Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/21/16 — Page 2

Headley was out of four shows last week, so that might be the cause of such a big drop. I have to wonder who the producers are looking at to replace Headley since it seems she's extended possibly until the end of September. I hope the show keeps going through the end of the year at least & that Erivo has extended until then. It's weekly nut can't be that high. Small set, small cast, small orchestra. I doubt their weekly nut is more than $550K a week depending on the three leads' salaries.

RippedMan said: "Stage42 is such a KILLER venue. Great site lines, big bathrooms. It's a really great venue that I wish they could find a long running tenant for. I mean, the backstage is spacious. State of the art, etc. It just sucks that it sits empty half the time. I mean it's not that far off the map. PH and Theatre Row seem to be doing fine, and Signature draws crowds. I know Stage 42 is commercial, but still.

Surprised The Humans hasn't recouped. I don't quite understand producing, but how much money would it have cost to move it from non-profit Off-Broadway to for-profit Broadway? I mean it ran awhile and never seemed to lose money. And playing to 3/4 a house isn't bad at all. Look at Phantom, it doesn't sell-out every performance and it's been running for 20 years."

The issue with Stage 42 is not location; it is union contracts. It is impossible to break even in that space which is why the only tenants it has ever had are inexperienced producers who have no idea what they are doing.

Humans will likely recoup but if you do the likely math they would not be there yet.

Well, I am a major fan of The Color Purple. Looks like the theater has been consistently close to or over 90% the past couple of months, except last week, with significantly lower % of potential gross which I take it means a good number of discounted tickets.

One thing I have been puzzled by, as I think TCP would benefit from a push on the theatergoer sites. When I go to broadway.com, there are a number of shows which have show-specific squares on the main page. This is the first thing you see. How does a show get a square - are these purchased? Also, there is a list of Popular Shows – 21 shows, some of which are not in the top 21 based on box office. What determines which shows are listed? To find The Color Purple, I have to dig a bit more - click on Browse all shows, then scroll through until I get to it.

Curious to know on the weekly Broadway grosses report, what determines which shows appear in the first vs the second section?

Broadway Concierge - Oh, got it. Thanks!

Daddy Warbucks - Unless Donald Trump determines that Broadway is too liberal and has it all shut down by force as he declares himself Emperor.

HogansHero said: "Jarethan said: "I wonder if the producers of The Humans are questioning their move. Close to Sold Out in a small house may be better than (already) only 3/4 at a larger theatre. I am guessing that some of those early-in-the-week performances are already only half filled."

Humans is doing fine and will cover the relatively modest move cost that was lubricated by the landlord. The move was not volitional. The alternative was closing.

I am not saying that it is not doing okay. Just that it has gone from virtually selling out to having lots of empty seats...average capacity of 75% tells me that some of the performances are probably half-filled.

Torch Song Trilogy and Gemini are two of the longest running plays in the past 50 years and both benefitted IMO from playing at the Little / Helen Hayes Theatre, which had a smaller capacity and allowed them to sellout many performances for a long time. I suspect that The Humans would have ultimately run longer had it strayed where it was, but there is no way of proving it.

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Too many words for you, neon? :P

What numbers am I wrong on? I've seen the breakdown for both shows.