Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/12 — Page 2

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.

<< 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.

^ 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.

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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.

"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.

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"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.

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