All tour announcements over the next month should be considered Tony Award propaganda for road voters. The only possible tour announcement we should take seriously is if Disney announces a tour for Frozen, as Disney only tours a show it it has already turned a profit on Broadway.
All tour announcements over the next month should be considered Tony Award propaganda for road voters. The only possible tour announcement we should take seriously is if Disney announces a tour for Frozen, as Disney only tours a show it it has already turned a profit on Broadway.
Summer may be a member of the million dollar clubs, but we also have to take into account its playing at the Lunt-Fontanne, a theater that evicts productions more often the producers pull the plug on their own. The Little Mermaid was pushed out for The Addams Family, The Addams Family was pushed out for Ghost, Motown was pushed out for Finding Neverland. I don't want to be a spoil spor
Yes they are technically eligible, its just producers rarely push/campaign for them to be nominated.
A recent example of producers attempting to/campaigning for ensemble members for be consider for a Tony was Shrek. After the shows initial consideration, producers pushed for the shows 3 triplets; 3 Blind Mice for Featured Actress, 3 Little Pigs for Featured Actor, and 3 Bears fora Special Tony for Excellence in Theater. This is due to the weird rule that allows 3 actors t
Will Frozen make it? May 2
2018, 05:00:22 PM
No one said it recouped already, it was just implied that its advance is so large that it seems likely the show will recoup within its current advance ticket block window. Side note: Disney doesn’t traditionally announce a recoupment, instead it is implied when a tour is announced as Disney doen’t tour a show until it turns a profit. This is why we never saw Tarzan or Little Mermaid tours.
Official 2018 TONY Nominations Thread May 1
2018, 10:51:03 AM
So do we think this is going to be like last season where despite having less nominations The Band’s Visit is still considered a lock for Best Musical, or do we think with the proper campaigning Spongebob or Mean Girls could actually pull an upset? As if there was one new musical that could argue for the bandwagon effect it coul, and I cannot believe i am saying this, be Spongebob which should be competitive in the all of the technical catagories. Add to that the case should and will likely
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/22/18 Apr 25
2018, 11:40:10 AM
Company in 2007, La Cage in 2010, Porgy and Bess in 2012, and The Color Purple in 2016. The later 3 although they were not bleeding money, they were all just making ends meet during the month leading up to the Tonys.
Elegance101 said: "However, I’m hoping we stop this biomusical trend after next season’s lineup. I know they won’t, but hopefully these reviews will slow the brakes a little."
As long as they are making jukebox musicals they will continue to use the biographical plot model. Its honestly the easiest way to incorporate an artists catalog, as most chart topping pop songs are written based on a hook instead of a story. Therefore its easier to perfo
SUMMER Reviews Apr 24
2018, 12:10:32 AM
So I guess the Best Musical nominees are now going to be Band’s Visit, Spongebob, Mean Girls, and Either Frozen or Prince of Broadway....
Play that Goes Wrong Extends to August? Apr 22
2018, 04:25:10 PM
I was just on telecharge and they had tickets on sale for The Play that Goes Wrong till the end of August. I thought their last announcement was an extension until July 1st? Did I miss something? Either way, congrats to the little play that could.
The writer cleary didn’t do his research. Yes Margaritaville, and Spongebob are financial disaters. Frozen has a $68 million advance and was the 4th highest grossing show of the week.... Harry Potter and the cursed Child sold out 95% of the seat for over 400 performances in 24 hours..... If they are looking for a new Riedel, keep searching. At least Riedel used gossip to support his opinions and not data anyone in the industry can easily look up themsevles.
Lot666 said: "a-mad said: "bdn223 said: "I've never seen a show that has been reviled more through it's development process, tryout and eventual opening than this one has on this board."
Try searching this message board for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. It was a blood feast."
I never said this. A-mad did.....
Bringing Frozen to Broadway so quickly was not the choice of Thoma
Its very much in line with their theme park merchandise . I will say this was probably the best merchandised show I have seen since either The Little Mermaid or Young Frankenstein.
haterobics said: "I appreciate a good pile-on, but where is the lack of demand for Frozen except in the secondary market?! Is that really indicative of a problem for the show in general? It got mixed reviews, people like to trash it... but that also describes Wicked. So, until we keep offering proof points as to why, where is the proof point that it's true?"
That's what I was thinking. It not Charlie and the Chocolate Factory level bad. My m
The fact that they nominated Jelani Alladin over Cassie Levy for Frozen makes me wonder whether Disney is regretting petitioning for both Levy and Murrin to be considered jointly for Lead Actress in a musical. It kind of reminds me when Disney petitioned to have Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsey, and Ben Fankhauser to all be considered leads for Newsies when its clear that Jack Kelly is the lead. This essentially killed any chance for Lindsay to be nominated in against in a
The show is 90% sold out through Mid August, and is 95% sold out for the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even in late August its about 60-70% sold. The only shows with better advances currently are Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Springsteen on Broadway. I don't know what you mean by lack of demand. Is the show perfect? No, nor is it a disaster along the lines of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Adda
So it looks like the impossible might actually happen, a Ken Davenport spearheaded production might win Best Revival/Musical.....
Going into this season we all expected that it was going to be Carousel battling My Fair Lady for best revival, with Once On This Island likely not even seeing 2018. After Carousel opening to polarizing reviews where reviews either loved or loathed the production with very little in between. Then based on pr
newintown said: ""Elsa in Frozen is definitely being portrayed in a gay light in the musical. Her second act constuming [sic] definitely gives off a butch vibe. She’s the only woman in the show who chooses to wear pants....."
Wrong. Anna pulls on pants during the search for Elsa."
Those aren't by choice....its all Christophe has in his bag, and later changes into a dress when she gets to the Wandering Oaken's Tradi
Musicals with Lesbian Character lead Apr 12
2018, 12:14:12 PM
Elsa in Frozen is definitely being portrayed in a gay light in the musical. Her second act constuming definitely gives off a butch vibe. She’s the only woman in the show who chooses to wear pants..... Yes this is a sterotype, but its not as if her being a lesbian has anything to do with the plot.
Ken Davenport finally spearheads a successful production