Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/21/16- Page 2

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/22/16 at 10:37pm

they wouldn't. it was an illustration.

[After Eight]

Posted: 2/22/16 at 11:05pm

"fun home has a small cast and band. I'm sure they are doing fine."

 

58.1% gross potential last week for the most recent Tony Award winner for best musical, and after less than a year's run on Broadway. 

 

Very impressive, wouldn't you say?

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 2/22/16 at 11:25pm

I think you're going to have to decide whether theatregoers are mindless zombies throwing themselves in droves at any show pre-ordained by the Secret Order of the Sinister Powers That Be, or reading commercial performance as an indicator of worth. Those things don't jibe. But given the nature of the show, and how the material was hardly considered commercial before its Broadway move, it's doing fine anyway. It's turned a profit and covering its running costs, making it a bigger commercial success than anyone would have foreseen off-Broadway. 

Updated On: 2/22/16 at 11:25 PM

[@z5]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:59am

so happy that Color Purple is consistently doing incredibly well.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 8:45am

Also, it's Febuary, and it's to be expected that there'd be a drop for a show like "Fun Home" that's been running a year. They had that $59 weeknight deal for a while, and those were excellent full-view seats. I went on Thursday, and there were about 20 empty seats. It may not be the hot ticket of the moment, but people are still seeing the show and experiencing its story.

[After Eight]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 9:49am

"but people are still seeing the show and experiencing its story."

 

Yes. The same can be (or could have been) said of any show currently playing (or that ever played) on Broadway.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 10:35am

After Eight said: "Yes. The same can be (or could have been) said of any show currently playing (or that ever played) on Broadway."

That comment is willfully obtuse. Fun Home continues to do well and its Broadway run (already considerably longer than some Tony winners from the era you seem to think is perfection) is an unmitigated financial as well as critical success. That of course doesn't mean you have to like it, but saying negative nonsense about it is just kinda lame and pathetic.

[woeisme3]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:45pm

Fun Home's fine- it's pulling in the same numbers Once was during its slow winter months.

[After Eight]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:57pm

"it's pulling in the same numbers Once was during its slow winter months."

 

Another rotten critics' darling foisted upon the public.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 1:03pm

After Eight,

Be gone before somebody drops a house on you too.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/23/16 at 1:03pm

I remember, and not fondly, Once

 

Fun ....

[Sammytravels]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 7:53pm

Can I ask your opinion on why Something Rotten isn't performing that great only 10 months in? I'm not as expert about musical theatre as many of you on here are, but I can see it ending before the year is out. Such a shame, well for someone who loves it as much as I do. Do you think they'll make 500 performances? Is that considered a hit?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 8:00pm

A show can either be a financial or critical hit. I don't think they be either.

[pupscotch]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 8:34pm

Call_me_jorge said: "A show can either be a financial or critical hit. I don't think they be either.

 

"

Hamilton. The defense rests.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 8:41pm

pupscotch, I think you are misapprehending what Jorge is saying which is that SR is neither a critical nor a financial hit. (I'm not sure that's true but I am sure that's what he meant.) 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 9:01pm

Oh, I thought he was saying he thought that no show was a critical and financial hit. My bad :/

[Sunny11]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 9:12pm

How is a show that was nominated for 10 Tonys including best musical and won the featured actor trophy not  a critical hit ? 

Updated On: 2/24/16 at 09:12 PM

[evic]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 9:33pm

I think that the critics were overly kind to SR- which I felt was nothing more than a Harvard Hasty Pudding Show and a rip off of Spamalot and Forbidden Broadway.  It will be a financial flop and will be lucky to last through the summer.  If the leads leave, they will save some money on salaries but it is not a must see musical.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 9:46pm

School of Rock will not be a financial flop.

[Sammytravels]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 9:47pm

Thanks for your opinions. I have only read positive reviews-hence why I chose to see it. I really enjoyed it but guess it's not most's cup of tea and I definitely agree with the Spamalot and Forbidden Broadway comparisons. 

Just out of interest, how much do you think it costs per week to stage? They're taking in less than $800k 

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 9:58pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "School of Rock will not be a financial flop.

 

"

I think they were talking about Something Rotten...

[Sunny11]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:10pm

It's the final week of February now so it's almost past the typically slowest months of the year. If they have made it this far then it's very unlikely to flop during the tourist heavy season right? I think that Something a Rotten should last until labour day at least. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:12pm

GreasedLightning said: "I think they were talking about Something Rotten..."

 

LOL! So sorry—my mistake! I had been reading in the Brightman/SOR thread and then jumped over to this. The difference didn't match up for me. Thanks for the catch, Greased! :P

[Sammytravels]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:14pm

I hope so. They're currently booking through September, so let's hope they can at least go through until then. I'd like to see it a few more times (I live in London) 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 2/24/16 at 10:14pm

a whole slew of new shows are coming in during that tourist heavy season you are anticipating.