Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/5/17

DAMN meteor shower. Also pleasantly surprised that Jason Mraz had that much of a pull for Waitress ( I can only assume that is where the bump comes from)

GreenGables said: "DAMN meteor shower. Also pleasantly surprised that Jason Mraz had that much of a pull for Waitress ( I can only assume that is where the bump comes from)"

For Waitress, there was a "buy one, get the second ticket for $10" special that ended this week...which is one reason why even though attendance is slightly down... the profits went up.

Keep in mind Meteor Shower only had 5 performances last week. Once it goes 8/week, gross potential will be at around $962k... and if it continues at 105%, it will break $1mil.

That's better than Comet most weeks, in a much smaller house. It continues to defy my expectations.

^^None, just a benchmark. Comet was pretty consistently at ~$900k in a house that has around 650+ more seats than The Booth. That's quite a feat.

M.Butterfly doesn't look too promising these days. Does anyone think it has a long life ahead of it?

So much Butterfly hate on the boards recently! The show took a lot of risks which I thought paid off- your results may vary, but I encourage people to ignore the haters and form their own opinions. I know it probably won't stay open until 2/25, but here's hoping it gets a small boost over the holidays.

SmokeyLady said: ""So much Butterfly hate on the boards recently! The show took a lot of risks which I thought paid off- your results may vary, but I encourage people to ignore the haters and form their own opinions. I know it probably won't stay open until 2/25, but here's hoping it gets a small boost over the holidays."



There are a lot of "opinions" on this board full of ill intent. However I would suspect that most people considering going to Butterfly are smart enough not to base their ticket buying decision on this trashy chat board."

How ****ing idiotic; because I didn't like the production, I'm a hater? How about just a discerning theatergoer who is fortunate enough to see a lot of theater and would like to spare others a horrible theater experience?

As for the "took a lot of risks" statement...this production didn't take any risks. The only "risk" I saw was presuming that a Broadway audience wouldn't recognize a cheap set when they saw it. We do. We did.

SmokeyLady, I agree, most people wouldn't consider this "trashy chat board" but they'll likely consider all the non "trashy" outlets, like the NY Times who (appropriately) slammed this production.

I'm sorry but this production is empirically not good. I had incredibly high hopes about the cast and crew delivering something for the ages, but it didn't happen. Let's stop pretending that this production is worth seeing and that it's worth recommending: It's not worth seeing and I could never imagine recommending this production to anyone.

Updated On: 11/6/17 at 09:42 PM

Play Esq. said: "I hope not. I feel incredibly sorry for any tourist or non-regular theatergoer who found their way to the Cort these past few weeks."

*years

Jeesh, Meteor Shower. Glad I bought my ticket early on.

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "I don't know much about Amy Schumer, but she strikes me as a very one-note comedienne/actor. Am I wrong? I find it a bit sad that they absolutely had to bring her in to get crowds at the Booth. I hate that a good story/show alone just doesn't do it anymore (with some exceptions).

Where's the culture at?"

She’s one-note as a comedian when she writes the jokes herself, but I heard she’s funny when she has other stuff to work with. I heard she was pretty good in Meteor Shower.

yankeefan7 said: ""That has to be the lowest week for Donna/Hello Dolly, no?"

Sorry to hear that because I am sure she is wonderful in the role. My wife and I saw it Labor Day weekend and while Bette Midler was very good I am sure we would have still loved it with Donna. My wife saw "Hello Dolly" many years ago with Pearl Bailey and said she was amazing."

IMO, ranking the pleasure I got out of the performances, I would have to go with:

1. Murphy. Gave a real performance, great voice, was as funny as any Dolly I have seen

2. Bailey. Probably a little more Pearlie Mae than Dolly, but gave 100%, was in great voice, and wrapped the audience around her finger

3. Midler. It may have been me, or maybe she was tired that night, but as much as I love her, and enjoyed her warmth and humor, I still thought she was giving a 'lazy' performance. The vocals were only okay.

Regular theatergoers who miss Murphy are doing themselves a disservice.



PS -- I think Peters will do better for two reasons: (1) she is a bigger box office attraction than Murphy; and (2) people won't have the option of seeing Midler. The obsession will pass. The big question in my mind is whether Dolly has become so associated with Midler that they will collectively lose interest a lot earlier than they should. This is a revival that is better than the original production (with the exception of Dolly IMO).

Updated On: 11/7/17 at 05:44 PM