Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24

[MargoChanning]

Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#0

Posted: 4/25/05 at 6:50pm

Not a bad week overall.

Biggest Improvements:

Pillowman (+11.4%; $377K Gross; 91.4% Attendance)
Chitty (+11.0%; $822K Gross; 90.7% Attendance)
Good Vibrations (Final Week +8.1%; $200K Gross; 50.9% Attendance)
Sweet Charity (+8.0%; $399K Gross; 61.9% Attendance -- still pretty weak)


Biggest Drops:
Light in the Piazza (-14.8% due to comps from opening week)
Steel Magnolias (-11.9%; $221K Gross; 52% Attendance)

Under 50% Attendance:

Dame Edna (44.5% ; $169K Gross)
Brooklyn (44.9%; $177K Gross)
Glass Menagerie (47.2%; $243K Gross)
On Golden Pond (47.3%; $231K Gross)
Jackie Mason (47.6%; $100K Gross)
Little Women (49.1%; $302K Gross)
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92565.html

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[Sant]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#1

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:14pm

How DO they still keep Brooklyn running???!

3rd bad week for Little Women in row...

10 shows with attendance-% over 90!

[MargoChanning]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#2

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:33pm

With Brooklyn, it may just be a matter of time. This is the third week in a row it's failed to break even, grossing no more that $182K. We'll see how much the producers are willing to continue to lose (unless the stop clause get invoked first).

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#3

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:35pm

Congrats to Bee for another good week. I hope when the reviews come out, it will become this years Q.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#4

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:36pm

Oh and BTW.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=847522&dt=042505070941

[DTBG2]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#5

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:41pm

wow BRKLYN, 177k....i hope it goes away..

[magruder]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#6

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:47pm

I don't think the theatre owners will invoke the stop clause for Brooklyn. There isn't a show waiting for Brooklyn to vacate the Plymouth Theatre, perhaps until things start to heat up again in October and November. Even a show performing with low grosses pays more rent than a theatre sitting empty for the summer. So, Brooklyn could conceivably be around through the summer, unless the show starts doing significantly worse at the box officce.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

Updated On: 4/25/05 at 07:47 PM

[MargoChanning]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#7

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:51pm

Very true Magruder. I was just trying to cover all the options.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[magruder]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#8

Posted: 4/25/05 at 7:59pm

Not to mention, if there was a show that should come along and need a theatre, the Belasco and the Barrymore will both be empty soon, once the limited runs of Julius Caesar and Glass Menagerie conclude.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#9

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:00pm

Why is "Sundays"' info not available?

[magruder]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#10

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:02pm

He didn't perform last week.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Broadway Grosses April 18 - 24#11

Posted: 4/25/05 at 8:02pm

Oh ok thanks :)