Variety reports that the total sales for the 2010-2011 season is $50.1 million. I'm thinking it has already recouped. However, I have yet to read that it already has...
I vaguely remember a recent article talking about current shows that had yet to recoup, and I was surprised to see that this show was one of them. So, I guess the answer to your question is, I don't believe so.
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
We saw it today and were pleasantly surprised. We enjoyed it & do not see why all the hostility to it. Unfortunately Lurch had not much to do. Heidi Beckenstaff's understudy went on(Valerie Fagan) & she was great. She looked familiar & when we looked in her bio in Playbill we saw she was in Forbidden Broadway 25 th Anniversary. She did,among other things, Merman. Rees was better than expected . Oscar was great as Fester. Mrs R said she could not see Lane in the role & thought Rees was great.
Thru TDF we got Orchestra Row P . The orchestra was about 80 % full. I do not see it hanging on much longer. Whether or not Brooke Sheilds helps that much remains to be seen.
Mo idea what upstairs looked like btu it should be better than this for a Sunday matinee. Eeven if 10 % upstairs was empty, that would mean only 70% of the house was full. Many seats had to be discounted. They have to be emptier during the week.
This is just a fun show with some great performances. Some of the songs are excellent, and others are just terrible. Overall though I think it is just a fun show... and the set is insane. I love how the various pieces of the house reassemble, and they use that show curtain brilliantly to frame different scenes. I think it should have gotten a nomination for, and even won, the Tony last season for best scenic design.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
I think Blickenstaff is only scheduled to be out for about two weeks.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
I'm sure Nathan Lane was making a pretty penny, thus altering their profits.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards