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Post by BVM on Jul 25, 2023 11:48:24 GMT
Oh Dear. Barely any more popular than (the iconic) Bad Cinderella. In fact minus the Tony noms would have done worse I expect 😱. Broadway remains divided between the haves and the have nots and seems to be an even harder environment for new musicals than the West End with every show that takes off having several in the same era that don’t. Also, things do often shut very abruptly on Broadway! Useless for people that may wanna plan a return trip to see a show one last time! |
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Post by viserys on Jul 25, 2023 14:06:23 GMT
Also, things do often shut very abruptly on Broadway! Useless for people that may wanna plan a return trip to see a show one last time! Better than to let a show burn money when there's no chance of an uptick in sales. A longer announcement makes more sense for audience favorites, so that people can return and see their favorites one more time. While NY/NY wasn't superawesomefantastic, I thought it was very entertaining and enjoyed myself quite a bit. I think one mistake was to open cold on Broadway rather than having a tryout somewhere. The main criticism seems to have been the (too) many storylines that were hard to follow, so they could have axed one or two and focused more on the main characters. While the story of the landlady who had lost her son in the war and the Jewish refugee she takes in was touching in itself, it really felt disconnected from the other storylines and could easily have been jettonised. London seems to become more radical about pulling the plug prematurely, too - see Aspects of Love and now Ain't Too Proud, and I fear Crazy for you will be next. |
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Post by BVM on Jul 25, 2023 15:39:13 GMT
London seems to become more radical about pulling the plug prematurely, too - see Aspects of Love and now Ain't Too Proud, and I fear Crazy for you will be next. True! Though at least London tends to give us warning (7 weeks for Aspects - (so far) managed three more trips!) Broadway seems so financially harsh that once they gotta go they gotta go. No hoping for “oh I’d better see that now it’s closing” punters. I Can’t Sing closed one week from announcement. Think that was Cowell hoping the world would forget it ever happened…. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2023 23:00:46 GMT
A one-week closing notice for Broadway is a bit of an anomaly, not unheard of, but certainly not the norm. Lots of shows announce several weeks out (if not longer) and then sometimes extend that date a bit if ticket sales pick up. The amount of the advance is a key variable.
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Post by BVM on Jul 26, 2023 10:06:16 GMT
A one-week closing notice for Broadway is a bit of an anomaly, not unheard of, but certainly not the norm. Lots of shows announce several weeks out (if not longer) and then sometimes extend that date a bit if ticket sales pick up. The amount of the advance is a key variable. Interesting. I guess it must have been performing incredibly badly then! Even Bad Cinderella had almost a month. Enough time for me to get there from UK! |
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