Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:19pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/12/2010 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.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:27pmWow! That's called a slump! I can see a few shows announcing closing within the next couple of weeks including In the Heights, West Side Story, and American Idiot.
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:27pmYou can see why so many shows close after Labor Day!
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:27pmShould be changed to the Weekly What-Might-Be-Closing Thread: Week Ending 9/12.
"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:28pmLadies and Gentlemen, welcome to fall.
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:36pm
I wonder if WSS can stick it out until January? Will LA CAGE make it until February?
Will MEMPHIS survive the winter?
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:40pmWill the REAL SLIM SHADY please stand up?
"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:44pmIt's interesting to look at the list and realize that very possibly 12 out of 22 of these shows may be gone by March of next year. It seems inevitable that the 2010-2011 season is going to have more new productions openings than any other season in recent memory.
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:45pm
This feels like so much more than a slump, this is like a giant kick in the crotch.
I'm hoping IDIOT holds out until the end of the month.
I do anticipate many of these shows (IDIOT, WSS, HEIGHTS, MEMPHIS) will shutter come the new year (if they hold out that long).
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#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:46pm
wow. that's a lot of red.
my guess is that WSS will start the domino effect.
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Updated On: 9/13/10 at 03:46 PM
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:47pmDon't underestimate the effect of the Jewish High Holidays last week and this week. Last week, Wednesday and Thursday performances were impacted,and this week Friday and both Saturday performances will be affected. Look for a bit of a comeback during the week of Sept. 20 (hopefully.)
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:54pm
It's a seasonal slump. No show will post a closing notice based on these weeks alone. Managements know the effect of the Jewish holidays the anniversary of 9/11 which still makes travelers nervous.
In other words it was expected and was likely factored into their weekly projections.
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#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 3:58pm
Several of these shows are pretty much all but confirmed to be closing by early next year anyway:
IN THE HEIGHTS, NEXT TO NORMAL, WEST SIDE STORY, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, FELA all apparently have next tenants tentatively lined up.
LA CAGE and AMERICAN IDIOT will likely be the 'hit' shows from this year to suffer earlier than anticipated closings.
The real question mark for me is the durablity of PROMISES PROMISES and MEMPHIS.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:01pmI spoke to a few actors at the stage door this past week and how they saw a significant slimming of audiences that they thought had to do with the Jewish Holiday as well.
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
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Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:02pm
LA CAGE and AMERICAN IDIOT will likely be the 'hit' shows from this year to suffer earlier than anticipated closings.
Do you think LA CAGE will wind up recouping?
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:08pm
That's a good question. Not an expensive show to run, but Grammer is probably making a really strong salary.
So interesting to think that Kelsey Grammer is no longer as strong a box office pull as fellow sitcom stars Sean Hayes and Kristen Chenoweth, who I assume are the primary reason PROMISES is doing so well (its not the material is it?). I could easily see it closing when the two leads depart, but never underestimate the will of producers determined to star-cast to keep a show open.
I would imagine MEMPHIS would probably have to start throwing a few name replacements into their cast as well if they want to stick around through next season.
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#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:11pmThat wasn't a money-losing week for La Cage.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:13pmI've been putting off seeing American Idiot for a while now..I should really get on that now after seeing todays numbers.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
2009: Phantom of the Opera(***1/2),
2010: HAIR(*****), Sondheim on Sondheim(***), HAIR(*****), A Little Night Music(****), A Little Night Music (after reopening)x2(*****), Chicago(*), Mrs. Warren's Profession[09/09/10](***), American Idiot [9/17/2010](*****), Brief Encounter [9/24/2010](****), Lombardi [09/30/2010](****), American Idiot [10/20/2010], Bloody Bloody AJ [10/28/2010](****), Time Stands Still [11/03/2010](****), The 39 Steps [11/11/2010] (***1/2)
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#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:15pmDidn't American Idiot have to cancel a show to perform on America's Got Talent last week?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:20pmWow! A lot of shows took quite a dive this week. Mary Poppins is very low... I wonder how much longer some of these shows will last.
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#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:22pmDisney doesn't have anything to go into the New Amsterdam, so I imagine POPPINS will continue to play for a while, even if numbers are spotty.
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#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:22pm
It's back to school week. Unfortunatley, "West Side Story" probably isn't going to last much longer.
"Mary Poppins is very low."
Its grosses were worse two years ago for this week.
Updated On: 9/13/10 at 04:22 PM
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:24pm
"Didn't American Idiot have to cancel a show to perform on America's Got Talent last week?"
I know their MOnday show was canceled...I think Tuesday was as well. (I only recall it since I tried finiding tickets for one of those days before school started.
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#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/12
Posted: 9/13/10 at 4:31pmBeautywickedlover- I know. They were in the 40's for percentages. I meant these numbers are the lowest Mary Poppins had in a while.
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