GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE... - Staying Power- Page 2

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 12:23am

Excellent nes!

Evidently, Telecharge isn't selling Row C. At all. Haven't seen ANY seats made available. Is that rush? That would be the only logical explanation. Haha.

[Luv2goToShows]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 8:29am

Interesting that Telecharge is not selling Row C, I wonder if that row was removed as well. I sat further back so I did not notice what the first row was, I just went by the seating chart to determine D was the 2nd row. I will say that the people sitting in the first row at last Wednesday's matinee looked too old to qualify for youth rush. LOL!

[beaemma]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 2:18pm

I was in D113, and it was great!

[bdn223]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 3:45pm

I was at the show on Thursday night and the entire Mezzanine was sold out, and the orchestra looked pretty full, not sure about the 2 row balcony though, which considering it was a weeknight was a good sign. Also the audience's demographic was made up of a largely older crowd who loved it. The only reason I mention the audience's age is that I think word of mouth by an older crowd is more valuable than a younger crowd because unlike the collegiate crowd, retirees can afford full priced tickets. I would not be surprised if A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder becomes a Next to Normal or Memphis financially making just above its weekly nut for a long enough time to recoup.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 3:49pm

The mezzanine was about 90% full on Wednesday evening, notoriously a tough sell since it's the evening performance on a two show day, and the orchestra looked similarly full.

Here's to hoping reviews have been kind to box office receipts and will keep this going, as I loved it. I haven't heard anything about post-reviews box office figures or anything leaked yet so my guess is we'll have to wait until tomorrow's release from the Broadway League to get a sense.

[After Eight]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 3:59pm

"retirees can afford full priced tickets."

Wealthy retirees, that is Many others live on fixed incomes and can barely get by.

It's really only the wealthy, retired or otherwise, who can afford full-priced tickets nowadays.

Updated On: 11/24/13 at 03:59 PM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/24/13 at 4:17pm

Generalities about retirees, college students or, for that matter, the wealthy are just that-generalities. Contrary to the earlier post, there are many college students with lots of disposable income-more than they will likely have for the following 2 decades or more. But it is also well to remember that the Broadway audience is mostly tourists, and many of them pay full price not because they are weathy but because they are only here for a few days and it's a part of their trip. Only wealthy people can afford to live in hotels in New York, but that doesn't mean only wealthy people stay in them while visiting.

[Marway44]

Posted: 11/25/13 at 7:36am

I don't want to create a new thread so I'm just going to change the focus for a moment, but does anyone think the show will go with on with an understudy for Jefferson Mays? I saw in the Playbill the Inspector is his understudy but I get a feeling this will be like "The Boy From Oz" and it will shut down during his vacation. By the way, I saw it on Saturday night and the audience ate it up. I thought the show was brilliant but many people didn't realize till intermission that it was the same person doing amazing quick changes. I think this will bring a second Tony for Mays.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/25/13 at 10:35am

There is no reason the understudy would not go on. He is paid to do so and, however great Jeff Mays is, he is not Hugh Jackman. His absence would not even register for most folks attending (as you more or less recognize).

[newintown]

Posted: 11/25/13 at 1:07pm

I really enjoyed Gentleman's Guide, but can easily see it closing by the end of winter. I'd rather a show this funny would succeed, but it has several things to overcome: no names, no "hip" factor, the "English-ness" of it. Remember what happened to that poor Drood revival.

What generally seems to sell best and run today is somewhat lowbrow stuff that takes little-to-no attention span (like Motown or Memphis). With the exception of Matilda, wit doesn't generally seem to fare well.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 11/25/13 at 1:33pm

I think if it makes it until the end of winter, it'll be established enough to make it through the Tonys. Slogging through those winter months is the real issue. Drood was a Roundabout show, so the situation is not precisely comparable, although I obviously get the comparison. I don't think your evaluation of what sells is accurate, but that's another matter.

[Stevil907]

Posted: 11/25/13 at 1:34pm

Has there been any talk of a recording for Gentleman's Guide?

[CoreyRyan3]

Posted: 11/25/13 at 3:58pm

I saw the Saturday Matinee and I thoroughly enjoyed the show. There wasn't really a point when it dragged but I never really felt like it reached a stellar moment. I can see this lasting for a while though. Jefferson Mays really is giving a fantastic performance.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 9:27am

Evidently, Telecharge isn't selling Row C. At all. Haven't seen ANY seats made available. Is that rush? That would be the only logical explanation. Haha.

I rushed on a Tuesday afternoon and got two tickets in Right Orchestra Row C, so the box office is definitely selling them (as rush tickets, at least).

[Owen22]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 9:33am

There's a Times article this morning stating the show is sorta in trouble already.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 9:36am

That's really a shame because this is one of the most wonderful new Broadway musicals of recent years, no qualifiers necessary. I'm still singing snippets in my head, and I cannot wait to get a cast recording.

[Luv2goToShows]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 10:22am

Hopefully sales will pick up enough to get them through these slow times and beyond. I am seeing it again in January.

[Up In One]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 10:37am

I saw the show last week and like Corey... I rally enjoyed it but never felt it rose to event status. This should have been produced by one off the NY Regional theaters where art is favored over commerce. I don't see this catching fire with the general public or tourists unless they can tie it to the likes of Downton Abbey or who dun it's. While Jefferson Mays does a great job here is a role that was screaming for "star" casting. Not that Jefferson is not a Broadway star, I'm talking about a bankable, must see, above the title name.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 11:13am

Mysteriousgrowl: I've decided to marry you. I've decided to marry you.

(There! Now you won't be able to get that out of your head all day.)

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 11:31am

"Not that Jefferson is not a Broadway star, I'm talking about a bankable, must see, above the title name."

Uhm, could Mr. Dan Stevens have played this role? (I don't know if the singing requirements would be too intense for him, nor do I know about his singing capabilities. However, he is a bankable name.)

[newintown]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 11:31am

I think same-sex polygamy should be legalized so that we can all marry growlie.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 12:26pm

I don't think Dan Stevens is the kind of actor who can slip from one exaggerated character to another with lightning speed. He seems to be more the intense-and-smoldering single-character type.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 11/27/13 at 5:53pm

Based on the article in the Times today, I wonder if Guide will suffer the same fate as Lysistrata Jones did last year. Both got raves from the Times and most of the other reviewers. But they had no "name" power, were not based on a movie or known entity, and had little money in the till once they did open. I'm not wishing bad luck to anybody, but it seems that the scenarios are running too close for comfort.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 11/28/13 at 1:21am

Lysistrata's grosses were far more anemic. It was grossing in the low 100,000s with an average ticket price of like $40 (these are from memory but pretty sure they're fairly close to accurate.)

Plus, Gentleman's Guide had far more universal acclaim, Lysistrata was more mixed-positive with the NY Times rave. I'm not saying Gentleman's Guide will last; it will certainly need to pick up steam to make it through the winter, but I have some hope still.

[macnyc]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 12:11pm

I'm just bumping up this thread (similar to the recent Hedwig one) because it's fun to see the predictions, now that we all know with 20/20 hindsight what actually happened. I admit it was rocky for a while there, but GG hung in there!

Updated On: 7/9/14 at 12:11 PM