ReviewJournal.com: "What bombs in Vegas stays in Vegas -- often for a year or more.
And that makes a bomb more difficult to sniff out here than it is on Broadway, where ticket-buyers rule after producers raise enough money just to get a show through previews."
3 comments:
Flopping is always an interesting idea to me. It seems that looking back at these shows and some other famous flops from Broadway- the shows were almost destined to fail. The thing that gets me is if you don't believe in it and see it as a commercial investment... then don't produce it! Millions is spent on shows that the producers dont believe in. Dont produce them. If you believe in it and can pitch it to others and get them on board, then and only then do you know you have a good show on your hands. If you don't do this or get a good response, then it is gonna flop. Be smart, learn and believe in what you are doing!
I think that flops are just as important to the theate industry. They show the world what isn't right in terms theater and entertainment and what the world is willing to accept. I think that often times flops allow for more exciting and new theater to be mad in it's wake. I think that people often timessee flops as failures, but I think that in the end, people often learn a lot from these failures
Flops are interesting. I like how this article points out the difference between the general system in Las Vegas versus on Broadway. I think it makes more sense to give shows a little bit longer of a try before closing, although something like a year is far too long. Of the list of flops in the article, I found the Point Break Live! to be really interesting. It really goes along with the cult film ideal of audience participation, although it seems like there could have been a better selection system. Also of all cult films, it has an extremely limited appeal.
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