The “Will It Recoup” Winner!

By Ken Davenport

In case you haven’t noticed, summer is already winding down. And that means the tourists are starting to head out of town, a few shows will be closing, and . . . it also means that it’s time to announce the winner of the first ever Broadway Fantasy Investment Game!

Back in freezing February, we looked at 9 limited run revivals and tried to determine which one(s) would make its money back.

Here are the final results of what did and didn’t make money this Spring, based on what has been announced in the press, what hasn’t been announced in the press, and a few inside sources:

33 Variations – NO

Impressionism – NO

Blithe Spirit – YES

God of Carnage – YES
Exit The King – NO
Irena’s Vow – NO
Reasons to be Pretty – NO
Mary Stuart – NO
Norman Conquests – NO

So who won?

Well, we had FIVE people pick the winners/losers perfectly. Yep, this one came down to a tie breaker.

And the winner of the brand new iPhone 3S (which is awesome, by the way), is . . .

TOM LOMBARDI!

Congrats, Tom. Your gift certificate will be in your inbox shortly!

A big shout out to the other four readers who would have made a bundle this Spring: Michael Height, Ari, Dave Beef (something tells me that’s not his real name) and Megan. You guys have got the goods.

And for the rest of you, don’t beat yourself up. A huge majority picked at least one of the recoupers, and that’s pretty dang good.

In fact, if you were among the over 25% that thought that God of Carnage would recoup its investment, you’d be sitting pretty, because that investment would have paid for some of your other losers and then some.

Congrats, Tom!

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