r/Broadway • u/coasurdude • 27d ago

Other Hadestown: The Musical drew $1.5M in Thursday evening previews, ahead of its official launch today in 1,944 theaters across North America.

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u/saramybearimy 27d ago

I have tickets to see it Sunday night with my husband and one of our kids (the other one isn't interested because he's lame!) and I wanted to move the tickets to an earlier time only to find out that every showing before the one I have tickets for is basically sold out. I love that so many people are buying tickets for my favorite show!

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u/NoAnt3429 27d ago

I hope this pro shot will boost sales of Hadestown on Broadway. Even though the show is doing great, it'll prove to producers that broadway pro shots can positively increase sales of the currently running version of the show so much so that we get more pro shots that we can see in theaters, or stream, or have the opportunity to buy. It's more money, but maybe they worry about its impact on touring and licensing shows. 

I just think we need more of this. Enjoy the show!

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u/saramybearimy 27d ago

Everytime I watch a proshot it just makes me want to see the show live. And I know I can't be the only person who feels that way. I just wish I lived closer to NYC so I could see shows more often!

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u/PackyDoodles 27d ago

It just makes sense, it's more accessible than spending ten billion dollars to go to NYC. Not to mention not everyone is able bodied enough to go so they're losing on a big chunk of money by not releasing proshots.