Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:36pm
Click below to access all the grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/19/2010 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 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:36pmGoodbye NEXT TO NORMAL you had a great run.
For those who thought NEXT TO NORMAL wouldn't have a life outside Broadway, well it's now playing in 4 cities, 9 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages.
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#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:41pmAm I just noticing how awful Mary Poppins is doing or has it been like that for a while?
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Send in the clowns...Send in the crowds!
"I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface."-Stephen Sondheim
wheety1621
Chorus Member Joined: 11/19/09
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:47pmWell considering Mary Poppins did over $1 million over July and August and then before July it was always doing over $700,000 since March so I think its just the slump that they are all going through?!
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:50pmpretty strong week. i expected a lot worse.
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TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:51pmI think someone screwed up putting in Mary Poppins's numbers seeing as that it's the exact same as last week.
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 4:38pm
not bad numbers for this time of year, except for Next to Normal. How soon before they make an official annoucement??
It's sad that possibly 8 of those shows currently listed will be gone by January(excluding any limited runs):
West Side Story
Promises, Promises
Fela!
Next to Normal
American Idiot
In The Heights
A Little Night Music
Million Dollar Quartet
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Wayman_Wong
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 4:44pm
I expected a lot worse too, but still not a very good week.
'Fela!' had the biggest jump of the week ($119,080), and I'm gonna guess that's due to Patti LaBelle joining the show. But last week ($463,700) was still lower than the week before the Jewish holidays ($481,772), and that's one of its lowest-grossing weeks this summer. Can LaBelle reverse the trajectory?
In the past week or two, 'American Idiot' has had the biggest press blitz: 'America's Got Talent,' the NFL halftime at the Jets-Ravens game, 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' and talkbacks last week. And how much difference did it make? Not even 1% difference in its capacity. Will it show up later?
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 5:00pm
It says that AI's percent went from 63.6 to 64.4 but only changed 6%. Those two numbers minus one another makes a difference of .7%.
Not that it matters one way or another, but it's annoying that such simple math has been messed up.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 6:07pm
Do you think Next To Normal will even make it to January? Could that be why they're waiting to announce whatever closing date they set, because they weren't sure if it could last until then?
And this might be an extremely stupid question but in general do shows do better the week of the flea market?
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 6:16pm
I wouldn't worry about Mary Poppins, it can tick over this time of year and make mega-bucks in high season.
i expected better figures from the three new dramas, as Broadway has been bereft of plays;
Brief Encounter > $212,473
Mrs Warren's Profession > $219,233
The Pitmen Painters > $189,291
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 6:26pmI think that until Disney has another show ready to go, Mary Poppins is fine.
For those who thought NEXT TO NORMAL wouldn't have a life outside Broadway, well it's now playing in 4 cities, 9 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages.
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 6:30pm
I hate to say it but next to normal will be gone by January 
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 8:57pmMary Poppins has seemed to always have a significant slump at this time of year. Dieting the holiday season and summer months it always does great, but their numbers now are dreadful.
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#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/20/10 at 10:20pm
I'm sure someone will post 3 examples proving me wrong, but it sure seems like you need a big or really big star to take large grosses with a play nowadays. And of course, sometimes even that isn't enough.
Make no mistake, this was a BAD week overall, just not quite as horrid as last week.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/21/10 at 3:09amI'm shocked that ALNM is doing this good! Good for Bernadette, Elaine and this super talented cast in this great show.
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#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/21/10 at 4:32pmElaine and Bernie still have enough pull to keep the numbers up.
For those who thought NEXT TO NORMAL wouldn't have a life outside Broadway, well it's now playing in 4 cities, 9 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/19
Posted: 9/21/10 at 4:50pmPhantom, all three of those shows are part of subscription series. Their grosses are usually low.
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