Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/17/17

Looks like the advance for CHARLIE may have finally run dry and we're starting to see the reviews/word of mouth impact grosses.

Look at A Bronx Tale go! Flying under the radar.

Looks like last week was the final week of BroadwayWeek so some of these shows must have sold a LOT of tickets at 2-for-1 prices.

Beautiful, Kinky Boots and Chicago are doing pretty much what they did last year. To those predicting doom and gloom, I am betting that the three of them will be open a year from now, which may be a good thing, providing a safe haven from Margarittaville and Spongebob. (I am biased, I admit it. Even though I already have tickets for Frozen, I am really sick of jukebox shows and shows targeted to a family audience). Other than The Band's Visit and MFL, not too excited about anything announced thus far.

Back to the three above, Chicago and Kinky are way ahead of where they were at this point last year (even before Urie, Kinky was doing much better in 2017 than 2016, if not as 'out of the ball park' as during his run); Beautiful is at about 95% of 2016's grosses. Unless there is a big announcement coming as rumored re the next Jenna, I would stick with War Paint and Waitress as the next to close.

CurtainPullDowner said: "Is the "bloom" off the rose for Anastasia?"

Its in the 90s....

Anastasia is in fine shape.

Kinky Boots is here to stay as well. They have stars lined up after Stark and Billy leave.

It's obviously going to be Oak and Mandy as Lola and Charlie.

Well sadly that's what the tourists want. At almost $200 people don't want to see something new they might hate - like "Bandstand" - or a movie that doesn't really scream musical - like "Groundhog Day." I've seen GHD twice, albeit at lottery prices, but surprised word of mouth wasn't better. I think it's poor producing. They won the Oliver, why aren't they open in London!

It's so weird to me that Come from Away's numbers are consistently so high, and yet it's super easy to get tickets and doesn't seem to sell much too far in advance. It's like everyone wants to see it, but, unlike DEH or Hamilton, they're not in any hurry.

hork said: "It's so weird to me that Come from Away's numbers are consistently so high, and yet it's super easy to get tickets and doesn't seem to sell much too far in advance. It's like everyone wants to see it, but, unlike DEH or Hamilton, they're not in any hurry."

CFA is the new bridge-and-tunnel musical. It's found a steady audience and I don't think that's likely to change anytime soon. I'm just surprised it hasn't recouped yet. I can't imagine the weekly nut being that high, and it's been making over 1mil per week for awhile now.

Ripped Man wrote: "I've seen GHD twice, albeit at lottery prices, but surprised word of mouth wasn't better.



I'm not in the slightest bit surprised.