Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 3:19pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 6/9/2019 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.
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Up for the week by attendance was: KING LEAR (11.5%), THE FERRYMAN (7.8%), THE PROM (7.1%), BEAUTIFUL (6.6%), MY FAIR LADY (5.9%), THE CHER SHOW (5.3%), FROZEN (5%), KING KONG (4.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (4.8%), ALL MY SONS (4.7%), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS (2.3%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (1.9%), INK (1.8%), BURN THIS (1.7%), BEETLEJUICE (1.7%), MEAN GIRLS (1.7%), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (1.4%), TOOTSIE (1.3%), COME FROM AWAY (1.1%), KISS ME, KATE (0.9%), ALADDIN (0.7%), THE LION KING (0.6%), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (0.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.2%), HADESTOWN (0.1%), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (0.1%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance was: WAITRESS (-15.8%), FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (-11.7%), BE MORE CHILL (-1.9%), CHICAGO (-1.7%), WICKED (-1%), OKLAHOMA! (-0.7%), HILLARY AND CLINTON (-0.6%), NETWORK (-0.3%), HAMILTON (-0.2%),
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 3:23pm
Good week all around! Glad to see Prom and Beetlejuice increase! Hope a huge post tony jump is coming both of their ways.
Ouch for Waitress though.... I didn’t realize Jeremy Jordan was such a draw
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 3:55pm
An absolutely devastating week for Frankie & Johnny. The grosses went up minimally, but to be playing to 40% capacity the week after opening to strong reviews is rough. A number of shows look like they might have to cut their limited runs short (Hillary & Clinton, Gary, Frankie & Johnny). And it's surprising to me that Beetlejuice and Tootsie are struggling as much as they are--their numbers aren't dire, but they're weak for shows that opened to good reviews and a ton of awards attention.
And then Beautiful and Waitress...two of my favorite long-running shows. I just don't know how much longer they have in them or how much more stunt casting they can pull off to keep things going. Time will tell!
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:01pm
It's almost end of the day and am glad no show has announced closure yet.
OhHiii
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/16
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:09pm
Wick3 said: "It's almost end of the day and am glad no show has announced closure yet."
I'd expect if any post today, it'll come around 5:30-6 to try to get buried in the rush hour news/commutes.
If a show needs to post for this Sunday, they have to tell the cast before the first performance of the week, so expect one or two tomorrow more likely.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:14pm
OhHiii said: "Wick3 said: "It's almost end of the day and am glad no show has announced closure yet."
I'd expect if any post today, it'll come around 5:30-6 to try to get buried in the rush hour news/commutes.
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With the helicopter crashing on top of a building in midtown today any show closing announcement will already be ignored anyway.
goldenstate5
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/06
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:18pm
Has Gary announced yet? I can see a couple. BMC is still not great but they'll definitely try to stay alive for the summer crowds which should start arriving next week, if they show up of course. Joe Iconis begging people on twitter to inform ppl that BMC was the originator of the Tonys opening number is pretty hilarious, though.
Waitress will probably not make it past 2019, and Kong is doomed as well. Prom is somewhat improving. Beetlejuice needs to get numbers up quick.
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:20pm
Do shows really announce closings so quickly after the Tonys?
I should’ve been Blac Chyna.
GrantGrant
Chorus Member Joined: 12/14/16
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:29pm
YvanEhtNioj said: "Do shows really announce closings so quickly after the Tonys?"
If they didn't win at the Tony's, some shows do.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:31pm
Wick3 said: "It's almost end of the day and am glad no show has announced closure yet."
The cast is typically told at the theatre about 45 mins before the show, and the press release would go out immediately after. So, if there's going to be a closing notice posted today (or this week, or any time), expect it between 6:30 and 7:30.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:37pmThey notify actors that close to curtain? Logistically that makes sense, but I never thought about it before. Damn, it must be tough for them to get through that show. I know Broadway actor are real pros, and they’ll almost always give the audience what they paid for, but that has to bring down the energy somewhat.
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:39pm
I don't understand Waitress. Trying to take my bestie in a few weeks, half the theatre is empty and they are charing $300 a pop for half the orchestra.
"Observe how bravely I conceal this dreadful dreadful shame I feel."
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 6:07pm
JBroadway said: "They notify actors that close to curtain? Logistically that makes sense, but I never thought about it before. Damn, it must be tough for them to get through that show. I know Broadway actor are real pros, and they’ll almost always give the audience what they paid for, but that has to bring down the energy somewhat."
It seems like there's no "good" way to inform everyone. If Rudin's closing GARY or HILLARY early, he could probably just make phonecalls because the casts are so small and they're old pros. With a big show like THE PROM or BMC or KONG, they might not reach all the actors by phone, and then word spreads like wildfire. Telling them after the show could be tough if people have guests and the crew is trying to clean up. I don't know when the practice began, but I'd guess it's been done this way for decades.
Raul Esparza talked in an interview about how weird the first COMPANY performance after the Tonys in 2007 was. The production had won Best Revival, but he lost, and they posted the closing notice that night.
Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 6:32pm
Marlothom said: "I don't understand Waitress. Trying to take my bestie in a few weeks, half the theatre is empty and they are charing $300 a pop for half the orchestra."
Not sure where the seats are located but waitress is running a Buy one get one $10 promo at the moment.
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 6:42pm
Beautiful & Waitress have had healthy runs, it's time for them to pack it up. There's no way King Kong, Be More Chill or the Prom last past Labor Day.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 7:20pm
Cher Show numbers are still pretty dismal. Someone said it was selling well on the weekends, but I had a friend there last week and mezz was empty. it cant be cheap to run.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 7:23pm
The 2 for 1 Waitress deal is only till 6/16. They have another deal but not for Saturday night.
"Observe how bravely I conceal this dreadful dreadful shame I feel."
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 8:19pm
ACL2006 said: "Beautiful & Waitress have had healthy runs, it's time for them to pack it up. There's no way King Kong, Be More Chill or the Prom last past Labor Day."
Of course there is. All it takes is someone with deep pockets and a few cards missing from their deck.
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/10/19 at 8:43pm
again Constitution cracks over half a million and is now outgrossing several plays with "stars" and two musicals....wild
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/9/19
Posted: 6/11/19 at 1:10am
I hope Waitress can hold out with more stunt casting. It's still in great shape. Though with the tour, I can't really argue you need to see the Broadway production.
I still haven't decided if I want to see The Cher Show.
Having seen Gary, I think they should just cut their losses and let those actors move on to better projects. Though they seemed to be having fun in the show.
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