Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/11/24

Ouchie at DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES and SPAMALOT.

Those are not good numbers to be looking at. And this is after Broadway Week ended so it’s not even like that influenced any of these numbers.

Appropriate doing better than some musicals.. and almost reaching Back to the Future... probably not a great sign..

Reality of the upcoming Spring is starting to set in. Spamalot will limp along to the Tonys I would bet, but they lost a lot of money last week. Back to the Future seems like one that will hold on and see great business over the summer again like they did last year. But likely their last Summer on Broadway given how expensive that one is to run.

So curious to see how new shows fare as they start over the next few weeks. It's a dead level run through the end of April now.

So happy to see Prayer doing great business. The non-profits are really proving themselves this season

I anticipate a late spring/early summer closing for Spamalot. I'm pretty confident that Back to the Future will hold on through the winter, pick up steam in the Spring, do strong business in the Summer then close up shop at the end of the year following the holiday rush.

Next week will hurt a little more considering the weather and the typical February slump.

How much does Wine and Roses cost to run? Can't be less than 500k?

It’s Presidents’ Day weekend. Hopefully they see a nice bump this week.

BETTY22 said: "This is awful. I worry for the new musicals....none have big advances - including Alicia Keys.

Water for Elephants and Stuff are looking to raise extra money to get them to opening night. I wouldn't be surprised if one or maybe more new musicals scheduled do notopen at all.

It's rough out there.........."





The heart of rock and roll won't make it to opening night imo

barcelona20 said: "Ticket prices are just out of control.I don't blame people for not going."

Yes, combined with a general lack of interest. Even if prices were much more affordable, I still don’t think enough people would come. Our entertainment habits have changed permanently.

lopside said: "How much does Wine and Roses cost to run? Can't be less than 500k?"

I don't think ANY current musical costs less than 600 nowadays (though someone please chime in with specifics from the past 6 months if that's not true).

Book of Mormon almost hit 800k and they were consistently clearing $1mil until a month ago. They're fine. All shows expect this time of year to be hard because it always is.

The thing that absolutely shocks me is Sweeney's gross...up over $400K. Weren't SF and AT only in one performance last week?? Can anyone understand that one?

Days looks to have taken up the Harmony / Ohio slot, despite getting some really terrific reviews. I have always thought that the average ticket buyer was never going to get interested in that one, despite Kellie O'Hara's participation. A tough topic from a composer who doesn't make things easy for his audience (and is not exactly well known). That said, I still find it amazing that Chicago, in its 197th year, almost doubled Days' gross for the week.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "lopside said: "How much does Wine and Roses cost to run? Can't be less than 500k?"

I don't think ANY current musical costs less than 600 nowadays (though someone please chime in with specificsfrom the past 6 monthsif that's not true)."

I thought I read that Days of Wine and Roses was JUST under 600K (like the 590 range), but admittedly cannot remember where that came from.

Kimberly Akimbo is also under 600.

Operating costs are just far too high for Broadway musicals now. When even a small scale show costs so much to just break even...I worry producers will be much less likely to take risks on anything. Some Like it Hot had a break even of over 900K a week! We may not see another large scale original musical like that again for many years. Some of the ones attempting to strike gold this spring are likely headed for a similar fate unfortunately. There is simply too much product and audience behavior has changed so drastically (NO ONE wants to buy tickets in advance anymore. Looking at box office reports weeks down the road is incredibly scary and depressing).