Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/14/16

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Up for the week by attendance was: MATILDA (15.9%), LES MISÉRABLES (15.7%), CHICAGO (12.8%), JERSEY BOYS (11.6%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (10.7%), FUN HOME (8.1%), THE HUMANS (8.0%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (7.2%), KINKY BOOTS (7.1%), THE KING AND I (6.0%), ALADDIN (5.4%), A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (5.2%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (4.3%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (4.1%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (4.0%), THE LION KING (2.6%), BEAUTIFUL (0.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance was: BLACKBIRD (-11.3%), FINDING NEVERLAND (-5.5%), ALLEGIANCE (-3.1%), MISERY (-2.4%), THE COLOR PURPLE (-2.1%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-2.1%), ON YOUR FEET! (-1.5%), OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR (-1.1%), NOISES OFF (-0.6%), WICKED (-0.2%),

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"Shocked that Hughie filled so many seats."

If your attendance is 96.2% but your percent of gross collected is only 48.7%, about 1/2 of your house is in on paper. That equals only about 370 paying customers per performance. Or everyone got tix at TKTS.

Updated On: 2/16/16 at 03:35 PM

Hughie did some papering last week.

Not so hot for Disaster- they couldn't even comp out the house either.

Any ideas of which shows will call it quits this year?

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "The long term prospects for "Disaster" look very much in doubt. I thought that it would have been a better fit for off-Broadway. Good showing for "Chicago". Is it the effect of having a celebrity/sports figure Billy Flynn? It is interesting that there is not much in the way of commentary about the current Billy. How is he doing?

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Disaster! doesn't have long term prospects. It is a limited run that will end either way in July. Or sooner.

I dont think anyone seeing Chicago truly cares what retired sports player is playing Billy, to be honest.

"I dont think anyone seeing Chicago truly cares what retired sports player is playing Billy, to be honest.

Well, it's obvious that you don't care. To be honest, I was asking about those who have seen the show with the current Billy. It's not so much "care", as "curious" as to how he's doing in his role.

The Neverland numbers are interesting - attendance dropped, but revenue increased. Fewer people attended, but they appeared to pay significantly more than the prior week's viewers. Holiday weekend suckers?

Although the gross number $841,122 looks healthy, it is only 46.4% of the potential. Anyone know the running costs?

Neverland played 9 per last week compaired to 7 the week before. That explains a revenue increase despite an attendance drop.

I think the running costs are about 700k for a 8 show week.

Neverland is such an awful show. I don't understand why people like it.

Or we can all just respect the subjectivity of theatre and not judge people for liking the things they like.

^^^

This

Everything is subjective, but I think it should be easy to spot something so cynically put together. And just sub-literate.

Considering the high percentage of successful musicals that are garbage, taking umbrage that something you consider organically bad borders on delusional. The sole purpose of a Broadway musical (not counting the nfp's) is to make money. Most shows that are considered "good" artistically are flops. Which is why Hamilton is so extraordinary.