Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#25
Posted: 7/13/09 at 5:35pm
N one knows the weekly nut for a show unless the company releases that info (which they wont)
People on here just seem to speculate
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re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#26
Posted: 7/13/09 at 5:48pm
But testing, the title of the article was "There's Trouble in Emerald City." And he said "WICKED does not, alas, speak hopefully for the future of the Broadway musical."
He LOVED Chenoweth but hated the show.
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#27
Posted: 7/13/09 at 6:03pmYes, but WICKED had an incredible word of mouth which preceded it to Broadway.
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#28
Posted: 7/13/09 at 7:06pm
<< But testing, the title of the article was "There's Trouble in Emerald City." And he said "WICKED does not, alas, speak hopefully for the future of the Broadway musical."
He LOVED Chenoweth but hated the show. >>
He review was kind of confusing--- I dont know how you can love the performances, (he GUSHED for Cheno) and loved Idina, ...yet, he claims to have hated the show.
(Maybe disliked is a better term)
My point was that after reading his review, I was more excited to see it than I had been.
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#29
Posted: 7/13/09 at 8:16pm
No one knows the weekly nut for a show unless the company releases that info (which they wont)
Not entirely true. Variety will regularly mention a show's nut in articles about financing, and as noted Riedel gave the weekly nut for 9 TO 5 in his feature on it several weeks ago.
Bear in mind that the "nut" is not a fixed number. It can fluctuate depending on how much is spent on ads, theatre rental (often based on receipts) and other non-standardized costs. these figures are just an estimate and producers can usually adjust 50K or so. If 9 TO 5 grosses 640K one week that does not necessarily mean the show lost money.
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re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#30
Posted: 7/13/09 at 8:22pm^ But Broadway grosses no longer subtract credit card fees and group sales fees. It's highly unlikely that the show made any money this week.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#31
Posted: 7/13/09 at 8:59pm
Wicked also had a much more sizable advance.
And Reidel hardly trashed Wicked. I'd call his revival mixed and hesitant but not completely negative.
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re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#32
Posted: 7/13/09 at 11:13pm
you people still don't get it do you.
These months (late may-early sept) are the biggest selling months of the season (with late oct-early jan coming in a close second). If you aren't making well above your nut in these months you are dead in the fall and winter. Dead.
Shows need to be making at least 25-50% above their nut in these times. Shows that are barely making their nut or under are gone by the fall. The shows don't have a big enough reserve to make it to Mid Oct. Same with the mid oct-early jan. If you aren't making good money you will close early jan. That's it.
I don't dislike 9-5, but the show will just not make it past the fall. Not going to happen. It's simple math. Their nut is anywhere from 625-650 every week. They have to be making a million a week during the summer to seem like a viable hit. They aren't, the show is gone. Please don't anyone take it personally.
Honestly, its like a broken record here. Maybe new people keep showing up with the same ignorant views on the economics of theater.
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#33
Posted: 7/13/09 at 11:30pm
We don't take it personally. It is just you keep putting just 9 to 5 down on its grosses, not any other show. You also claim to know everything, but you have absolutely nothing to back it up. You call Rock of Ages a hit, has it made a million in the summer and top selling months? No.
There is room for both shows, get over it. Nobody wants to listen to you.
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#34
Posted: 7/13/09 at 11:38pm
"Yeah keep in mind that while '9to5' is only selling 74%, it's selling 5000 MORE seats than Next to normal, amongst other things..."
Because it's in a much larger theater than most shows. Even though it's selling more seats, its gross isn't a whole lot more than Next to Normal's... and Next to Normal will almost always be behind 9 to 5 in terms of seats sold, just due to the fact its house is more than half the size.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#35
Posted: 7/14/09 at 12:09am
If next to normal sold out, then that arguement would be valid.
I think it says something about the popularity of a show based on seats sold -- clearly 9to5 is more of a draw then n2n, until n2n starts selling out. That's sort of the point I was trying to make...
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#36
Posted: 7/14/09 at 12:41am
"If next to normal sold out, then that arguement would be valid. "
Next to normal would sell out. Obviously they are averages, hence, there are times when the theatre is probably 100% full, and due to the limited size of the theatre they can't accommodate more people if they needed too.
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12#37
Posted: 7/14/09 at 9:37am
Yeah, Philly 03 has this completely mixed up. N2N IS selling out certain shows. At over 90%, where it's been, it's absolutely selling out Fri/Sat, maybe some other nights, then averaging sub 90% during weekday performances. It's not like they sell exactly the same percentage for every show.
Would N2N sell out the Marquis? No, of course not. But then again, their nut is probably half of 925's.
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