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enoch10 01:24 pm EDT 09/15/14 |
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re: Odd. - ryhog 01:22 am EDT 09/15/14 |
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do you know why DISASTER has a 9 million dollar cap? what's bumping up the price so much? i hope they aren't planning on adding huge special effects. not only does the piece not need them it could prove counterproductive and scare away some of the smaller regional houses which i see as potentially being this thing's bread and butter.
as for whether those titles recouped outside nyc or not i don't know. i questioned the "even if we lose money it's worth it to get a broadway imprimatur" for years but the fact that people still do it leads me to believe it must work.
i don't think it makes as much difference for high schools but it makes sense it would help significantly with marketing for regional productions.
i know i've asked this before but there used to be some publication that listed shows being done regionally and in colleges. man, i wish i could remember where that was.
do i see DISASTER making MAMA MIA kind of money? no. but it is a better play than either XANADU (which i liked very much) or LYSISTRATA JONES and it's easier to do than ANDREW JACKSON and more fun that any of the three.
it's nostalgia strikes the right tone and it would be (unless they screw it up with a bunch of big special effects) cheap and easy to do for struggling companies. and if they can turn this into a cult hit all bets are off. but i suspect if that was going to happen we'd have seen it happen off-b'way.
regardless, i can see this as something people will be willing to take a chance on and i mean both audience and investors and, especially, small companies looking for something good and fun to do that should be an easy sell and a crowd-pleaser.
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- re: Odd. - Michael_Portantiere 03:38 pm EDT 09/15/14 (4)
- re: Odd. - ryhog 11:35 pm EDT 09/15/14 (2)
- re: Odd. - Michael_Portantiere 12:13 am EDT 09/16/14 (1)
- Agreed (n/m) - enoch10 06:19 pm EDT 09/15/14
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