| re: Did the original Broadway production of CHICAGO make money, lose money, or break even? |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 03:54 pm EDT 09/06/18 |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 03:51 pm EDT 09/06/18 |
| In reply to: re: Did the original Broadway production of CHICAGO make money, lose money, or break even? - AlanScott 02:53 pm EDT 09/06/18 |
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It's my understanding the original production of Chicago closed in the red in Aug., '77 but eventually recouped as the result of national tours. Suskin confirmed it had recouped in More Opening Nights and the Burns Mantle series said the same. Apparently the profit was very small. In fact Kander was quoted in Colored Lights as saying "It wasn't really a hit. It never paid back." Subsequently, though, I've been told something like Kander really meant to say that the show's eventual profit was so small that it was not worth considering.
Over the years I've heard Barbara Walters claim that the '75 production was a shocking failure and I also heard Robert Osborne say something similar. However, I doubt that either of them were knowledgeable enough in Broadway economics to know what they were talking about. |
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