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| re: New York Theatre Workshop Announces Complete 2018/19 Season | |
| Posted by: Ann 01:22 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: New York Theatre Workshop Announces Complete 2018/19 Season - summertheater 01:18 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| I'd prefer they choose works they want to produce, rather than choosing works that will sell more tickets. It's a give and take. I do think they know their audience, though. How many Off-Broadway companies did close in the past year? (and how many is typical - they do seem to come and go) |
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| re: New York Theatre Workshop Announces Complete 2018/19 Season | |
| Posted by: summertheater 01:42 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: New York Theatre Workshop Announces Complete 2018/19 Season - Ann 01:22 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| The 3 most recent off-Broadway company closings I can think of are TACT (after their current show), the Pearl Theater Company, and Musicals Tonight. From the dire fundraising email sent out today by Theater 80, it sounds like that theater may be on the brink of closing too. | |
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| re: New York Theatre Workshop Announces Complete 2018/19 Season | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:50 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: New York Theatre Workshop Announces Complete 2018/19 Season - summertheater 01:42 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| All four of those companies occupy very different real estate than NYTW. While technically all are Off-Broadway companies, the ones that you cite are small, predominantly itinerant companies that are engaging an older audience and style of theater making. The Pearl is the only company that even remotely resembled NYTW, and they failed because they made poor real estate choices and weren't able to reach a younger, more diverse audience. If they had managed to attract the NYTW audience and pay for their expensive midtown theater, they probably would still be in business. |
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