Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/29

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/29

Posted: 1/30/12 at 3:07pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/29/2012 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

#2

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 3:21pm

[Comparatively] rough week for How to Succeed, hopefully those numbers pick up.

Other than that, no surprises. It really can't be much longer for Sister Act.

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#3

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 3:23pm

poor Sister Act. such a good show, it deserves better.

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#4

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 3:27pm

It also looks like one Jesus will bump the other one out.

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#5

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 3:30pm

For SISTER ACT, I suppose it may just depend on how much more money Stage Entertainment- the Dutch,German production company-,and owners of New World Stages,can or will put out.

#6

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 4:09pm

Even in its final week, Clear Day couldn't sell more than 76% of the house, at a good discount, too.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 4:18pm

^

With the reviews are you surprised?

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 4:26pm

I'm only surprised they didn't have the vision to see what a flop it would be while they were in development. Others certainly did.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 4:31pm

^ I think they thought that with Harry Connick Jr it would be unstoppable after The Pajama Game, but they didn't look at the factors of what made that show a hit (smaller house, subscription audience with most of the run sold out before performances even started, beloved name show etc) and how they differed from their own prospect.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 4:55pm

Bad reviews don't always translate to bad sales. Curtain Critic just posted an interesting blog post graphing their scores versus the show earnings this week.

http://blog.curtaincritic.com/post/16778304733/how-much-do-reviews-have-to-do-with-ticket-sales

But in the case of On A Clear Day, no it's not surprising. The show didn't really work the first time around and even a familiar name like Harry Connick Jr. couldn't really save that creative mess.

Updated On: 1/30/12 at 04:55 PM

#11

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 5:14pm

Porgy and Bess just keeps climbing!

#12

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 5:24pm

That's really a shame that Sister Act isn't doing better, I'm going to really miss it if it has to go. I'm glad that Porgy and Bess is doing well though!

#13

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 6:10pm

Not my place to tell anyone what to do with their money, but Whoopi and Joop Romney must be dropping 200-250 grand a week on Sister Act. There are so many commercials running, but isn't it evident that people just aren't interested in the show. Personally I had a great time and thought that the score and cast were terrific. The lost money would be better served if they gave it to some charities. They ain't gonna make their money back so I imagine keeping the show running is just an ego thing.

#14

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 6:32pm

Whoopi should have stepped in like she did in London for the winter months. Who knows.. it might not even had made a difference. The writing is on the wall. Too bad. Good show.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 6:38pm

And onto my weekly speech about Whoopi

From last week's thread

It's a COMPLETELY different role now. The role of Mother Superior is not the campy mess that it was in the atrocious London book. Whoopi could NEVER sing "Haven't Got a Prayer" - not even in a lower key. The song/scene would have to be cut. Besides, Whoopi has gone on record saying that she has no interest in playing the role on Broadway because she "can't sing it."

Updated On: 1/30/12 at 06:38 PM

#16

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 6:58pm

$165.15 average ticket price for Book of Mormon!
I'm wondering, is that a new record for a non holiday week?

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 7:20pm

Actually.. what Whoopi said was that she had no interest in doing unless she HAD NO CHOICE.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 8:06pm

Yeah but knowing she won't do it they wrote the role differently.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 8:18pm

How much of the investment for SISTER ACT was Disney Theatricals paying for? I noticed they were credited as one of the producers during the Tony Awards.

#20

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 8:23pm

Actually.. what Whoopi said was that she had no interest in doing unless she HAD NO CHOICE.

Really? Because I'm 95% sure she said on The View that she can't do the score justice, and that's why she won't do it.

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 8:35pm

Wow...what happened to HOW TO SUCCEED this week?

#22

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 8:36pm

Darren Criss left and Nick Jonas started.

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#23

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Posted: 1/30/12 at 9:17pm

I suspect H2S will run until the end of Nick Jonas' contract but it's not doing badly when you consider that it's in a 1200 seater theatre compared to Priscilla and SA which are in 1700 seaters.

#24

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Posted: 1/31/12 at 11:24am

I wonder if SA sales will improve if/when Raven Symone joins the cast?