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re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

Posted by: Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - jesse21 03:58 pm EDT 03/31/14

Jesse--

Did Godot actually announce recoupment? While it definitely seems likely, I don't believe I saw an article on this one...

Did they just not announce it, but its commonly known?

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re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

Posted by: jesse21 04:59 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14

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I jumped the gun perhaps. Like AC126748, I was going by the Patrick Healy article cited in his post below.

Neither can I find any official confirmation.

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i don't think they announced recouping

Posted by: dramedy 04:53 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14

although it averaged $623K over 23 weeks. Usually $400K range for 20 weeks is enough for a play unless stars are taking a huge chunk or its a huge show. I'd find it hard to believe that it didn't recoup. However, the Equus revival averaged $520K over 23 weeks and supposedly didn't recoup. Equus sold $11.952M compared to NML/WFG $14.346M. In any event, the investors got probably a huge chunk of it back if the show didn't recoup.


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re: i don't think they announced recouping

Posted by: ryhog 05:10 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: i don't think they announced recouping - dramedy 04:53 pm EDT 03/31/14

since the stars were also producers of the show, it seems unlikely they took out a huge chunk as salary. This is also a production as to which I would think an announcement would be unexpected.


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re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix

Posted by: AC126748 04:50 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: BROADWAY GROSSES 3/30: Neil Patrick Harris HEDWIG sells out 1st preview at $142 avg tix - Maverick2884 04:39 pm EDT 03/31/14

I cannot find an article that definitively announces recoupment, but I did find this in an article about the Rylance Shakespeare plays recouping, dated January 9:

Another Broadway double bill, “Waiting for Godot” and “No Man’s Land,” starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, also appears likely to recoup its investment before performances conclude on March 30.

Link http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/rylances-shakespeare-shows-recoup-on-broadway/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

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