Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/16- Page 2

[newintown]

Posted: 5/19/10 at 10:59am

True, but June and August are death valley - that's when Telecharge lays off a large number of its staff.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/19/10 at 11:22am

Interesting, since I'm looking at the 2009 grosses for all shows that opened during the 2007-2008 season or earlier. The June and August grosses, while not as high as the July grosses, are higher than just about any other month of the year. I would hardly call those bad numbers.

[PReeves2]

Posted: 5/19/10 at 11:58am

i thought january and february were the 'lull' months on broadway not the summer. makes sense though there is a slow down in august...its back to school month.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/19/10 at 12:48pm

well, if I had to rank each month from busiest to slowest:

1. December
2. July
3. June
4. November
5. August
6. April
7. May
8. March
9. October
10. February
11. September
12. January

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/19/10 at 12:59pm

The number of box office and day of/TKTS sales is a lot higher in the summer, which would explain why Telecharge axes staff during that time despite rising sales.