Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/18/2005

[Rob]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:32pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/18/2005 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

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

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:33pm

Not a very good week.

[SirLiir]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:36pm

Ouch. Pretty much everything dropped. Was it the cold snap or the threat of the MTA strike?

[exedore]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:37pm

ljay: I believe that's an understatement - what a lousy week. I guess people were scared of the transit strike, plus with the holidays coming up, it's likely that people were buying advance tickets for shows rather than seeing them this weekend.

On the other hand, everything I saw this weekend was pretty filled.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:43pm

With numbers like that, how is Chita's show going to fare after the new year?

[evic]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 5:23pm

Unfortunately I have a feeling she will not last past Feb.- She deserved a superior show than the one she was given.....a shame...and the producers in their press release said they wanted to run a year on Broadway ,then tour- Ha- if they are prepared to lose millions-good luck- but methinks the Shuberts will replace her with some musical for the Spring- Drowsey perhaps?

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 5:26pm

61% for Piazza? Ouch.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 5:48pm

These sorts of one woman Broadway things don't generally run very long anyway these days. Recall that Elaine Stritch (who got across the board rave reviews) only ran for three months, while Bea Arthur only ran for two. Chita will probably be gone in a month or two.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 8:05pm

Surprising that so many shows are doing so badly

I always knew Chita would not really sell to out of towners but it appears that (maybe due to the reviews) it is not doing well with local folk either. I kick myself we bought tickets @ full price but we are going with a couple we met from the board. How about them apples ?

At least Chita got her well deserved moment in the sun

Updated On: 12/19/05 at 08:05 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 9:39pm

Ouch!

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 10:39pm

WOMAN IN WHITE is sinking fast. Despite the movie version of RENT performing way below expectations, it has boosted the show grosses higher than they had been in the past few years. SWEENEY is doing ok (above $500 K) but given the rave reviews it should be doing better. But no...people still line up to see the dreadful PHANTOM for the umpteenth time instead.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 1:18am

i was upset when i saw Chita...i paid 56 bucks and everyone around me had comps!!! i hate that...i was like the only one who paid.