Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 3/4/18

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Up for the week by attendance was: JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART (6.8%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance was: SCHOOL OF ROCK (-23.2%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-20.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-19.9%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-19.7%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-18.3%), WAITRESS (-14.0%), ANASTASIA (-13.8%), ANGELS IN AMERICA (-12.8%), THE BAND'S VISIT (-11.8%), HELLO, DOLLY! (-11.3%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (-10.7%), CHICAGO (-8.0%), BEAUTIFUL (-6.7%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (-5.9%), KINKY BOOTS (-5.6%), FARINELLI AND THE KING (-5.1%), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-3.9%), WICKED (-3.2%), ALADDIN (-1.7%), THE LION KING (-1.5%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.9%), COME FROM AWAY (-0.7%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-0.3%), FROZEN (-0.1%),

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Not a great week at all. Pretty good start for Carousel, with only 5 performances. We'll see how that lasts. Did Frozen only do 5 performances again? Which nights did they not have show?

Lithgow killed it!

Wow, The Band's Visit dip is pretty remarkable (more than 11%), yikes. Is that due to Shalhoub leaving, ya think? I really didn't think his departure would have such a measurable effect considering how little they've used his name to market, but I could be wrong. And that wasn't even a full week of his being absent!

TFMH18 wrote: "Wow, The Band's Visit dip is pretty remarkable (more than 11%), yikes. Is that due to Shalhoub leaving, ya think?"



Could be word of mouth is catching up to the hype.

Updated On: 3/5/18 at 04:27 PM

I definitely think the weather played a factor. The worst of the Nor'easter hit the area from Friday through early-mid Saturday. That would not only discourage rush and lottery goers (in some cases), but also the winds made travel quite dangerous and people could have decided just to stay home. A LOT of shows were on TDF during the storm, including many new ones (MARGARITAVILLE, THREE TALL WOMEN, CAROUSEL, etc)

Re: LOBBY HERO - If I remember correctly, 2ST is a non-profit company, and so they have not only a subscription base, but also incentives to make theatre more accessible (30 Under 30), which chips away at what could be a blockbuster in a for-profit setting. However, previews just began, there isn't much buzz at the moment, and the weather threw a wrench in things last week. I'd say the next two weeks could be more telling.

matty159 said: "This may have been answered already, but a friend and I won the Hamilton lotto for the Saturday matinee. There was at least one pair of seats in the lotto area that were never occupied. My friend won, so I didn’t see fine print, but wouldn’t they release those seats to the line if not picked up since you are told to pick them up a half hour before curtain? It just seemed odd."

Yes, but they normally release them at full price so if there was no one who wanted them at full price, they may have went unsold.

After Eight said: "TFMH18 wrote: "Wow, The Band's Visit dip is pretty remarkable (more than 11%), yikes. Is that due to Shalhoub leaving, ya think?"



Could be word of mouth is catching up to the hype."

Interesting - is it not as good as people say it is?

There's a full $1 million difference between Hamilton at #1 and Springsteen at #2. That's just insane.

I really don't think The Band's Visit's dip is attributable to Shalhoub's departure. Clearly, pretty much every show was badly affected by the frigid weather this past week.

Also worth noting that no schools were really on vacation this past week. Numbers will go up this month as grade schools and colleges have their spring breaks.

David10086 wrote:

"Interesting - is it not as good as people say it is?"

Precisely.

And that's putting it mildly.

LesWickedly said: "Not a great week at all. Pretty good start for Carousel, with only 5 performances. We'll see how that lasts. Did Frozen only do 5 performances again? Which nights did they not have show?"

They had one show each day from Wed-Sunday. Sunday was the only matinee

I, too, have heard that SpongeBob has an unannounced "closing" date due to the Palace's upcoming renovations. Unrelated to its grosses.