Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/24/2006 — Page 2

West Village: You are wrong. This past week is not considered a good one for Broadway. If you look at the grosses for the same week in 2005 and 2004, you'll see that most shows went down, some drastically.

Spring Awakening will get their ticket prices up..many of the people seeing it last week no doubt bought those $65 tickets when they had a chance. The fact that their grosses have increased week to week (despite playing just 7 shows) and that capacities have been increasing indicates that there is very real interest in this show.

I believe this week was blacked out from their $65 offer, and we've already heard reports of it selling out, so I expect you'll see a huge leap in avg ticket price next week. The fact of the matter is that this show has turned a corner. I'm so proud of them I could cry!

I think perhaps the reason may be that suddently, SA threads are outnumbering the Wicked threads. It's a bit nauseating. It seems as if every 3rd thread is about SA. I for one was not impressed by the show at all, and am very surprised the critics gushed so much, but never would wish ill on a Broadway show or it's cast. Just remember, that whenever a frenzy about a show begins on this board, there will be those who are against it, and they have just as much right to dislike it as you have to like it.

As for the grosses, i'm most surprised by the dip over at Drowsy Chaperone.

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I respect everyone's opinion here. It just bothers me that people are saying how they didn't like Spring Awakening all the time in threads where it is unnecessary. I'm just saying this in general.

Updated On: 12/28/06 at 05:43 PM

Princeton, of course I respect your opinion, but you also have to repect the fact that based on the buzz I've been hearing, your opinion is the minority opinion. What is wrong with people being passionate about a show and wanting to post threads about it? I'm not sure I understand why that's so nauseating. Isn't this a theatre fans' board? Why not just ignore them or start another thread for YOUR favorite show?

Iheartfame, I'm not being mean or defensive--I also enjoyed Grey Gardens--but they did not gross more than Spring Awakening. GG had 8 performances while SA had 7. GG's avg per performance was $47,980.75. SA's avg was $53,870.

Maybe since The Producers started the ball rolling with premium seating & it has now snowballed they should also raise ticket prices. They are doing so splendidly at the box office

Some shows look like they in really bad shape. It does not bode well for the months to come

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A number of shows only had 7 shows last week- not just SA. BTW-Spring has 10 shows scheduled from the day after Christmas through New year's Day. Tues 7PM, 2 on Wed, Thurs 8PM, 2 on Fri, 2 on Sat, Sunday 2PM, and Mon 2PM. That's some week- and I think these have all been sold out so far.

I think the only AEA regulation is that you can't have more than 8 shows. There is no stipulation on the minimum number of shows allowed. Grinch is an exception because their show is so short..someone else said this, but I'm gonna steal it, "Doing 12 shows playing the Grinch is easier than doing 6 shows playing Jean Val Jean."

Wow, Teka, is that right? SA is doing 10 shows in one week?? How did they get away with that?

Yes- SA has 10 shows in 7 days (12/26-1/1)- they added Matinees Wed and Fri, but one less show on Sun- dropped the 8PM New Year's eve, and changed the Mon night to a matinee to take advantage of remaining holiday crowds. Check telecharge and you'll see the schedule. I sure hope they are getting additional compensation! No show on Tues. 1/2, since they are dark that day anyway.

McFrenzied....you haven't seen SA yet?
I hope it lives up to your expectations.

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do you think Grey Gardens and Spring Awakening will have tours because I would love to see theses show but live in Chicago area for college...

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hmm..both of these would be a tough sell in middle america. I think a tour will depend on how successful commercially it is on Broadway and if one of them wins the Tony. I think that Grey Gardens has a better chance of touring, if and only if they have a big enough star attached, but I think that Spring Awakening would be a huge hit in Europe and Canada and actually go on to receive more worldwide recognition. Not so sure how much the rest of the world would care about cousins of Jackie Onassis Kennedy. If SA does become a phenomenon, like Rent, then that would prompt a N. American tour.

hah finally!! don't worry ACL2006, I'm constantly monitoring the ACL grosses week by week and this was apparently the best week yet. It's always so hard to try and predict, since there are sometimes no-shows resulting in some empty seats- but what matters is that those seats were paid for and are included in the attendance and gross figures. anything over 850k is very good for the show (not sure what the weekly nut is), and it feels great to finally beat JERSEY BOYS and WICKED for once.

I do hope COMPANY picks up too, at least enough to make it till the Tonys. credit where it's due, that's a wonderful revival.

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