Broadway vs. American Idol

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:20am

I got this from my friend Lauren.


Attendance for all Broadway shows in 2005:
11.98 million.

Viewers for American Idol 5 debut episode:
35.5 million

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:38am

You mean more people will sit on their living room couch to see something that's free than travel to see something they have to pay for? Color me shocked.

[sadiem100]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:39am

Ew. Not surprised...but ew.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:42am

It's not like running off to NYC to see shows is something everyone with a television set is capable of doing.

[Craig]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 11:45am

television is also unlimited in audience. There are only so many seats on broadway.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:11pm

Ha. I thought this was going to be a thread comparing the contestants on American Idol with those in Broadway World Idol.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:13pm

If that was the case, I think we would've all run away in terror.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:18pm

I think considering all factors those numbers are VERY good for Broadway.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 3/23/06 at 12:23pm

Plus there's the tidbit I learned from watching Broadway: The American Musical--

Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Miss Saigon have grossed more money worldwide than Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and Titanic combined.

Cameron Macintosh--the antichrist? Perhaps. But he sure as hell knows how to market a show.