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| Posted by: ryhog 05:59 pm EDT 03/11/19 | |
| In reply to: Big Monkey. Big Losses. - NewtonUK 04:26 pm EDT 03/11/19 | |
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| NB: all 3 major landlords are producers. It's silly to talk about some Broadway model as if it were a rule (it never was, but I get the distinction obviously) but the point here is that the business plan was never based on that model. So you are, in essence, trying to judge a polka contest by your understanding of what a waltz is. |
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| re: Big Monkey. Big Losses. | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 06:06 pm EDT 03/11/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Big Monkey. Big Losses. - ryhog 05:59 pm EDT 03/11/19 | |
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| I'd rather polka. The model was pre 1973, when theatre owners and producers were in a sense partners, instead of the producer just being a tenant paying 100% plus of all the theater owners costs - including property taxes. It was a model,. because if your show wasnt selling, the theatre owner needed another show. Today, as long as there is a tenant willing to pay their bills every week, a show can stay until the theatre owner finds something else they think might be a hit, if the producer is willing to keep writing checks. So the business model has changed - drastically. IMHO not for the better, for producers. For theatre owners, most definitely for the better. Keep something in your venue - say Morrissey - and the cash keeps flowing your way. | |
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| re: Big Monkey. Big Losses. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:49 pm EDT 03/11/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Big Monkey. Big Losses. - NewtonUK 06:06 pm EDT 03/11/19 | |
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| First of all, that is not accurate before or after 1973. Secondly, you err via generalization. Third, it's one thing to be nostalgic for pre-1973 shows, but business models? What's the point? Next you'll be waxing nostalgic for the Big 3 automakers' gas-guzzlers, or pre-deregulation air travel. To quote Bette Midler: Why bother? Making shit up when you don't like the facts is so 2019. |
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