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| re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald | |
| Posted by: ryhog 01:30 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald - summertheater 11:11 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| If (and only if): 1. You've paid the slightest bit of attention here for however long you've been around, and 2. You have the slightest bit of concern about conveying accurate information, and 3. If you are posting here for any reason other than what I suspect, [and I have zero confidence that any of these conditions are true] Then you would know that the percentage gross [which is the percentage of potential gross, not total gross (which doesn't make any sense as all shows would be at 100% at all times)] is not a relevant metric vis-a-vis the success of a show. (For that, you need to know the show's nut.) Notwithstanding, sometimes one must step back from the nickles and dimes and make a more fundamental assessment of "success." I know one woman, a progressive Democrat, who was inspired to run for public office after seeing The Terms of My Surrender. I would consider the show a success because of that, even if it lost every penny. And I suspect a lot of other people would concur. |
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| re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald | |
| Posted by: Sam890 10:17 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald - ryhog 01:30 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
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| "2. You have the slightest bit of concern about conveying accurate information," summertheater has demonstrated in the past that they have no interest in conveying accurate information. Their relationship with the truth is as tenuous as that of their political hero. |
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| re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald | |
| Posted by: summertheater 09:08 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald - ryhog 01:30 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
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| It's a shame that the first paragraph was written, as it shows "bad faith" towards an open exchange of ideas. Nevertheless, there are two schools of thought, and it ultimately comes down to a business decision. Option A - The theater was empty, the theater couldn't get anything better to come in, and let's let this guy come in and ramble on for 2.5 hours each night. We don't need an expensive set, it's cheap to run, and more of the money we get we can keep as profit (due to lower expenses). Option B - Let's not settle for mediocrity (in terms of profit). Now the theater is full with a "mediocre" show in terms of profit and we can't get something better to come in. Maybe if the theater wasn't full, a surprise hit could have started there and still been a success. I didn't see anything currently running at the Belasco in this week's past grosses. So perhaps they made the wrong choice by going with Option A. If the show was such a "success", why aren't they begging the "star" to come back for an open-ended run? I'll say based on the average paid admission for Terms of My Surrender, I'd be willing to guess it was the highest-papered Broadway show of 2017. A theater has a business decision to make: Do you want to run a cheap show that appeals to a limited highly partisan crowd (so you can keep more of your money as profit, but not make much profit at all) or do you want to hold out for something better that's going to be long running (that's more expensive to run, but you'll sell tons of premium seats and you'll end up making a much larger profit)? I think many people will argue that the theater made a poor business decision by going with Option A. |
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| re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald | |
| Posted by: summertheater 07:44 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The shady and the Trump: Yes, Kushner is writing a play about the Donald - ryhog 01:30 am EDT 07/17/18 | |
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| The last paragraph is open to interpretation, and I think many who are not "progressive" Democrats would disagree. These days, the word "progressive" is starting to be replaced by another word that starts with S. | |
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