Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/13/26 — Page 2

PipingHotPiccolo said: "quizking101 said: "merle57 said: "Thank God for quality productions like Salesman and Ragtime. Thank God for Lincoln Center and Scott Rudin for producing quality. Those are Broadway quality shows, not off-Broadway shows being produced on the main stem where they do not belong.

Thank you for your absolutely useless contribution to the discourse. You’re confusing quality with size and star power."



Feels pretty rich for YOU to be policing the discourse, given your complete and utter obsession with CATS, but its WILD to suggest that Salesman and Ragtime are examples of "star power" or "size" driving sales?

Ragtime has NO "stars" attached to it that drove sales outside the immediate Broadway core fans, and Salesman was THANK GOD put on featuring somewhat well known but Bway legends and incredible actors who more than rose to the occasion.

I cant think of anything less gracious than pretending that Ragtime and Salesman were runaway hits for illegitimate reasons, when both were simply exquisite productions of classics that audiences (and critics) love, whereas CATS was a brilliant spin on IP that most people find ridiculous."

Most people find CATS ridiculous? It only ran for 18 years on Broadway and has been produced around the world ever since. I guess you speak only for yourself and not “most people”. 

Yeah, I feel like most are able to recognize that it was once very popular, but that its a truly bizarre plot-less waste of time, and that without the original 80s spectacle it flops (see revival 2016, the movie, etc.). The genius of this revival was that is turned the underlying slop into something new and worthwhile (and i still struggled to care, but i know im in the minority on that). 

to each their own, but i think the post 1999 track record on CATS is pretty clear.