Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/9/25

Superbowl weekend slump. The next two weeks should see an uptick in grosses.

Most of these numbers are good, during the wintertime.  I was just thinking about daily grosses for shows.  I imagine they are available, but not for public consumption.  It would be interesting to see that, but that's not about to happen.

Could Moulin Rouge be on its last legs? I can imagine them announcing a Labor Day weekend closing to churn up some business, then maybe push out closing to the holidays if they get a substantial boost? Maybe Aaron returns to close it out? Either way, I think it’s approaching its end sooner than I thought it would.

BroadwayCon would need to have several orders of magnitude more attendees for it to make any noticeable difference on Broadway attendance.

''Fifth straight week Moulin Rouge has fallen in the red''

''Could Moulin Rouge be on its last legs?''

I guess I'll never understand the vulture-like obsession with predicting when a show will close. Just today, ''Moulin Rouge!'' announced it's releasing a new block of tickets that goes through Nov. 30, 2025. Only time will tell, whether the show plays until then, or wraps up earlier. Just for context: It opened in July 2019, took a COVID hiatus beginning in March 2020, and survived a reopening in September 2021 (after an 18-month closure). It won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and its 1,649 performances (so far)  are still an achievement, and shouldn't be taken for granted.

 

Updated On: 2/11/25 at 07:31 PM

EDSOSLO858 said: "I'm surprised that not even a small handful of shows received a bit of a BroadwayCon bump? Folx in town for the weekend?"

I don't typically show up to this board to be a straight up hater, but I've heard nothing but negativity out of that con. As somebody who volunteered there, I have nothing positive to say about it either. It's basically a cash grab for the teen crowd who want to cosplay and pay to see random stars (Jen Collella and Kevin Chamberlain were the only "noteworthy" ones with paid meet and greet, with Lin Manuel Miranda and Jen Silverman doing panels that coincidentally conflicted timewise). Even if every single attendee decided to see a singular show each night, it wouldn't have boosted the grosses more than 2% from the amount they're already seeing because the con had such minimal attendance. Even Lin's panel didn't fill their mainstage's chairs! 

The Gypsy numbers continue to be surprisingly impressive. I thought Audra is giving a performance for the ages (notwithstanding that the music doesn’t fit well with her voice) in an otherwise so-so production. I never thought it would gross as much as it has been — beating out the Lion King last week IIRC.