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#1

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 4:29pm

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26 Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/26/2009 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

#3

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 4:36pm

Ouch for August and reasons to be pretty. Not sure how much it is per week for pretty, but 29% can't be good! At least Norman went up!!
#6

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 4:38pm

"At least Norman went up!!"

... not by much

It seems the numbers either suck or are pretty good this week!
congrats Hair and WSS!
#7

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 4:41pm

>"At least Norman went up!!"

... not by much<

Norman Conquests was still heavily comped last week for press performances, including opening night. It should start to fare better this week.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#8

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 4:41pm

Holy crap, REASONS.

Not good. Not good at all.

Ditto NEXT TO NORMAL but not on the same scale as REASONS.

Ouch.
#10

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:01pm

Glad to see 9 to 5's gross go up pretty significantly (even though attendance slipped a bit).

Not looking good for Irena's Vow, reasons to be pretty, August, and Desire Under the Elms.

Unfortunate falls for Next to Normal and Rock of Ages.

Huge dips for Shrek, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Avenue Q, Chicago, Mamma Mia, Phantom. Strange, considering they are some of the most recognizable titles on the boards right now.

Nice increases for Mary Stuart, Joe Turner, and God of Carnage.

Not a good week though.
#11

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:07pm

'next to normal' needs to step it up... well the producers that is. Quotes still weren't up this past Saturday. They can be big if they just try.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#13

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:15pm

It continues to puzzle me that there is not a single quote from any of their reviews around the Booth Theater. You'd think they'd have Brantley's review plastered up outside by now.

How is David Stone, a smart and shrewd producer (see what he did with Wicked for brilliant marketing), so behind the eight ball on this?
#14

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:19pm

^^I don't, but he needs to step it up. I'll been plugging the show to my family and they live in NJ/NYC area. In fact, I was home this past weekend and my mom had the TV on. A N2N add came on and I told her that was the show I saw. She watched the spot and simply brushed it off.

It isn't the easiest show to market, but adding in quotes from reviews would help, especially when you've got so many to choose from. If they get Tony Noms like predicted, they should be putting up posters about that as well.
#15

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:35pm

I've been plugging the show like crazy to everyone I know. I don't get how those reviews aren't put onto every ad yet.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#16

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 5:37pm

I'm glad to see Exit the King doing so well. That show's kind of a tough sell and it's been doing much better than I expected. I wouldn't be surprised if it recouped well before the end of the run, I bet it wasn't that expensive except for the actors.

And no wonder Impressionism announced it's closing. Those are tough numbers.
#17

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:15pm

Ditto on the sentiments for Next to Normal. They really need to promote this show better. Hopefully the Tonys will help it out.
#18

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:18pm

Triple OUCH for reasons to be pretty. It's a worthy play that should be hyped right now -- I assume budgetary constraints are the reason. It always breaks my heart when a worthwhile show goes under -- even if I'm not crazy about the show (doesn't apply to reasons), there should be room on Broadway for this kind of theatre. So sad.
BroadwayEd
#19

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:49pm

unfortunate fall for ROA? they were at 93 percent? and probably still made op costs..
#20

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 6:49pm

Exit the King isn't really a tough sell. All you have to say is Rush and Sarandon are in in it. It's one of the only plays that can get away with 30% at tkts on the weekends.

39 steps too a huge dive last week. 22%.
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#21

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 7:20pm

Not a good week at all.
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#22

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:14pm

Well of course last week was gonna be bad compared to the previous two because schoools were back in session. I'm actually surprised about how little the Disney shows dropped. I'm sorry to say this, but it looks like reasons to be pretty will be closing soon. I have never seen a shows have such looooow numbers and still be able to run for as long as it has already..
#23

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:16pm

If REASONS doesn't get a Tony nod for Best Play, expect it to close immediately.

If it does get a nod, the producers will probably hold out until the Tonys to see if it wins.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

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-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

Updated On: 4/27/09 at 08:16 PM

#24

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:16pm

EDIT: WannaBe beat me to it.

Any show that didn't get reamed by the critics will stick around until at least the Tony nominations. You'd be surprised how big a bump, albeit short-lived, those can give. After that, if the show doesn't win any and it's pulling in low numbers in the first place, expect to see it gone by the end of the summer (we shall call it Passing Strange Syndrome).

Reasons will stay open until the Tonys because it has a good shot at Best Play.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

Updated On: 4/27/09 at 08:16 PM

#25

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/26

Posted: 4/27/09 at 8:27pm

I hope REASONS wins Best Play.

It deserves it in my eyes and it could REALLY benefit from winning.

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