| re: Brown's seventh Broadway outing | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:35 pm EST 12/25/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Brown's seventh Broadway outing - Chazwaza 08:32 pm EST 12/25/22 | |
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| It could be that Brown's fatal flaw was that he was "largely compelled by chasing potential financial success" [and was a poor handicapper]. I don't buy, however, either that one cannot pursue passions without family money [because the opposite is easily demonstrated] or that he made his choices because he "literally need[ed] to pay the bills." [He possesses a strong skill set as a musician that, like many others, provides a fairly easy means of paying the bills. And he has done a lot of that work.] And nowadays he actually has a pretty decent revenue flow, driven of course by L5Y. So I can agree that these forces may well have brought him to the disappointing track record he has on Broadway but I can't agree that this result inexorably flows from the condition you identify. (And you don't suggest it does.) Offhand I cannot think of a show at the Beaumont that had commercial legs and was shut down. And Parade actually fits that category and not some Garth-related explanation. If you look at the attendance for Parade, you'll see that it (1) had only 4 frames with attendance over 90% and they were all pre-opening, (2) had only 2 frames over 80% post opening, and hobbled along in the 60's and 70's for the other frames (with a large majority of them in the 60's). That's not a foundation for an extension much less a transfer. I think you are right that a lot of the Mitzi shows (quite properly) are deemed to not be Broadway material and what has moved has been both an exception and a surprise. I also think you are right that this version will manage at least 3 months (and probably more) but I'm not suggesting it will get close to recouping. I also think it already has the thrust of the reviews it's getting. |
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