Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/13/16

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Up for the week by attendance was: SHE LOVES ME (16.9%), KINKY BOOTS (15.5%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (15.4%), THE KING AND I (14.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (14.6%), LES MISÉRABLES (13.3%), CHICAGO (12.9%), WICKED (12.7%), BLACKBIRD (11.7%), MATILDA (10.2%), FUN HOME (9.4%), BEAUTIFUL (8.6%), JERSEY BOYS (7.9%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (7.8%), BRIGHT STAR (7.7%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (7.6%), THE CRUCIBLE (7.6%), ALADDIN (6.2%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (5.9%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (5.2%), THE HUMANS (4.9%), HUGHIE (2.9%), ON YOUR FEET! (2.0%), THE COLOR PURPLE (1.6%), NOISES OFF (1.2%), FINDING NEVERLAND (1.0%), THE LION KING (1.0%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: DISASTER! (-10.0%), ECLIPSED (-5.6%),

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At what point does Disaster pack it in here?

Conventional wisdom would suggest that Bright Star will hold on through the Tony nominations, but it depends how much money they have in reserve...which I suspect is not a lot.

"Bright Star has certainly received warmer reception than Gigi), "

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

Pleasantly surprised to see The Humans doing as well as it is. I think this is an example of how you need both good reviews AND good word of mouth to keep a show buzzing. Word of mouth on Bright Star seems to be good (though perhaps not passionate) and I hope the reviews will be supportive.  I don't think the reviews will help Disaster much; the word of mouth just isn't good.  

 

GIGI was a very expensive show to mount and run. I would think Bright Star at least has a lower weekly operating cost....

Updated On: 3/14/16 at 03:58 PM

I think perhaps because ticket costs are what they are, audiences are just more discriminating of what they will pay to see on Broadway.  Even if it's "your thing"-- Disaster- and all the reviews indicate this too -- is a fringe Off Broadway kind of entertainment. I would imagine very few people are excited to pay 145 dollars to see it. It's a fish out of water on Broadway. They definitely should have just gone to New World Stages.

Updated On: 3/14/16 at 04:04 PM

Woo! Some nice closing numbers for Noises Off. 

 

I wonder how long this revival of The King and I will make it. I'm considering a return trip.

 

Poor Disaster. I'm going to try to see it this week.

VotePeron said: "Bright Star absolutely is being better received than Gigi. Gigi was an unbearable bore, and people, including myself, loved Bright Star.

 

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I'll drink to that. I didn't adore Bright Star but it's sincere, sweet, and entertaining. None of those applied to Gigi, which I had already forgotten. 

Glad to see so many shows up this week. Spring is springing. 

 

Gigi was not well received but it had a single producer behind it (extremely rare in this day and age) with deep pockets who kept it open longer than most would have. 

 

I do do wonder if Steve Martin would hop into the show- even in the band - to help ticket sales of it got to that. 

 

Steve Martin in Carmen Cusack's role? I could see it.

He did, but after the show was beyond saving. 

Honestly can't see Disaster making it to July. Not sure I can see it making to June. 

In his last column, Riedel mentioned the Bright Star produces having to go out and raise more money, which they did.  Not the best of signs. Hope the show is able to make it. 

Please keep in mind that the lead producer of Bright Star is Joey Parnes, who of course had successfully been able to keep A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder open for as long as he could. The show made it into Tony season, and we all saw how that turned out.