Profile for Jonathan Cohen

Yes, for sure people use Wikipedia to learn about public figures they no zero about. However, for that to happen at scale is actually pretty rare. I can give a quick example - JD Vance had 6.5 million page views on his Wikipedia page on July 15. He was already a public figure but when he became the Republican VP nominee, but there legitimately were millions of people learning who he was for the first time. 

However around entertainment, there's less of a monoculture

• I pulled the data from the ListenFirst social media analytics platform. If a performer doesn't have a Wikipedia page or ListenFirst wasn't already tracking their Wikipedia page, I couldn't include their data. For example, James Monroe Iglehart (A Wonderful World) has a Wikipedia page but I didn't have access to that data. 
• Objective popularity does not mean relevant popularity. For example, Zoey Deutch getting

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There's often a lot of talk on this board around casting decisions, about which actor is most famous and will have the greatest impact on ticket sales. Most of the time, those conversations are driven by anecdotal evidence; assuming if I've heard of someone, they're famous. If I haven't, they're not. 

However, I was curious to objectively find who on Broadway has the most name recognition, and got the answer by at least by one metric. I looked up how many

BrodyFosse123 said: "Ke3 said: "rosscoe(au) said: "No one remembers the Mean Girls movie for good reason."

That movie was extremely successful and the audience it was aiming for is very much stilltalking about it/its stars."

I’m right up there with rosscoe(au). The MEAN GIRLS musical film adaptation definitely quickly sparked and fizzled. I’ve yet to watch it as I forget it exists. It was much talked about when i

veronicamae said: "You can check the weekly grosses year over year here on BWW."

Those are weekly grosses and the Jewish holidays we're really talking about, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are 1 or 2 days long. Unless you were looking at single day data, it would be impossible to figure it out. 

My guess though is if you were seeking a ticket to a Jewish themed show, it's reasonable to assume less people would show up during a big ho

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Saddest news I’ve heard this week is that the Light Night Music revival with Julie andrews and cate Blanchett that Rudin was working on was now officially killed.


as well yes. Maggie Smith has officially retired from any stage work.


all very sad that the greats are done"

Julie Andrews has almost no vocal range because of a botched operation on her vocal cords decades ago. Unfortunately, any rumor involving

The Distinctive Baritone said: "I am now curious if Borle got the money Rannels was asking for but the producers wouldn’t give him. Borle is a bigger star with two Tony Awards, so I’m guessing…yes. I even have to wonder if Borle had expressed interest in the role during Rannels’ negotiations, which is why they were willing to let him walk away…"

I'm a big fan of Borle and he's a name among Broadway fans. But Rannells

stagepotato said: "I’m at the matinee now. The website states children under 4 are not allowed yet someone has a 2 or 3 year old with them. I think it’s someone in the cast’s family member which doesn’t give it a pass. The kid is clearly not ready for theatre since mom has left several times during act 1 to calm the child down"

I actively have a three-year-old and would never do this. For example, I saw the show last night and my wife is going

TotallyEffed said: "singer234 said: "Are Josh Henry and Nick Edwards Jewish? I don't recall people freaking out their Jamies, but it's doomsday for Nick Jonas on Twitter?"

Josh Henry did a (one night?) concert. During The Schmuel Song the audience startedlaughing at his horrendous Yiddish accent and even he broke character and started laughing. We all understood this was a one time thing to hear those two amazing performers sing and act that show

TheatreMonkey said: "Jonathan Cohen said: "starlightlocamotion said: "Wonder if they would pull the plug all together now?"

They have to find a name as commercial on Broadway asRannells, who is willing to work for less thanRannells. With performances starting in October.

Pulling the plug certainly should be on the table."

That only holds water if Rannells was the most famous name involved -- I think Elton John wou

ColorTheHours048 said: "So you’re saying there’s still a chanceStereophoniccould perform?

What I’m saying is you never know what’s gonna happen on the Tony Awards.”

This is such a stupid non-answer. Just say you made a mistake not allowing one of the biggest commercial hits of the year to perform and that you’ve made a change. Why the mystery?"

Yeah.