What is/was the longest running Australian musical?
Mon, 27 Aug 2007, 09:38 amAussieMT13 posts in thread
What is/was the longest running Australian musical?
Mon, 27 Aug 2007, 09:38 amHi Folks
I'm trying to find out what the longest running Australian musical is/was. By Australian musical I mean show that originated in Australia, not an import. Think Dusty, the first Boy From Oz, Priscilla, Dirty Dancing etc, not shows like Les Mis or Phantom.
All feedback will be appreciated!
Cheers.
My feelings on TBFO - a
Wed, 29 Aug 2007, 01:51 pmWalter Plinge
My feelings on TBFO - a great show, a hit in Australia, but not a hit on Broadway. It isn't a hit if it makes it's money back 4 days before it closes. The backers could have left their money in a bank for the same period - 12 months, and got a better return.
Guess it depends on one's definitions. I think a fair definition is that provided by Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein in the documentary series "Broadway -- The Golden Years." To paraphrase - a hit Broadway show is one that's highly profitable.
Breaking even is not "highly profitable."
Consider an actual Broadway "hit" -
Spring Awakening. At it's break even point, it had a box office advance worth "...between $3.5 and $4 million."
Source:
Http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110617.html
Perhaps the final word should be left to the unofficial bible of Broadway - The New York Times which described TBFO as neither a "...critical hit or a box-office blockbuster."
Source:
www.theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=940DEED6133EF93BA15756C0A9629C8B63