Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/28/18

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Up for the week by attendance was: MY FAIR LADY (4.6%), TORCH SONG (4.5%), THE WAVERLY GALLERY (2.8%), FROZEN (1.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1.6%), CHICAGO (1.5%),

Down for the week by attendance was: ANASTASIA (-13.3%), AMERICAN SON (-10.1%), KINKY BOOTS (-7.6%), WAITRESS (-7.4%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-6.3%), HEAD OVER HEELS (-5.4%), KING KONG (-5.3%), WICKED (-5.0%), BEAUTIFUL (-4.9%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-3.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-3.2%), BERNHARDT/HAMLET (-1.8%), MEAN GIRLS (-1.8%), THE FERRYMAN (-1.3%), THE NAP (-1.2%), ALADDIN (-1.1%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-0.9%), SUMMER (-0.8%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.4%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-0.4%), THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT (-0.2%), HAMILTON (-0.2%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.2%), THE LION KING (-0.1%),

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Not a good start for The Prom with average ticket price of $54. Looks like it will need incredible reviews.

Who knew Benanti would be such a draw?

I want to comment something insightful about the ever baffling low grosses of HOH, and now Torch Song--but I can't think of anything except how sad it makes me.

A very nice increase for The Ferryman.

Glad The Ferryman went up! I hope it runs for a long time, it's absolutely incredible.

And ouch to Anastasia, Summer, and Torch Song.

ACL2006 said: "Is HEAD OVER HEELS even making enough money every week to pay the cast and crew? It averaged about 25k a performance."



The cast and crew salaries are part of the weekly running cost, which gets paid every week regardless of whether the grosses are enough to cover it. That's where this supposed "angel investor" comes in.

Updated On: 10/29/18 at 05:39 PM

"Who knew Benanti would be such a draw?"

Everyone.

HogansHero said: "For any number of reasons, a comparison between HOH and Torch Song is inapt. The latter needs to improve, obviously, but it has not opened and its baked in costs much less than HOH. It is also in a significantly smaller house."

Not at all trying to say their low grosses are due to a similarity, it is just disheartening two shows showcasing the LGBT community financially "on the rocks"

Catsbroadwayfan said: "While I never wish closing on any show, HOH is being very dumb. This angel investor is giving them a huge second chance to fix the marketing and find a way to save the show. They keep making mistake after mistake, a huge one being taking peppermint off of all the advertisments. I know if I was given a large amount of money to guarantee my show would make it through the holidays, I would be working my a** off to find a marketing technique that works."

TBH peppermint isnt exactly a big draw- outside of drag race fans, no one has a clue who she is. and her character has the least amount of stage time. IMO rachel york or socha is more of a draw than her. of the few times i've seen the show, I saw Sharon Catherine Brown go on as pythio twice, and she is leaps and bounds better than peppermint.

also why do people assume the investors are "throwing away their money?" they're probably doing it for the tax break.

Updated On: 10/29/18 at 07:37 PM