Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/5/15

Gosh, only five shows had an increase. OTT's struggles are not letting up.

Updated On: 7/6/15 at 03:10 PM

On the Toooown keeps going dooown.

How much is Les Mis?

ouch ! Independence Day weekend is usually a bad time for Broadway if I am not mistaken since a lot of people like celebrating outdoors.

wolf hall did not recoup. If you look at the numbers assuming the lowest possible weekly nut, the capitalization would have to be less than Hand to God's to have recouped. And we know it wasn't.

OTT is on the cusp of going from being a joke to being a sick joke.

Agree with the holiday being on Saturday making things not so great for most shows. I was able to get a ticket through Hiptix for On the Twentieth Century a week in advance. I really thought that was a lost cause by now with it closing in a couple of weeks.

A big fat woof for Gents Guide, Amazing Grace and OTT.

The difference between the three is that Gents Guide doesn't have to worry like AG and OTT should be.

"A big fat woof for Gents Guide, Amazing Grace and OTT.
The difference between the three is that Gents Guide doesn't have to worry like AG and OTT should be. "

I think Gents Guide should be worrying. They haven't broken even or barely have the last 11 weeks. I think they may pack it up by the end of the summer if these numbers continue.

I've posted this similar before, but how could FOLLIES cost 600-650k to run in the Marquis theatre with that cast and that orchestra, and Gentlemen's guide also cost $600,000? Now, I suppose FOLLIES was 4 years ago but still. Are prices increasing exponentially?

For a show this small, Gentleman's Guide's weekly costs are by no means low at $600K. With a cast of 14 (including swings) and an orchestra of 11 musicians, their costs might have been considerably lower. It would be interesting to know how much both Hartford Stage and The Old Globe are getting for their pre-Broadway productions, as these kind of enhanced productions can be a considerable financial burden.

One must also remember that weekly operating costs oftentimes increase post recoupment, as creatives and others negotiate post-recoupment increases to their fees and royalties.

Regardless, Gentleman's Guide was quite brilliantly produced by Mr. Parnes.

In a way, I really love shows like Amazing Grace, Scandalous, Atomic, etc.

By that, I mean vanity shows created by less-than-able amateurs, who then give all their money to professional actors, managers, designers, etc., in a usually-futile attempt to try to turn the silly property into something remotely acceptable.

These shows are excoriated by reviewers and ignored by ticket-buyers; after an ignominious closing, the creators claim (to the few who have any interest in listening) that the result was exactly what they hoped for, and that someday their art will be understood.

And the self-envisioned "kind-hearted" posters on this and similar sites vilify anyone who finds comedy in this situation, accusing them of "stepping on dreams" and other such clichés.

It's a kind of entertainment, not so very different from train-wreck reality TV.