Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/29/13- Page 2

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/30/13 at 11:22pm

It's also Cinderella. Everyone and their mom knows the story. It's not like Book of Mormon or Kinky Boots which are new and interesting shows.

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 9/30/13 at 11:35pm

^ but the same argument can be made for the reverse... It's Cinderella. Everyone and their moms knows it, loves it, and wants to see it. While clearly it's not doing so well, your reasoning is not necessarily valid.

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 12:24am

i don't think interesting and kinky boots should be mentioned in the same sentence.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 12:35am

That's true about the PIRATES franchise; though, again, I'd say he's the least memorable person in that franchise, though it did give him lots of visibility. I just feel Law is in a whole different class, but it's true he hasn't had something huge like PIRATES.

[broadfan327]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 9:01am

I believe Lucky Guy recouped about a month after opening. I think there was a play with a movie star that recouped before opening, but I forget which one.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 9:24am

Re: Bloom vs. Law (for some reason)

Let us also not forget that, though Bloom has been by far a higher earner than Law in his career, it is mostly thanks to two very large franchises to which his contributions are adequate at best. Don't let the Box Office blind you; the general perception of Law is that of a well-respected actor who has grown from gorgeous leading man to capable character actor as well when given interesting material while the general perception of Bloom is pretty boy surfer-turned-actor who has his moments but is often indistinguishable from a life-sized cardboard cutout of himself.

[Noel&Cole]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 9:39am

I think Cinderella is also suffering from lack of tourist traffic and kids being back to school. It had tepid reviews and tepid word of mouth. Some good some bad some mixed. So it doesn't have anything pushing people toward it in droves. I also think it was Queen of the TKTS booth in the summer, especially when all the other news shows like MATILDA, KINKY BOOTS, MOTOWN, and PIPPIN, were not an option. Now with families not at TKTS in the same numbers it suffers.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 12:19am

The Cindy reviews were, for the most part, better than tepid, though nowhere close to raves, and I'm not sure (Noel and Cole) on what you base your assertion that word of mouth has also been tepid. The people I know who have seen the show (probably around 50 or so) have all either liked or loved it. But I really don't know how word of mouth is measured anyway.

Having seen the show twice myself, once shortly after it opened and once in May, I strongly agree with another poster above who said that the show is much better now than it was, as the cast really has learned how to sell the jokes that work and soft pedal the ones that don't.

My belief is that the attendance issue is due to a marketing flaw, as the show clearly has been sold as a show for little girls and their moms and grand moms, rather than as a VERY romantic show, which it is. And of course, the music is wonderful.

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 4:28am

RE - Orlando Bloom

When he appeared in the West End it wasnt as big a hit as people expected, it wasnt a flop by any means but there were offers etc. He got decent reviews. I like Orlando Bloom and think he gets a lot of unfair flack (think he was great in Elizabethtown) but he is more known for appearing in big ensemble cast mega blockbusters rather than selling a film on his own. Plus will the blockbuster crowd crossover into the theatre audience. Add in the fact he has taken time off for his family etc then it probably wasnt the best time to rely on his name alone to sell a production

[wonkit]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 7:48am

And cast him in a role he is at least a decade too old for. That is what is keeping me away. oh - and David Leveaux.

Updated On: 10/2/13 at 07:48 AM