She just drove home Tuesday…gas near her school 6.89/gallon…oil change 95.00… gotta love it!
She has a Subaru that uses synthetic oil…in NJ, oil change and tire rotation is 50 bucks…regular oil for my Suburban w/rotation is 20 bucks…
Oh, and gas is 4.60 at Costco…I fill my tank at three quarters…even that is almost 50 bucks
I remember talking privately back in 2017 about this. It was assumed that it would have been for Disney Springs until they announced the Main Street Theater that ultimately got cancelled in MK. At the time, it was expected to be along the lines of an Open-ended run of Beauty and the Beast, since when I had initially talked about these plans, was a month after the movie came out. It was expected that the cost of the building would have been in the tune of 70 Million.
Lines up with what I know. BATB was supposed to essentially be slightly reworked and given a trial run until it moved to Broadway (which will likely happen soon anyway). Main Street Theatre would have served a similar purpose, but probably would have had its own original show (not one from Broadway or West End) in the evenings, and probably a daytime show to reduce crowds. The workshop idea makes sense (especially with the number of shows DTP is working on atm), although I'm not sold on the logistics of two different large scale shows sharing the same building, especially if they're set heavy, without major works.
I was not sold the idea of two separate productions sharing the same stage then and I am really not sold now. A lot of the apparent consideration into this belief was that you could run a show like Frozen where while it was moderate for set pieces, it was for the most part thin enough that you could easily place it in another location, outside of what the cast would be on such as the ice bridge and the factor at most of the entire background for the show was a LED Wall. That being said, I couldn't see them being able to do it, if they we're to run for example Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hunchback is definitely a heavier production in terms for the set.
Are there any indications as to why Drawn to Life is underperforming? In its waning years, La Nouba was also struggling to bring in the crowds it once did. I'm seeing DtL on July 5th (after originally having tix to the opening night) and there were a ton of seats available for booking.
LED walls are no substitute for actual sets - you can maybe use it for a daytime show (and have the set-heavy show on at night), but a $90/ticket show should have a physical set. The overuse of a video wall is my biggest issue with Mickey and the Wondrous Book and its similar shows - too much video, not enough set, which makes the entire experience feel more like a castle show, and less like a theatre show. The two have to feel distinct as different types of entertainment - as someone who's written multiple papers on entertainment, and who's writing a book on the development of Disney's live entertainment from a historical perspective, many in ops (post WDE being forced shut) see the two as similar, and try and plan for very similar shows, particularly recently, to save on costs. Which never works out. As for matinees being viable multiple times a week, I don't know if even Disney could turn around two completely different casts that fast, at least enough for it to be optimal (without starting the first show around 2-3 in the afternoon, as opposed to the more standard 3-4 PM for a normal matinee for a singular production, and the 2nd close to 7-8 in the evening), at least with closer to traditional slows. Too logistically difficult for everyone involved. But that's just my opinion!
From my understanding, it's not Disney on Broadway enough for the tourists who don't know cirque, too much Disney for the Cirque fans, and too expansive for the locals. Combine that with higher ticket prices than many would be willing to pay (especially in Orlando, a city not exactly known for its theatre or performances), and it doesn't sell out like Cirque usually does in Vegas (or elsewhere.)
I’m a seasoned Cirque fan (14 shows and counting) so the overuse of Disney is definitely a concern of mine. But to me, it’s no different than LOVE or MJ. I will say I was shocked at how expensive Drawn to Life is compared to La Nouba. I paid close to $200 for my tickets back center, which was insane to me. I’ve sat front row for La Nouba way less.
I'm surprised too. It says a lot when Blue Man group leaves Universal.
LOVE, at least, was much more a blend of the two. At least in my opinion - helps that Beatles music is a lot easier to translate to Cirque than the rather, in my opinion, hamfisted way they translated Disney in this show. Not really knowledgeable on MJ's show, so I won't comment. La Nouba was priced when this was a real experiment, and nobody knew if it would work - especially as it didn't have the "Disney tax" added to it, as it was much more of a Cirque show than a Disney show.
It's my opinion that it was so under-performing enough by the end that Universal decided they could better use the space for other things, and BMG didn't object. BMG being able to make Boston work, but not Orlando, is a bit odd - though it may have to do with theatre space and costs more than anything else. BMG, like Cirque, has steadily retreated to the American market as their primary driver of residential productions - both have steadily retreated since 2008 from their international productions, particularly in Europe and Asia. We could see those kinds of productions return, especially as resident productions are, all in all, more profitable than tours for a number of reasons.
Kinda ironic that they're giving the Brits freebies. Yet, the theatre doesn't sell out and they offer no last minute discounts. Seems a discounted seat would be more valuable than an empty one -- or even the free one.
