Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/30/15

On The Town! Wow!!

WHOA. I don't follow ballet. Misty Copeland is that huge of a draw?

as FindingNamo would say, "never underestimate American racism"

WOW for ON THE TOWN!! If only they could have got Copeland for a longer run they might have had the chances to break even. I hope to see the show one last time tomorrow night.

I don't believe the grosses for Finding Neverland. The publicity dep't is trying to keep the show relevant by posting over 1 million .........uh uh. And the pitiful online commercial praises the show for receiving 4 Broadway.com audience awards!!!! If it is above 1 million next week- then that is proof that they aren't reporting the true grosses. I'll eat my playbill if I am wrong.

Rough week for Gent's Guide, Hand to God, and Jersey Boys. The end might be near for all three

ljay, Copeland is the biggest rising star in the ballet world and she is easily the most exciting dancer to come along in a while. 60 Minutes recently did a piece on her- track it down if you're interested in finding out more. She come across as instantly likable and down-to-earth, yet when she steps on stage she's a firecracker. If you had to compare her to a theater actress, I guess she would be like Sutton Foster bursting onto the scene with Millie.

I really had no plans to go back to OTT until her casting was announced. I promptly called up a friend to say, "We're going. Let's buy tickets now!"

DAMN ON THE TOWN GO!!

evic said: "I don't believe the grosses for Finding Neverland. The publicity dep't is trying to keep the show relevant by posting over 1 million .........uh uh. And the pitiful online commercial praises the show for receiving 4 Broadway.com audience awards!!!! If it is above 1 million next week- then that is proof that they aren't reporting the true grosses. I'll eat my playbill if I am wrong."

Sorry to break the news to you, but the "publicity department" does not have anything to do with the reporting of grosses. That's the box office treasurer's job, and s/he does not even work for the production. What you would be saying (if you knew what you were talking about) is that the box office treasurer is committing fraud, which if true would land him or her in the pokey (and obviously end his or her career). The grosses are the grosses. Bodies in seats are bodies in seats. Sometimes we have to believe things we don like. Because they are true.

I agree with you.

I saw the show Saturday night (*barf*), and the mezzanine was barely half full. Didn't get a look at the orchestra, though.

Although tickets are pretty expensive for that show, at the cheapest being $59 for a rear mezz seat or $37 for very minimal amount of partial view tickets.

curiousincident said: "I'm kinda worried for Curious Incident (yes, i know my username has to do with the show but i couldn't think of anything better) because their grosses seem to be getting lower and lower by the week...

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Didn't they recoup in four months?

As for Copeland, I think it would be fair to say she is to ballet as Tiger Woods was to golf, in revitalizing public/young (and minority) interest, though I don't follow either of those things.