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| Last Edit: ShowGoer 02:35 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 02:33 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I wonder how much it cost. - Singapore/Fling 02:02 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| "I'd be surprised if they received anything other than expenses for re-designing the show to fit the smaller Barrymore stage" .. and any other expenses of the move itself (possibly including load-in). ...plus obviously any and all expenses incurred with moving from SeatGeek to Telecharge (my strong guess, believe it or not, is that Jujamcyn will have to sign over the service fees collected so far to Telecharge... If you think about it, it wouldn't be fair for Telecharge to be denied that money, since SeatGeek can now collect service fees on the exact same seats they'll be reselling all over again for Woods – that's a form of self-dealing, and since it isn't SeatGeek's fault but Jujamcyn's decision, and since there are now services and costs involved at Telecharge for transferring all the seats to the new theater at the new ticketing company, I'd bet anything that Jujacmyn is on the hook for all those fees so far. Plus, obviously, any tickets that are refunded because of the move (people who don't like their new seats, people who have accessibility issues with the new theater, etc.) Further, one of the articles in the trades said something about the Piano Lesson stars renegotiating their deals due to a smaller theater – if that's true, whether it's more money up front, or now an added cut of the box office take, Jujamcyn would certainly be responsible for those expenses as well. And that's assuming there weren't automatic penalties triggered for kicking them out of the theater in the first place; i.e., booting them before they even had a chance to fall below their 'stop clause'. This will have all been worked out in advance, so none of it should result in legal action – but there's absolutely no way i's as simple as "they weren't selling great so Jordan Roth only has to pay for cutting the lumber a little smaller". And clearly, that's why it's taken so long to make it official. Long story short: expensive.... probably one of the pricier moves in Broadway history, and I'd bet my life, almost certainly the priciest that a theater owner was ever responsible for. |
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