Actually, I'm somewhat encouraged to see that Addams fell by less than $100K. Looking back at the numbers, in Nathan's vacation week last Fall, they fell by $350K. And I think they had at least two lower-grossing weeks while Nathan was actually still in the show.
To me, it seems like a continuation of last week's drop, where Addams didn't take quite the same hit, perhaps because it was Nathan's final week. This past week, they had no Nathan AND no Roger Rees, though it's debatable how much Rees really matters (if at all).
In any case, $721K ain't too bad and without one star salary and/or percentage this past week, figuring they did around $650K net, they probably broke even. Will be interesting to see if they can join the upward trend this week or at least once Rees joins the show next week.
In the meantime, I really hope the Christopher Sieber fan club is in full "red alert" mode because without some help, it looks he's done a heckuva lot of work for a show that won't be around much longer. Shame, as I'm interested to go back and see him in the role.
As for Spidey, I don't think anyone on this board, myself included, is qualified to assess whether it's breaking even on an operating basis -- unless you have access to the accounting statements. My guess is that what they budgeted to spend on a weekly basis and what they're actually spending week to week very likely bear no resemblance to one another. But at best, it's an educated guess. Plus, the "extra" money they are spending could also be accounted for in a number of different ways. Suffice it to say that on an operating basis, they're doing OK...but not as well as they need to be.
"No matter how much you want the part, never let 'em see you sweat." -- Old Dry Idea commercial
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/13/2011 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
