Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/6/18 — Page 2

HogansHero said: "OOTI has not, contrary to what seems like popular belief in some quadrants, been barely breaking even. Except for a handful of frames, it has consistently been in the red.

Re the comparison on Angels and 3TW, note that the former has 50% more seats to sell."

Source?

The grosses for School of Rock are always so up and down lol

Do you guys think The Boys in the Band will keep these grosses until summer? I'm planning on seeing the show in July and I like to purchase all of my tickets in advance - I still need to purchase TBITB and TBV tickets for my trip but I can only purchase one right now. What show do you guys think I need to purchase for first?

taylortrensch said: "Do you guys think The Boys in the Band will keep these grosses until summer? I'm planning on seeing the show in July and I like to purchase all of my tickets in advance - I still need to purchase TBITB and TBV tickets for my trip but I can only purchase one right now. What show do you guys think I need to purchase for first?"

The Boys in The Band probably, and try to buy your Bands Visit tickets before the Tonys

a-mad said: "Looks like Tony noms didn't do much for Spongebob (yeah it did a bit better... but not really).

Meanwhile... Summer continues to stay above $1 million. Who'da thunk it?"



During the week of April 23, both Whoopi Goldberg and Jimmy Fallon gave it rave reviews on their respective shows ("The View"; "The Tonight Show"   pushing audiences to go see the show and have a great time. Each host loved the show - and if anyone can get people (esp. tourists) in those seats for a while, it's these two hosts. (One appeals to the daytime female audience, the other to a more cross-over night time audience).

And the Wall Street Journal is caught totally by surprised of the phenomenon which has become "Summer" : Wall Street Journal article on the success of "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"



Don't be surprised if this discos around for a long while.

Updated On: 5/7/18 at 08:18 PM

HogansHero said: "Jessetenny said: "

Source?"

The Broadway League:

9954-6296=3658

3658/6296=58.1% (so actually closer to 60%)"

That was the obvious part. I'm talking about "OOTI has not, contrary to what seems like popular belief in some quadrants, been barely breaking even. Except for a handful of frames, it has consistently been in the red."

What is your source for saying that they are mostly always in the red?

Miles2Go2 said: "Impossible2 said: "Miles2Go2 said: "Impossible2 said: "I got 3rd and 4th row centre aisle seats for Angels for $92 each from Tkts so I would hold off."

That’s awesome! Thanks for the info! Were you able to buy seats for both performances at the same time or did you have to return to the booth to buy your ticket for the part 2?"

I went Thursday and Friday nights so no I had to buy them separately, but it wasn't a big deal.

Thursday I was Row C left hand centre aisleseat and Friday I was Row D right hand centre aisle seat.

Most of Lane's scenes are stage right and Garfield's are stage left so it was a nice mix of seeing both up close.

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Thanks for the great info. Based on your description, i think I’d prefer stage left but would be satisfiedwith either. Because of already purchased tickets for 5 productions, I’m banking on doing the parts 1 & 2 marathon on Wednesday. Already have reservations at Victor’s next door between parts 1 & 2. I suppose I could run over to TKTS in between to get my part 2 ticket."

On double show days they sell both show tickets together so you'll be fine.

Jessetenny said: "What is your source for saying that they are mostly always in the red?"

Oh sorry, I was just going on the placement of your question. It was reported early on that the show's nut is in the high 400s. (I thought that was a bit low, but if that's what they say then that's what they say.) You can easily pull up the grosses for the run and see that there have been precious few weeks in which they were above water. (Don't forget to deduct 10% to reach the net gross before you do the compare.) And also note that while that addresses the technical matter of being in the red or not, it is still nowhere near the point at which there is the first dollar to send to investors towards recoupment.

BTW, I disagree with the 2 people who posted just under you.

Dancingthrulife2 said: "From what I heard from a veteran Broadway producer,there are two ways royalties are calculated. The creatives can take either a certain percentage of weekly grosses or a higher percentage of the part above the water."

Standardly, royalty is a percentage of the gross (not just the creatives but the theatre, the producer, etc) but these are matters of contract so one can negotiate something else. I suspect you were hearing about royalty pools which are agreements that defer royalties in part, but they have triggers based on recoupment, not profit.

But that's not what the 10% is at all. It refers to the approximate amount of the fees that come off the top before the producer gets the money from the box office in the first place.

Jarethan said: "Couple of things:

-- I am amazed that 3 Tall Women is doing better than Angels. I know it got great reviews, but so did Angels. I am assuming three reasons why it is doing better: (1) (far and away key reason)Glenda Jackson return to Broadway with reviews of a lifetime; (2) Too recent revival of Angels Off-Broadway; and (3) time / cost commitment to see Angels.

For me, as an out of towner, it was really hard to get tickets that I wanted for Angels. I didn't want to spend an entire Saturday, and they weren't sell them separately until the last minute. Then, when we could get tickets at the last minute (for Part I), we had to leave before the final scene to get to the airport.

I'm glad I saw what I saw (although TTW and Angels back to back made for a pretty angsty weekend), but I think Angels made a calculated choice in how/when they performed and how they sell their tickets.