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Post by danb on Oct 21, 2024 17:26:04 GMT
One cameo, on BTTF Day……… hardly a regular thing. No mention of any future plans for cameos in that article. 100 min versions of musicals are becoming the norm now to get them onto cruise ships. I think it’s a great idea. It beats having to come up with original entertainment I guess, but having to recreate that staging on a smaller onboard stage might prove tricky. |
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Post by erik24601 on Oct 21, 2024 17:39:20 GMT
Yes I’m intrigued to know how they will do it.
How was Beetlejuice achieved on board?
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Post by Ade on Oct 21, 2024 20:39:06 GMT
One cameo, on BTTF Day……… hardly a regular thing. No mention of any future plans for cameos in that article. 100 min versions of musicals are becoming the norm now to get them onto cruise ships. I think it’s a great idea. It beats having to come up with original entertainment I guess, but having to recreate that staging on a smaller onboard stage might prove tricky. Looking at the tech on the Icon of the Seas (which this ship is a sister of) I’m not sure it’s that much of a difference in size or capability. The clips I’ve seen of Wizard of Oz on there look far more complex than the recent Palladium/Curve production. |
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Post by erik24601 on Oct 22, 2024 14:28:13 GMT
Anybody see Leigh Francis last night?
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Post by fansylvanians on Oct 23, 2024 19:58:21 GMT
Anybody see Leigh Francis last night? I didn't see him, but credit where credit's due, he shaved his head for one show as can be seen on Instagram. He didn't, however, use the hoverboard in the curtain call. I'm told, by a very reliable source, he's a massive BTTF fan. |
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Post by Matt on Oct 23, 2024 21:17:34 GMT
Anybody see Leigh Francis last night? I didn't see him, but credit where credit's due, he shaved his head for one show as can be seen on Instagram. He didn't, however, use the hoverboard in the curtain call. I'm told, by a very reliable source, he's a massive BTTF fan. It was a wig cap. |
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Post by Paulw on Oct 23, 2024 21:21:10 GMT
Anybody see Leigh Francis last night? I did a thought he did very well, a bit of a strange one as he didn’t come on for the Enchantment Under The Sea bit and that was the usual person that plays that role. He didn’t shave his head it was a bails head price (I was close enough to see the make up lines) He was involved in feedback on the workshop for this due to being a massive fan as Bob Gayle mentioned at the end, yes there was speeches again but Leigh spoke very well about the cast and thanked them and the audience for supporting the show. A few empty seats and a strange audience with some questionable behaviour but not as strange as something I saw at The Lion King last night but that’s for another thread! 4 stars for Monday for this as it was an enjoyable evening |
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Post by theatrenerd on Oct 24, 2024 13:59:14 GMT
From what I can see from socials, Bob Gale appeared on BTTF Day at both the London and Broadway productions… does he have a DeLorean himself?!… 👀
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2024 22:50:17 GMT
Closing.
Well in New York after 500 performances. Guess this has made a loss on Broadway then, but will make money easily on tour?
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 24, 2024 22:56:35 GMT
In a much scaled down version I'd expect sk.
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Post by blamerobots on Oct 24, 2024 23:09:46 GMT
They shot the tour off really quick to collect money so I assume that'll just rock around as it's much cheaper to run.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2024 23:31:50 GMT
The business model is vastly different on tour, I wouldn’t think the theatre owners would accept a scaled back show. Saying that the only think remarkable about the show set wise and that is the car and you cannot really scale that back.
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Post by ceebee on Oct 25, 2024 5:46:55 GMT
Closing. Well in New York after 500 performances. Guess this has made a loss on Broadway then, but will make money easily on tour? It made 80 million dollars - plus London has been in profit for quite a while despite lower sales. |
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Post by normasturban on Oct 25, 2024 7:49:23 GMT
It grossed 80 million but certainly won’t have even slightly recouped with its high weekly running costs.
The London run has been much more successful but I wonder how much steam it has left. The name value of the property would mean gangbusters on tour.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 26, 2024 21:57:23 GMT
So saw Back to the Future tonight.
It got me thinking about Broadway finances what was alluded to above, a musical to run on Broadway costs around $20 -30m to put on and another $1m a week to run a show. So with that figure that it has made $80m on Broadway. There is no getting away from it, that to run a show the day to day costs would come in about $1m, running shows on Broadway is very expensive, eye watering so. However this came to Broadway as a developed show as it was developed in that famous theatre district of Manchester. It would be a lot cheaper to develop a show in Manchester and/or London.
So wondering if the producers made a significant savings by developing the show in the UK, so that figure I quoted $20 - $30m if that figure has came down significantly?
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Post by normasturban on Oct 27, 2024 11:44:28 GMT
Broadway capitalisation was 23.5 million. Weekly breakeven was around 1 million meaning it made profit 48 weeks and lost money around 21 weeks. Roughly.
The development costs will have been shouldered by London which has been successful but mounting anything on Broadway is an expensive endeavour.
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