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| re: Timing is bizarre, with the Spielberg movie scheduled to be released in 2020. | |
| Posted by: royscho 05:16 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Timing is bizarre, with the Spielberg movie scheduled to be released in 2020. - Chazwaza 02:49 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| I think you need at least 15M to put a musical revival in the size of WSS on Broadway today, at the very, very least. (Even if there's absolutely no set - which is quite possible, given the director.) And as we've seen in the last revivals of Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof how hard it is to recoup when you revive something that was on Broadway not that long ago. (And look at Hello Dolly... they haven't had a recoupment announcement yet, despite a very strong run.) I think you'll need over a year - and likely over 2 years if you don't sell out with premiums every night - in order to recoup. And I am questioning the demand for this show over 1-2 years given the fact a major movie will be released a few months after the opening and the previous revival closed only 8 years ago. I also don't think that Ivo Van Hove is a particularly commercial director. And he has no track record with musicals. I wish them well, of course. The last revival took 30 weeks to recoup its 14M investment. Maybe they can replicate that success again. |
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| re: Timing is bizarre, with the Spielberg movie scheduled to be released in 2020. | |
| Posted by: pagates 02:17 pm EDT 07/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Timing is bizarre, with the Spielberg movie scheduled to be released in 2020. - royscho 05:16 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| I would be surprised if I'm not in a minority on this, but I welcome a new production of WSS. The last one felt like it was more abut the parts than the sum to me. I'm interested in seeing a production that brings a different vision; and I'd say this type of production is more warranted just bc it follows so closely on the heels of the Laurents revival. | |
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| re: Timing is bizarre, with the Spielberg movie scheduled to be released in 2020. | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:52 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Timing is bizarre, with the Spielberg movie scheduled to be released in 2020. - royscho 05:16 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| I doubt very much that the set for this production will be anything like WSS normally or any other major broadway musical. | |
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