Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 1:39pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/31/2008 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.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 1:44pm

[Title of Show] went up!... 4%

Rent sold out, surprising actually

Cast Recording must have helped Gypsy.

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 1:52pm

Cast Recording must have helped Gypsy.

Maybe a little, but profits went up across the board this week.

RENT sold out! How about that!

SPRING AWAKENING is really hovering on the edge of its $400,000 break-even.

"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 1:59pm

I'm not surprised that Rent sold out last week -- I bet there are a lot of people trying to get one last visit in before it closes.

When I first saw Phantom listed there, I thought, "Holy crap, what happened!?"...and then I looked at the performance number and remembered that they did some technical stuff last week. My reading skills fail.

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:02pm

Wow, huge jump up for Rent... it's only gonna get harder to get tickets as closing day approaches.

On a sidenote: How Xanadu makes any money is beyond me!

I'd rather be reckless than rockless.

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:09pm

"On a sidenote: How Xanadu makes any money is beyond me!"

Whoopi Goldberg.

Since she only has a week left though, sales should begin to drop after that.

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:13pm

My non-educated guess is that Spring Awakening will close by the end of the year. With school starting this week, and the fact the new cast doesn't come near the talent they had in the cast last Winter, I can't imgaine that they'll make much money above their nut. It's a very different show (for the worse) since the OBC left. I saw the show a couple of weeks ago with my neices and was shocked at how badly the show had changed.

Bruce

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:15pm

At least [tos] was brought up a little.

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:21pm

"Whoopi Goldberg.

Since she only has a week left though, sales should begin to drop after that."

I actually am a fan of Xanuda- it's a fun campy musical, but sales haven't been great, and the theater is so small, that when they were selling 50% of the seats, I just didnt see how it was making ends meat (...investors?). Whoopi has given it a huge boost, though, I just wonder what she is getting paid.

I'd rather be reckless than rockless.

#10

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:33pm

Is there something wrong with the Phantom of the Opera income post?

#11

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Posted: 9/2/08 at 2:41pm

Per All That Chat, Phantom put in a new sound system and had fewer shows last week.

#12

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Posted: 9/2/08 at 3:58pm

Yeah, Whoopi gave Xanadu a nice boost of the summer, but I can't see it lasting much longer without any type of stunt casting.

and poor [title of show] again. Everyone else was at least 70% capacity & $300K(except 39 Steps at $293K). I hope it last a little but longer as I have tickets for Sept. 18.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

#13

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 4:56pm

Oh, [title of show]...it's not lookin' good...

And I hope XANADU starts to do well again steadily. It's a good show with or without Whoopi...a hell of a lot better than THE LITTLE MERMAID which will run 'til the end of the universe no doubt.

#14

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:19pm

Interesing how South Pacific has the second highest average ticket price at $110.00 but the lowest top ticket price of $125.00. Anyone know why that is? Does LC just not sell higher priced tickets?

#15

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Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:24pm

It's selling out because it's closing.

I'd rather be reckless than rockless.

#16

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:30pm

You're not very smart.

I'd rather be reckless than rockless.

#17

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:34pm

Think about how it was doing in January when the closing was announced. Look at how it has been doing for the past 2 years at least. Not to well. It's a stale and old show and it needs to close. The only reason it is doing well right now is because people know it's closing and they want to see it one last time so they are all coming now before it closes. You are stupid.

#18

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:34pm

Seems like a pretty decent week.

#19

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:39pm

No, I couldn't have

#20

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Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:41pm

In Drunk Chita's defense... it's just simple supply/demand. Not a Broadway exclusive thing.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#21

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Posted: 9/2/08 at 5:59pm

What is? I'm lost, sorry

#22

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 6:51pm

Interesing how South Pacific has the second highest average ticket price at $110.00 but the lowest top ticket price of $125.00. Anyone know why that is? Does LC just not sell higher priced tickets?

Lincoln Center is a non-profit and they do not sell premium tickets.

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#23

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Posted: 9/2/08 at 6:56pm

Trust me Lucifer, if I got to you first I would have rammed you into the ground for such a dumb ass remark.

#24

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 7:36pm

I really like the fact that The 39 Steps is playing in the boondocks and is pulling in consistently good numbers. It'll be interesting to see if they can maintain through the upcoming leaner months.

#25

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31

Posted: 9/2/08 at 7:40pm

Keep in mind that as compared with previous tenants at the Cort, THE 39 STEPS isn't selling the balcony. It is completely not for sale. So the percentages we see are those that only include the Orchestra and Mezzanine.

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