Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14

[Rob]

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#1

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:13pm

Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/14/2008 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

[NGD2225]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#2

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:16pm

Better than last week, but still terrible.

[barcelona20]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#2

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:17pm

When will the wind change for Mary Poppins?

[AlgonquinProd2]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#3

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:18pm

How long can title of show run below 50%? Or 40%? Next week it could be below 30%. Strange.

[Ed_Mottershead]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#4

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:27pm

The dip for Xanadu wasn't as drastic as I had feared. Hang in there, baby!!!!!

BroadwayEd

[songanddanceman2]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#5

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:35pm

bad week grrr, LB had the biggest jump back up though

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[LePetiteFromage]

#6

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:40pm

Updated On: 5/1/09 at 03:40 PM

[ACL2006]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#7

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:45pm

so, [title of show]'s $700 increase in grosses is a good thing. I guess we'll take what we can get for [tos].

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[blondebaby589]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#8

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:46pm

Poor Xanadu and [tos]

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[lesmis]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#9

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:48pm

Good week for Ave Q!

[george95]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#10

Posted: 9/15/08 at 3:59pm

Even though the grosses aren't that great at this time of year, remember what that means for all of us tri-state peeps.....more good seats at our shows for a cheaper price! Let's enjoy as much theater as we can now before all the tourists come back and push us out of the way!

[singingbackup]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#11

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:11pm

Now that's a positive attitude!

[AlgonquinProd2]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#12

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:23pm

Yes, definitely a half glass full outlook!

[Brian07663NJ]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#13

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:39pm

wow - several things not good with the grosses.

1. Anyone else do the math? At 8 shows and an attendance of 2,224 that works out to 278 people in the audience. Even though I really don't like [TOS] - I cannot imagine performing to a virtually empty house. That has to be depressing. How long can the 'little show that could' keep chugging along?

2. Equus - first full week and it is at 74% - anyone else find this strange especially since they found it necessary to overcharge for weekend performances? Guess no one wants to see the show enough to pay the premium? Wonder when it starts being pawned off at TKTS and TDF?

3. With the latest financial crisis going on today - I heard on the morning news that this will have a dramatic impact on both NYC restaurants AND Broadway theater. The grosses are only going to get worse next week, I fear, with so many people possibly getting put out of work.

[DefyGravity777]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#14

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:39pm

I find it amusing that Wicked sold 29 less seats but only dropped $35 in gross....LOL.

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Updated On: 9/15/08 at 04:39 PM

[AlgonquinProd2]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#15

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:48pm

I don't believe tos is playing to 30% capacity. That's just the gross. I believe they have been finding other ways to fill the house, no?

[Brian07663NJ]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#16

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:52pm

Don't forget the premium tickets that have that 'added' upcharge. Those premium seats are held until showtime and then sold as cancellations...the ticket prices are not as B&W as they used to be with discount codes, premium seats etc

[Robert Taylor]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#17

Posted: 9/15/08 at 4:57pm

What the hell is up with Mary Poppins!?

Good for LB bouncing back, good to see Whoopi leaving Xanadu didn't result in a huge drop.

VERY worried for Title of Show and getting worried for Spring Awakening.

[WestVillage]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#18

Posted: 9/15/08 at 5:08pm

"I don't believe tos is playing to 30% capacity. That's just the gross. I believe they have been finding other ways to fill the house, no?"

Yes, they are comping like crazy. So while the houses may be slightly fuller, only 30% of the audience capacity actually bought tickets. But even still, its doing dreadful business. As for 278 people per performance, that's based on dividing the total number of tickets sold equally by 8 performances. However, if a show is doing 30% capacity overall, that means the weekends are higher, and the slower mid-weeks are lower ... so [tos] must have had performances with only about 200 paying customers, who probably only paid discount prices.
Updated On: 9/15/08 at 05:08 PM

[theaterdude87]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#19

Posted: 9/15/08 at 5:08pm

I saw [TOS] last Tuesday and mainly the whole orchestra was filled, not sure about the balcony.

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[Robert Taylor]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#20

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:04pm

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I might be), but is the percentage of seats sold at Mary Poppins this week and last week the lowest for a Disney show on Broadway...ever?

[LePetiteFromage]

#21

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:21pm

Updated On: 5/1/09 at 07:21 PM

[BustopherPhantom]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#22

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:25pm

People want to see EQUUS. $100 Average Ticket Price, people want to see EQUUS.

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[AvenueQResident]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#23

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:48pm

Good to see Avenue Q holding up strong during these not-so-good weeks.

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[frogs_fan85]

re: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/14#24

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:58pm

Not that I'm wishing doom upon [tos] (far from it), but isn't the standard stop-loss clause three straight weeks under 35%?