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jayzehr
Celebrity Joined: 8/11/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 537 |
Topic: What shows have you made money on recently? Posted: 10/22/12 at 2:34pm |
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The never ending search. I don't think anyone's asked recently. We've already done "Almost Maine" which is a newer play a lot of groups seem to be doing now. Any others I might have missed? Does Dixie Swim Club draw well for everyone?
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Thudster
Star Joined: 10/16/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 68 |
Posted: 10/23/12 at 12:44am | |
We just put on "Leaving Iowa" and it was our best attendance in years, we actually came out ahead!
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"Hey look! That's my dad up there whacking himself with silverware!"
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edh915
Celebrity Joined: 11/19/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 325 |
Posted: 10/23/12 at 3:34am | |
All of the following had sell-out crowds (or very close to) in the last five years:
Love, Sex, and the IRS Dearly Departed Sordid Lives Dracula Enchanted April Over the River and Through the Woods Somewhere In Between Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) Bus Stop Much Ado About Nothing No real discernible pattern in any of the above, but they were all very well done productions (IMHO) and the public responded. |
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Ogreking4
Player Joined: 2/25/08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22 |
Posted: 10/23/12 at 9:32am | |
"Big Five-Oh"
Anything by Neil Simon
"Funny Money"
"Annie"
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slimjim
Walk-On Joined: 2/27/12 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/23/12 at 2:19pm | |
A fella from MTI mentioned a couple years ago at our annual theatre conference what he refered to as the "THREE CASH COWS" of musical theatre. ANNIE.....SOUND OF MUSIC.....NUNSENSE.
He suggested you can do these 3 shows every 10 years and they are guarenteed money makers.
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jayzehr
Celebrity Joined: 8/11/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 537 |
Posted: 10/23/12 at 2:22pm | |
Thanks for the input!
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Rorgg
Celebrity Joined: 2/10/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 151 |
Posted: 10/24/12 at 3:53pm | |
Whyyyyy?
It must just be the drag thing, as this really is not a good show. I was in a small-house professional production of this a couple of years ago, and our cast was very strong, but it still mostly reminded me of the phrase "polishing a turd."
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Amos Hart
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Posted: 10/24/12 at 10:00pm | |
I've directed "A Little Night Music", which is currently playing in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. We opened last weekend, we have three to go and the entire run is nearly sold out. |
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jayzehr
Celebrity Joined: 8/11/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 537 |
Posted: 10/24/12 at 10:23pm | |
Yeah, I kind of have the same thoughts about it and a lot of the other scripts that appear to be steady money makers. IMO plays like Love, Sex and the IRS or Dearly Departed (which we made a LOT of money on) aren't even on a level with run of the mill contemporary television writing. I'll probably get flamed on this but you can say the same thing about a lot of the Neil Simon warhorses. Last summer I got really excited about the excerpts I read from Somewhere in Between but the script in its entirety didn't really seem cohesive to me and I had no idea how to stage it. Leaving Iowa looks interesting. |
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Raging Thespian
Player Joined: 2/29/12 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 22 |
Posted: 10/31/12 at 12:18pm | |
We did Dixie Swim Club last year and made a ton of money on it. Total box office receipts for the 3 performances was $35,000. Average audience size was 425 @ $27 a ticket.
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