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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/20/24
 Jun 8 2025, 11:43:46 PM

EDSOSLO858 said: "See you soon, Betsy Wolfe and Joy Woods!

As expected,Maybe Happy Endingseems to be DOA, and the positive word of mouth that has started to develop probably won’t mean much. I’d like to tryand catch this one before a potential pre-holiday closing.

Also unsustainablenumbers forA Wonderful World.
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Ahem…DOA eh?!? Proud to have had faith in this show from the very beginning!! Go MHE!!


The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025
 Jun 6 2025, 07:44:35 AM

Kad said: "

For me, I think Paulson’s canvassing rules out the idea of Jasmine Amy Rogers pulling a dark horse victory. She would need support that would have shown up here."

Yeah gonna go change my predictions where I can in re: to Jasmine. Seems the two lead candidates are so far ahead that the remaining 75% or so won’t change much.

Also, might go back and go with my initial gut feeling of JPITV for Best Play. Seems it’s in the r


The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025
 May 1 2025, 01:59:45 PM

CoffeeBreak said: "djoko84 said: "Helen J Shen is the biggest snub of the day especially since MHE is going to win Best Musical and a lot of other awards."

Eh, her competition was better (including the not nominated Robyn Hurder). For a robot, of any version, she played the role like a human and didn't have much wattage. Not surprised by this at all.

MHE doesn't have Best Musical wrapped up in any way now. Maybe last Fall or mid winter


The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025
 May 1 2025, 01:29:59 PM

ElephantLoveMedley said: "I might get crucified for asking this, but are we all really so confident that Maybe Happy Ending is the heavy frontrunner for Best Musical? Death Becomes Her and Buena Vista got the same number of nominations as MHE. Death Becomes Her also edged out Shen in Best Actress to get both of their leads nominated. Buena Vista even got a Special Tony. I honestlythink Best Musical is much more competitivethan some on here believe."

For a lot of


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/29/24
 Dec 31 2024, 03:43:52 PM

BCfitasafiddle said: "Why would Elf be down in attendance this week? I'm puzzled by that."

Yeah…how does ELF of all shows have a drop in attendance this week? Maybe a slight lack of interest after actual Christmas Day? 


MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews
 Dec 16 2024, 03:25:44 PM

Fordham2015 said: "I got a mailer for this show today, but it's only good for performances through next Sunday 12/22. Not the best long-term strategy..."

If it’s the HAPPYMAIL flier then it’s valid for all performances through May 25 with Xmas week being the only exception. Just have to book using the code by Jan 5. 


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/8/24
 Dec 10 2024, 04:58:00 PM

binau said: "Do we think Maybe Happy Ending is making a profit? If this was 10 years ago I would suggest it would be and the show had legs, but now I am concerned. I’ll admit, I am super impressed at the turnaround and it’s more than I ever would have predicted but is it enough? And the dead of January is  imminent.

Now they’re surviving to stay afloat and I can imagine sharks swarming around the theatre for something in the spring.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/8/24
 Dec 10 2024, 04:49:21 PM

EDSOSLO858 said: "Credit CABARET and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING for holding rather firm this week."

Yeah if it hadn’t been for MHE announcing the true sellouts on Saturday I probably would have been thrilled with such a hold after a holiday.

After all, I’d give it a guess that the difference between the apparent weekend sellouts that MHE has had in recent weeks and the announced ones on Saturday was maybe…20-30 seats?? Those two performances co


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/8/24
 Dec 10 2024, 04:05:53 PM

Won’t lie…with the announcement of the first two TRUE sellouts on Saturday for Maybe Happy Ending I was hoping for a bit better this week…

HOWEVER I did know that the weekday shows didn’t sell as well as the weekend shows did, a small dip was expected after Thanksgiving AND the midweek shows (especially tonight) seem to be selling better. Hoping the weekend momentum from this past weekend continues into the week and through the holidays. 


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/1/24
 Dec 3 2024, 03:07:14 PM

Ravanne_1 said: "IdinaBellFoster said: "Thrilled to see MAYBE HAPPY ENDING gaining momentum!"

This is mostly really good news for MHE. Average ticket price is finally over $100 and they broke the $700k mark for the week. But it something of a mixed back because despite being a holiday week, capacity was at 88%. Still, these are much better numbers for MHE and this is the first week that they came close to (or actually managed to) cover their operating co


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/1/24
 Dec 3 2024, 03:00:15 PM

IdinaBellFoster said: "TigerBait88 said: "Yes yes Debbie Downers…we know this isn’t quite a money making week for Maybe Happy Ending but it’s continued improvement and shows a 750k/90% week is within reach. Baby steps…I believe this show can make it!!"

What makes their operating costs so high for such a small cast? Is it due to the technical elements?
"

Yes and the higher rent/operating costs (or so I’ve re


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/1/24
 Dec 3 2024, 02:52:44 PM

Yes yes Debbie Downers…we know this isn’t quite a money making week for Maybe Happy Ending but it’s continued improvement and shows a 750k/90% week is within reach. Baby steps…I believe this show can make it!! 


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 04:56:42 PM

Amy Archer said: “ I am not moving the goal posts, and do not care one way or anotherabout the fate of thatparticular show. The figure I quoted is from someone involved on the financial end of MHE, rather than the notoriously unreliable poster on Reddit, who makes up his own breakeven figures."

I get you’re a long time poster but this is basically the equivalent of saying your source is “Trust me, bro.” At least I admit the Reddit guy may


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 04:41:21 PM

MemorableUserName said: "TigerBait88 said: "Also, it says a lot about this show that MHE is getting almost all of the discussion vs Swept Way/Wonderful World struggling as well. I’m still hopeful that MHE will be ok for at least a little while."

It really has been fascinating to watch the vultures circling this show andwaiting for a closing announcement in a way I haven't reallyseen for another show in a while, not even Tammy Faye. It's und


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 04:31:57 PM

Amy Archer said: "The breakeven figure for MHE that I had heard from someone involved is $750K."

So we’re just gonna keep moving the goal posts on this aren’t we? 
 

I was gonna leave this alone but let’s say this is true…they’d need to get about 91% capacity at $105 a ticket to get there. Would take another big jump but not impossible this week especially if they sell out tonight.  Hope the progress cont


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 02:55:24 PM

Ok fine I’ll concede that MHE definitely lost money this week.

The last thing I’ll say about MHE is this: I’m glad they had their best week financially so far despite the drop in capacity. As expected with the holiday, this week’s weekday shows seem to be selling better than last week which is all that matters. Hoping this show can inch higher and higher through the holidays and then we can see what happens from then. Fingers crossed for the


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 02:45:24 PM

BdwyFan said: "You gotta account for theater rent percentage and minimum royalties. That gets added to the weekly operating costs. Why does everyone forget those costs? "

Pretty sure the college student who does the grosses breakdown on r/broadway DOES account for that. Again, I’m just trying to be positive about MHE posting their best financial week yet even if that’s a low bar. If someone wants to go argue the MHE operating number with the guy on Reddit


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 02:36:08 PM

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "TigerBait88 said: "Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogsand the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes from so I’m not talking out of my a*s but I saw no pushback to that new number last week.
"

Unless no one is taking royalties that number is impossible for any musical re: operating weekly costs
"

The 540k number is the number listed again this week. If someone wants to ask this guy where that number is coming from go ahead because I’m not gonna create a Reddit account just to do that…haha


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 02:29:01 PM

Bobster159 said: "Can you link to these? Because their operating docs had numbers very different from this and no amount of trimming would have got them to anything like this number."

All I know is that this show has been discussed to no end on r/broadway as well as other blogs and the operating cost was revised from 680k to 540k last week both on there and elsewhere I saw it mentioned so I took it as gospel. I’ll take a look at where this number comes fro


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/24/24
 Nov 26 2024, 02:11:12 PM

Bobster159 said: "TigerBait88 said: "I’ll take this as a win for Maybe Happy Ending. Up about 150k and (according to multiple sources with their operating costs) a profitable week even if it’s slim. Lots of shows took dips in attendance this week. Not gonna sweat that if they did finally make a profit this week. Hoping this is the start of a good holiday season for the show!"

a great uptick but that is nowhere near their break even. Despite c


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