Couple of observations:
1. Don't know what its weekly nut is, but Chicago continues to be the little engine that could. Recognizing ticket inflation, which has far exceeded normal inflation since e it opened, it is on target to have its highest grossing year ever, if it sustains business to date for the year.
2. Interestingly enough, Kinky boots is pretty much on target with gross to date this time in 2016; don't know what its nut is (and how much it has grown since 2016), but -- while unlikely to come within a mile of 2017, due to Urie's drawing power -- I am thinking that, if it can maintain results thus far, it may be around until Jujamcyn exercises its stop clause rights.
3. Carousel only grossed $18,000 more than 3 Tall Women, despite the size of the Golden. Living in the age of premium pricing, anything is possible, particularly with limited engagements.
4. For those of you who predicted adamantly that Evan Hansen's grosses would drop precipitously 3 or 4 months after Ben Platt left, you definitely should be eating crow. As I said at the time, it has become on of those shows that ha entered the theatrical zeitgeist; and so, to a lesser extent, has Come From Away
5. Let's face it...when the rubber hits the road, Waitress is a pretty adequate show with a pretty adequate score, despite who wrote it. Try to listen to the cast recording a few times (I have). How many of us really thought that it would still be open quickly approaching 1,000 performances, even in these days of inflated runs. It is a long time since a show has benefitted from replacement casts the way this has. It will be interesting to see what the producers do after Katherine McPhee leaves, unless they convince her to stay longer. (I enjoyed Waitress, but mostly because of the story, not the score, which IMO includes a lot of mediocre 'filler' songs among the few gems).
6. Based on its grosses, it is hard to believe the articles that continually appear about Frozen's ticket sales issues. Anyone know how far into the future its advance remains super strong? (I do believe that it was probably helped by its Tony's performance).
7. Still amazed that Angels only grossed 73% of its gross potential, although I admit that I passed since it took 2 slots (out-of-towner) and I know I can see the National Theatre Live production in a pinch.
have sort of crossed over and people who don't even follow musicals know these songs.
