Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/2/25

Rough week for pretty much everyone not named OTHELLO, which has been printing money since the first presale began.

Happy trails to ENGLISH and most of the previous year’s principals at WICKED. Tonight in particular should be a fun night at the Gershwin — some history-making, new faces, Oscars aftermath.

Most of the newer shows are doing okay for now, I would guess?

Hopefully this is rock bottom for the calendar year, and the spring and summer give us some better numbers.

Compared to the others first two weeks, MINCEMEAT is out performing all the new musicals this season.

Updated On: 3/4/25 at 01:23 PM

I wouldn’t go into gambling then. It was always going to be a juggernaut with those prices.

Othello - WOW!!!!!!!

They are going the Prima Facie route. Once it begins word of mouth will push people to Snook's performance and the production. She's the frontrunner to win the Tony.

Updated On: 3/5/25 at 03:38 PM

Headlines about Othello breaking box office records for the Barrymore are already exhausting. It’s not impressive when your tickets are THAT expensive.

And some of us are just happy looking at the overall picture.

Given the doomsayers predicting no possible scenario in which MHE could survive (a mere couple of months ago) based on its preview business, I find its gross the most amazing on the list. It basically held its own in a deadly week. Now if it can just start to sell more full price tickets. Either way, at this point, it is pretty safe to predict that MHE will be playing in every regional theatre and college in the country for decades to come. Good for them!

Othello demonstrates (as I am sure GLAGN will in a few weeks) that, if a huge star (or 2) wants to do Broadway, but can only commit for a limited time, there are enough people who will pay extraordinary prices to see them (enabling the investors to get back their investment, with a small bonus no doubt). I would love to know what percentage of those people paying those sums are real theatregoers or simply people with money, who want to be able to say they were there. I think it is a shame that real regular theatregoers are priced out of attendance unless they happen to be lucky enough to win the lottery. I don't need a lecture on the reality of life. It's a reality, but it's a shame.

MOULIN ROUGE losing steam? might be closing before end of the year?

quizking101 said: "Jarethan said: "Given the doomsayers predicting no possible scenario in which MHE could survive (a mere couple of months ago) based on its preview business, I find its gross the most amazing on the list. Itbasically held its own in a deadly week. Now if it can just start to sell more full price tickets. Either way, at this point, it is pretty safe to predict that MHE will be playing in every regional theatre and college in the country for decades to come. Good for them!

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….and how are they going to do the set and projection designs on a regional budget? The music will live on for sure, but I cannot see a regional production of this ever happening outside of a tour.

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MHE doesn't need everything they've thrown at it on Broadway. You could easily do it as a slim chamber piece. However, I don't think it's safe to predict it'll be a licensing hit. It could be, but though it's come back from a very low base, which is impressive, it's hardly a mega-smash; based on what's been published, it's probably no more than breaking even at these grosses. Any hindrance to licensing isn't the Broadway scenery, though.

Jarethan said: "quizking101 said: "Jarethan said: "Given the doomsayers predicting no possible scenario in which MHE could survive (a mere couple of months ago) based on its preview business, I find its gross the most amazing on the list. Itbasically held its own in a deadly week. Now if it can just start to sell more full price tickets. Either way, at this point, it is pretty safe to predict that MHE will be playing in every regional theatre and college in the country for decades to come. Good for them!
….and how are they going to do the set and projection designs on a regional budget? The music will live on for sure, but I cannot see a regional production of this ever happening outside of a tour.

"Haven't you learned anything from all the revisionist productions over the last 2 decades? If the raw material is good, they will find a way.

"Yes. This is correct. Hardly a smash. This will have to be scaled way down for a tour. It indeed did not need all the bells and whistles for Broadway. Over direction without fully trusting the material. This is barely breaking even with the technical costs, if it is. Still. Regionals will do small similiar copied version of this and the Korean production it pulled from.


Othello has the highest numbers . But, being week 3 of ifs run, MINCEMEAT has the most impressive numbers of the new musicals (at this part of their runs) this year. It’s the hit so far.


it othello worth the cost of the ticket?