Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/4/23

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: BAD CINDERELLA (7.2%), GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (3.8%), A DOLL'S HOUSE (2.4%), THE LION KING (1.9%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (0.6%), WICKED (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (-21.7%), LIFE OF PI (-15.2%), SUMMER, 1976 (-14.4%), FUNNY GIRL (-9.5%), CHICAGO (-8.9%), SIX (-8.8%), NEW YORK, NEW YORK (-8.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-7.6%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (-6%), CAMELOT (-5.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-5.3%), HADESTOWN (-5%), FAT HAM (-4.8%), SHUCKED (-4.8%), PARADE (-4.6%), LEOPOLDSTADT (-4.1%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-3.6%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-3.5%), PETER PAN GOES WRONG (-3.4%), PRIMA FACIE (-3.2%), THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW (-2.8%), ALADDIN (-2%), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (-2%), GREY HOUSE (-1.1%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.9%), HAMILTON (-0.8%), & JULIET (-0.3%),

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Its really wild how Bad Cinderalla couldnt give their tickets away. Just what a flop start to finish.

I wonder if Sydney Brustein is turning a profit. An interesting lesson in what sells out in downtown Bklyn cant sustain a commerical Bway run.

Also interesting to me how some shows keep their ticket prices high despite weak attendance--- lookin atchu Leopolstadt. Id see it again but not for $150 in a 1/3 empty theater.

Parade and Sweeny continue to impress me. Wow.

Is the week after Memorial Day usually this terrible?

Aside from the two hit plays, A Doll’s House and Prima Facie, & Juliet, Sweeney Todd, Parade and the usual long-runners, it was a lousy week. The ones that held up look impressive.

There are a few shows that may be running out of gas. Summer tourism might rescue them, though. The new musicals continue to struggle or, for this week, have lost their momentum.

I'm guessing Tony nominated shows had to comp Tony voters (and their guests) who watched their shows last week?

PipingHotPiccolo said: "I wonder if Sydney Brustein is turning a profit. An interesting lesson in what sells out in downtown Bklyn cant sustain a commerical Bway run."

It most certainly isn't, with two big star salaries.

They probably hoped that the momentum from BAM would have helped it. But anyone who saw it at BAM probably wasn't too interested in going again, prices were high at BAM, and reviews didn't help it at all. If they had been able to give enough time for advertising, or if it had opened cold on Broadway not at BAM, its grosses would be on the level of PRIMA FACIE.

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Its really wild how Bad Cinderalla couldnt give their tickets away. Just what a flop start to finish.

I wonder if Sydney Brustein is turning a profit. An interesting lesson in what sells out in downtown Bklyn cant sustain a commerical Bway run.

Also interesting to me how some shows keep their ticket prices high despite weak attendance--- lookin atchu Leopolstadt. Id see it again but not for $150 in a 1/3 empty theater.
 


Oh if ONLY there were a place that one could purchase half-priced tickets!  Oh, wait...

https://www.tdf.org/discount-ticket-programs/tkts-by-tdf/tkts-live/

 

 

 

 

Wick3 said: "I'm guessing Tony nominated shows had to comp Tony voters (and their guests) who watched their shows last week?"

This week as well.

Even if it wins Best Musical? I would be very surprised and concerned if that happens. While I didn’t like Kimberly Akimbo myself, I still want Broadway to be a place where original musicals can thrive if they win critical praise and industry awards, as this show has done.

An August closing of a Best Musical winner would be a very bad omen so I hope you’re wrong that it’s a done deal regardless of what happens on Sunday.

Maybe they have some prescience that they are not going to win, with voters de icing they can help SLIH more than KA.  I liked KA more but could see their trying to help a big, splashy musical, even if it’s music is NSG.

RippedMan said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I am hearing that either way Kimberly Akimbo is closing August 6th"

Either way? Huh? The producer is very savvy so I highly doubt it. I suspect it will win and stay open and turn a profit. They know what they’re doing."

I agree. I suspect they might have been told by the Shubert Org that if they don't win their stop clause will be enacted and have to be out of the theater on August 6th, just as I know Some Like It Hot has been told something similar. I don't know what date Some Like It Hot was told, but I do know they have not paid rent in months and have been told that the stop clause will be enacted if they do not win Best Musical. Some Like It Hot has lost an additional $2.5M since opening, while David Stone had planned on Kimberly Akimbo needing up to $2M in reserves, which they have yet to fully use. Now I am not saying that the August 6th date is false, but like I said I can't imagine it being set in stone. If Kimberly Akimbo wins Best Musical and then immediately announces its closing August 6th that looks terrible on the industry as a whole. 

Updated On: 6/8/23 at 10:04 AM

I really doubt a closing in August for the Best Musical winner. But I do think it's very likely for whichever one doesn't win.

That's good to know about Kimberly having the $2m in reserve. I think everyone is hoping for a win and a modest run. 

I doubt Days of Wine will transfer anytime soon with O'hara being out for most of May unless that all gets shifted a couple months.

Monday and Sunday Night performances are always industry heavy since that’s the time most people can go if they’re also in a show. 
 

And it was prob just filming for the archives. I don’t see it hanging on much longer.