| re: It's not really Broadway ... | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 09:07 am EDT 06/18/18 | |
| In reply to: Straight white men--how is this making it to broadway? Spoilers at end. - dramedy 01:51 pm EDT 06/17/18 | |
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| Three regional (LORT) theatres now have Broadway Theatres in their real estate empires. Second Stage, MTC, and Roundabout. They produce shows using LORT contracts, paying about 1/3 less than a BRoadway show would be required to pay, to pretty much all of their employees including actors and stage managers. The lower salaries apply through the first 16 weeks of a run at Studio 54, Friedman, Hayes, American Airlines, and Sondheim (except when they just rent it to a show like BEAUTIFUL). The LORT/Broadway hybrids get donations, and except in rare occasions where they have commercial partners (which is dubious IRS wise anyway), they have no investors to pay back. So productions like STRAIGHT WHITE MEN pay 1/3 less for everything, have no investors to pay back, and will run 16 or less weeks, losing money. But somehow we're not supposed to call these flops. But when LCT does SOUTH PACIFIC we have to call it a hit. By BRoadway standards, 95% of 'broadway' shows done by LCT, Roundabout, and LCT are flops. Like TIME AND THE CONWAYS, MARVINS ROOM, JUNK, THE CHILDREN, STORIES BY HEART, LOBBY HERO, TRAVESTIES, SAINT JOAN. All flops - they ran around 8 weeks - not enough time to ever recoup costs, even at their 66% of full price salaries. 'But they are limited runs' I hear a strangled scream. Well - no. Sorry. They are limited regional theatre productions. A limited Broadway run is 16-20 weeks - long enough to barely break even if you have a big star. So - STRAIGHT WHITE MEN is not a Broadway show, even though it will appear in a Tony Eligible House. |
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