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Thursday, May 08, 2008 --- 61 days ago http://gothamist.com/2008/05/08/broadways_glory.php
| Glory Days , the new musical written by a pair of twenty-somethings from Virginia , closed after its official opening night last night, joining such Broadway flops as Moose Murders and Teaneck Tanzi in the illustrious "Open/Close Club." The negative reviews proved too much for producers, who chose to pull the plug and eat their $2.5 million investment. In writing his delicate pan, Ben Brantley noted that the producers “have done this little, hopeful show no favors by dragging it into a spotlight that invites close and unforgiving inspection.”
While Glory Days was no great theatrical revelation, the failure does highlight the dumbed-down economics of Broadway, where a phenomenal rock musical like Passing Strange receives widespread critical acclaim but plays at 44.8% capacity. Straight plays have it even harder; Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming , which starred Ian McShane, opened to rave reviews but couldn’t sell enough tickets to break even, while August: Osage County won the Pulitzer but was playing to half-empty houses before moving to a smaller theater.
So what do Broadway producers have to do to not lose their shirts? According to the Broadway League stats , churn out more Jersey Boys and Phantom s, which still perform for packed houses night after night after night and help pump billions into the city's economy . ... |
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