Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/10/23- Page 3

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 9/13/23 at 11:12am

quizking101 said: "PURLIE, as anticipated, off to a ROUGH start. Definitely a lot of comps this first week since the audience (as far as I saw) was remarkably more full than what was sold on Telecharge."

I was at the 5th preview of Purlie Victorious, and Kenny Leon came out for an introduction. He asked people to hang in there with the show and was really pushing people who like it to post about it on social media. 

Maybe I was misinterpreting, but he seems very nervous about the show's commercial prospects for the first week of performances.  

[Wick3]

Posted: 9/13/23 at 11:29am

Call_me_jorge said: "nasty_khakis said: "Are there any major Filipinos stars with a huge box office draw? Like pop star or mega star level not just Darren Criss level."

off the top of my head, Bruno Mars and Vanessa Hudgens both have Filipino backgrounds and are pop stars. Vanessa wasn’t really much of a draw in her last broadway outing though… and Bruno Mars has his Las Vegas residency."

Olivia Rodrigo has Filipino background too and is an up and coming pop star. If HLL can cast her I’d think she would be a box office draw.

[quizking101]

Posted: 9/13/23 at 12:15pm

Jonathan Cohen said: "quizking101 said: "PURLIE, as anticipated, off to a ROUGH start. Definitely a lot of comps this first week since the audience (as far as I saw) was remarkably more full than what was sold on Telecharge."

I was at the 5th preview ofPurlie Victorious, andKenny Leon came out for an introduction. He asked people to hang in there with the show and was really pushing people who like it to post about it on social media.

Maybe I was misinterpreting, but he seems very nervous about the show's commercial prospects for the first week of performances."

Oh I know, I was at the 3rd preview and Kenny did the same thing. I'll support the show best I can because I enjoy Kenny, Leslie, Kara, and Billy's work and this should be seen. Even at the stage door, the cast seemed overwhelmed by the support (there were about 50 of us and some celebrities as well) and they also were tasking us with help spreading the word. 

What I liked most was that there weren't any of those annoying stage door jockeys looking to get HAMILTON stuff signed without seeing the show (especially one in particular who I always see toting around like three bags from Triton).

[Whiskers2]

Posted: 9/13/23 at 1:56pm

Jonathan Cohen said: "quizking101 said: "PURLIE, as anticipated, off to a ROUGH start. Definitely a lot of comps this first week since the audience (as far as I saw) was remarkably more full than what was sold on Telecharge."

I was at the 5th preview ofPurlie Victorious, andKenny Leon came out for an introduction. He asked people to hang in there with the show and was really pushing people who like it to post about it on social media.

Maybe I was misinterpreting, but he seems very nervous about the show's commercial prospects for the first week of performances."

he did the same at the second preview last friday. my interpretation was the same

[BroadwaysBroad]

Posted: 9/13/23 at 1:57pm

You make it sound like he’s begging for money?

Or good reviews?