Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
#0Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 3:56pmClick below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 7/23/2006 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
#1re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 3:59pmI am not happy with any of this.
Salad_Fingers85
Stand-by Joined: 8/30/05
#2re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:02pmWow, Haylie Duff helped out Hairspray attendence quite a bit. Can't say I'm surprised but still. I now see the effects of stunt casting.
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#3re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:02pmhow can practically every show be going up and be play to great capacity and Sweeney be doing so poorly??
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#4re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:03pmTourists don't want to see Sweeney.
#5re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:04pmDo I have wishful thinking to hope Sweeney Todd will be open next summer so I can see it?
"Interesting choice"
Salad_Fingers85
Stand-by Joined: 8/30/05
#6re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:04pmMost tourists who know anything about the show thinks its about a guy killing people and a woman making pies. Obviously thats not what it is but that just doesn't attract tourists, which is so unfortunate because it is a great show!
#7re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:05pmI will be shocked if it lasts the rest of the year, let alone makes it to next summer...
Salad_Fingers85
Stand-by Joined: 8/30/05
#8re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:06pmYa WithoutATrace is right, see it as soon as you can!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#9re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:06pm
Next summer?
HIGHLY doubtful.
Frankly I can't imagine it running past December (it could never make through the winter months when the tourists aren't here).
#10re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:07pm
That's a bummer. I can't get to New York until next summer. 
"Interesting choice"
#11re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:19pmI actually see Sweeney closing once Patti & Michael's contracts end(which is Thanksgiving week).
LovinGoodMusicals
Understudy Joined: 6/17/06
#12re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:45pm
Is it really doing that bad?
More than 300K sounds good to me?
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#13re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:52pmPoor Sweeney...it's a shame they have one of the more inhospitable rush ticket policies (at almost 40 bucks a ticket, which I can't afford right now). Otherwise I'd be there right away. Why are their rush tickets $10 more than most other rush tickets?
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#14re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:57pm
Cause Frankel is a greedy son of a gun...
#15re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:00pmIf Sweeney lowered their rush by ten bucks and expanded it to all performances it might provide a slight boost, which would be great, but I don't think it would be that significant.
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#16re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:00pm
"Cause Frankel is a greedy son of a gun... "
Heh, but I'd expect these kinds of price-jacking shenanigans from the pennypinchers at Really Useful...
Anyway, I wish Sweeney the best but it's all over I'm afraid.
LovinGoodMusicals
Understudy Joined: 6/17/06
#17re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:01pm
Actually, on their website it said rush tickets were 35 dollars.
Sweeney Todd Ticket Rush Prices
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#18re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:04pm
Eh, $35 becomes $36.25, and $36.25 is as good as $40 to a poor student such as myself.
faithanytwo
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/05
#19re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:07pmI'm glad I get to see Sweeney next month, poor thing, I wish it was doing better financially during these summer months.
#20re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 5:08pmI saw Sweeney twice in standing room at $26.25. But good luck finding a day when the show is sold out nowadays.
#21re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 7:56pmI wasn't in love with Sweeney like a lot of people, but I still enjoyed it for what it was. That said, the last thing I would ever want to do during the ridiculously hot summer months is go inside and see some dark depressing show that commands full attention. I need something light and diverting, no matter how much talent is on the stage.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#22re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 8:10pm
I saw shows all this week except for Tuesday and Sunday. Somehow, I feel I've made a difference.
Hah.
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#23re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 8:14pmi can see what you are saying WheelsofaDream I always thought that this was more of a show that I would go to during the fall or winter. I know that sounds really stupid but maybe in the summer you're just in a mood for more light easy going stuff a la Wedding Singer. That being said though I would see this any season but it just seems more fall/winter...
#24re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/23/2006
Posted: 7/24/06 at 8:19pm
Ouch! A 14% drop for DRS! Hopefully they can recover this week.
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