Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/16/2006

[Rob]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 11:05am

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/16/2006 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 11:07am

Almost everything went up this week! Even "Hot Feet!"

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 11:18am

So when will Tarzan start taking a hit because of how bad it is? I mean, families will still flock to it and constantly see it for the first time, but the only consequence from the show being horrible is that it won't get the return visitors that other shows do. It'll still be thriving because of first-timers who don't know, and won't get those repeat ticket sales from those who have seen it before.

I answered my own question.

Hoorah for Wedding Singer, Drowsy Chaperone, and even DRS this week. :)

[today4u:proofpositiv]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 11:24am

A good week overall, but why is Sweeney doing so bad?

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 11:25am

im glad that SWEENEY went up 1.7%
can't wait to see it this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and yay for DROWSY, which I am also seeing
:)

[jv92]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 1:56pm

Sweeney is never going to play to packed houses, or even 90%. Let's all get that straight. It would be great if it did. At least it's making some money.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 1:59pm

Damn Sweeney. At least it went up! If they're not selling tickets all that well, why not drop the price for premium seats???

[folkyboy]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:02pm

they don't drop premium tickets because people who buy premium tickets sometimes do such without ever checking to see if there are regular seating available. the Times had an article not too long ago about this stating that even when Well was at it's worst it still would see premium tickets.

if they can make the money, they're gonna charge premium pricing.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:05pm

I think TARZAN is already taking a hit. It's numbers are not what you would expect from a "blockbuster" brand new Disney musical. LION KING or BEAUTY AND THE BEAST played to over 100 percent capacity for months after they opened.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:14pm

Still, Variety wrote that Tarzan broke a house record at the Rodgers this week.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:19pm

Well as long as ticket prices and premium seating keep rising, shows are going to break "house records" left and right over the next year...

I think last week's TARZAN gross at only 90 percent is shocking and telling. I think THE LION KING literally played years at over 100 percent capacity.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:32pm

Lion King often still plays to 100% capacity.

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:36pm

Yayy WEDDING SINGER! It's got to keep rising though.

I'm very concerned for Sweeney. I don't understand why its numbers are so low. I mean, it's like everyone has seen it multiple times, and it is such a brilliant revival, WHY SO LOW?!

C'mon, NY audiences. Go see this show.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:39pm

SWEENEY TODD has always been/always will be a tough sell. They are in a fairly big musical house and the show has gotten very mixed word of mouth from the general public. Its just not a show tourists have a lot of interest in seeing. That they have already made back their investment is fantastic. At this point any additional week the show runs is icing on the cake.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:42pm

Plus, Sweeney is fairly cheap to run.

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:48pm

Ah, that's true.

Hooray for cheap sets!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:51pm

Yeah, when I was walking to see the "The Wedding Singer" I heard this lady say that she saw Sweeney and thought it was "okay, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's sort of out-there." So I guess the word of mouth isn't so great. I'm suprised Drowsy is only in the 80%s but making $900,000, that's pretty damn good for a show that is rather small and short.

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:55pm

See a lot of people just don't get darker shows.

I have a friend who is just starting to like Broadway and I wouldn't stop going on about SWEENEY. So she asked to borrow the CD and she said "Yeah, I just don't get it. What's going? Why is he angry? Why does his daughter not ask questions about where she is?" and stuff like that. Same thing with ASSASSINS.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 2:59pm

Sweeney is at the 1,100 seat Eugene O'Neill - small, by musical house standards.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 3:05pm

I was gonna say, Smaxie, it didn't seem to big when I was there.

Paris, I don't think a lot of people "don't get it" but it's also not what some people want. If they're going to put money down on a show they want to see sets, big orchestrations, etc. My acting teacher here at school hated this production of Sweeney, which I'm suprised by. It's just a hard show to sell. It's a dark show, and right now it's summer, so it's just not going to sell during the summer.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 3:06pm

still living in hope that sweeney picks up momentum and can stay open through the fall

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 3:10pm

Yeah, that's probably true.

But I was just basing what I said on the fact that when I went to go see it a couple weeks ago, during intermission I heard a couple say:

"What? Priest? Are they eating people?"
"No, I think it's a metaphor."
"Oh."
"I haven't understood one word that bald guy has said for now."

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 4:23pm

Well its certainly big compared to the tiny Watermill and Trafalgar Studios the production was designed for. I think it is arguable that the production would have sold better in a smaller theatre; given that the orchestra is on the stage and is only the cast, it didn't really need to play a musical house at all.

[WeddedBliss22]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 4:28pm

HAH, Paris, I heard a few people saying almost the same thing, def a tough sell show!

[starletta8]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 4:37pm

Oh, Sweeney...

Congrats to just about everyone else!

I'll be interested to see how the next few weeks trend for DRS.