RUBEN & CLAY’S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR REUNION SHOW- PREVIEW THREAD- Page 8
RUBEN & CLAY’S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR REUNION SHOW- PREVIEW THREAD
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#175Previews
Posted: 12/17/18 at 4:50pm
No, it's you that seems to have a problem with math. The Hayes is the smallest b'way house with a capacity of 597.
597 x 8 shows = 4,776 seats. So NO, nowhere on bway would this have sold out. I believe there is a pretty in capacity after the Hayes.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
MassiveMeGo
Featured Actor Joined: 1/19/08
#179Previews
Posted: 12/17/18 at 4:57pm
MassiveMeGo said: "Oh so the collective you hates the show because I don't hate it? Gotcha."
I'm completely indifferent to the show and the people in it, but since you keep spinning it like it's a beloved undiscovered treasure on here anytime any random fawning tweet appears, it has put it all on our radar as a result. Not in a way that makes us want to see it, of course... but if you didn't keep bumping the thread, I'm sure it would just take a bit of heat in the weekly grosses thread and be otherwise ignored as much online as it is offline.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#180Previews
Posted: 12/17/18 at 4:58pm
MassiveMeGo said: "Miles2Go2 said: "And it’s only filling those seats by deeply discounting/comping those tickets. You do know people would be much more generous toward this show on here if you weren’t so intent on spinning every damning factoid in the show’s favor, right?"
Oh so the collective you hates the show because I don't hate it? Gotcha."
Miles was pretty clear on what it was that got everyone else is being driven crazy by. It's NOT the show itself....most of us haven't seen it and don't even have anything against it. It's the way you are doggedly spinning everything so that you ignore the egg on your face. YOU are the one that that claimed how awesome it was before it started, YOU are the one that insists are calling it a success by both critical and financial means -- even by being selective on what you choose to acknowledge.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Moderator
Leading Actor Joined: 1/23/06
#181Previews
Posted: 12/17/18 at 4:59pm
Hi all - we'd appreciate if we could keep this discussion civil and about the show itself.
MassiveMeGo, all our users are entitled to their opinions on the quality of the show, and while you're free to share yours, replying to each repeatedly may not be the most productive way to do so.
Thanks.
MassiveMeGo
Featured Actor Joined: 1/19/08
#183Previews
Posted: 12/17/18 at 5:11pm
I'll just say this and be done.
" It's NOT the show itself....most of us haven't seen it and don't even have anything against it."
I can easily just ignore it, which I will, but if you didn't see it, don't plan to and only have negative opinions, I'm not the problem.
Impossible2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/31/18
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#188Previews
Posted: 12/18/18 at 3:02pm
Broadway Joe said: "They played 8 shows last week and averaged a tad over $20k a show. Only got 12% of their possible potential grosses. The financials are an absolute disaster for this show whether you think the actual show is good or not."
Yes, even if this WAS at the Hayes (smallest house) it would not be a financial success even if every seat was filled.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Larry6417
Understudy Joined: 11/20/13
#189Previews
Posted: 12/18/18 at 5:25pm
Okay, so this "annual" show will NOT be invited back to Broadway next year.
They would've done better at New World Stages, but the reviews were so bad that I was surprised that any producer would take this into NY.
The show could have an annual life in regional houses like La Mirada or Paper Mill if the damage isn't already done.
They should've made this a touring show that they could've worked on for a few years BEFORE bringing it to NY.
#190Previews
Posted: 12/19/18 at 12:59am
Mister Matt said: "The producers consider it a success. That's all that matters.
Oof. If that's true, it probably tells us why they shouldn't be Broadway producers."
Yea the same successful producers from last years hit "Home for the Holdiays? LOL
Btw, which show is the worse **** show?
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
myk
Swing Joined: 5/5/14
#191Previews
Posted: 12/19/18 at 11:26am
I saw it. It's not Shakespeare, but I was entertained. Yes it's corny and not really targeted to a NYC theater audience, but it was jolly and the voices were very good. Not everything on Broadway needs to be art and entertainment is so subjective.
I just think it's a shame that so many posts on this board are about looking down on a show or seeing nothing but the faults. We've all been to shows that didn't succeed and that are misproduced... but as someone within the business, I can tell you that everyone is trying and even if it's not to your tastes... it doesn't mean the show is a disaster. It just means you didn't like it.
#193Previews
Posted: 12/19/18 at 11:54am
haterobics said: "myk said: "even if it's not to your tastes... it doesn't mean the show is a disaster."
Most comments in this thread are about it being a financial disaster, which isn't subjective."
Well, it is doing better than HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#196Previews
Posted: 12/20/18 at 11:43am
DivaBrigader said: "sueb1863 said: "I'll say it again, whoever told Aiken that it was a good idea to dye his hair gray or white needs a good talking to. He looks twenty years older. Plus it's probably scorching his hair."
It's his natural hair - he went prematurely all white.
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His hair went white when he looked at the financials for this show.
MassiveMeGo
Featured Actor Joined: 1/19/08
#197Previews
Posted: 12/20/18 at 11:51am
Larry6417 said: "Okay, so this "annual" show will NOT be invited back to Broadway next year."
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From day one we knew this was a 3 year contract. This year on Broadway and the next 2 on tour. Your pronouncements are late. By the way the NYT loved it. So did a few others. You can say it got bad reviews and it did but it got good reviews too and the audiences are raving about it which counts far more than any critics. 
#198Previews
Posted: 12/20/18 at 12:12pm
Audiences raving about it only matters if they are getting people to buy tickets. Which apparently isn't happening.
And no, from day one "we" didn't know this was a 3-year contract. A tour of this has never been announced. Not in the first press release, not in the last. You are the only one who has been pushing that.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 12/20/18 at 12:12 PM
