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Posted: 10/21/09 at 12:12am
Lots of interesting info in this article. Part of it:
>>>Last week the show sold $1.239 million worth of tickets, besting the blockbuster musical “Jersey Boys” by almost $80,000. Only three shows, all musicals running in much larger theaters, took in more. “A Steady Rain” further proved its box-office mettle with the highest average per-ticket cost, $146.93, of any show, musicals included.
Broadway Record
It holds the record for highest single-week ticket sales of any non-musical in Broadway history, despite the fact that many critics struggled to find anything good to say about the play itself. Such nitpicking is of little concern to the producers.
“It goes without saying that the show will make a substantial profit,” said Fred Zollo, the lead producer, who confirmed my figures. “Our investors are people who take pleasure in the theater and, yes, they want to make a profit.”
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>>>Last week the show sold $1.239 million worth of tickets, besting the blockbuster musical “Jersey Boys” by almost $80,000. Only three shows, all musicals running in much larger theaters, took in more. “A Steady Rain” further proved its box-office mettle with the highest average per-ticket cost, $146.93, of any show, musicals included.
Broadway Record
It holds the record for highest single-week ticket sales of any non-musical in Broadway history, despite the fact that many critics struggled to find anything good to say about the play itself. Such nitpicking is of little concern to the producers.
“It goes without saying that the show will make a substantial profit,” said Fred Zollo, the lead producer, who confirmed my figures. “Our investors are people who take pleasure in the theater and, yes, they want to make a profit.”
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