Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12/15 — Page 2

Amazing Grace officially opens Thursday. I'm not sure if it'll last too long beyond that.

Zell, one does not need to focus on the numbers to zero in on the inherent flaw in your suggestion. There is no correlation between what show warrants a Tony and how successful it is in relation to others. It is quite obvious that, especially in spring and summer and during the holidays, Matilda's demographics are much better than Kinky's. But I would not think you would want the Tony awards to be a measure of how well a show is expected to do among school-age girls. And I would not think you would want to espouse that ticket sales invalidate the unrelated factors that properly resulted in the judgment of the Tony voters even if that judgment is not the one you would have preferred.

He's saying that winning a Tony isn't always based on marketability. The demographic, as in target audience, for Matilda is more available during the summer because schools are out which is why the grosses are higher. At face value, its a more family friendly show.

Kinky Boots on the other hand doesn't market well to families which may be why its grosses are lower that Matilda's at the moment.

Nice to see Hedwig finally break the 500 thousand dollar mark with Darren Criss. Is it his last week?

"Nice to see Hedwig finally break the 500 thousand dollar mark with Darren Criss. Is it his last week?"

This isn't the first time. It already broke 500 thousand during pride week.

"Lol mmkay whatever you say ! Matilda was still robbed imo and I'm happy to see it doing better than Kinky :)"

ZellMarrowsPledge, since you joined 3 weeks ago, you have been breathlessly begging us to use your TodayTix code so you could get enough credits to finally be able to see Matilda for the first time. If you've never actually seen Matilda or at least seen it in person, how can you say with such certainty that it was the better show and it was robbed because Kinky Boots won?

"its very easy these days to tell if a show a better than another without seeing it live."

Maybe if the Tony Voters had based their decisions on bootlegs and cast albums, it would have won. Shockingly, they still rely on seeing the show live. Silly rabbits.

"So you've never heard of a bootleg? A cast album? I think what you're saying is irrelevant because its very easy these days to tell if a show a better than another without seeing it live."

I believe we are all talking about LIVE theater...which is what the Tony awards represent. If we are talking about filmed versions or recorded versions, you probably should be talking about the Emmy's or the Grammy's.

If someone is discussing LIVE theater and makes a judgement based on anything other than LIVE theater, that opinion is definitely irrelevant.

Zell your opinion right?! I've seen both shows and think Kinky Boots totally deserves its Tony win. My opinion of course. I've seen Matilda once and have no desire to see it again. I've seen Kinky Boots 3x (on Broadway and touring) and looking for opportunities to see it again and again!!

Updated On: 7/13/15 at 10:23 PM

FishermanBob-why are you so pressed. You must be one of those..on these forums all day searching for a fight. I just said I'm happy Matilda is doing better than Kinky right now, did I ask for any further comment from you?

Great, another child that must be correct no matter what.

I am team Kinky Boots, just saw it again last week and it holds up so well. I thought and the voters agreed that it was the far superior show. I saw Matilda in London before it opened here and I HATED IT! Saw it here right after it opened and it was the same crap. So happy Kinky won.

BTW you cannot steal something from someone if they don't already have it. So lets just put that to bed. Thanks.

Holy crap!Would you just shut up. People like you are why these threads never stay on topic and why they always go down the drain. Yes, we get it, you have your opinion, but there is no need to state it more than once and continue preaching it. Just move on.