Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/6 — Page 2

I think he's out for the entire month of July

Curtis Holbrook (Yay!!) is on as Sonny (for Cheyenne) this month.

curtis was on for cheyenne all week, and will be until jul 29.
his first "official" day was july 1, however, he had been on all weekend.
playbill and everyone else had it wrong:)

Even though it's on TDF, the Passing Strange Boxoffice gives the crappiest possible tickets to TDF members even when better seats are available. The Producers and Box Office staff really seem to be out to close this show.

I fully enjoyed this show (best of the 12 shows that I saw on my trip which ended a couple of weeks ago), even though I had to slouch way down in my seat so I could see 3/4 of the stage. The other 1/4 of the stage was completely blocked by the box seat in front of me. This was in the front row of the balcony. Fortunately, the Mezzanine was only half full, and we were able to get a decent view for the 2nd Act.

i have to say, i LOVED passing strange but the producers/powers that be are KILLING the show with their stingy policies.

I ran out of work last week to get a rush ticket to PS, and we were seated at the EXTREME left edge of the orchestra- third row, but i couldnt see the entire left side of the stage. Meanwhile, the entire mezzanine and the entire rear of the orchestra was empty.

What the hell do they gain by cramming everyone into the front orchestra and rear balcony? What a bunch of tools.

That said, i LOVED this show, think it belongs on Bway as much as anything else and hope the theater gets packed soon. But realistically speaking- yeah, this show has a few more weeks left in it, MAX.

"How can Lion King be at 100.1% ? I thought they didn't have standing room at the current theater."

I think they have folding chairs in the aisle.

(Just kidding, making a reference to the South Pacific double-booked ticket fiasco from the other thread. I also find this a puzzlement. Looking back, several recent weeks have sold a handful of tickets over the listed capacity. Maybe the listed capacity is incorrect.)

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To echo the thoughts of many, I think the Tony performance killed PS. To the uninitiatied like myself, it was pretty painful once Stew took over.

The weekly grosses don't mean a whole lot unless you know what a show's operating costs are. I've heard rumors that Passing Strange's bottom line is 200k, which would mean that this is the FIRST week in a very long time that they've actually lost money.

Great grosses all around!

Though I thought [tos] might be higher after hearing about that opening night crowd...
Also, looking at their average ticket price, it seems that most people are buying off broadwaybox.com with the $46 ticket price. I hope that low average ticket price doesn't kill them...because the diehards would pay full price if they had to...

On Passing Strange:
"It doesn't deserve to be on Broadway. Simple."
--Someone with Wicked in their username.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

ooh...