2019 - Coming to Broadway "Epic Gay Play"

[edjames]

The show has various discounts available.

 

Show of the Month Exclusive! $79 Orchestra Tickets

//www.broadwaybox.com/shows/inheritance/

 

Valid Thru: January 16, 2020

TICKETS FROM $39!*

http://www.playbill.com/discount/playbill-discounts-for-the-inheritance

 

Rush Tickets: $40.00 - Available at the Box Office only on the day of the performance - Limit 2 tickets per customer - May not be available for all performances - Subject to availability.

https://www.telecharge.com/offerslist.aspx?productid=13020

 

And no doubt day-of-performance tickets available at TKTS in Times Square @ 47th St at reduced prices.

[+ nycman]

New York, a city I do not love any longer, or at least not deeply, not any more.

But you’ve never in all these years experienced the best part of NYC......

 

grin

[Rod Hagen]

But you’ve never in all these years experienced the best part of NYC......

 

grin

 

That is true :-)

[edjames]

Alas, closing notice for March 15 has been posted. Shame, a truly great play.

 

Broadway’s ‘The Inheritance’ to Close on March 15

Acclaimed in London, the two-part play about gay culture and the legacy of AIDS drew a chillier response in New York, where it is set.

 

“The Inheritance,” an ambitious two-part play exploring contemporary gay life, will end its Broadway run on March 15 after a twisty journey that saw the show soar in London but sink in New York.

 

The play, written by Matthew Lopez and directed by Stephen Daldry, was inspired by E.M. Forster’s masterful novel “Howards End,” and similarly explores issues of class and real estate through the intersecting relationships of a small group of people. In “The Inheritance,” which is set in and around New York City, the intergenerational relationships are shadowed by differing experiences of the AIDS epidemic.

 

The play, which began previews Sept. 27 and opened Nov. 17, is presented in two parts, each running nearly 3 hours and 15 minutes. At the time of its closing, there will have been a total of 46 previews and 138 regular performances (each part is counted as a single performance).

 

The play, with Tom Kirdahy, Sonia Friedman and Hunter Arnold as lead producers, was capitalized for about $9.1 million, according to a spokesman, and will close at a loss. It opened in New York to mixed reviews, and struggled at the box office; during the week that ended Feb. 16 it grossed $345,984, which is just 33 percent of its potential, and played to houses that were only half full.

[MscleLovr]

The play.....was capitalized for about $9.1 million....and will close at a loss.

 

I guess that this shows just not only how costly it is to put on a play on Broadway but also how tough it is to make a profit on a drama, no matter how garlanded with praise and good reviews.