Will there be another musical revival this season? Aug 5
2018, 11:54:51 AM
Crazy for You is propably one of the few shows where scheduling conflicts is true and isn’t code for we couldn’t get the money together. The show was going to be sold on the backs of Rachel Bloom, Rachel Dratch, and Jerry O’Connell. Considering Ms Bloom is the star and head writer for Crazy Ex Girlfriend her schedule is very tight. There was debate on this board whether her involvement in the revival spelled doom for Crazy Ex Girlfriend, especially when it was thought to have a fall 2019 ope
SamanthaCH said: "It's a shame that The View doesn't promote Broadway as much as they used to. We hardly see any musicals performing on the show.
I always enjoy it when they have Broadway guests though. I've also noticed that Sunny Hostin is an avid theatre-goer! Whenever a guest (specially actors in straight plays) comes to the show, she's seen the production."
This is likely due to The View now being run/considered
She might get free tickets, but I also assume she is a Tony voter due to being a prior winner, so she already gets free tickets. Other than that, she probably doesn't get compensated.
The biggest show Whoopi has ever gone out on a limb for was the 2009 revival of Ragtime. If I remember the story correctly the production was bleeding money, and despite being a bare-bones production. Any production Ragtime though, will be on the more expensive side of running costs. It didn’t help the show opened just as the recession hit. Whoopi fell such in love with the production she invited them on the View, but the producers couldn’t afford to pay the ca
Cher, Reba and Others For 2018 Kennedy Center Honors Jul 25
2018, 12:32:32 PM
Im am sorry but the fact they choose both Cher and Reba should be enough to get eyeballs and there was no need for Hamilton. Cher is the all time queen of Pop, and they should easily be able to get the likes of Madonna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce... to perform an honor her
Reba is third in line of Country royalty aftee Loretta Lynne and Dolly Parton so I can’t imagine them having any problem securing Top country artists to honor her.
NY Times Journalist's "Body Shaming" in 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' Revew Jul 23
2018, 04:19:14 PM
I think one also has to take into account Ms Collin Hughs also was the reviewer who was offended by the racist nature of the Encores production of Big River, and implying racial insensitivity of all involved. So....
a-mad said: "Pretty Woman appears to have a solid start for two performances. Frozen may still be re-selling a lot of tickets at a cheaper rate, but they've been over $2 million for several weeks now, so maybe its not the disaster some make it out to be. By this point in their runs both Little Mermaid and Tarzan were showing definite signs of weakness."
Frozen’s initial pre-opening ticket block was through August, so we’ll truly start to see if its a
Hello Dolly new batch of obstructive view seats due to... Jul 23
2018, 02:07:25 PM
The production screams “film me”. Add to that If filmed properly, Rudin can sell the TV rights to PBS, and get he and Bette an emmy out if it. Or if Rudin wants to be as inventive and ruthless as he is known to be in awards campaigns he could even possibly fight for Oscar consideration. He has the money, means, and connections to have a filmed version taken seriously unlike Fathom, although this is unlikely. In truth this is just an easy financial win for him, and I would imagine it could easi
Was Paramour technically a “hit”? Jul 21
2018, 12:08:55 PM
I recently just looking through the captialization reporting on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and saw that ATG Paid Cirque du Soleil $23 million to close Paramour last April. I knew Cirque du Soleil was paid to close the show early, but the show was a sleeper hovering around its nut the entire run, so I thought ATG was likely just paying out the cast and crews current contracts with a minimal payout for Cirque du Soleil itself as it didn’t seem like the show was going to last through the end
So will this be the wholly original revival of West Side Story, that isn't a a recreation of the the original production like the 1980 revival or heavily inspired be the original production besides the use of Spanish as the 2009 revival was?
Smaxie said: ">The longest run at the Lyceum was The Gold Diggers which ran from September of 1919 to June of 1921. These two points alone show how undesirable the Lyceum is for most productions.It should be noted that with its extension The Play that Goes Wrong will be officially the longest running production at the Lyceaum by 17 days, so congrats again to the show for breaking a nearly 100 year old record.<
The longest run at the Lyceum was the original production
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Sets August 26 Closing Date Jul 11
2018, 07:32:40 PM
the last show to run at the Lyceum for over a year was a revival of Morning’s at Seven, which ran from April 1980 to August 1981. (Nearly 40 years ago!) The longest run at the Lyceum was The Gold Diggers which ran from September of 1919 to June of 1921. These two points alone show how undesirable the Lyceum is for most productions. It should be noted that with its extension The Play that Goes Wrong will be officially the longest running production at the Lyceaum by 17 days, so congrats
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Sets August 26 Closing Date Jul 11
2018, 07:03:06 PM
If there was a play or musical ready to open in the fall looking for a smaller theater, The Play that Goes Wrong would not be extending into January. Its been hovering above its weekly nut its entire run, and if the Shuberts had something to replace it they could easily enact a stop clause in their contract and the show would close in August.
Also the only Broadway theater with the storage space that was built to house completely different productions in Rep is the Vivian Beaumount. Co
If I had to bet the August closing was an agreement between the producers and the Shubert Organization as grosses were waning on a show that been riding the edge of profitability each week for most of its run, and the was an assumption that something else was in the pipeline to open at the Lyceum come Fall.
If I had to put my finger on it the unexpectedly early announcement of A Bronx Tales closure for August 5th, on June 27th, when most expected it to close up
WHO'S HOLIDAY to Broadway This Year? Jul 9
2018, 03:55:51 PM
Considering Amy Schumer would seem to be a perfect fit for this: Shes has policized herself out of a film career A washed up pretty girl is a role she excels at Shes NY based and it’d be a 2 month run at most. She seemed to enjoy doing Broadway last year She was able to sell a clunker of a play Her Name recognition alone could get it a Netflix or HBO filming deal.
I think the real question is where is this going? Its a one woman show with, although I love her to death, a No Name outside of the Broadway community. Yes its a parody of one of the most well know Christmas stories in American history, but will that be able to sell 1000+ tickets at over $100 a pop for 2 months? All off the smaller play houses are booked through January. The smallest house that will be open come fall is The Lyceum which is not the best for foot traffic in
Does any think this leak has anything to do with many in the Broadway community still being salty Ambrose (A B-list TV Star at best, who hasn't been relevant in at least 10 years, let alone worked in 10 years) was gifted the role of Elisa over a Broadway star in the role of a lifetime? Laura Benanti's attitude in her Year In Review video about the revival seemed genuine. Ambrose gives a great, but not must see performance only fueling the fire of "They Cast Who as
PatrickDC said: "And why is AKB's real age even coming into the discussion?It's not as if he's the first actor to play a character well beyond his actual age. Heck, I'm just jealous of guys like AKB, Telly, and half the cast of Newsies that can pass for characters half their age! LOL"
It does because he may look younger when playing against people who are around his age, but when you are a 31 year old whose supposed to be "17" playing