Broadway61004 said: "The part I'm still curious about with Jellicle Ball is how the out of town voters are going to perceive it. NY ballroom culture is a VERY New York specific thing. Is this production's interpretation going to have the same impact on a road house owner voter in Omaha that it does here? Maybe it does, but it's at least worth considering. And in a race this tight, that could potentially be enough to shift it one way or another."
I don't have an exact count for this year, but the "road voters" are typically about 100 people out of 800.
- They don't all vote based on what they think their subscribers will like.
- Some of them have investments in shows.
- Some are in quite liberal markets. Some are not. But CATS would probably skip the deep-red states anyways.
- ALW has made them a lot of money over the years.
- The thinking can also be that a more "challenging" show needs a win to help it on the road.
Some of the points above contradict other points. But this is an industry of contradictions.
One of the reasons why the Road Conference is such a big thing is not just because of those ~100 "road voters", it's because their marketing and sales people are in town also to see shows for future touring seasons, and it's a big coming-together of various Broadway League members (Broadway producers and GMs in addition to people who work in touring markets) where they all gab about their faves and go to parties and panels and see shows.
Updated On: 5/5/26 at 11:32 AM