Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/7/24

Updated On: 1/9/24 at 03:17 PM

& Juliet pulling in over $1.1 million for a seven-performance week is quite impressive.

All things considered, a pretty good first two previews for Days of Wine and Roses. That’s a $648K total for an 8-show week at that average, not bad for a small-ish new musical - and they played to SRO crowds!

Updated On: 1/9/24 at 03:40 PM

CoffeeBreak said: "What's at the Music Box, Belasco & Barrymore this spring?"

Suffs starts previews in March and opens in April at the Music Box.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the producers of Harmony are delusionally keeping the show open until Tonys time to see if a miracle occurs - but I'd also be shocked if the have enough money in reserves to keep going that long.

If it's not that, I really don't understand how on Earth the show hasn't yet posted a closing notice.

pablitonizer said: "We should be getting a closing notice for Harmony soon but I believe How to dance in Ohio will hold until February

I would sooner see it happening the other way around. Both are circling the drain, sure, but I can imagine HARMONY has some money behind it that OHIO doesn’t (we don’t know what the celebrity producers actually contributed)

quizking101 said: "pablitonizer said: "We should be getting a closing notice for Harmony soon but I believe How to dance in Ohio will hold until February

I would sooner see it happening the other way around. Both are circling the drain, sure, but I can imagine HARMONY has some money behind it that OHIO doesn’t (we don’t know what the celebrity producers actually contributed)"

A couple important things to consider about How to Dance in Ohio:

1. Fiona Rudin has access to more money than most of us would ever be able to fathom.

2. She is genuinely passionate about the mission of this show and representation in the arts. So she will likely keep the show going past what most other producers would declare it's expiration date in order to further the show's goals (indeed, she already has).

I for one am glad it's still running. There are some aspects of the show I wish were changed prior to its Broadway bow (The design makes no sense to me. I didn't really think the therapist character justified the sheer amount of story/songs he had...and I REALLY could not have cared less about his daughter's story). BUT it's quite refreshing to have a wealthy producer like this who is steadfast in her commitment to expanding representation on Broadway. So often we see how difficult it is to market Broadway stories about marginalized groups, and they can fold before they ever have a hope of becoming part of the conversation. The shows close and we think "well, it's a business." But perhaps giving these stories a longer shelf life than normal, by way of running at a loss for producers who can afford such an endeavor, will help similar shows get produced. And more importantly, spark different ideas at how to better advertise/market something outside the norm to the masses.

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "quizking101 said: "pablitonizer said: "We should be getting a closing notice for Harmony soon but I believe How to dance in Ohio will hold until February

I would sooner see it happening the other way around. Both are circling the drain, sure, but I can imagine HARMONY has some money behind it that OHIO doesn’t (we don’t know what the celebrity producers actually contributed)"

A couple important things to consider about How to Dance in Ohio:

1. Fiona Rudin has access to more money than most of us would ever be able to fathom.

2. She is genuinely passionate about the mission of this show and representation in the arts. So she will likely keep the show going past what most other producers would declare it's expiration date in order to further the show's goals (indeed, she already has).

I for one am glad it's still running. There are some aspects of the show I wish were changed prior to its Broadway bow (The design makes no sense to me. I didn't really think the therapist character justified the sheer amount of story/songs he had...and I REALLY could not have cared less about his daughter's story). BUT it's quite refreshing to have a wealthy producer like this who is steadfast in her commitment to expanding representation on Broadway. So often we see how difficult it is to market Broadway stories about marginalized groups, and they can fold before they ever have a hope of becoming part of the conversation. The shows close and we think "well, it's a business." But perhaps giving these stories a longer shelf life than normal, by way of running at a loss for producers who can afford such an endeavor, will help similar shows get produced. And more importantly, spark different ideas at how to better advertise/market something outside the norm to the masses."



Lol what?

Word on the street is that Ohio closes mid/late February so we'll see

Updated On: 1/10/24 at 03:55 PM

It seems to me the only shows in danger are the ones that have been in danger for weeks/months. This doesn’t seem like a year in which there’ll be a big winter cull.

Kad said: "It seems to me the only shows in danger are the ones that have been in danger for weeks/months. This doesn’t seem like a year in which there’ll be a big winter cull."

Agreed. We already have a date for Akimbo and much of the rest is limited runs. It's really just Harmony and Ohio.

I'm sure the actors can tell by the sea of empty seats in front of them.