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macbeth said: "A friend just told me that she was cast in Shucked, but after the controversies (which I'm sure the mods don't want re-debated) she was replaced with The Prom'sIsabelle McCalla (who I'm glad got the opportunity!)."

The timeline for this does not align with Caroline's departure. From my understanding producers where scrambling behind the scenes to find a replacement before it was announced on July 29th. The entire cast was on 6 month

Harmony has a smaller hill to climb then Ohio, but I wouldn't be surprised if we get notice for either next week for 12/30 or 1/8.

I saw someone say they think Akimbo will likely post after the holidays and it wouldn't surprise me either, and a 15-16 month run for a such a small show that's had a terrible marketing campaign and next to no non-theater community support is nothing to poopoo  about. While Kimberly Akimbo will also likely close at a loss

From my understanding producers are actively looking to move the show to another theater as the show has consistently made money since Tony nominations came out. It wasn't making a ton of money, nor was it on track to recoup its investment, but was still consistently turning a profit. I had some friends who were at Glass House last night also tell me the cast was there after the news broke and they overheard them discussing where they think they might move. So the question at this point s

pablitonizer said: "Not good numbers overall, and that Sweeney Todd drop! Damn! Was it because of that malfunction Friday show or due to Josh's absence? 

HLL, KA and the shark is broken are definitely struggling 

 

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Kimberly Akimbo is still making money, but barely. It likely won't make it past January, but for that's in line with what you would expect for a run for such a quirky little musical th

Jarethan said: "bdn223 said: "I saw a tiktok of someone questioning if Moulin Rouge will make it past January with last weeks grosses, are its operating costs really that high? I always assumed they hovered around $1M, but if thats true and with the first week of its new stunt cast only pulling in $1.1M as we head into the fall, which will likely be a slower season for the show could they be right and they close up shop early next year?"

Who is the stunt

jkcohen626 said: "An interesting week. Great for Parade, Here Lies Love, Lion King, Kimberly Akimbo, Just For Us and Good Night Oscar. Not so great for Some Like it Hot, Back to the Future, Once Upon a Once More Time, and A Beautiful Noise. A mixed bag for a lot of others.

Interesting to note that both SIX and Mormon were shut out of the $1 mil club this month. I don't think either will be closing anytime soon since they've both recouped and are definitely still tu

RippedMan said: "Is it something that happened! And how is the weekly cost the same as Kimberly Akimbo…"

Since when did Kimberly Akimbo cost under $500K a week? Yes I fully acknowledge the apparent $410K and $520K operating costs seem outrageous with what is actually happening on stage, at least Kimberly Akimbo has 9 principal performers and 6 offstage principal understudies. For a 3 person show with a single static set, m

Jumpin_J said: "The problem here is no one associated with this show is "god of sorts". Susan Strohman. She had a massive hit with The Producers. That was 2000. In the words of Janet Jackson, "what have you done for me lately"? Nearly every show she's done since then has tanked. For LMM, The Disney company has been good to him, but he did Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway and that tanked. And while John Kander has had many shows, the reality is a handful have

BETTY22 said: "What is Shucked break even?"

Its between $630K-$650K from what I have been told. Producers were very keen on keeping costs low for an original show with no stars, but I don't know if that includes the shows weekly marketing budget or if all of the marketing we saw from April-June was part of their initial capitalization. Safe to say though Shucked looks to be turning into the first sleeper hit Broadway has seen since School of Rock in 2015

Adam Rendell said: "I will get in touch with Triton and see what they say. Thank you for the idea. I would have never thought of it."

It looks like Kimberly Akimbo is in the middle of transitioning all of their key art from the original T-Shirt with candy necklace design to the Roller Coaster, as the marquee outside the theater was just changed this week to reflect the new artwork. So I wouldn't be surprised if the playbills and window cards change to the new des

OMG U Guyz said: "signorafosca2 said: "BossBroadway said: "If BTTF only costs 900k per week to run, SLIH should definitely not be any higher than 850k as opposed to 950k."

BTTF runs 980 a week but the license fee is more than 40% of the profit, so they will take a long time to recoup."

Isn’t universal studios a lead producer?

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No it looks like they simply are licensing the IP to Colin Ingra

RaisedOnMusicals said: "ACL2006 said: "HLL needs to pick up sales. Their weekly nut is rumored to be around $1 million. Might end up the biggest bust of the season."

Speaking of the weekly nut, anyone have an idea (or a very educated guess) of what it is for BTTF? I'd think it was really high given the extent of the technology and the size of the theater. I know that the orchestra consists of 14 musicians."

I have spoken with someone

quizking101 said: "To sidestep a second: I do find it odd they announced a national tour so soon. I feel like they will want this to become an institution on Broadway for a while before sending it out on the road and the decision to tour before its established itself stateside seems like it would disincentive people to travel and see it in NYC"

The show was supposed to open at the end of last season with the lease for the Winter Garden being signed at the end of last

BrodyFosse123 said: "No idea why this info isn’t surfacing but 2 in the tour cast gave me this info when I asked earlier. I guess the tour’s press is going in the same direction as was done with Lea with no “and by the way” correction was ever issued when Lea’s religion was being questioned as well."

Because Lea's Jewish roots are well documented to the point they were the subject of an episode of Who Do You Think You Ar