Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
#0Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 5:01pmClick below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/1/2006 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
#1re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 5:03pmAH! WICKED AS AT 99.5%!! What on EARTH is going to take it's place when it closes?
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#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 5:09pm
ACL still doing well. Only in previews and bringing in $740K.
Poor Wedding Singer.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 5:15pmPoor Jay Johnson. Ouch.
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Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#6re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 6:57pm
For Jay Johnson, I know obviously that some performances are heavier than others. For example, Saturday night at 8 is probably much heavier than Sunday at 5 or Tuesday at 7. But still...
23.5% capacity means, on average, there were only about 139 people in the audience at each performance. 139 people in the already tiny 591-seat Helen Hayes.
I know this was press week, so many of the sheets were filled for free with press and don't go into the tally, but still. That is sad, sad, sad. And from the reviews it's gotten, I don't think it will pick up despite Johnson's talents.
I'm just happy they didn't force the brilliant Bridge & Tunnel to close early in March like they were planning. It would've been a travesty.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 7:04pmIt got great reviews, right? So maybe it will pick up, but I doubt it. Though, it can't be that costly of a show to run anyways. There's only room for one puppet show on Broadway. Oh, poor Wedding Singer. It's still holding on. Good start for "The Times..."
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#9re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 7:20pmDecent opening week for "The Times They are A-Changin".
#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 7:24pmI'm gonna stick to my pessimistic views and wallow for my shows. *sigh*
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 7:32pmThe Times They Are a Changin' had an extremely low average ticket price of $49, the lowest of any commercial production on Broadway, and just slightly above the average ticket prices for the two non-profit shows, MTC's Losing Louie ($47) and Roundabout's Heartbreak House ($45). While The Times may have had a decent attendance figure, they did it with heavy discounting, which is a bit alarming for the show's future.
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#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 7:35pmWICKED ISN'T AT 100%!!! AHHH THE WORLD IS ENNNDDDIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#13re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 7:47pmWhat are the break evens for Rent and Spelling Bee? They must be cutting it very close...
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MarkK
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/05
#14re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 8:42pmWow, can't believe Tarzan is so low. What's their prognosis? Will they be around by the new year?
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 8:43pmAwww poor Wedding Singer.I wonder how long it can continue to hold on with numbers like that. Tarzan is also hovering around the low 70's. I wonder how it's advance is. Does anyone know how much money Tarzan needs to break even? Or does Disney Theatrical Productions not required to release those numbers?
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 9:09pm
I do feel sorry for The Wedding Singer. A nice show that does nothing but try & entertain. It is not South Pacific but does not try to be. It is a shame something like this or ASU cannot succeed
I have seen some more critically acclaimed shows Wedding Singer was far superior to succeed . That is why Broadway is such a crapshoot. Sometimes it is like you are playing against a dealer who has marked careds - you have not got a chance
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Rotel1026
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/06
#17re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 9:09pmI checked out the TKTS website and didn't see Tarzan listed for last week. Even at 70%, they're not discounting the show?
#18re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 9:17pmThey are discounting Tarzan. I got tickets to the show for 50% off at TKTS yesterday.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#19re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 9:17pmTarzan is doing bad percentage, but I think it's doing decent business, right?
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#20re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 9:45pmI hope Wedding Singer starts doing better :-/
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snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#21re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 10:54pm
Wedding Singer 
*tear*
well, on the very slightly bright side, it at least went up a LITTLE bit...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#22re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:06pm
Once again, percentage has no relevence in whether the show will survive or not.
What matters is the gross of the show.
For a show with a big cast, orchestra, extravagent lights, costumes, sets, et al., the running costs are very high. If the week's gross doesn't meet and exceed the weekly running costs, then it's a lost week.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#23re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:19pmI guess Constantine what's his name has not helped "Wedding Singer". Where did all the Connie lovers go?
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IntoTheNight
Stand-by Joined: 8/23/06
#24re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/2006
Posted: 10/2/06 at 11:27pm
I guess Constantine what's his name has not helped "Wedding Singer". Where did all the Connie lovers go?
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Perhaps the majority of them have already seen the show, or they could be hanging around the stage door without the benefit of seeing the show first.
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