Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/10/22 — Page 2

RippedMan said: "Has Crystal done the talk show circuit? I thought his performance on the Tonys was very winning and I would have gotten a ticket."

Yes he has done various talkshow appearances. I'm as surprised as anyone that his fanbase hasn't proved to be much larger. I don't really know how WOM is –– the reviews were pretty kind, and if you're a Crystal fan you'll probably have a pretty good time, even if the musical on a whole isn't great. The ad campaign is not great and the early TV spots were kind of lame.

Updated On: 7/12/22 at 05:27 PM

Re: STRANGE LOOP, besides being a genuinely challenging and distinctly adult show, we’re also not in a year when I think that direct comparisons to other Best Musical winners is quite possible. There’s still the Covid of it all which I think has SOME

impact on locals attending, and this is 100% a show with a hometown audience, not tourists. My gut says that it doesn’t run as long as other winners have but it still recoups. Also, I just adore the show and think Broadway is better for having it.

A reminder FUN HOME's recoupment was not a foregone conclusion, even after its win. It was surprising to many it had a healthy run given its subject matter, not to mention it's more intimate, less splashy approach.

And ultimately it was a testament to some great producing.

I hope LOOP has a long run, but anyone that tells you it won't be a challenge is kidding themselves or you.

binau said: "Interesting that "A Strange Loop" could not sell quite a few seats despite winning the Tony Award for Best Musical recently. Looking at the "Best Musical" winner grosses for the last 10 years this seems to be an unusual situation/unheard of situation. If I have looked correctly I believe the closet thing is "Once" but that still sold 99.2% of its seats."

We live in different, post-pandemic times. Could very well that the Best Musical Tony is not a guarantee this time around, yet it has pretty good statistics to back it up.

I mean, A Strange Loop is probably the toughest sell out of all the past winners. It's hard to explain and the title/artwork don't really entice. And it got great reviews, but maybe the general word-of-mouth isn't so great? It's still doing well, so I think it's fine for awhile.

I think Book of Mormon has run its course.

markypoo said: "quizking101 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "What exactly is keeping the minutes open?"

Probably the fact it got government money and, since it’s closing on the 24th, has no incentive to shut down at this point"

What government money?"

Probably the pandemic money. Assuming the show received any, that money was required to have been spent to prior to Dec. 31, 2021 (with limited exceptions). It wasn't meant to help struggling shows survive, it was meant to help shows get back on their feet after such and extended closure.

Fosse76 said: "that money was required to have been spent to prior to Dec. 31, 2021 (with limited exceptions)"



Really? I wasn't aware of that caveat. I assumed this whole time that both Hangmen and The Minutes were relying on that money, as both of them definitely would've been eligible for it. In fact, I recall someone on this board reporting that Hangmen WAS listed on some document of shows that they received the money, and this came out before they even announced their return. It was their SVOG money that tipped us off that they planned to return in the first place. Consequently, I assumed that Hangmen wouldn't have returned without it, because they had announced initially that they were closed for good.

I know we're talking about The Minutes here, not Hangmen, but the reason I bring it up is that Hangmen, like The Minutes, didn't return until 2022. Meaning if Hangmen was able to use it after the new year, it would make sense if The Minutes could too.