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| “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1 | |
| Last Edit: Official_Press_Release 07:48 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:37 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2018 JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CAST TO PERFORM ON PBS’ “A CAPITOL FOURTH” EMBARKING ON NATIONAL TOUR OCTOBER 2019 IN PROVIDENCE, RI Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman, and Beth Williams announced today that Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-author Jimmy Buffett, will play its final Broadway performance at the Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street) on Sunday, July 1, 2018, after 29 preview and 124 regular performances. The first stop after Broadway will be Washington, D.C., where Jimmy Buffett and the cast of Escape to Margaritaville will perform on PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth,” celebrating America’s 242nd birthday, on Wednesday, July 4th from 8:00-9:30pm ET. Broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, “A Capitol Fourth” is the time-honored 38 year-tradition which puts viewers front and center for America’s biggest birthday party with the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation lighting up the iconic D.C. skyline. The Escape to Margaritaville National Tour will officially set sail in October 2019 at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, before traveling to additional cities throughout the country. The full tour schedule and other information will be announced shortly. Escape to Margaritaville had its world premiere steps from the ocean at La Jolla Playhouse in Spring 2017 where it broke all records, and embarked on a pre-Broadway tour playing New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre, Houston’s Hobby Center, and Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. Previews for the Broadway engagement began Friday, February 16, 2018, ahead of a Thursday, March 15 Opening Night. With a book by Emmy Award® winner Greg Garcia and Emmy Award nominee Mike O’Malley, Escape to Margaritaville is choreographed by Tony Award® nominee Kelly Devine and directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley. Paul Alexander Nolan (Bright Star) leads the Broadway company of Escape to Margaritaville as Tully, and is joined by Alison Luff (Les Misérables) as Rachel, Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You) as Tammy, Eric Petersen (School of Rock) as Brick, Rema Webb (The Color Purple) as Marley, Don Sparks (Take Me Out) as J.D., Andre Ward (Something Rotten!) as Jamal, along with Matt Allen, Tessa Alves, Sara Andreas, Tiffany Adeline Cole, Marjorie Failoni, Samantha Farrow, Steven Good, Angela Grovey, Albert Guerzon, Keely Hutton, Justin Keats, Mike Millan, Justin Mortelliti, Ryann Redmond, Jennifer Rias, Julius Anthony Rubio, Nick Sanchez, Ian Michael Stuart, and Brett Thiele. The creative team includes Walt Spangler (Scenic Designer), Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell (Costume Designer), two-time Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Lighting Designer), two-time Tony Award winner Brian Ronan (Sound Designer), Leah J. Loukas (Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Design), Flying By Foy (Flying Effects), Michael Utley (Orchestrations), Tony Award nominee Christopher Jahnke (Music Supervisor), Foresight Theatrical (General Management), and Telsey + Company / Rachel Hoffman, CSA (Casting). The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Escape to Margaritaville, featuring both original songs along with many of Mr. Buffett’s classic, is now available both digitally and on CD, released on Mailboat Records. The Escape to Margaritaville Cast Recording is produced by Mailboat Records, Mike Utley, Mac McAnally, and Christopher Jahnke. Escape to Margaritaville is produced on Broadway by Frank Marshall, Rich Entertainment Group, Anita Waxman, Grove Entertainment, James L. Nederlander, Jeremiah J. Harris & Darren P. DeVerna, Linda G. Scott, John H. Tyson, The Shubert Organization, Latitude Link, John Morgan, Roy Furman, Jeffrey A. Sine, AC Orange Entertainment, Arlene Scanlan & Witzend Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Universal Music Group & Scott Landis, Kevin J. Kinsella, Independent Presenters Network & Al Nocciolino, SeaHenry Productions & Skolnick•Dagen, Jam Theatricals and La Jolla Playhouse. Tickets for Escape to Margaritaville are available at the Marquis Theatre box office, via Ticketmaster.com, or by calling 877-250-2929; for groups of 12 or more, call Group Sales Box Office / Broadway.com at 1-800-BROADWAY x2. A limited number of same-day $40 lottery tickets are available via a digital lottery, powered by Broadway Direct, that opens at 7AM each day. Winners will be notified by email after the drawing and will have 60 minutes to pay for their tickets with a credit card online. They will need to present a photo ID at the Marquis Theatre box office 30 minutes before the start of the performance to pick up their tickets. For more information, please visit https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/escape/ In addition, Escape to Margaritaville offers a general, in-person rush for same-day tickets ($40) when the box office opens at 10AM. Two tickets are allowed per person and are subject to availability. All methods of payment are accepted. |
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| re: “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1 | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 07:40 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1 - Official_Press_Release 07:37 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| I thought the show would run through the summer. It feels like a summer show to me. | |
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| maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: dramedy 09:22 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: “ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE” WILL PLAY ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY SUNDAY, JULY 1 - lowwriter 07:40 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| Which might have boost sales. But dropping $109k last week to below $600k is probably the reason. | |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 10:43 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:41 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - dramedy 09:22 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| It's been running for 15 weeks, averaging $646,407 per week in raw grosses. Do we deduct 3% for credit card purchases? That would lower it to $627,015 per week. Probably just making its nut or slightly below. I think you're right -- last week's $109,000 drop is probably the writing on the wall. This particular type of jukebox musical rarely works -- Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages are the exceptions. It's the toughest kind to turn into a commercially successful show. Yet hope springs eternal for many producers. A show like Margaritaville needs to gross at least $1 million per week for 9 months to a year in order to recoup today. |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 10:26 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - BroadwayTonyJ 10:41 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| "This particular type of jukebox musical rarely works -- Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages are the exceptions." Do you mean musicals that shove pre-existing pop songs into a newly created story, as compared to bio musicals? |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:13 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - Michael_Portantiere 10:26 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| Yes. The jukebox musical designation apparently has several sub-genres. IMO the bio-musical has met with the most commercial success on Broadway with outright hits like Jersey Boys, The Boy from Oz, Beautiful, and Motown in recent years. The use of pre-existing pop songs as book numbers in a newly created story (no matter how incongruous) almost never works, but shows like that keep coming anyway. | |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:22 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - BroadwayTonyJ 11:13 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| "The use of pre-existing pop songs as book numbers in a newly created story (no matter how incongruous) almost never works, but shows like that keep coming anyway." I agree that it almost never works, and I don't even think it worked (artistically) in MAMMA MIA! But the tremendously long run and huge financial success of that show ensures that new musicals of that type will keep coming -- even though, as you point out, the only big hit since MM has been ROCK OF AGES. |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 02:51 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - Michael_Portantiere 11:22 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| Of course, I agree with you. Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages had silly (almost ridiculous) story lines, but for some reason I found them both enjoyable -- I guess as guilty pleasures. I like to laugh and both shows made me laugh a lot -- sometimes I just feel like slumming. | |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:51 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - BroadwayTonyJ 02:51 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| ROCK OF AGES made me laugh, as well, but -- although I guess I'm in the vast minority on this -- MAMMA MIA! made me laugh not at all. | |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:56 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:55 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - Michael_Portantiere 04:51 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| I was just recently watching the film "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell" and that was a very well-plotted and funny movie. I didn't see "Carmelna" another show based on that film, but "Mamma Mia" just basically uses the basic situation as the most threadbare outline on which to place (or stick) the songs. "Carmelina" has a lovely score based on the recording; I'm just wondering if it was as well plotted as "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell". | |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Posted by: summertheater 10:58 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - BroadwayTonyJ 10:41 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| I'd imagine it's very demoralizing to the cast to play to only 56.5% capacity (per the most recent Grosses). That means almost half the theater is empty on average! I wonder what the audience thinks when they see about half the theater is empty. The half empty theater must not be very good for word of mouth. | |
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| re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 11:15 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:14 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: maybe they didn’t get a tony number - summertheater 10:58 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| In the past when I attended shows on Broadway in theaters that were half empty, the ushers would direct everyone to move down (in the mezzanine and/or balcony) and move to the front (in the orchestra). | |
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