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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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