B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
tkts
Broadway Star Joined: 8/26/03
#0B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 5:59pm
Week ending May 15th.
Brooklyn gross $169,541 at 42.8%
Little Women gross $281,982 at 44.0%
Cake or death?
#2re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:03pm
How IS LITTLE WOMEN? I know BKLYN is mixed/not so good/nice fanbase, however I have only heard LW is excellent from a friend, who is biased.
If Sutton wins the Tony, maybe it'll stay open a little longer.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#3re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:04pmLittle Women is okay, but not "Astonishing"
#4re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:04pmThat's a rather large "if" CapnHook.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#5re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:05pmlittle women is leagues above brooklyn.
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#6re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:15pm
*a-HEM* CapnHook~
Me? Biased? Never!!
I LOVE Little Women, but I do realize that it isn't a masterpiece. A large part of what makes me love it are the performances (especially Sutton's). The songs, I admit, are not that memorable the first time, but I do really enjoy the score, and I love the OBCR. You should go see it for yourself. I'll take you!!!
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#7re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:17pm
Your avatar says it all. 
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
WickedShopofQ
Stand-by Joined: 4/18/05
#8re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:21pm
Do you think the RENT movie will help it in gross term and attendence as did the POTO movie and Chicago did?
i hope so
...Please understand that it's still strange and frightning...
#9re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:36pmOf course it will. No question. Definitely won't hurt it.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#10re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 6:58pmOh YEAH?! Well, I could say the same thing about your "Peter Pan" avatars. SO THERE.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:01pm
It's too bad that Little Women hasn't been able to find it's audience. There's just something about this show that I love. It's the only show I've ever gone back to see again. I know Sutton had a lot to do with it, but the show itself just enchants me. And the cast recording is oustanding in my opinion. So that just goes to show that you don't have to be a little woman to enjoy Little Women.
Updated On: 5/16/05 at 07:01 PM
#12re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:05pmLITTLE WOMEN isn't great, but next to BROOKLYN, it's SWEENEY freakin' TODD.
cate_w
Stand-by Joined: 10/6/04
#13re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:26pmLittle Women really is enchanting. Even though it isn't really exciting like some shows, it is my favorite show currently on Broadway. And I read somewhere that the weekly running costs are only about $275,000. If that's true, the show really hasn't lost any money yet.
#14re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:30pm
Little Women's nut is $ 375,000
Updated On: 5/16/05 at 07:30 PM
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#15re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:36pmGod, how long is RENT is going to last?!?
What the puck?!
#16re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:38pmTen more years.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#17re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:41pmRENT should've closed 8 years ago.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#18re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:51pmEXCUSE ME! Do you know how much RENT has done for our communities(theatre,ect.)!? It is SO awsome that it did not close 8yrs ago!
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#19re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:58pmI enjoyed Little Women. Not an amazing show, but definitely enjoyable. I especially loved Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern.
#20re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:17pmI saw LW on bway and it was;t even hardly worth seeing it the first time much less a second the only reason I bought the cast recording just to get the songs out of my head
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#21re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:27pmBadkarma-That makes no sense. Getting the cast recording would get the songs even more stuck in your head. Fine if you don't like the show, but why spend the extra money? The songs would have left your head eventually.
#22re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:56pmEveryshow we have mentioned has started a new fight. Please people lets calm down.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#23re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 9:00pmStructurally and book-wise Brooklyn is terrible. As a musical it is dismal. But as a display of raw vocal talent it is absolutely one of the top shows on Broadway if not THE top show on Broadway.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
IveGottaBeME
Leading Actor Joined: 1/15/05
#24re: B'way grosses....My Goodness...How long can they hold on?
Posted: 5/16/05 at 9:04pm
i really love Brooklyn. I talked to one of the producers and it should be ok through July but lets hope sales go up... There are a lot of fans who love it, and i'm sure alot more would if they heard some of it's music or gave it a chance... i've seen many broadway shows, i study theater and i know a lot of people who hate it, but most of them are older.. i know a lot of younger crowds would love it if they actually knew about it. I hope they dont give up on it since they just spent the $ on the movies playing Brooklyn music as well as Delta planes.. If anyone here is reading this and is unsure if they want to see it, just give it a chance... tickets are not that much money and there is a discount code... check it out for yourself...
i'm sooo exicted about the brooklyn tour, i hope it comes to pittsburgh and philly... my friend is dying to see it but she cant afford to come to NYC
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