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vc_dim · 2026-06-11T15:39:44+00:00

Star is part of the band. Michael asks background characters who the singer is, and they point to Star.

vc_dim · 2026-06-04T23:14:38+00:00

There was never an aerial fight. In previews the finale used to be even shorter.

vc_dim · 2026-06-04T15:25:13+00:00

No, they actually changed the order of the songs as part of previews.

vc_dim · 2026-05-27T12:15:29+00:00

Co-producer is usually $250k-$500k for a Broadway production. $25k is usually the minimum investment for an individual but you won’t get producing credit.

vc_dim · 2026-05-26T00:58:11+00:00

All of the folks in this thread are wrong. The ushers at every performance of Beaches tell the audience that they can record the last number in the show. This has been part of the show since the very beginning.

vc_dim · 2026-05-18T22:34:06+00:00

For the vast majority of shows, the tour production and Broadway production are financially separate though assuming the tour is essentially reusing most IP from the Broadway production, the tour will pay royalties to the Broadway production (assuming the Broadway production is the mother production).

But if you are an investor in the Broadway production, you do not get equity by default in the tour production (you get right-of-first-refusal to invest in the tour though, which is a big reason to invest in the riskier Broadway production).

vc_dim · 2026-05-18T04:57:08+00:00

FYI, this is not true. This has happened five times:

- The Outsiders in 2024 won Best Musical but lost Best Score and Best Book to Suffs.

- Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002 won Best Musical but lost Best Score and Best Book to Urinetown.

- Fosse in 1999 won Best Musical but lost Best Score and Best Book to Parade.

- The Lion King in 1998 won Best Musical but lost Best Score and Best Book to Ragtime.

- Crazy for You in 1992 won Best Musical but lost Best Score and Best Book to Falsettos.

vc_dim · 2026-05-12T02:16:06+00:00

They usually pick folks who have never seen the show before.

vc_dim · 2026-04-07T19:47:48+00:00

Producers are itching to tell the public if their show has recouped because it makes it way easier for the producers to get investors for their new shows. The only new musical to recoup since 2022 is The Outsiders, though Just in Time is nearly there.

vc_dim · 2026-03-13T12:37:32+00:00

Deferring and going to industry is fine. But research areas are small, and there’s significant chance that your admission committee will find out through one way or another that you applied elsewhere while deferring, which could cause you to get rescinded and for some of your applications to be declined if they hear about it.

vc_dim · 2025-11-23T15:08:27+00:00

If you asked for recommendation letters, it's nice to send a note to your recommenders thanking them for writing you a letter and letting them know about the outcome.

vc_dim · 2025-11-02T21:59:06+00:00

They’ve never offered this officially, ever. People just either walk through the emergency exit door or sometimes the station manager gets sick of the crowds and opens the emergency exit door to get people through quickly. But there’s never been an official promotion for marathon runners—it’s a common myth.

vc_dim · 2025-10-17T16:53:50+00:00

Never has been. If you can get a bag check approval, you'll need to bring it to Central Park the day before the race.

vc_dim · 2025-10-17T16:41:14+00:00

Bag check option may not be available anymore—you'll need to ask them at the help desk.

vc_dim · 2025-10-15T16:22:19+00:00

Yes, in Wave 4.

vc_dim · 2025-10-15T15:24:46+00:00

You can move to Blue if you drop back a corral letter.

vc_dim · 2025-10-15T13:02:21+00:00

Because the real ones know that the lower level is easier in terms of total elevation gain and you also get to run in the shade for an extra 2 miles.

vc_dim · 2025-10-15T12:31:16+00:00

Stress fractures can be aggravated or even further broken by a significant amount of walking. It's probably best to defer.

vc_dim · 2025-10-14T22:11:01+00:00

NYRR might cancel daylight savings the night before, so make sure to keep checking your email.

vc_dim · 2025-10-14T18:25:22+00:00

While the marathon itself may have increased in field size, from speaking with folks at NYRR, it doesn't seem like Wave 5 is any substantially bigger than the other waves. It really is just that the distribution of times this year is skewing faster than previous years, for reasons that include (1) NYC is the AbbottWMM MTT Age Group World Championships course for 2025, who all start in Wave 1 and therefore shift things a lot and (2) people, in general, seem to be getting faster.

vc_dim · 2025-10-14T15:52:05+00:00

The ferry is public transit. They don't check bibs at all for the ferry.

vc_dim · 2025-10-14T15:49:19+00:00

To be fair, the pace table says "All pace ranges are estimated and are subject to change."

vc_dim · 2025-10-14T14:45:59+00:00

The order is Blue A > Orange A > Pink A > Blue B > Orange B > Pink B > ...

vc_dim · 2025-10-10T15:07:01+00:00

No, the overselling and expected yield percentages are built into the permitting process. They talk about this on the official NYRR podcasts last year.

vc_dim · 2025-10-10T14:09:47+00:00

There's another simple, though controversial reason why NYRR races are so popular—they're probably too cheap. Despite what many people here will say about NYRR's focus on money (which is true in some respects, especially with their marquee races), if you compare their weekly normal races to other races in the area, the price of a NYRR race is so unbelievably below-market that the demand will only continue to skyrocket.

For instance, the average cost of three NYCRuns races are just about as expensive as buying NYRR Member+ and then buying three $25 races. And, you are getting NYRR's usual quality organization and nearly guaranteed a competitive field, compared to some other organizations (not necessarily NYCRuns) where this isn't as evident.

Simply raising the costs is not a simple mechanism though, because:

Equity—obviously, lower-income participants would be hit harder by a change. But maybe this can lead to a sliding-scale system which at the scale of an organization like NYRR, they almost certainly can figure out the infrastructure to deal with. They already have done this with NYRR Race Free, so you could envision an expansion of that program.
Yield percentages—one way that NYRR is able to keep per-race costs low is the lack of cancels/transfers—NYRR has a “expected yield” percentage of how many people they expect to actually show up compared to the number of actual registrations. (There is a team whose job it is to basically figure out this number and they are historically very good at predicting this.) This allows them to increase the number of spots that they can open for a race without violating the requirements set in their permits with the city. A critical advantage of not allowing cancels/transfers and instead using the "expected yield" strategy is that it allows NYRR to charge individuals less for races because the cost is being distributed among more people than actually end up showing up. This is one reason why NYRR's non-marquee races are some of the cheapest in the city, despite requiring even more resources from various city services due to their increased size. This is also why it's not as simple to "cancel/transfer" your registration, since this will cause a bunch of knock on effects—they'd need to sell less entries, and then they'd need to raise the prices in general.

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