long as there are producers who are willing to take risks on shows like AVENUE Q, SPELLING BEE, URINETOWN, and IN THE HEIGHTS, new artists have the opportunity to try to mix things up and get their voices heard on Broadway. Nobody gets hurt along the way. So I don't see why you're pulling at strings for reasons as to why this show will fail.

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"Looks like you just want to see the show fail. "

O no, you found me out. As an enemy of the small artist and I am about to be brought down by you. Haha.

First off I said that I like the show, however, I do not think that Broadway is the place for this show. Broadway is way to commerical and a show such as this does not have the gimic to survive on Broadway. Will people be willing to pay $110 to see actors with just four chairs, that no one has heard of? Will tourist from Utah want to see a show about two guys writing a show about two guys writing a show for a theater festival, ask your basic tourist what a theater festival is, and they most likely won’t be able to tell you. You are right it is amazing that we have producers who are willing to take risks on the smaller Off-Broadway shows and bring them to a sorely lacking Broadway, but where are those champions for [Title]? Don’t you think that they would have been very open and public about it if someone were willing to put up millions of dollars to bring this show to the great white way? The things that shows like this typically rely on before transferring are a successful run Off-Broadway, and as many people said before in its closing weeks it wasn’t selling out, major awards of some sort like the Pulitzer for Doubt and Proof, gimmick, those puppets sure are cute and Urinetown’s name defiantly peaks your interest, or a top notch creative team that people have heard of such as the team behind Spelling Bee. O yeah, and a plot that is really universal, [Title] has some hilarious jokes, but not everyone has seen the national tour of 1776.

Then again maybe I just hate all art, and want it to fail...Well, at least Spring Awakening.

Updated On: 8/13/07 at 01:22 PM

Lavieboheme3090, pardon my overreaction.

You have a lot of good points. It's out of anybody's hands but the producers right now. So I guess we'll just have to see what happens. I agree that the average tourist from Utah will not have interest in this show, but if it is in a small theatre like Circle with a tiny overhead, a New York audience may be all it needs to get started, spreading word of mouth, making back its small investment, and garnering more critical praise and possibly awards. They have the New York Times on their side. Isherwood gave it a rave Off-Broadway, and one would assume he would follow-up with something along the same lines for Broadway. Again, sorry for my previous response.

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Sure, [tos] the premise is about 2 guys writing a show about 2 guys writing a show for a theater festival. Who cares if a tourist knows what a theater festival is? It's got a deeper message and heart than what the plot premise leads you to believe. "die vampires, die" anyone?