Why Can’t Broadway Have One-Hit Wonders?
After only one show, the Broadway show Glory Days has been cancelled. One show. Well, one show and very sad ticket sales. The fact is, it had 17 performances in preview with, including a run at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA which got good reviews.
It’s got to be heartbreaking for first-time authors and actors Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner, both in their early 20’s, to have come so close to their dream only to have it shut down. Of course, they’ve got lots of opportunities to continue their Broadway career - hell, Gabriel Byrne didn’t get his break until age 40 - but it’s still got to be depressing, even if there is some sort of Producers-like strategy going on with the money men.
It doesn’t exactly seem fair, though. I was reading about Los del Rio and the song “The Macarena.” While they were successful musicians, that was arguably their only hit. Yet because of it, in 2003 they made $250,000 in royalties - eight years after the song was first released. Basically, they’re set for life based on one song.
Developing a play is arguably much harder. And yet it’s unlikely that Glory Days will net the auteurs anything more, in spite of their good reviews in VA.
So…I salute them, at least for their efforts. And wish them luck next time.
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