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| re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. | |
| Posted by: AC126748 11:55 am EDT 08/15/17 | |
| In reply to: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. - Delvino 11:11 am EDT 08/15/17 | |
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| Ingrid Michaelson was still in the show last week. She's a known commodity outside of Broadway. And I imagine the controversy sold some tickets, as well. Starting this week, they have no name and only the lingering remnants of the publicity-grabbing controversy. I imagine the numbers will take a steep dive. I'm not as wild about the show as many here, but it certainly doesn't deserve to be closing so soon. But the show has been a triumph of bad producing from the start. And one of the worst decisions was selling it almost exclusively as a star vehicle rather than an interesting, boundary-pushing ensemble piece. |
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| re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 01:54 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. - AC126748 11:55 am EDT 08/15/17 | |
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| "One of the worst decisions was selling it almost exclusively as a star vehicle rather than an interesting, boundary-pushing ensemble piece." Many would say that, in some important ways, the producers did NOT sell the show as a star vehicle for Groban. As has been discussed, neither his name, his image, nor his voice were featured in the TV commercials, And, incredibly, neither his name or image are featured in the cover art for the cast recording. You could argue that the show was positioned as a star vehicle to a certain extent through Groban's performance on the Tonys and perhaps other TV appearances, but overall I would say: Not so much. |
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| re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. | |
| Posted by: Duke1979 01:15 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. - AC126748 11:55 am EDT 08/15/17 | |
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| I understand the issue with the advance but wouldn't you give it a try for a few weeks. Given the strength of these numbers. | |
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| re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:12 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. - Duke1979 01:15 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
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| I also would not be surprised if the Shuberts are kicking "Comet" out in order to get a new tenant. A hit at that theater can easily pull in a million and a half... | |
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| re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 01:25 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Made $981,664 and filled 99.6% of its seats last week. - Duke1979 01:15 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
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| let's assume that there is virtually no advance, and further assume that by some miracle the show could gross $500k a week for a few (3) weeks. That's a loss of roughly $1mil or more. Couple questions: (1) where is that million dollars going to come from? (2) if the "you" were you, would you be willing to lose a million dollars on top of the millions you have already lost? (bearing in mind that it would have take a couple more years of sustained Groban level grosses to recoup). |
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