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Nice to see King Charles being one of the few shows with a post! holiday bump in both attendance and gross. I guess the word is finally getting out

I take back my statement on recouping. $18 million is an enormous investment. Not saying it won't, but it will take a lot, especially in a season with several very strong musicals. 

With a weekly nut of nearly $800K, this show will need to run for 3 years in order to recoup. But it sure is doing well out of the gate...

Hmmm, I didn't know it was that high. Do you happen to know what its capitalization was?

This show is kicking ass at the box office. It will almost certainly recoup. 

Someone in a Tree2 said: "Recommend:
THE KING AND I

THERESE RAQUIN

Disrecommend:

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

KING CHARLES III

Couldn't disagree more. King Charles is probably one of the best plays on broadway in the past couple of years. 

BroadwayConcierge said: "Wait, how are people not more blown away by someone locating a freaking SEC securities form that might foreshadow a Broadway revival? I am floored.

As much as I appreciate the praise, it really wasn't that hard. Was bored and simply searched Smokey Joe's Cafe Broadway Revival on google. 

You can also use this page to more quickly find such information about any company (broadway or not):

http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm

There's been rumblings of this happening for a while. But now it seems like there is finally some evidence that money is starting to be raised. 

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660661/000166066115000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml

ACL2006 said: "the show seems to be selling out now. anyone know if they've been offering SRO??

According to their website, they do on sold out performances for $30. 

tazber said: "The Elephant Man is not about mental illness.

Yes, Joseph Merrick did mostly suffer from a physical deformity, but it seemed to me there was also an element of mental illness there as well. But maybe I'm wrong.  

"

I've always loved productions involving mental illness, and I wish there were more. Next to normal and Elephant Man were quite good. I also fondly remember a revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 15 or so years ago. I never saw it though. There are so many theater adaptations from great movies that can be done. 

Anyway, what is your favorite?

Sauja said: "The grosses for Charles III and A View from the Bridge are really depressing. Both hovering around 50% of their potential gross with lots of empty seats in spite of nearly universal acclaim for both. They're also two of my favorites shows of the year, so I wish they were doing better. 

Call_me_jorge said: "How is AAIP grossing over a million dollars while only having a capacity of 65%?

Because the theater is large, and it has one of the highest average ticket prices. 

At this point it looks like the logical choice for Allegiance is to close on January 4th. They must be loosing so much money every week which is unfortunate because I actually liked the show. 

Also, I agree the reviews must really be getting to China Doll, but it is still doing pretty well considering its exorbitant average ticket price. I know they must be paying Pacino a lot, but you would think they would still be making plenty of money even with the decrease. 

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin

I agree, I'm pretty disappointed with the Something Rotten cover. They turned a pretty good cover into a horrible one. And Allegiance looks great--perhaps even better than its original one. 

I should have also asked about your least theatre. Also, why Niel Simon?

Including Lincoln Center

Huffington Post seems to be positive as well?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-suskin/aisle-view-penn--teller-b_b_7781858.html

Doesn't Broadway World usually come out with an article summarizing all the reviews?

Not sure if this show has a different policy, but usually, House Seats at the Booth are the front row of the mezzanine. So I would go for center Mezz for sure