Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/26/19- Page 3

[haterobics]

Posted: 5/29/19 at 11:08pm

Robbie2 said: "the point that I'm making is that Be More Chill is NOT a HIT!"

Is someone arguing the other side of that point?

[bear88]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 2:52am

The show that seems like it could go either way is Tootsie. It's doing well in a large theater, making money, boasts good reviews. (My daughter, who isn't in its natural demographic, called it the funniest show she's ever seen.) But it's too easy to get cheap tickets five minutes before the show on a Friday night. And what happens if it doesn't win Best Musical? Does anyone care what won Best Book, or even Best Actor? 

There ought to be a decent market for a name brand musical that's actually funny. And if it pulls off the upset over Hadestown, then all bets are off. But if it doesn't, I am very curious how it does after the summer - and even after Moulin Rouge sucks up a lot of attention next month.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 12:00pm

brdwybound04 said: "Not that they’d be interested in being a replacement or doing 8 shows a week, but I feel like either Kelly Clarkson or Jennifer Nettles could do blockbuster box office numbers to boost Waitress... but I’m likely dreaming that either would ever commit to doing a limited engagement..."

Kelly Clarkson has said on several occasions that after the experience of From Justin to Kelly she is not interested in pursuing acting again. So if she does change her mind about that, whether of her own volition or from heavy lobbying by a producer, I would say it's more likely that she would step in to an already running show where she could do a limited engagement, allowing a greater opportunity to line up a role she could see herself being comfortable in and also not be bound to a longer contract if it did turn out to be disastrous.

[getupngo]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 3:19pm

SomethingPeculiar said: "kade.ivy said: "Would someone be willing to explain how Potter is not making its full gross potential? Is it because they “discount” their premium tickets as the show gets closer?"

With a 2-part play, it's hard to get people to buy both parts. My guess is some patrons are skipping part 2. There have also been some discounted tickets on TodayTix.

These are still staggeringly good numbers.It's had a gross potential in the 90% range for 10 weeks of 2019, and we might even see that number drop to the 80% range over the next year."

how could people skip part 2 with the massive cliffhanger ending of part 1?!

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 3:25pm

No spoilers, but if you don’t want to return to Potter for pt2 after watching Part 1, it must be pretty damn hard to entertain you. Whether you’re a Potter fan or not even. Prices I understand of course. I do know one person who saw part 1 last spring and are seeing part 2 this spring. I’m not sure why, but that’s how they wanted to do it. Possibly more people do this? No idea

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 3:37pm

getupngo said: "how could people skip part 2 with the massive cliffhanger ending of part 1?!"

 

Maybe they hated part 1 and didn't care what happened next?

 

[Daddy Warbucks]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 4:30pm

Can you buy a seat to just part 1 or just part 2?  If so, then the issue is likely:

A student buys a seat to a Saturday matinee part 1, with the plans to watch part 2 some later week when they have more money.  The people buying tickets don't want to buy just pt 2 in the Saturday evening performance, so some of those seats go unfilled.  Later, when student is ready to watch part 2, the same thing happens but in reverse.  They buy just the part 2 ticket, but that leaves a part 1 ticket without a proper pair and those get unused.
 

Updated On: 5/30/19 at 04:30 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 5/30/19 at 4:33pm

Seeing one half is better than seeing none of it all, and I bet that many ticketbuyers might feel that way, too.