Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/14/24

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: LEMPICKA (7.1%), PATRIOTS (4.7%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (2.1%), DOUBT: A PARABLE (1.7%), SUFFS (1.4%), MOTHER PLAY (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: CHICAGO (-24.2%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-9.3%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (-9.1%), THE NOTEBOOK (-9%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-7.1%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-7%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-6.6%), THE LION KING (-4.6%), THE WIZ (-4.3%), MARY JANE (-4.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-3.6%), APPROPRIATE (-3.5%), & JULIET (-2.9%), THE WHO'S TOMMY (-2.5%), SIX (-2.4%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-2.3%), ALADDIN (-2.3%), WICKED (-2%), UNCLE VANYA (-1.7%), HADESTOWN (-1.6%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-1.3%), HAMILTON (-1.3%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-0.8%), THE OUTSIDERS (-0.7%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.5%), AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (-0.3%), THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL (-0.2%),

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Will HoR&R even make it the next two weeks?

Cabaret also had a big party in the middle of the week! And Great Gatsby not hitting 100% seems surprising given its trend. And I see ads for that show literally everywhere.

Mr. Wormwood said: "Another busy week!

Cabaret is a juggernaut.

Poor Heart of Rock n Roll. People seem to be enjoying it but it's getting no traction.

So many plays are killing it this year. Wow for An Enemy of the People and Uncle Vanya.

Hell's Kitchen, The Great Gatsby and Water For Elephants still looking ok right now. On the other hand, Suffs, The Outsiders and The Notebook continue to be meh. They need lots of Tony noms. It feels like The Outsiders is losing some early momentum.

I'm surprised the average ticket for Stereophonic is still so low."


Stereophonic’s average ticket is low because of all the people who bought the $40 Rear Mezz tickets during its preview run. It will look a bit similar next week too, and then jump significantly once it opens.



Heart of Rock & Roll is in serious trouble. They waited far too long to do any meaningful promotion, and by the time they did, it was already too late. The cheap rush/preview options have been nice, but a theatre full of low cost/papered tix does not a long-running show make.


Speaking of papered, yikes Lempicka. 95% full and a $43 avg ticket with a drop in sales? I won’t be surprised if this folds before summer if there’s not a FAST turnaround. Matt Gould can be in his feels online all he wants, but it’s not just the critics who aren’t seeing it for this show.

I saw Heart of Rock n Roll performed its title song on Good Morning America this morning. It is opening next Monday so fingers crossed for mostly good/positive reviews.

GoldenGiggery said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "Another busy week!

Cabaret is a juggernaut.

Poor Heart of Rock n Roll. People seem to be enjoying it but it's getting no traction.

So many plays are killing it this year. Wow for An Enemy of the People and Uncle Vanya.

Hell's Kitchen, The Great Gatsby and Water For Elephants still looking ok right now. On the other hand, Suffs, The Outsiders and The Notebook continue to be meh. They need lots of Tony noms. It feels like The Outsiders is losing some early momentum.

I'm surprised the average ticket for Stereophonic is still so low."


Stereophonic’s average ticket is low because of all the people who bought the $40 Rear Mezz tickets during its preview run. It will look a bit similar next week too, and then jump significantly once it opens."

Thanks. I need to pay better attention to what that show is doing haha. I didn't realize that was for the whole preview period.

EDSOSLO858 said: "I feel like so many of us are overestimating word of mouth since theaters reopened. If no one’s seeing most of the newer musicals or even following them on social media, how can any buzz spread?"

Depends on the show. I think a show like Shucked did as well as it did due to word of mouth (and a savvy marketing team)

Heart of Rock n Roll (even if it gets raves) and Lempicka will both be gone very quickly. Neither have any advance.

The Great Gatsby and Water For Elephants might look ok, but there nut each week is high.

Hell's Kitchen, Suffs both need strong reviews to survive.

The Outsiders and The Notebook are in trouble.

THIS IS ALL VERY DEPRESSING.

The imminent Tony nominations and then the awards themselves will probably cause producers to keep these struggling shows on life support, but I imagine if there isn't a good showing for a number of these shows come 4/30, we'll see a bunch of closing notices.

But yikes, Heart of RnR and Lempicka's average ticket prices are basically rush ticket prices. I don't see any scenario in which they can hold on for more than a few weeks.

Updated On: 4/16/24 at 04:57 PM

Impressed at how Sweeney continues to do.

Well, here’s the thing: the critics have not been out of step with much of the word of mouth. In fact, there’s been cases where reviews have been glowing but audiences still didn’t come (Wine and Roses, Here Lies Love). So I’m not sure that critics grading on a massive curve and giving juicy pull quotes will help.

and frankly, considering the marketing we’ve been seeing of Broadway the last couple years, I’m not sure productions would even know how to spin gold into gold.

Updated On: 4/16/24 at 07:14 PM

I fly in from Australia at least once a year, basically nothing in that new crop of musicals makes me want to bring my trip forward, and there in lies the problem. I’m a huge fan ( last trip in February 8 shows in five days ) This season why over stuffed nothing thrills me. For the casual visitor I’m guessing it’s the same. I saw Cabaret first preview in London, if I hadn’t that might have got me back.
I’ll wait to the fall when Sunset arrives.

What's the weekly nut of ''The Outsiders''? I mean, it's almost 100% capacity.



Same question for ''Suffs''.

I'm not really seeing much of an issue for Outsiders as it currently stands. They just exited previews this past Thursday, and while the critical reception is decidedly mixed, the word of mouth has been pretty strong; the seats are selling well, and the grosses continue to climb. This show has the makings of a summer hit with tourists.