Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 4:21pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/15/2010 in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.
Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 4:28pmA healthy week had by all. MDQ is not lasting much longer
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#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 4:46pm
MDQ has cast of 8, one basic set that never changes and a small band. It's break-even is probably quite low (though I dont recall seeing it published, still it couldn't be more than NEXT TO NORMAL.)
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#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 5:43pmi agree MDQ has a good chance of sticking around for longer just because the cost is very low to put it on. but of course i'm biased and hope it stays around for years
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#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 5:47pm^ I won't give it years. I'll give it til January.
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 6:11pmDoes anyone know what Night Music's nut is?
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 6:14pmThe nut for ALNM is around 450K a week.
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/16/10 at 6:54pmI could make a joke right now.
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#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/17/10 at 12:51pmYikes! NEXT TO NORMAL had a pretty off week.
For those who thought NEXT TO NORMAL wouldn't have a life outside Broadway, well it's now playing in 4 cities, 9 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages.
Justaguy2
Understudy Joined: 3/19/10
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/17/10 at 1:24pmLooks like CFA finally figured out that if they lower the ticket price more people will come. Sadly....too late. Nice to see the numbers up either way.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/17/10 at 2:42pmHow do you go about finding what what the nut to a production is. For example WDW how did you know what the nut for ALMN was? Also lets hope that gross goes up because it's not doing too well in that case.
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2009: Phantom of the Opera(***1/2),
2010: HAIR(*****), Sondheim on Sondheim(***), HAIR(*****), A Little Night Music(****), A Little Night Music (after reopening)x2(*****), Chicago(*), Mrs. Warren's Profession[09/09/10](***), American Idiot [9/17/2010](*****), Brief Encounter [9/24/2010](****), Lombardi [09/30/2010](****), American Idiot [10/20/2010], Bloody Bloody AJ [10/28/2010](****), Time Stands Still [11/03/2010](****), The 39 Steps [11/11/2010] (***1/2)
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#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/17/10 at 4:07pm
The only way to know for sure is if the producer mentions it in an interview. And even then it's not set because marketing costs can fluctuate wildly, and cast changes can make the show more or less expensive.
But usually people can guestimate based on the size of the cast & orch, the size of the theater and the size/complexity of the set.
Plus for a show like ALNM, the stars are (or were rather) getting a ridiculous percentage of the till. That might not be in the 'nut' per se, but it's a real cost.
PReeves2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/20/10
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/18/10 at 1:24am
"Looks like CFA finally figured out that if they lower the ticket price more people will come. Sadly....too late. Nice to see the numbers up either way."
people will come see this show but, it seems no one knows about it in the general public and the general public won't pay the top ticket price. who are they advertising this show too? I only payed $45 to see it in ATL then had to pay more than double to see it again in NYC?! It was almost the same price as my hotel room for the night!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/15
Posted: 8/18/10 at 7:35am
Hmmmm.....Atlanta isn't B'way,now, is it?
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