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| Why don't plays run thru the summer? | |
| Posted by: bobby2 01:57 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| Angels, Iceman, Three Tall Women, and many others in other years close at the end of June. With all the tourists that come to the city why don't they keep them running? |
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| re: Why don't plays run thru the summer? | |
| Posted by: danr 12:51 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: Why don't plays run thru the summer? - bobby2 01:57 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| I'm sure it's also owing to the stars' commitments, especially if they're in demand. Laurie Metcalf is due back on Roseanne, coming back in the fall, for example. And I'm sure Denzel, Andrew, Nathan, et al. have other projects to move onto. It's only a shame they are so star driven or else I'm sure a replacement cast coming in would be great. | |
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| Dolls house part 2 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 03:05 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Why don't plays run thru the summer? - danr 12:51 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| Is a good example of replacement cast bombing at boxoffice even though i think the critics still liked them. Play that goes wrong is a rare example of a replacement cast working, but the show wasnt sold so much with british cast as dolls house tony winning lead | |
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| re: Dolls house part 2 | |
| Posted by: jon_sense 11:38 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: Dolls house part 2 - dramedy 03:05 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| In addition, Play That Goes Wrong has the smallest overhead on Broadway in the least desirable house so the landlords didn't have much incentive to keep them out and the production kept making its nut, barely. | |
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| re: Dolls house part 2 | |
| Posted by: cowboyactor 12:04 am EDT 05/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolls house part 2 - jon_sense 11:38 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| why do you say the Lyceum is the least desirable house? Because of it's size or age? | |
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| re: Dolls house part 2 | |
| Posted by: jon_sense 12:25 am EDT 05/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dolls house part 2 - cowboyactor 12:04 am EDT 05/28/18 | |
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| I perhaps oversold the "least" and should have written "one of the least." It's a beautiful theater but its E of Broadway location and small size hurt its attractiveness to stars and producers looking for an extended run. Of course Beautiful has run longer E of Broadway than any production in at least 40 years. | |
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| Tony cutoff is one issue | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:16 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: Why don't plays run thru the summer? - bobby2 01:57 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| Big stars may only have 3 or 4 month window. And most plays seem to have a limited audience. So making that cutooff means starting in march or beginning ofapril which puts closing around July 1. Act of god and boys in the band are examples of summer plays that start after tony cutoff due to stars schedule. And tourists are pretty much gone by the first week or two in august, so a mid july closing like angels is only a few weeks short of that. I was surprised oslo didnt extend into august after winning the tony. But it wasnt even sold out (selling or comping most sests in 95% range) the last few weeks and ran mostly around 70% of gross potential except final week that hit 82%. it closed on july 16 so only really could have extended a few more weeks anyway. Historically, most plays grosses slowly decrease as it gets closer to labor day. Most producers realize that and plan accordingly. I also point out that children of lesser god and harry potter were the only new productions of plays this season that scheduled to labor day and children closed early. I wonder if it had originally had a june 17 closing date if it would have concentrated ticket sales earlier or producers held on to official closing. Most weeks were around $350k which might be enough to keep open a few weeks to june closing but not september. |
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| re: Why don't plays run thru the summer? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 02:01 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: Why don't plays run thru the summer? - bobby2 01:57 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| Plays are a hard sell to tourists like the ones who come in droves just about the time most play-goers become beach-goers. | |
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