Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/6/26 — Page 2

Mr. Wormwood said: "Nettik said: "I wonder if any planned closing notices will be held off until after the World Cup ends on 7/19."

Why??"

A lot of shows are focusing their marketing on the World Cup fans right now. A closing bump isn't guaranteed, and sometimes announcing closing devalues the brand more. I know at least one show in another host city that is currently discussing pulling the plug but there's pressure to keep up appearances for the tourists there currently. 

All of these "Wicked has nothing to worry about" is what everybody used to say about Phantom in those final years until suddenly.....

Phantom4ever said: "All of these "Wicked has nothing to worry about" is what everybody used to say about Phantom in those final years until suddenly....."

Literally one person said it…

But it’s also true. PHANTOM’s grosses and capacities were also MUCH, much lower (consistently) before they announced closing. 

WICKED is fine, for now.  

MezzoDiva47 said: "

to summarize the collective sentiment of the posts on this thread

thats it

broadway is closing in 2027

it had a good run


 

there is now way all of Broadway will be closing in 2027. There’s no way theatres are just gonna be left completely empty for long stretches of time than usual…there would have to be a January 2009 situation

gibsons2 said: "malcs98 said: "MezzoDiva47 said: "

to summarize the collective sentiment of the posts on this thread

thats it

broadway is closing in 2027

it had a good run




there is now way all of Broadway will be closing in 2027. There’s no way theatres are just gonna be left completely empty for long stretches of time than usual…there would have to be a January 2009 situation"

Head of BLS who was telling the truth about the jobs situation has been fired last year by Trump who accused her of trying to damage Republicans politically. We are not told the truth about real unemployment numbers and many people who lost jobs have run out of unemployment and no longer are part of stats anyway. I have never know that many people in their 40s and 50s not able to find work for now close to 2 years.The number of home foreclosures in 2025 have increased by 17% comparing to 2024, so that number should tell you something. He number of homes for sale is higher than the number of people looking to buy a home. It's worse than 2009, it's just the media bent the knee and no longer allowed to tell the truth."

 

So you're saying that we're already in a recession and the broadway bubble has officially burst? so what do we do?

Updated On: 7/7/26 at 05:30 PM

kdogg36 said: "MezzoDiva47 said: "to summarize the collective sentiment of the posts on this thread thats it broadway is closing in 2027 it had a good run"

No, no one is saying that. More than a dozen shows have already announced an opening for next season. A number oflong-running shows are in no danger.

The collective sentiment is simply that lots of shows running right now won't be running in a year's time. Which has nevera bold claim at any point in the history of Brodway theatre, but things do seem a little worse right now than usual. A short while ago we had a brief period where every Broadway venue was occupied; it's hard to imagine that happening again anytime soon."

well on the flip side New York State Budget Adds $150 Million to NYC Theatrical Production Tax Credit...so hopefully that provides some hope and we have a new mayor that is a patron of the arts

 

MezzoDiva47 said: "
my post was tongue in cheek theres a lot of unnecessary handwringing happening"

To be clear, I understood both the tone of your post and the intended message. And I was disagreeing with that intended message: I don't see any excessive handwringing, just a recognition that things are a little dicey right now.

witchoftheeast2 said: "If a mainstay like Phantom closed, isn't it possible that Wicked could close sometime soon? Or would we have things like stunt casting that would come before any possible closing notice"

Wicked has basically never been on TKTS (I think someone will say they were on it once for a few performances just post-COVID, but that does not count).  Once they get on TKTS, they will get a few mre years, I assume.  Phantom was on TKTS for over a decade, for what it is worth.

Ugh.. Ya'll are too much.  OF COURSE Phantom's numbers were lower than Wicked's numbers DUH. There was an strain of COVID going around, it had run for 35 years already, and oh yeah, it had a producer who was hell-bent on closing his original 1980s productions and replacing them with cheaper versions. 

MY POINT WAS (ugh) that posters on this board made made similar comments about Phantom (should we be worried?  wow those numbers are low etc) and those comments were always met with "Phantom will be fine it can handle some slow months; it recouped years ago and can handle this etc etc) RIGHT UP until the closing was confirmed. 

SOOOOOO no Phantom at the end and Wicked now are not comparable BUT the reaction to the comments were. Is this the beginning of the end for Wicked? Even though the ended won't be for 15 years?  Could be : )

Let's get ourselves ready for 15 years of "Wicked's numbers don't look so great."  and "Wicked is FINE."   Here we go! 

Kad said: "At some point, Wicked will close.

But right now, its several weeks of lower grosses are an aberration in its gross history and it is too soon to say if this is a sustained downward slide."


right. I mean it’s certainly interesting to note. The movie seemed to both help Wicked, and now possibly hurt it. 
 

Likely an issue of saturation, that could resolve over time with smart marketing and casting choices. 

Wicked has a couple of problems, one specific to the show and the other that affects every single musical. 

It’s not unreasonable that many people are just Wicked-ed out in the wake of the films, the second of which was always going to be a problem. At least the second act of the stage musical moves along quickly. It’s not surprising that the Wicked frenzy, which peaked at the box office just after the release of the first movie, has gone into a recession.

The second problem is that Wicked is a musical, and splashy musicals get a lot of support on Broadway from foreign tourists - and we have decided as a country to alienate every one of them. We see this with just about every musical, with a couple of exceptions (The Lion King and, to a lesser extent, Hamilton) that can thrive with a domestic audience.

Between high costs and the K-shaped economy, musicals are all doing worse than they have. The Outsiders is the only new musical hit that is lasting since COVID-19. The gloomy outlook for Maybe Happy Ending is my main example. It should be a sustainable hit, with its emotionally resonant themes and pretty staging. But it’s not happening, in part because overseas tourism isn’t there to prop it up.

The problem with all these shows are it cost toooo much money besides rush or lotto people really can’t afford to go out 

 

also everyone is away right now on vacation etc even my job is pretty slow. Wicked will kick back up 

Updated On: 7/9/26 at 06:18 AM

Why doesn't Wicked put tickets up on TKTS?