Gettin’ the Band Back Together closing September 16th?

[n2nbaby]

Thinking an announcement may be coming soon. GTBBT was originally on TDF through September 30th and now all the dates after Sunday the 16th are gone and I highly doubt they’re sold out. :P

Honestly, if the announcement is coming, I’m shocked it’s holding on that long...

[BroadwayConcierge]

We can only hope.

[newintown]

I wonder if Mr. Davenport née Hasija would be more successful if he returned to law school and followed that path?

[haterobics]

Only this site could turn an uptick in advance sales and glorious word of mouth into something nefarious...

[zainmax]

Return to law school? I'm pretty sure that he was never in law school to begin with... Didn't he drop out of NYU Tisch?

Anyway, lawyers are bad enough without him!

[veronicamae]

I got an email from Goldstar last night offering comps to the show.

Not just a discount.

Free tickets available to the general public.

[zainmax]

The actors don't want to look at an empty crowd.

[Kad]

zainmax said: "The actors don't want to look at an empty crowd."

And since Davenport has scripted himself a curtain speech as part of a show, this means as actor-producer he doubly doesn't want to look at an empty house.

 

[haterobics]

Plus, it helps the $16.95 people not think they got duped into paying to see it...

[Bwayfan292]

[NievesG]

Wasn't the same thing said when TDF briefly pulled HOH? It didn't turn out to be the case.

[newintown]

It has averaged a gross of $232,400 per week over its six-week run, with the numbers dropping in recent weeks, so it is, as the popular saying goes, hemorrhaging money in quite large amounts. And the fact that the producing team is practically asking strangers on the street to invest indicates that they haven't much reserve to keep running until a highly improbable boost from word of mouth happens.

[n2nbaby]

NievesG said: "Wasn't the same thing said when TDF briefly pulled HOH? It didn't turn out to be the case."

True, but HOH was taken off all together. In GTBBT’s case, the last two weeks of performances have disappeared but everything else is still available.

[LesWickedly]

Not sure what it was before and if this has any correlation, but Goldstar is only selling through September 16th too.

[itsjustmejonhotmailcom]

GroupOn and LivingSocial are also now only through Sept 16.

[nativenewyorker2]

what’s the code for the free/comp tickets

[BroadwayConcierge]

emaxman said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "We can only hope."

That is incredibly rude. Wishing a closing on a show? Wishing actors out of work? This is so incredibly rude and you should be ashamed.""

Lol okay. You can unclutch your pearls now.

[Valentina3]

Town of Sayreville will be crushed!

[msmp]

That'll be awkward. Playbill's national edition has Marilu Henner on the cover and is full of promotion for the show (which I believe means the in-theatre Playbills will also have in September).

[fashionguru_23]

Nothing has changed on Telecharge. You can buy tickets into July 2019.

[haterobics]

emaxman said: "That is incredibly rude. Wishing a closing on a show? Wishing actors out of work? This is so incredibly rude and you should be ashamed."

Well, all of a person's wishes don't matter if the weekly grosses are high... in this case, the closing would still come down to $$$ over people liking or not liking a show.

[EllieRose2]

I got the email from Goldstar too, just giving these away. Completely free tickets and people still could not care less.  Instead of performing to empty houses (I can't even imagine how tough that would be), show some mercy Ken and close the damn thing!

[veronicamae]

nativenewyorker2 said: "what’s the code for the free/comp tickets"

It's not a code - you have to purchase them through Goldstar (or Groupon, I see is now a thing). Visit their sites and search for the show. You'll have to pay the convenience fees and dates are likely limited - I didn't bother clicking through for info since I've already seen the show.

[haterobics]

This isn't anything new on Goldstar. They put a VERY small number of tickets on sale for free, in the hopes that word will spread and people will go there and when they find it is sold out, decide they want to go anyway and buy a ticket.

[haterobics]

emaxman said: "Okay, you can resspect actors now ???????"

I've never known any actor to be surprised when a show they are in closes, or why.