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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/10/2006

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#2

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is the world coming to an end? WIcked is actually not at 100 percent?!?! what on earth am I going to do???


*runs from computer screaming in terror*

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Updated On: 9/11/06 at 03:46 PM

#3

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Wow, AVENUE Q took a steep dip.

One would think that CHICAGO would be selling better with Usher.

Ouch! HAIRSPRAY is painful! So is RENT!

TARZAN is way down. Good for them.

THE PRODUCERS is cringe-worthy this week.

It's not looking good for Robbie Hart...


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#5

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Ouch ouch ouch.
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#6

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Well, here's the annual post-Labor Day bloodbath -- as I predicted last week only Wicked and Jersey Boys were pretty much uneffected. Double digit drops in attendance for most shows with the struggling ones -- Wedding Singer at $367K ....ouch -- particularly hit hard.

This happens every September.
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#8

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Well, school started again this week, so I would imagine that had a impact on shows like Wicked and Rent.
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#9

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Wow, not a good week for most shows. The Wedding Singer and The Producers were hit especially hard. But I feel really sorry for Avenue Q. I hate seeing it in the 70's.
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#10

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Wicked? Dropping .2% is NOTHING for this time of year. It only sold 32 fewer seats than it did last week. That's an incredibly impressive showing.

RENT is another story.
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Updated On: 9/11/06 at 03:56 PM

#11

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I think that's the lowest I've ever seen for The Lion King.
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#12

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RENT is typically wishy-washy all year round, though.

Some weeks it's in the 90's, other's it's in the 40's.
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#13

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wow, those groesses look horrible!
but as said before- it's September
but THE PRODUCERS looks grim, TARZAN- i cant believe that, and WEDDING SINGER... i feel like crying
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#15

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i didnt even notice SPAMALOT! in the 70's for attendance?
wow, a bunch of people must leave after Labor Day...

i still cant believe about WEDDING SINGER
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#16

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I'm sad for TWS too, but its inevitable. Guess I should try to go again this week.

Also, I find it interesting that MAMMA MIA was barely hit.
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Updated On: 9/11/06 at 04:17 PM

#17

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Reasons for poor week.Every business has up and downs it doesn't reflect on your product.If your at 90% one week and 60% the next there are external forces at work namely the ticket buyers who have other priorities.
1.Kids back to school
2.Didn't want to visit NY during about the time of 9-11
3.Competition from the NYMF
4.People closing up cottages ,digging out longjohns.
5.Just recieved their credit card bills from summer.BooHoo
6. Need to get their wind back.

JUST CONTINUE BUSTING YOUR BUTT, IT PAYS OFF>
#19

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Margo, I was thinking that with Wicked, anything below 100% is a rarity, so a .2% drop technically is having an "impact" when compared with their own attendance, instead of compared to the attendance of other shows.
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#20

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Wow, tough week.

Sad to see "Tarzan" down so much. But, happy (and somewhat surprised) "Drowsy" didn't take as much of a fall as some of the other shows.

Updated On: 9/11/06 at 04:46 PM

#21

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This was the Lion King's third lowest attendance. The week of Sept. 10, 2001 was it's lowest ever @ 53.3%(for obvious reasons) & the week of Jan. 23, 2006 saw only 68.4%. I highly doubt TLK is losing any steam though. It'll still be around for many more years.

The Producers, however, are another story. It's never been at the bottom of the attendance. I give it two more years.
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#23

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Have to wonder how much longer the Wedding Singer can last. It hasn't had a good week in quite some time. Sept. & Oct. are considered the dead season(as well as Jan. & Feb.). We need to get used to these numbers as they'll last until late October.
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#25

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POTO had attendance and gross like that for years until about the 2003/04 season. But the do have their bad weeks now and then.

Wicked is usually under 100% during February and March as well, so no apocylptic predictions are needed.
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