JERSEY BOYS Will Return to NY for Off-Bway Run

[bear88]

I assume it will do just fine. My wife has seen it 4 times, 3 with me, because she enjoys the group and likes the musical. (I think she's a little burnt out on it now after seeing it on its LA tour stop in June, but part of the problem is that our lottery tickets were pretty far away.) If they run the show on days and times that don't conflict with more popular shows, they ought to do OK.

[Itonlytakesajourney]

JSquared2 said: "Itonlytakesajourney said: "Are they really doing this? The show literally just closed earlier this year. Why would I pay to see a downsized production of a show that closed seven months ago??

 

Umm... maybe because it's not all about you?

 

 

It isn't. Wasn't trying to make it sound like that, there are lots of people tired of Jersey Boys -\_(?)_/-. I'm sure this'll find its audience, but I just think it's a cheap thing to do? 

 

[bear88]

It's a business. If they put on a lousy version of the show, it might not do well. But it's a jukebox musical, probably the template of its kind, and running it off-Broadway in a smaller house as even more of a concert doesn't seem like a non-starter of an idea. It's not like the show doesn't have an audience.

[JBroadway]

I wonder if this will hurt Bronx Tale's sales at all. They've sort of been marketing it as "the thing you can see instead of Jersey Boys" 

[VintageSnarker]

I guess it makes more sense than Motown coming back? I'm curious what ticket prices will be like. I don't see it hurting A Bronx Tale too much (even if all the people who were going to see ABT went to Jersey Boys that night it wouldn't be that many tickets, ABT will still be the bigger production, a lot of people probably already saw the original run) but you never know.

[Itonlytakesajourney]

JBroadway said: "I wonder if this will hurt Bronx Tale's sales at all. They've sort of been marketing it as "the thing you can see instead of Jersey Boys" 

 

Funny you mention that. In Shubert Alley, there's A Bronx Tale poster saying "A combination of Jersey Boys and West Side Story". I definitely think when people find out that Jersey Boys is back, they'll drop Bronx Tale cold. Why see the show marketing itself as a mashup of it and a classic when you can see the real thing?

 

[SomethingPeculiar]

JBroadway said: "I wonder if this will hurt Bronx Tale's sales at all. They've sort of been marketing it as "the thing you can see instead of Jersey Boys" 

 

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Since Jersey Boys and Bronx Tale are both produced by The Dodgers, they probably aren't too concerned. I bet Bronx Tale will probably play through January and then enjoy some time on the road and regionally. 

[Up In One]

JBroadway said: "I wonder if this will hurt Bronx Tale's sales at all. They've sort of been marketing it as "the thing you can see instead of Jersey Boys" 

I think it will tap into the TKTS crowd which supplies alot of A Bronx Tale's audience - the audience who likes to relive this subject matter would also probably rather re-listen to top ten hits than a new score. It may also tap into some of Beautiful's audience.  It will certainly test out the size of the 50's/60's inclined crowd.

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[David10086]

It may very well be a great strategy with the other Jersey Boy playing at the Kerr Theater this fall. 

[Margo319]

Is this wanted by people?  Perhaps it be like an Avenue Q thing and just run forever.  

[Alex Kulak2]

Let. This. Freaking. Show. Die. Already.

[Margo319]

HAHA.  That made me laugh.  Never saw, never interested.  And the movie of it?  Heard it was a SH!T SHOW.

[Broadway Joe]

I really like New World Stages so I think it's disappointing to see this occupy one of the theatres there instead of some original new shows.

[RippedMan]

I think it's great! Having this running there and Avenue Q will only help the smaller shows struggling to find an audience at New World. More foot traffic is good. 

I find it interesting that basically all of the companies of Jersey Boys shut down around the same time. Vegas, London, NYC. Kind of weird they just pulled the plug on all of them.