Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/25/18

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Up for the week by attendance was: SCHOOL OF ROCK (6.5%), KINKY BOOTS (4.1%), ANGELS IN AMERICA (2.2%), CHICAGO (0.8%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (0.8%), MEAN GIRLS (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance was: A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-15.9%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (-15.4%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-12.9%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-9.9%), HELLO, DOLLY! (-9.6%), LOBBY HERO (-9.4%), ANASTASIA (-9.2%), MY FAIR LADY (-8.8%), BEAUTIFUL (-6.8%), CAROUSEL (-3.8%), THREE TALL WOMEN (-3.3%), THE LION KING (-3.1%), ALADDIN (-3.0%), WAITRESS (-2.8%), COME FROM AWAY (-2.4%), FROZEN (-2.1%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-2.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1.8%), WICKED (-1.2%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.3%),

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Angels in America...WOW. much worse than expected. I wonder who is taking the loss on this show? it should be a big one.

Part of the reason why ANGELS IN AMERICA took a hit was that it lost two performances to an Opening Night. They also needed to get in press last week, and they lose TWO shows worth of pairs of comps each time. The same will happen to HARRY POTTER. So it's understandable why they're low this week. NEXT week expect a big uptick.

Glad to see that HARRY POTTER is now reporting. It's numbers will only begin to climb after it opens.

FROZEN this week also included an Opening performance, so that number will climb next week.

I'm amazed by THE ICEMAN COMETH.

Denzel = $$$$$$

Bwayfan292 said: "Dang. Bronx tale took a rather large hit in attendance this week. "

It’s not as if anyone on here understands how A Bronx Tale opened to luke warm reviews at best, no major award mominarions and went on to became a sleeper that will soon be approaching 18 months on Broadway. Its become the Bridge and Tunnel “date night” musical that replaced Jersey Boys for its testosterone appeal. I am sure that its been hurt by Jersey Boys reopening off Broadway, Margaritaville, both of which are trying to appeal to the same audience. I think the real question is how close A Bronx Tale is to recouping, as it seems to be struggling in the transition of new musical/play to long running hit, unlike its fellow 2016-2017 sleepers Anastasia and Play that Goes Wrong.

LesWickedly said: "As everone has said, Angels took a hit for all the press comps and opening day comps, but they will go back up this next week and I believe the raves will also help it."

The two shows on Wed (also the day of the winter storm) were predominantly press (2nd press night) and the two shows last night (opening) was mostly invite only. So that's four out of the seven shows. The real numbers should start in the next couple weeks now that the wonky preview schedule is over

Well this makes me hopeful about seeing Carousel on April 1. Obviously word of mouth can't be that bad if this is the second week in a row they've raked in over $1 mil and Carousel has a history of losing money on B'way.

Though just because a production makes over $1,000,000 a week, doesn't mean it's any good. It's all a matter of audience interest.

poisonivy2 said: "Well this makes me hopeful about seeing Carousel on April 1. Obviously word of mouth can't be that bad if this is the second week in a row they've raked in over $1 mil and Carousel has a history of losing money on B'way."

It still may very well end up losing money.

I wasn't worried about it closing. I was more worried that it would suck. But obviously it's doing something right.

I know someone who's the vocal teacher of someone in the production and they are apparently making changes daily to it.

Having just seen Anastasia, I'm wondering how long it can possibly last if there's strong competition going after the same demographic. To me, A Bronx Tale was consistent. I think it was underdeveloped in the sense that there wasn't a lot of depth but it delivered on what it set out to do. I can see how it could hang around if that's the kind of musical you want to see. While Anastasia is a lot messier. It holds together but a lot of that was due to the charm of the actors and my affection for the original movie and songs which still work. But even if they possibly had to change a lot of the story for legal reasons, they should have been able to come up with something better. The book and structure of the show is distinctly... messy. It feels like it needs a couple more rounds of editing and even though I really enjoyed seeing it, I don't know how it will fare after it exhausts its core audience.

Only just now getting a chance to look at this week's numbers. I'm surprised The Band's Visit has dipped so steeply from its very strong showing in the couple months after opening. Oh well, I assume Tony nominations (and the very likely best musical win) will change that.