Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/3/2006- Page 2

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/4/06 at 9:32pm

The Coast of Utopia played 1 performance. Don't base judgements on this week.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/4/06 at 11:20pm

True.

Well, Spring Awakening is a tough sell as is. I think it's going to have to rely on word-of-mouth because of some of the song titles and whatnot. Although, I guess they could perform "I Don't Do Sadness" on TV?

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/4/06 at 11:49pm

Mattbrain, sure CD release will help but they should have a sign event at a record store near TSQ. I don't think an appearance at Apple Store helps that much b/c of the location. They need a national exposure to make people want to come and see the show.

[paphillyguy]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:53am

I sure hope Spring Awakening succeeds. I loved it off broadway and can't wait to see it on Sat, then again with friends (an Xmas give from me to them) in the beginning of Jan.

They definately need NATIONAL exposure. Hopefully the reviews this weekend after the openning on Sunday will help.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 2:39pm

Is The Little Dog Laughed doing better than it did the week before? I can't remember exactly where it was at before.

[Wickedfreak2]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 3:51pm

Do u think The Pirate Queen will make it when it comes?
It looks like the crowds aren't trying anything new. Let's see how the next weeks come. I know that April and May and all of those other months are new broadway shows and people go to see more.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 5:23pm

"It looks like the crowds aren't trying anything new."

What's your basis? Grey Gardens, Mary Poppins, and A Chrous Line are all doing great business.

[Wickedfreak2]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:50pm

But Grey did great off-broadway
Mary is a disney show and was sucessful in London
A Chorus Line was good before revival

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 7:47pm

I just wanted to congragulate GREY GARDENS! I really wanted it to suceed on Broadway, but had my doubts, so it is really nice to see such good numbers for such a small and less-known show. Yeah, hopefully it will have life after Christine Ebersole lives! But anyways, just wanted to say congragulations :)

Yeah.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 7:51pm

And "The Pirate Queen" is being done by the same composers as Les Miz, which is the world's longest running musical. If it's good, it will run. It's got a great design team and a great cast, so if it's good, it will do well.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/5/06 at 10:34pm

Spring Awakening...that is bad...

I just did calculations, and roughly, if all performances were sold evenly, only about 12 rows were filled at each performance.

Hopefully raves + Soon-to-come Christmas/New Years Rush = Word of Mouth for that show to get through January-February for strong spring/summer business.