Kudos to them!!! From what I recall, they only had one discount in the mezz during weekday perfs? I'll admit I wasn't sure if it would recoup given it wasn't eligible for this year's tony awards but really happy to read this news!
haterobics said: "poisonivy2 said: "So ... since this is a Rudin show and it announced recoupment then did Three Tall Women and Hello Dolly! not recoup?"
Aren't Ryan Murphy and David Stone the lead producers?
poisonivy2 said: "haterobics said: "poisonivy2 said: "So ... since this is a Rudin show and it announced recoupment then did Three Tall Women and Hello Dolly! not recoup?"
Aren't Ryan Murphy and David Stone the lead producers?
Yes but Scott Rudin is listed as a producer."
Correct. But Rudin is not the "muscle" on this one --- so he doesn't get to call all of the shots. Stone and Murphy are the lead producers.
I have been told by someone who is very, very involved with the show that there is no way they are extending. I think this is silly, considering how well it is doing, but who are the out gay actors who could serve as replacements here? I think there is, unfortunately, a fairly limited pool of such actors to choose from who would be a box office draw, especially considering that these characters are supposed to be in their 20's and 30's. If they didn't mind raising the age of the actors, they could have a field day.
So who are the actors who could do this? Here are some out gay actors, not sure some are age appropriate but who does everyone think could replace?
Neil Patrick Harris Jesse Tyler Ferguson Randy Harrison Tituss Burgess Billy Eichner Jonathan Groff Mario Cantone (too old but he could be a great Harold or Donald) Sean Hayes (again, too old) Cheyenne Jackson TR Knight Adam Lambert (can he act?) Peter Paige Jai Rodriguez Russell Tovey Michael Urie Mark Gatiss (he was in a recent West End production) Chris Colfer Stephen Guarino Ben Platt Lee Pace Paulo Andino Stephen Wallem Wentworth Miller Charlie Carver
I'm sure I'm missing some obvious ones. But what does everyone think?
PS - the above are just out gay actors. I'm not saying that any of them are appropriate for this. Just curious on thoughts here.
The missing element on nearly everyone on that list is box office draw, which is what Parsons is for this production. When he injured his foot, the box office dipped. So, only NPH and possibly Platt (testing his draw for the first time post-DEH) would qualify. JTF has the same issue as Parsons, got to get back to the sitcom.
But yeah, heard the same thing that there is no chance of an extension.
The box office dipped when Parsons injured his foot because of the cancelled performance. I tried the cancellation line when McGrath was on but there were 10 people in front of me and performance was sold out (ok to be fair I only showed up at the theater 30 mins before showtime).
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