The Addams Family replacing the little mermaid show on Broadway

[unkadug]

Yes the subject mentions broadway, but in the thread it mentions the Addams Family replacing the Voyage of the Little Mermaid. The broadway show is called Disney's the Little Mermaid, not Voyage of the Little Mermaid. It also says attraction and WDW. Now was I really that far off??

I don't mind it being replaced on Broadway, but in WDW, I think the Addams Family replacing the DHS attraction would be a bad idea.

My point is, if the thread had of been read before replying, one would have known that the topic was Broadway, not DHS.

 

[CastleBound]

My point is, if the thread had of been read before replying, one would have known that the topic was Broadway, not DHS.

The thread was directed towards DHS... It was said that since it is being replaced on broadway, will it be replaced at DHS. That is all from the posts, I'm not making it up. My point was saying how I don't like the idea of it being replaced by Addams Family at DHS. Thats it, nothing else. No reason to call people out on what YOU think is right.

 

[JustInTime]

The thread was directed towards DHS... It was said that since it is being replaced on broadway, will it be replaced at DHS. That is all from the posts, I'm not making it up. My point was saying how I don't like the idea of it being replaced by Addams Family at DHS. Thats it, nothing else. No reason to call people out on what YOU think is right.

I think this thread had slot of people confused. No worries.


But a good point either way, why would Disney put Adams Family in the middle of the Animation Courtyard? :shrug:

 

[CastleBound]

I think this thread had slot of people confused. No worries.


But a good point either way, why would Disney put Adams Family in the middle of the Animation Courtyard? :shrug:

Yea definitely haha...

Either way, whether it is on broadway or in DHS, I just can't buy into how they can make the Addams Family a show. Nothing about it, to me, relates to theater. I hate the fact that broadway seems to go towards whatever is popular. "hey this is cool! Lets make a show out of it!!" I dunno, I've seen many broadway shows that relate well, and this doesn't seem like it would.

As for the studios, I can imagine a show like that replacing a Disney show. Even though VotLM may not be great, I would much rather watch that than Fester tap dancing with a hat and cane. Thats my opinion! :wave:

 

[fosse76]

You have no idea where I worked or have worked. You don't know me. If you really think Disney only planned The Little Mermaid to last only a year, than you must be worikng at the Shrek musical.

NOWHERE in my post did I say Disney planned on running The Little Mermaid for only a year, nor was there anyplace in my post where I implied it. Though I DO know that they weren't expecting a very long run and were holding off on the tour.

Disney wants to make profits. That is what they are about. Yes, Wicked might cost alot a week, but if it were not turning profit, it wouldn't be showing still. Thats the bottom line. What happens is, if the show is popular enough, they will take it on tour.

And again, nowher in my post did I say anything contrary to the above. You stated MOST shows tour, and I simply stated they do not. And that is a fact. Very few shows actually go out on tour.

The decision is made often times months in advance.

Try a year. I don't know of any show that went out on tour less than a year after opening on Broadway. Wicked took 2 years.

Then, by the time the tour is announced, the show is ending it's Broadway run for whatever reason.

WRONG and WRONG. Current shows on tour that have current productions on Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Chicago and Mamma Mia!

Most of your list of shows have been on tour for a while and then closed on Broadway.

I was refuting your claim that the shows that tour are concurrently running on Broadway. The shows I listed did not tour until AFTER the Broadway production closed (and ALL were flops, I might add). Obviously that is not the case for every show, but your original post stated it was, and you directly contradict it yourself above.

Show like, Hairspray, Grease, Spamalot and Ave. Q. toured, then closed.

Yes, but with the exception of Grease, those tours ran concurrently with the Broadway production. And Avenue Q doesn't close for another week and a half. Again, I listed those shows that refuted your original claim that most shows tour while still playing on Broadway. My examples disproved it.

(Btw, Wicked had two tours simultaneously this year, I saw them both). Broadway has had a tough year (but still making $$$).

With only two exceptions (Hairspray and Spamalot), the economy was not the cause of closing for most shows this season (as reflected on the better-than-last-year ticket receipts). Most shows were at the end of their life. Spamalot was booted from its theater for Hair, which they lost to another theater for reasons not relevant to our discussion. Hairspray had been dying a slow death for two years, and the downturn in the economy prevented it from picking itself back up.

Disney is barley holding on.

The Lion King continually plays to 99% or higher capacity. Mary Poppins not so much. The Little Mermaid's cost overruns made it impossible to recoup, but it was selling rather well.

Once The Little Mermaid tour ends, we will most likely never see it again. Once again, that is not good.

Not good for who? It is an aweful show, and no one will miss it. It suffers high salaries because of a strike that occurred before it opened. Many of the actors contracts would have expired before opening night, and many were ready to jump ship. So Disney gave away the store to keep them. In the end it cost them the show. Add to that the safety violation fines, accident insurance premiums, and medical bills for an injured castmember and it had no chance.

And by the way, the reviews for the show were very mixed. I personally thought it was weak. :shrug:

They weren't mixed. They were bad.